Wicked Movie Gets Unique Trigger Warning in the U.K.

While Wicked adds a new layer to the world of Oz and its troubles, the hit movie adaptation has become the recipient of a unique trigger warning. The 2024 adaptation of the celebrated stage musical based on L. Frank Baum’s works retells The Wizard of Oz from the perspective of the Wicked Witch of the West. {snip}

With Wicked defying box-office records in theaters, the movie has received an unprecedented warning from the BBFC in the UK {snip}

discrimination

A green-skinned woman is mocked, bullied and humiliated because of her skin colour. A disabled woman in a wheelchair is treated in a condescending manner by able-bodied people. Talking animals are persecuted in a fantastical society.

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