A social media personality is reaffirming her choice to remove her children from a Wicked: For Good showing.
Sara Burnett addressed her Instagram followers on Monday, November 24, by resharing Us Weekly’s prior coverage regarding her leaving the Wicked sequel. She stated, “we will never always make the right choices but when in a situation where you can make a choice to stand for your beliefs.. do it.”
The previous day, Burnett shared her unfavorable opinion of the movie via Instagram, explaining, “Now hear me out — we LOVE theatre & musicals. We love appreciating the talents and God given gifts that people have. Seeing the acting, the arts and all the creativity. But gosh, I am not sitting in a movie that is casting legit spells over me and my family and allowing my children (5yr old included) to watch scenes where men are sexually taking off women’s clothing and music that is talking about them laying in bed together.”
In a video accompanying her comments, Burnett, who describes herself as a “virtual hope spreader” and “anchor in Christ,” is shown in a car with a Stanley cup in hand.
In the post’s caption, she remembered “feeling that the spells cast in this movie weren’t just some made up words.. they had purpose in them! The Bible tells us to stay far away from that and my children even looked at me with big eyes and felt uncomfortable in certain parts of the movie. The mom gut knew it was time to walk out.”
Wicked: For Good, featuring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, received a PG (parental guidance) classification from the Motion Picture Association due to “action/violence, some suggestive material and thematic material.”
The film premiered on Friday, November 21, and topped the weekend box office charts, earning $150 million domestically and $226 million globally. According to The Ankler, an entertainment industry newsletter, preview audiences awarded the sequel an “A” CinemaScore. Sixty-one percent of viewers were between 18 and 34 years old, and 70 percent were female — highlighting the strong performance of female-focused blockbusters in theaters.
Burnett expressed disapproval of a risqué scene with a shirtless Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey) and Elphaba (Erivo), who was mostly covered by a large gray cardigan. The enamored pair sing “As Long As You’re Mine” in Elphaba’s private place.
While Burnett’s comments resonated with supportive followers, others expressed gratitude for taking their children to see Jon M. Chu‘s highly anticipated follow-up to Wicked: Part 1.
“So happy I took my kids to see it! They’re too little to read into any of it and they see all that stuff as icky anyways,” one follower commented. “My kids will grow up not hiding and having life normalized. So happy for them.”
Another reminded Burnett: “You had every opportunity to do your research on whether the content aligned with your values before allowing your kids to even see part 1. Ridiculous.”
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