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What's going on with the wicked movie being a PR disaster (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/outoftheloop

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I'm aware of the url mishap with the dolls and vaguely aware of the poster controversy but I've also seen people online call it a PR disaster and I'm entirely out of the loop on that

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I loved the Broadway musical, though I never got to see it in person.

Personally I don't see what the big deal is with the poster. Yeah, it wasn't the same as the original. It seemed fine to me. And yeah, they changed it to match. Also seemed fine to me.

And guess what? The woman being upset that they changed it? Seems fine to me. If my face were essentially Mike Wazowski'd off the cover of something, I'd be a little upset. Maybe not enough to make a public stir, but I'd privately bitch to people for quite some time.

I can definitely see some people considering it a PR nightmare, and do know some people who were pissed about the poster... But I just don't get the same feelings. It's just meh.

I'm sure plenty would say I'm just not an artist/into musical theater/whatever. Maybe that's true.

Now let's have this same conversation if they ever redo Fiddler On The Roof (1971), I'll probably have much stronger opinions since I was in that one multiple times...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

I think the fan made poster looks amazing and is superior to the official one. There is a sense of mystery to it. So much more expression. It makes me want to know more about the exchange that is happening.

In the official poster she is just blankly staring at the camera. It makes me feel nothing.

This has nothing to do with "hiding" someone's face and everything to do with art eliciting emotion.

In my opinion it would be wise to pay the fan to use their poster as the actual poster. It would probably be better PR as well.

[–] LifeOfChance 5 points 1 month ago

I thought the whole issue with the poster was she was claiming it was racist even though people were just wanting something classic looking.