Cynthia Erivo needs to chill with the twitter — Page 2

Links to PaulWom's above mentioned tweets for full context:

Ariana DeBose: https://twitter.com/ArianaDeBose/status/891073766427701248

Adrienne Warren: https://twitter.com/adriennelwarren/status/890296681765498886

Kristolyn Lloyd: https://twitter.com/KristolynLloyd/status/890291625838202880

For sure! Actually, here's a whole article containing a bunch of the absurdly ridiculous tweets you're referencing. Ariana's "function of the arts" tweet can be found in there as well.

http://www.pajiba.com/web_culture/how-makeroomforoak-made-a-whole-lot-of-noise.php

And she continues:

https://twitter.com/CynthiaEriVo/status/903134917613109249

This is what happens when people who have a public platform because they're pretty or they can belt high start thinking that they have PhD's in Ethnic Studies.

Honestly, the tone-deaf witch hunting of callout culture bothers me less than the antagonizing of fans. It's diva-ish and Erivo, while insanely talented, is not nearly legendary enough to start scoffing at the people who shell out money to see her damn concerts and shows.

I swear, some people think that making a living being an artist is their god-given right.

starcatchers said: "https://twitter.com/cynthiaerivo/status/902665333856600064

The drummer is wrong, too, but come on."

OH, THAT "POISON OAK" DRUMMER?

I'm a blasian woman and I find Ms. Erivo and anyone who immediately jumped onto this bandwagon a complete idiot. They tore into this show without knowing any info and now they're being defensive about it when the facts came out. Oak was unprofessional and wasn't selling tickets. Bye, honey. Broadway's a business and this sh*t happens to everyone of every color. Don't pull your race card whenever something goes wrong in your life. I agree that there needs to be an open conversation about race as well as about gender, and sexual identity, but some extremely PC people are focused on dividing the world to the point of not even being able to function. I recently just saw a documentary on BBC about "digital blackface," which essentially means that white people shouldn't be allowed to use gifs that include black people. I'm sorry, but there are REAL racial problems in America. I don't need to attack every white person that innocently uses a gif including a black person. It's distracting BS and I'm getting sick of it. At what point do we get so PC that we just can't even function? I'm about as liberal as they come, but even I can admit that this is absolutely ridiculous and just makes us look bad.

You know who actually has it bad in terms of lack of diversity in theatre? Asian people, Latinos, literally every other race except black, plus sized people, and trans people. I hear the black community moan and groan about their lack of roles, meanwhile I could list hundreds of brilliant black roles as well roles that could easily be played by a black actor, so cry me a river ya'll. I'm so over it.

Updated On: 8/31/17 at 03:00 AM

A Director said: "call_me_jorge, I'm calling out your white and/or male privilege. I have no problem with your disagreeing with Cynthia Erivo; I strongly object with you saying she needs to check herself. You're somewhere between 19 and 22. Does it give you a feeling of power to tell a30 year old black woman to check herself?

As for the rest of you who posted, how quickly you turned!"

While I would agree that "check herself" was probably not the best choice of phrases, I don't think Jorge was on a power trip with this. The issue at hand, and being discussed in this thread, is that regardless of race, Cynthia is out of control right now. She was engaging with trolls at 3 in the morning. Why? Can she not ignore people? If she is so sure her narrative on the whole debacle is correct (which, spoiler alert, it isn't), then she should feel secure enough in herself, so as not to engage with trolls (because some of the things she quoted during the wee hours of the morning were downright childish). As someone who, at one point, had a lot of respect for her, it saddens me to see her lashing out at so many people on Twitter, when taking the high road would be the much more mature thing to do. That, combined with the complete dodging of any responsibility, does not put Cynthia in a likable light.

The most irritating thing is the fact that, when presented with the facts of the story, she steadfastly refuses to believe them, and instead continues to "dig in" peddling this nonsense.

Broadway is a small community, and people won't quickly forget this. I imagine both she and Poison Oak will have a hard time finding work after this. I know I have no interest in supporting either of them, which is a shame because Erivo gave one of the best performances I've ever seen in TCP.

Ms. Erivo should take her cue from Broadway's most prominent POC, Audra McDonald, who has never been afraid to discuss matters of race and racism, but recognized that this simply wasn't one and stayed out of it.

I have no respect left for her.

Who is the twitter girl? Is she in the show?

Updated On: 8/31/17 at 09:38 AM

dramamama611 said: "I also think that social media (and people) have allowed all celebrities become far too important. Following them, has created a false sense of importance -- or perhaps its the importance we want them to have, so we don't think for ourselves."

Truer words have never been spoken. Twitter especially.... There are maybe 3 people in the entertainment spectrum that I follow now on Instagram. I don't follow any celebrities on Twitter. What was once a decent way to personally engage with others is now just a vehicle for marketing and bloating one's ego. LMM seems to have found a decent balance between promoting his projects and yet still talking about his day to day.

A Director said: "call_me_jorge, I'm calling out your white and/or male privilege. I have no problem with your disagreeing with Cynthia Erivo; I strongly object with you saying she needs to check herself. You're somewhere between 19 and 22. Does it give you a feeling of power to tell a30 year old black woman to check herself?

As for the rest of you who posted, how quickly you turned!"

Changed the title

Who is the original twitter commenter?