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The controversy behind the Wicked poster fan art

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The controversy behind the Wicked poster fan art


The retouching made by a fan to the film poster Evil causes great controversy.

In 2003, Broadway premiered the musical Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz(whose Spanish translation would be Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz), based on the novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (known here as Wicked: Memoirs of a Wicked Witch), written in 1995 by Gregory Maguire, who, in turn, is inspired by the well-known The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (I intend, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz), by Lyman Frank Baumfirst released in 1900 and which has had a total of thirteen sequels and various adaptations to other media.

However, the musical mentioned at the beginning of this same article, of which you can see the promotional poster in this paragraph, is the topic we are interested in covering on this occasion. Or rather, its adaptation to the cinematic world, which will arrive on the big screen next month, with the title Wicked: Part Oneunder the direction of John M. Chu and interpreted Cinzia ErivoPleases Elphaba Throppa character who will eventually become the The Wicked Witch of the West.

This first episode of Evil will also have Arianna Grande (in the role of Glinda Plateau), Jonathan Bailey (who plays the prince Fiyero Tigelaar), Michelle Yeoh (which embodies Madame Morribile), Ethan Slater (which gets under the skin of Garden), Marissa Bode (what does it do Nessarose Thropp) Yes Jeff Goldblum (which becomes the Wizard of Oz). Below we show you the promotional image of the film.

Cinzia Erivo, evilCinzia Erivo, evil

Even if the photo is a clear homage to the poster of the theater show Evilwe can notice some fundamental differences, such as the fact that the hat does not cover her eyes and that, instead of wearing red lipstick, she wears the same green color as the rest of her skin, as well as being much more serious.

As a result, one fan decided to cover up the film’s promotional poster Evil with the idea of ​​making her as similar as possible to the play, which obviously involved covering her eyes with the brim of her hat, painting her lips red and showing her smiling a little more. The final result can be seen in this paragraph.

Cinzia Erivo, evil

However, despite the fan’s work going viral, not everyone liked the idea, starting with the fan himself. Cinzia Erivothat he considered it the most offensive thing that had happened to him.

In the words of the protagonist:

This is the wildest and most offensive thing I have ever seen. None of this is funny or cute. It degrades me. It degrades us.

Furthermore, he adds that there are differences between an illustrated character and a real person, which means that for Cinzia Erivo It is painful that they have changed their true image, a change which, according to them, is equivalent to having been erased. Specifically, regarding the eyes, which seems to be what bothered him the most, he states that showing them is like looking directly at the viewer, an effect that is lost by covering them with the hat.

For his part, Arianna Grandeof which we have already spoken co-stars in the film Evilhe wanted to demonstrate his support for his partner, even if his statements, which we report below, were much more moderate:

I think it’s very complicated because AI sometimes seems very conflicted and problematic to me, but I think it’s a huge adjustment period. Fans will have fun and make their own changes, even if, in some cases, these works can go too far.

The truth is that the outbreak of this controversy does a disservice to both the actress and the film, since we had already commented on it at the time Evil will be released on the big screen shortly thereafter Gladiator 2therefore it can be counterproductive to turn against the spectators, especially if we take into account that its competitor is the sequel to a very successful film, while Evil It’s a risky bet that tries to see if what worked so well in theaters can have the same result in cinema.

As if this were not enough, we must not forget that the premiere of Joker: Folie à Deux has recently been on the bill, whose conversion into a musical was not received very well by the public, thus saturating the spectator with this genre, after a so unfavorable, it could also have its weight Evil.

In any case, for now we can only speculate so we will have to wait until the end of next month to see what will happen and whether the ongoing controversies will damage the film’s box office. Evil.

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