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Is Nessarose a huge win for "Wicked"? It's complicated
1 month ago

Is Nessarose a huge win for "Wicked"? It's complicated

Salon  

When the “Wicked” film casting call went out in 2022 for Nessarose – the wheelchair-using younger sister to future Wicked Witch Elphaba – the enthusiastic response from disabled actresses was seen all over social media. So to see a Black actress like Bode in the role is a vital moment for representation, no doubt inspiring an generation of disabled children …

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Wicked star denounces ‘aggressive’ and ‘deeply uncomfortable’ comments about character’s disability
1 month, 1 week ago

Wicked star denounces ‘aggressive’ and ‘deeply uncomfortable’ comments about character’s disability

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And not liking Nessa herself is OK. Because she is fictional, that’s totally fine.” She …

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Disabled ‘Wicked’ Star Slams Jokes About Her Character
1 month, 1 week ago

Disabled ‘Wicked’ Star Slams Jokes About Her Character

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING “Wicked” actor Marissa Bode is shutting down the “very gross and harmful” jokes about her character’s disability following the release of the Jon M. Chu musical movie adaptation. She then told her 69,000-plus followers that it “is absolutely OK to not like a fictional character,” before going on to say that she found the “aggressive comments and …

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Wicked star Marissa Bode calls out ‘aggressive comments’ on her character's disability: ‘Please be kind’
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1 month, 1 week ago

Wicked star Marissa Bode calls out ‘aggressive comments’ on her character's disability: ‘Please be kind’

Hindustan Times  

Wicked star Marissa Bode is calling out ‘very gross’ comments that has come to her attention surrounding her character Nessarose’s disability in the film which released in theatres November 22. The actor took to TikTok where she said that not liking the character is okay but jokes about her disability are “deeply uncomfortable.” Marissa Bode at the Los Angeles premiere …

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“Playing by the rules of someone else’s game”: Viewing “Wicked” from the disabled seats
1 month, 2 weeks ago

“Playing by the rules of someone else’s game”: Viewing “Wicked” from the disabled seats

ABC  

The morning after I went to see Wicked at the cinema, I came across a review that called the musical “a movie about female friendship and pushing through difference”. In the case of Elphaba, her disability is seen by the other characters as stemming from her mother’s moral failing: she was conceived as a result of her mother’s drunken promiscuity, …

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Ariana Grande gushes about her fans while sharing new behind-the-scenes images from Wicked
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Ariana Grande gushes about her fans while sharing new behind-the-scenes images from Wicked

Daily Mail  

Ariana Grande gushed about her love for her fans just hours before her new film, Wicked, was set to open in theaters across the United States. Ariana Grande, 31, posted some new behind-the-scenes photos from Wicked: Part 1 on Friday, along with a gushing note to her friends ahead of the film's debut in US theaters The hitmaker thanked her …

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Introducing Marissa Bode, the actor making ‘Wicked’ history in her film debut
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Introducing Marissa Bode, the actor making ‘Wicked’ history in her film debut

LA Times  

Marissa Bode, photographed on the Universal Studios Lot, makes her feature film debut as Nessarose in “Wicked.” The cast of “Wicked” is stacked with well-known names: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey, Peter Dinklage, Bowen Yang. “Representation for authentically disabled people is already quite minimal, so to have the opportunity and make a point of it, …

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