The 2024 film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Depraved acquired nice critiques from critics and viewers alike. Nonetheless, a right-wing group referred to as One Million Mothers slammed the movie for “pushing the LGBTQ agenda on households, notably youngsters,” as reported by Out Journal.
The group signed a petition to boycott the movie, however actress Kristin Chenoweth, who performed Glinda within the unique stage adaptation, defended it. She slammed the group by commenting on Out Journal’s Instagram publish, calling out their intention to “spew hate.”
The petition claimed that the musical had “an incredible quantity of witchcraft and sorcery,” which may immediate dad and mom to cease taking their children to the films. It additionally claimed that the “not-so-discrete cross-dressing” and males crushing on males could be stunning and never ship a optimistic message to the dad and mom and the children.
Additional, the petition emphasised that Depraved is “a darkish film that additionally pushes wokeness.”
The actress did not flip a blind eye to the pointless hatred and appropriately referred to as out the bullsh*t. “It is referred to as leisure. Artistry,” she commented on the publish. “I’m a Christian lady [who] originated the position of Glinda and all of the silliness that these girls spew out of hate. No no no. I can not assist it,” she added.
Chenoweth then praised the newest Depraved musical — loosely impressed by Gregory Maguire’s eponymous 1995 novel — starring Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba. “For anybody who desires to see lady energy, then go so WICKED. Onstage or in a movie show,” the OG Glinda actress added.
Many followers and information shops have identified the movie’s LGBTQ themes, and actresses Grande and Erivo haven’t denied them. When conversations about their on-screen chemistry created a buzz on the web, Grande positively weighed in on the opinion that her character may very well be slightly within the closet throughout her interview with the U.Ok. publication Homosexual Instances.
Chenoweth resonated with the Positions singer’s viewpoint and commented underneath the outlet’s publish, “I believed so too approach again when….” Furthermore, within the supply materials, the story revolves across the deep connection shared between Glinda and Elphaba, who even share a kiss sooner or later within the novel.
Depraved is now obtainable in theaters.