cross-posted from: https://poptalk.scrubbles.tech/post/1559544

Fans customized the Wicked movie poster to more closely match the original Broadway poster.

Original Broadway Poster:

Movie poster:

Some fans, disappointed by the poster, altered it to be closer to the original, moving Grande’s hand and lowering the brim of Erivo’s hat to cover her eyes. The edits prompted Erivo to respond. “This is the wildest, most offensive thing I have seen

“None of this is funny. None of it is cute. It degrades me. It degrades us,” Erivo continued. “The original poster is an ILLUSTRATION. I am a real life human being, who chose to look right down the barrel of the camera to you, the viewer… because, without words we communicate with our eyes.”

So, this seems like a completely reasonable reaction to fans making fan content.

  • WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    19 days ago

    Yeah, I agree with your conclusion exactly. I know the actress needs to be seen and known because that’s a big part of her job but when playing an already beloved and established role the chance of being overshadowed by said role is high. No one is fan editing Joker 2 posters out of excitement