Edited Wicked Poster Outrage

[DMbA]

but what if our eyes aint real?

 

[Rick Roblinson]

She looks fucking dumb and retarded staring straight ahead like that. The edited version looks 1000x better.

 

[Dog Eater]

Why would Patrick do this:

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Imagine being such a fucking nobody actress that’s your email can be found in 2 seconds. Patrick probably assumed this was the case especially due to her being black.

 

[BonnieMcFarlaneMe2]

Did they do proper tests to determine if he died of a broken heart?

I’m no doctor but I think it was the pills pressed with fent.

 

[Africa.com]

I’m no doctor but I think it was the pills pressed with fent.

Well I'm sure that was also bad for his heart

 

[NigelCumia]

She seems like a robot or something. I guess she's attractive, but she has zero sex appeal.

She's built like a child, child.

 

[Ronnie G]

Hush, negress; this ain't your show!

 

[EraGodless]

One of the most heartbreaking moments of my life was finding out Tyler The Creator is younger than me. Like. I'm officially old. I listen to someone younger than me.

He was gay, Tyler The Creator?

 

[Turk February]

He was gay, Tyler The Creator?

Yeah I think he came out a a while ago which is fine. Makes his earlier angry ass rap make sense.

 

[Chapel]

Why’s the wicked witch a darkie and why’s someone who rips of the wizard of Oz being called a creator? A faggot wrote fanfiction

 

[PogromStallone]

Cynthia Erivo, the actor playing the Wicked Witch, responds to an edit of the official poster thats been going around online. The edit was done to make the new poster look more like the original poster for the Broadway play
Original Poster for context:

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Cynthia Erivo sucks. She's literally the reason Great Comet ended on Broadway because of her "racism" bullshit and because of her we'll never get to see Mandy Patinkin sing Dust and Ashes. That whole thing pissed me off so much when it happened.


As for the Wicked movie, the fact that they changed the last few notes of the belt in Defying Gravity is pretty worrying since it's so iconic by now. Pretty much every character is miscast as well.

 

[RobertMewler]

Cynthia Erivo sucks. She's literally the reason Great Comet ended on Broadway because of her "racism" bullshit and because of her we'll never get to see Mandy Patinkin sing Dust and Ashes. That whole thing pissed me off so much when it happened.


As for the Wicked movie, the fact that they changed the last few notes of the belt in Defying Gravity is pretty worrying since it's so iconic by now. Pretty much every character is miscast as well.

Hilarious that you even know any of this. But that Josh Groban.. yeeechhhhh.

 

[Voscabulary]

Yeah I think he came out a a while ago which is fine. Makes his earlier angry ass rap make sense.

his album 'flower boy' was essentially one big coming out. as if the name for it wasn't any indication lol

 

[PogromStallone]

Hilarious that you even know any of this. But that Josh Groban.. yeeechhhhh.

I'm pretty sure we all know the drama behind Broadway's Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 and why it ended.

 

[RobertMewler]

I'm pretty sure we all know the drama behind Broadway's Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 and why it ended.

Ummm.. nooo... but it's funny that you do and can contribute to the trolling in your own way.

 

[PogromStallone]

Ummm.. nooo... but it's funny that you do and can contribute to the trolling in your own way.

You're asking what was the drama behind the Great Comet?

I found this summary of it which is pretty much how I remember it going down.

-The Great Comet opens with Josh Groban in the lead. Ticket sales are great, and it picks up a several Tony nominations.

-The Great Comet gets no Tony Awards, which is bad news for an original musical that isn't based on a recognizable property (think Aladdin, or Beautiful, or Billy Elliott, or most shows on Broadway). With Josh Groban in the lead, ticket sales remain strong, however.

-Josh Groban announces his departure. Okieriete "Oak" Onaodowan is announced as his replacement, and singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson is announced as stepping into the role of Sonya for a few weeks. Brittain Ashford, the original Sonya, is said to be taking the time off to tour or something, but it's fairly obvious to anyone who knows the business that they're replacing her with another music star (albeit someone with a lot less profile than Groban) to boost sales, and Ashford probably didn't have a say in the matter.

-Oak says on Twitter that the production needs a another week to get ready for him, so his start date is pushed back and creator Dave Malloy steps into the role. Later we learned that it was in fact Oak who wasn't ready, as he couldn't learn the instruments that Pierre is supposed to play. Even with the delayed start dates, Oak can't get ready in time and they decide to scrap that part of the character. Depending on who you believe, Oak is getting into fights with the director during the rehearsal period.

-Ticket sales drop to around 80% IIRC for the Oak-Michaelson cast. For a production as expensive as Great Comet, they're basically treading water. Worse - for the dates after Ingrid Michaelson leaves, ticket sales tank. Oak (as the tenth-billed actor in Hamilton) evidently isn't famous enough to bring in the tourist dollar.

-The producers start looking for a way to save the show, and find Mandy Patinkin, who, because of his shooting schedule for Homeland, is only available the last three weeks of Oak's scheduled run (already shortened because of his delay to get onstage). Producer Howard Kagan says that Oak will "make room" for Patinkin. (Patinkin probably couldn't have revitalized the entire show with a single three-week appearance, but was giving the producers time to find another star who could join for longer, and were apparently zeroing in on someone).

-With lots of people in the industry and on the internet freshly (and rightly) sensitive to issues of diversity onstage, backlash begins to brew about a white actor replacing a black one -- never you mind that the role isn't written for a black actor, and that the entire casting process is race-blind, and that The Great Comet was one of the most diverse casts on Broadway with a black leading actress across from Pierre. Where the backlash started is up for debate, but it probably started in earnest with Rafael Casal, who encouraged people to direct their ire at The Great Comet. Curiously, Oak reportedly met with Casal in his dressing room, and decided to go back on his plans to do press with Patinkin even though he'd previously agreed to.

-The backlash is amplified by several figures you may have seen onstage, Ariana DuBose, for example, but by far the person with the biggest platform was Cynthia Erivo. She's mentioned in most of the articles and probably contributed the most out of any one person to making it a "newsworthy" event.

-Patinkin drops out because of the toxic atmosphere. Obviously they can't get another star attached now. Ticket sales tank. Show closes. Oak, Erivo, Casal all disavow any responsibility or admit that they maybe twisted a story into something it wasn't. The incredibly diverse cast and crew of The Great Comet isn't thrilled they all lost their jobs because of a fake controversy.

So no, Cynthia Erivo didn't single-handedly take down Great Comet, but her brigading along with Casal, Oak, and others ruined the opportunity The Great Comet had of coming out of its post-Groban slump.


When all is said and done, Great Comet was a very unique show that ended way too soon.

 

[ミスタースパーコル]

You're asking what was the drama behind the Great Comet?

I found this summary of it which is pretty much how I remember it going down.

-The Great Comet opens with Josh Groban in the lead. Ticket sales are great, and it picks up a several Tony nominations.

-The Great Comet gets no Tony Awards, which is bad news for an original musical that isn't based on a recognizable property (think Aladdin, or Beautiful, or Billy Elliott, or most shows on Broadway). With Josh Groban in the lead, ticket sales remain strong, however.

-Josh Groban announces his departure. Okieriete "Oak" Onaodowan is announced as his replacement, and singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson is announced as stepping into the role of Sonya for a few weeks. Brittain Ashford, the original Sonya, is said to be taking the time off to tour or something, but it's fairly obvious to anyone who knows the business that they're replacing her with another music star (albeit someone with a lot less profile than Groban) to boost sales, and Ashford probably didn't have a say in the matter.

-Oak says on Twitter that the production needs a another week to get ready for him, so his start date is pushed back and creator Dave Malloy steps into the role. Later we learned that it was in fact Oak who wasn't ready, as he couldn't learn the instruments that Pierre is supposed to play. Even with the delayed start dates, Oak can't get ready in time and they decide to scrap that part of the character. Depending on who you believe, Oak is getting into fights with the director during the rehearsal period.

-Ticket sales drop to around 80% IIRC for the Oak-Michaelson cast. For a production as expensive as Great Comet, they're basically treading water. Worse - for the dates after Ingrid Michaelson leaves, ticket sales tank. Oak (as the tenth-billed actor in Hamilton) evidently isn't famous enough to bring in the tourist dollar.

-The producers start looking for a way to save the show, and find Mandy Patinkin, who, because of his shooting schedule for Homeland, is only available the last three weeks of Oak's scheduled run (already shortened because of his delay to get onstage). Producer Howard Kagan says that Oak will "make room" for Patinkin. (Patinkin probably couldn't have revitalized the entire show with a single three-week appearance, but was giving the producers time to find another star who could join for longer, and were apparently zeroing in on someone).

-With lots of people in the industry and on the internet freshly (and rightly) sensitive to issues of diversity onstage, backlash begins to brew about a white actor replacing a black one -- never you mind that the role isn't written for a black actor, and that the entire casting process is race-blind, and that The Great Comet was one of the most diverse casts on Broadway with a black leading actress across from Pierre. Where the backlash started is up for debate, but it probably started in earnest with Rafael Casal, who encouraged people to direct their ire at The Great Comet. Curiously, Oak reportedly met with Casal in his dressing room, and decided to go back on his plans to do press with Patinkin even though he'd previously agreed to.

-The backlash is amplified by several figures you may have seen onstage, Ariana DuBose, for example, but by far the person with the biggest platform was Cynthia Erivo. She's mentioned in most of the articles and probably contributed the most out of any one person to making it a "newsworthy" event.

-Patinkin drops out because of the toxic atmosphere. Obviously they can't get another star attached now. Ticket sales tank. Show closes. Oak, Erivo, Casal all disavow any responsibility or admit that they maybe twisted a story into something it wasn't. The incredibly diverse cast and crew of The Great Comet isn't thrilled they all lost their jobs because of a fake controversy.

So no, Cynthia Erivo didn't single-handedly take down Great Comet, but her brigading along with Casal, Oak, and others ruined the opportunity The Great Comet had of coming out of its post-Groban slump.


When all is said and done, Great Comet was a very unique show that ended way too soon.

 

[JoeBrotheChildSpitGuzzler]

She seems like a robot or something. I guess she's attractive, but she has zero sex appeal.

Yeah I don't get how men are supposed to be attracted to women who have the personality of an inanimate object and are openly cunty to people

 

[ミスタースパーコル]

Yeah I don't get how men are supposed to be attracted to women

That's because you're gay.

 

[RobertMewler]

You're asking what was the drama behind the Great Comet?

I found this summary of it which is pretty much how I remember it going down.

-The Great Comet opens with Josh Groban in the lead. Ticket sales are great, and it picks up a several Tony nominations.

-The Great Comet gets no Tony Awards, which is bad news for an original musical that isn't based on a recognizable property (think Aladdin, or Beautiful, or Billy Elliott, or most shows on Broadway). With Josh Groban in the lead, ticket sales remain strong, however.

-Josh Groban announces his departure. Okieriete "Oak" Onaodowan is announced as his replacement, and singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson is announced as stepping into the role of Sonya for a few weeks. Brittain Ashford, the original Sonya, is said to be taking the time off to tour or something, but it's fairly obvious to anyone who knows the business that they're replacing her with another music star (albeit someone with a lot less profile than Groban) to boost sales, and Ashford probably didn't have a say in the matter.

-Oak says on Twitter that the production needs a another week to get ready for him, so his start date is pushed back and creator Dave Malloy steps into the role. Later we learned that it was in fact Oak who wasn't ready, as he couldn't learn the instruments that Pierre is supposed to play. Even with the delayed start dates, Oak can't get ready in time and they decide to scrap that part of the character. Depending on who you believe, Oak is getting into fights with the director during the rehearsal period.

-Ticket sales drop to around 80% IIRC for the Oak-Michaelson cast. For a production as expensive as Great Comet, they're basically treading water. Worse - for the dates after Ingrid Michaelson leaves, ticket sales tank. Oak (as the tenth-billed actor in Hamilton) evidently isn't famous enough to bring in the tourist dollar.

-The producers start looking for a way to save the show, and find Mandy Patinkin, who, because of his shooting schedule for Homeland, is only available the last three weeks of Oak's scheduled run (already shortened because of his delay to get onstage). Producer Howard Kagan says that Oak will "make room" for Patinkin. (Patinkin probably couldn't have revitalized the entire show with a single three-week appearance, but was giving the producers time to find another star who could join for longer, and were apparently zeroing in on someone).

-With lots of people in the industry and on the internet freshly (and rightly) sensitive to issues of diversity onstage, backlash begins to brew about a white actor replacing a black one -- never you mind that the role isn't written for a black actor, and that the entire casting process is race-blind, and that The Great Comet was one of the most diverse casts on Broadway with a black leading actress across from Pierre. Where the backlash started is up for debate, but it probably started in earnest with Rafael Casal, who encouraged people to direct their ire at The Great Comet. Curiously, Oak reportedly met with Casal in his dressing room, and decided to go back on his plans to do press with Patinkin even though he'd previously agreed to.

-The backlash is amplified by several figures you may have seen onstage, Ariana DuBose, for example, but by far the person with the biggest platform was Cynthia Erivo. She's mentioned in most of the articles and probably contributed the most out of any one person to making it a "newsworthy" event.

-Patinkin drops out because of the toxic atmosphere. Obviously they can't get another star attached now. Ticket sales tank. Show closes. Oak, Erivo, Casal all disavow any responsibility or admit that they maybe twisted a story into something it wasn't. The incredibly diverse cast and crew of The Great Comet isn't thrilled they all lost their jobs because of a fake controversy.

So no, Cynthia Erivo didn't single-handedly take down Great Comet, but her brigading along with Casal, Oak, and others ruined the opportunity The Great Comet had of coming out of its post-Groban slump.


When all is said and done, Great Comet was a very unique show that ended way too soon.

No, I wasn't asking what the drama was. But.... thanks for telling me what it was anyway??