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Comment on Cynthia Erivo calls out fans who made their own Wicked poster

If it was her decision that her full face should be on display, the backlash should be evidence enough that someone else gets paid to make those decisions, not her.

The original looks boring. She has absolutely no emotions on her face. There’s no mystique, no ‘wickedness’. Even the composition looks like something a high schooler in Photoshop class would make.

The edit isn’t perfect either. But at least it pays homage to the original in more than just image. It adds that mystique back, and makes her look more menacing.

What it truly boils down to is ego. Although the edit is better, and so many people agree on it, it doesn’t show her full face. And she can’t let that go.

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scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Guaranteed this whole thing came up before that it didn’t match the style. She showed her cards and now makes it sound like she was the one who pushed against matching the original. Now that the fans see it and dislike it (probably like they warned that fans would), she’s mad about it. It really sounds like she pushed for this design so it wouldn’t hide her face and now she’s furious that fans reacted in the exact way that was predicted.

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Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The edit looks ridiculous, how is it better?

I’m not mixing this up right?

The first picture with the red lipstick is the fan made photo?

where you can’t see half her face?

that is fucking weird.

The original looks so much better.

what are you talking about there’s no emotions on her face?

in the fan edit they took away half her face!

this is crazy that people like the fan edit, It’s like if you cut an origami crane in half, drew a smiley face on it with a Sharpie and you were like “yeah that’s better.”

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- vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The original’s smile communicates much more stuff than the eyes on the face that looks like it’s completely bored.
  
  Trying to “communicate with her eyes” is exactly what makes the poster bad.
  
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  - Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    i disagree, but your interpretation of her eyes is your own and completely beside the point.
    
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    Krauerking@lemy.lol ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It’s not besides the point. It’s in fact the whole point. That’s why there is a fan edit and a response and a backlash to the backlash.
    
    All of this is the point here. You can’t handwave away the other side cause you don’t agree or want to handle that argument.
    
    Her eyes look bored and like she’s trying to look serious. Like she’s worried you realized you can smell her last fart.
    
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    vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    what does her expression tell you about her character?
    
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- scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  That was never the point. I’m not commenting on if it’s better or not. Her reaction to something a fan made is what we’re all talking about.
  
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