Wicked star Cynthia Erivo criticizes the edited movie poster

Cynthia Erivo Doesn’t back down.

the evil The star clapped back on social media after the poster for the upcoming musical – in which Cynthia plays Elphaba alongside… Ariana Grande‘s Glinda – Edited by a fan account to mimic the original music poster in which Elphaba’s face is shadowed by her hat, except for her mouth.

“This is the most brutal and offensive thing I have ever seen,” Cynthia wrote on her Instagram Story dated October 16, above the doctored poster, comparing it to the inappropriate questions she was sent regarding her green skin in the film. “None of it is funny. None of it is nice. It degrades me. It degrades us.”

She continued: “The original poster is an illustration. I am a real human being, choosing to look directly down the barrel of the camera in front of you, the viewer, because without words we communicate with our eyes.”

The Tony Award winner also took some time to differentiate between the film and the musical.

“Our poster is a tribute, not an imitation,” she explained, before adding, “Altering my face and hiding my eyes means erasing me.” “This is very painful.”