Soon after the poster was released, hardcore fans of the theater production decided to make some edits to see what the movie poster would look like if it were more similar to the original.

But many struggled to understand why Cynthia had been left so upset by an innocent fan edit, and she was broadly accused of overreacting. She was also called out for hypocrisy, with it being pointed out that she’d previously reposted a comedic fan edit depicting her as Elphaba in a war zone.