Yahoo Lifestyle "Nobody Wants To Hear Your Singing": A Major Debate Is Brewing About Whether It's OK To Sing While Seeing "Wicked" In Theaters
It's Wicked weekend! The highly anticipated adaption of the hit Broadway musical arrives in theaters today with Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda.
The film has already received rave reviews and is quickly taking the box office by storm, meaning Wicked hype isn't likely to die down anytime soon.
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However, a debate is quickly brewing over one very important film-going experience: Is it OK to sing along to the musical?
The conversation has grown so large that news outlets like the New York Times and ABC News have covered it. In fact, AMC has even warned moviegoers they shouldn't sing along with Cynthia and Ariana during the film.
Online, there doesn't appear as much nuance, with many coming down hard against singing along. So here are 11 people who've made it clear they would prefer you do not try your hand at "Defying Gravity" in the theater:
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2 high school show choir teams just walked into my screening of wicked pic.twitter.com/pjNyddFBCb
— nick (@dialnfornick) November 22, 2024
@dialnfornick/Twitter/FX / Via Twitter: @dialnfornick
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At a Wicked screening.Woman down the row just stood up and told the theater that if anyone starts singing, she will report them to the employees.
— Luke Perrin (@glukeperrin) November 20, 2024
@glukeperrin/Twitter / Via Twitter: @glukeperrin
3.
terrified to see the Wicked movie bc what if people in the theater start singing along
— alli (@sonofalli) November 22, 2024
@sonofalli/Twitter / Via Twitter: @sonofalli
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if i hear a single word when i watch wicked in theater, all hell will break loose. nobody wants to hear your singing. stay quiet.
— wicked news hub (@wickednewshub) October 6, 2024
@wickednewshub/Twitter / Via Twitter: @wickednewshub
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In a @nytimes article, a "Wicked" fan who intends to sing her heart out along with the movie says of those who would frown on that: "People who just are judgmental in that way, please wait to stream it." Nonsense. It should be the other way around.
— Richard Roeper (@RichardERoeper) November 20, 2024
@RichardERoeper/Twitter / Via Twitter: @RichardERoeper
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Bringing a spray bottle to the movie theater to make sure none of the gays sing along to Wicked
— hayden ⚡️ mia (@mia_spresso) October 8, 2024
@mia_spresso/Twitter / Via Twitter: @mia_spresso
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me, leaving the theatre after holding the entire final note of defying gravity https://t.co/xVbxVgVQiQ pic.twitter.com/gkGEGdQyjw
— sweaty spice (@samwell92) October 9, 2024
@samwell92/Twitter / Via Twitter: @samwell92
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when I saw west side story in 2021 a middle aged dude yelled “SHUT UP! We are TRYING to watch a MOVIE” at a bunch of talking & singing theater kids and they LEFT and I just wanna know if he can be back at my local AMC at 11:30 AM tomorrow
— kyra (@garlicemoji) November 22, 2024
@garlicemoji/Twitter / Via Twitter: @garlicemoji
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That’s the kind of entitlement that is rampant now in movie theaters for all sorts of behavior. Wicked rude!
— Richard Horgan (@hollywoodspin) November 20, 2024
@hollywoodspin/Twitter / Via Twitter: @hollywoodspin
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when i hear people trying to sing defying gravity during my babygirl/nosferatu double feature pic.twitter.com/KcEO5DzRcS https://t.co/cURnfRDlOy
— kaleigh (@kaleighonline) November 19, 2024
@kaleighonline/Twitter/Lifetime/Universal Pictures / Via Twitter: @kaleighonline
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imagine you’re watching gladiator and you hear a bunch of gay men trying to sound like cynthia erivo through the wall… https://t.co/LWr3dq5yPc
— ☀️ (@AG7Source) November 18, 2024
@AG7Source/Twitter/Lifetime/Universal Pictures / Via Twitter: @AG7Source
What do you think? Is it OK for people to sing along to Wicked at the movies? We genuinely want to know what you think, so please share you thoughts in the comments below!
