{"id":130611,"date":"2024-11-27T09:43:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T02:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130611"},"modified":"2024-11-27T09:43:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T02:43:56","slug":"wicked-movie-spurs-debate-over-taking-photos-of-the-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130611","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Wicked&#8217; Movie Spurs Debate Over Taking Photos of the Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/wicked\/\" id=\"auto-tag_wicked_1\" data-tag=\"wicked\">Wicked<\/a><\/em> viewers have ignited debate by taking photos during movie screenings, leading some film fans to feel that such actions are defying decorum. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tOver the course of <em>Wicked\u2019<\/em>s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/wicked-box-office-record-monday-1236071728\/\">record-setting opening weekend<\/a> at the box office, devotees of the Broadway musical adaptation shared images of the screen to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/social-media\/\" id=\"auto-tag_social-media_1\" data-tag=\"social-media\">social media<\/a>, spurred in part by a viral X (formerly Twitter) <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nat_dwbua_\/status\/1860541618060943677\">post<\/a> from an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/ariana-grande\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ariana-grande_1\" data-tag=\"ariana-grande\">Ariana Grande<\/a> fan account that read, \u201cShow ur \u2018Wicked part 1\u2019 photos.\u201d Although the post led to a lot of users sharing their own pics of the action, plenty of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LukeBarnett\/status\/1860796392559821052\">responses<\/a> were of the \u201cKick these people out of the theater\u201d variety.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cAny cell phone is distracting in a darkened theater, of course \u2014 even people trying to hide it,\u201d Jason E. Squire, USC School of Cinematic Arts professor emeritus and host of podcast\u00a0<em>The Movie Business<\/em>, tells <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s just intolerable behavior and should not be allowed in theaters that show any movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tPremium theater chain Alamo Drafthouse, known for encouraging patrons to notify staff of any disruptive behavior or phone use, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/alamodrafthouse\/status\/1861096179162820635\">responded<\/a> to the viral photo-callout post with, \u201cOr, don\u2019t do that.\u201d The chain emphasizes to <em>THR <\/em>that they work with influencers to help provide awareness of screenings, but that any opportunities to share images from the theatrical experience would be offered before the movie begins. <\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:1296px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((730\/1296)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2551_D035_00407R-H-2024.jpg?w=1296\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"730\" width=\"1296\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"a-font-secondary-s lrv-u-margin-r-025\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/cynthia-erivo\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cynthia-erivo_1\" data-tag=\"cynthia-erivo\">Cynthia Erivo<\/a> (left) and Ariana Grande in <em>Wicked<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"a-font-accent-uppercase-xs lrv-u-color-grey-dark\">Giles Keyte\/Universal Pictures<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cWe absolutely feel strongly about no phone usage once the movie starts,\u201d says Alamo Drafthouse chief marketing office Chaya Rosenthal. \u201cYou\u2019ve got a lot of influencers who want that self-expression and sharing their experience with their social community. So we embrace that but do it in a very different way, where we want people to specifically take those photos before the film starts and enjoy that experience in our lobbies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tStarring Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba in the story of <em>The Wizard of Oz\u2019<\/em>s characters prior to Dorothy\u2019s arrival, the <em>Wicked<\/em> movie got off to a magical start in its box office run, making history with the best opening weekend for a Broadway musical adaptation. Previously, the 2024 summer box office was <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/summer-box-office-revenue-down-1235989684\/\">down 10 percent<\/a> from the year prior, suggesting that the impact from the recent Hollywood strikes was not as devastating as it could have been. That said, clearly the industry can benefit from the support of young and social media-savvy audience members. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tSome exhibitors have opted not to rely on the ephemeral trends dictated by social media. The Art Theatre, a single-screen house in Long Beach, California, has pivoted post-pandemic to playing second-run titles for roughly six months after the Academy Awards ceremony, although the theater will still screen new titles through the rest of this year. Notably, the venue has no plans to show <em>Wicked<\/em> or <em>Gladiator II<\/em>, instead opting to play <em>Conclave<\/em>, <em>Maria<\/em> and <em>Queer<\/em> in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cFor every single movie, a manager does an old-time walk-through from the front of the screen to the back, just to combat if that behavior would ever exist,\u201d says Kerstin Kansteiner, head of the board for the nonprofit theater. \u201cWe have seen it a couple times, but it\u2019s fairly rare.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/universal-2\/\" id=\"auto-tag_universal-2_1\" data-tag=\"universal-2\">Universal<\/a> did not respond to requests for comment on the topic, but Rosenthal says that studios have generally been aligned with Alamo\u2019s policy of staunchly discouraging phone use. Granted, studios have come to embrace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/tiktok-rolls-out-marketing-feature-1235968802\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">platforms like TikTok<\/a> for spreading the word about a movie, but the companies would want any video to be taken before a screening or in the lobby afterward. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tEven the concept of singing along to a theatrical musical has proven polarizing. Ahead of <em>Wicked\u2019<\/em>s release, AMC Theatres issued a statement asking theatergoers to not only avoid phone use but also not sing along with a screening, and some chains, including Alamo Drafthouse, have set up separate sing-along events to accommodate enthusiastic viewers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tJohn Bucher \u2014 executive director of the Joseph Campbell Foundation who has served as story consultant for projects released by Paramount, HBO and A24 \u2014 notes that our society has gradually been moving toward satisfying the needs of the individual over those of the group, due to the advent of such technologies as the smartphone. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cRudeness and civility have slowly been making their way to the bottom of our values list for a long time,\u201d Bucher says. \u201cEncouraging people to snap pictures of the screen during a movie says something to those around us. It says that the invisible community, who\u00a0isn\u2019t\u00a0here with me, is more important than the community that\u00a0is\u00a0here with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/wicked-movie-debate-photos-screen-1236071975\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wicked viewers have ignited debate by taking photos during movie screenings, leading some film fans to feel that such actions are defying decorum. 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