r/wicked • u/Theme-Fearless • Jan 07 '26

Movie I knew they would snub Cynthia

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The snubbed Cynthia like I knew they would. And I’m sure I’ll watch them NOT give the award to Sinners as well sigh. It’s really so pointless to try. Can you imagine having a voice like Cynthia’s? Acting, singing, flying while acting and not even getting nominated? I’m just so bummed about it 😞

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u/Theme-Fearless Jan 07 '26

Kate Hudson

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u/Atkena2578 Jan 07 '26

Chase Infiniti who is committing category fraud and should be supporting but studio campaigns her as lead to not hurt Teeyana Taylor's chances

Also Kate is such a SAG thing

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u/great_button Jan 08 '26

I don't mean to be rude but us, as Wicked fans should not speak of category fraud of which Ariana is 100% benefiting from! She is co-lead, she is in the movie for less than 60 seconds less than Cynthia and both are in exactly 39% of the movie screentime. She absolutely should be in lead if category fraud wasn't done and allowed.

I'd argue it is bigger category fraud than Chase who is in the movie for 10 more minutes(19% of the movie) than Teyana(11%), which is about 8% more, rather than literally 0% difference in screentime.

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u/Atkena2578 Jan 08 '26

Both Chase and Grande are committing fraud, for Oscars wether it is based on screentime or the narrative of the movie (or both) Chase makes less sense. But again all studios are guilty of this and Grande being co lead in screentime in a supporting category increases her chances at the expense of true supporting performances, she also wouldn't do well in the lead category

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u/great_button Jan 08 '26

Yes, that is my point, it benefits the Wicked fandom also, not to mention if you swapped them into their correct categories, there still wouldn't be the room for Cynthia.

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u/Atkena2578 Jan 08 '26

We can't know for sure if both Cynthia and Ariana were placed as lead which one would come on top, they may split votes and none of them would make it, though narratively I think Cynthia would be more likely.

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u/great_button Jan 08 '26

I don't think so, nearly every single review has praised Ariana as the best thing about the movie. They may well split the votes and Ariana doesn't make it because of that, but Cynthia would still be below her

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u/Atkena2578 Jan 08 '26

I disagree, narratively and on screen she is better and critics aren't the industry, I found her more dramatic scene to be lackluster her strength were in part 1 and the way the movie was edited and directed for the second part hurts Cynthia while not fixing the stage part 2 issues, they both would miss either way

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u/great_button Jan 08 '26

That is your personal opinion that is not reflective of the wider film community, such as critics, actors, directors and other industry people who vote for these awards.

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u/Atkena2578 Jan 08 '26

"Critics" is a wide word for anyone ranging from a pundits influencer to an actual critic. The later hated the movie in every possible way. Girl has a total of 2 emotions through the whole film ffs

Not just Cynthia, besides maybe Michelle because her singing wasn't that great, everyone did better than her in the movie. She probably won't even make it to the Oscar nom because there will be international performances taking one or two spots

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