Comment on Cynthia Erivo calls out fans who made their own Wicked poster
Anderenortsfalsch@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
www.sbs.com.au/voices/article/…/2bhgrghmc
Compare movie posters of women whose eyes or even whole heads you can’t see vs. movie posters of male actors to whom this is rarely done and it is clear what is happening. Top this with the problems people of color face and I understand her anger.
She could have explained the issue instead of lashing out in anger, because so many of her fans (and people in ths thread) don’t understand the problem and education is necessary and more helpful for everyone.
FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee 2 months ago
That article, which does highlight a valid criticism of society and Hollywood, doesn’t really apply to this scenario. The fan edit isn’t about sexing up the characters. The edit is doing a more effective job of recreating the original poster than the movie studio did.
I don’t fault the actors or even the studio for wanting to feature their high paid actors on the movie poster but by trying to recreate the original but failing to capture the mood, of course fans are going to want to put their spin on it. There is probably even a middle ground that could have been struck to make her face mysterious but still mostly visible.
Is it rude and offensive when fans edit the Lord of the Rings films to better reflect the original story as told in the books?
In the end, I’m pretty sure this whole thing is a PR stunt to stir up word of mouth. Which of course is working because we all like to argue.
Anderenortsfalsch@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
But already the original failed to do that. Imagine a movie like that featuring high paid male actors in a way that their faces are minimalized to a point they are unrecognizable (just check their posters and how prominent their faces stare at you). No one would do that. Just because people are used to the old poster does not make it good. The original is a failure that did a disservice to the women on it, just one we know. I do not think this fan poster was done in malice but because it is still not recognized wildly as a problem and we need to get the message out: Show the women’s faces as much as you show the men’s faces.
I don’t think this is a PR stunt, I think it is honest feelings that come up for a reason.
Imagine finally as a person of color having made it to a point in your career that YOU are the center piece of a movie poster of a highly anticipated movie and just with a finger snip someone erases that because they love an old poster that erased other women’s faces.
Again, I understand nostalgia. I am 58 y.o. and I had to let go a myriad of things that were just fine in my youth and learn why they definitely were bad back then and are now. Let that old poster die. It is not good, its mood is erasing women, which is wicked, I give it that.
tektite@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
What? Isn’t the original poster based on the book cover? How does it do a disservice to the fictional characters of the book?