Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, played by Cynthia Erivo, is bullied because of her green skin, which the BBFC website says may be “upsetting and poignant to some audiences ”. Universal Pictures/wickedmovie.com
As the long-awaited movie “Wicked” opens in theaters, some experts are mocking the film’s green skin trigger warning.
As reported by the Daily Mail, the British Board of Film Classification has decided that “Wicked” needs to have a trigger warning about “discrimination” due to the anti-blue skin sentiment that many of its characters display. movie.
In the film, Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, played by Cynthia Erivo, is bullied because of her green skin, which the BBFC website says can be “upsetting and poignant for some audience.”
The BBFC’s warning to viewers states: “A blue-skinned woman is taunted, bullied and humiliated because of the color of her skin.”
The BBFC also noted that the characters’ treatment of Nessarose, a wheelchair-bound character in the film, played by Marissa Bode, appeared to do so in a “superior” manner, as reported by The Times.
Following the announcement of the “discrimination” trigger warning, many experts ridiculed the board’s decision.
Frank Furedi, emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent, told the Mail: “Green people are under attack? You can’t make it up. It’s clear that the author of this silly classification is live on the planet Bonkers”.
Writer Simon Evans also mocked this classification, telling the Mail that trigger warnings only serve to “damp excitement” and “destroy creative, dramatic tension”.
However, research conducted by the BBFC in 2021 found that parents take content warnings relating to racism and discrimination seriously, The Times reports.
Originally published by Latin Times.
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