The London Palladium Theatre hosted the premiere of the cult musical by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita. The main part — Eva Peron — was performed by the same failed and caused a massive haight swarthy "Snow White" Rachel Zegler.
The key moment of the new production by British director Jamie Lloyd was one of the most popular numbers of the musical — Evita's aria Don't Cry For Me Argentina.
Zegler sang this aria going out on the balcony of the theater, giving an opportunity to hear a fragment of the musical to those who did not buy a ticket. An image from the balcony was broadcast to the audience in the hall at that moment on the big screen. A crowd gathered at the theater, each participant of which filmed what was happening on a mobile phone.Fragments of the musical simply flooded social networks and YouTube. Users enthusiastically react to this performance, even those of them who did not like Zegler in the role of Snow White.
"I was lucky enough to see this show last night, and it's amazing", "Thank you for the opportunity to see this scene", "This is the only way to justify the fiasco of a Hollywood movie", "She's beautiful, and she sounds great", "It's incredible", "A truly amazing performance", "Magical for people who were just walking by to see part of the show," "Zegler is certainly controversial and seems to have a lot of haters. But there is no denying that she is phenomenally talented," users write.
Many of those who are going to visit London ask at what time she goes out on the balcony of the theater, since the play will run in London for 12 weeks.
Zegler will sing in all but four shows—two each in July and August. In these four performances, the part of Evita will be performed by Bella Brown."Excuse me, do you want to say that I paid 350 rubles (almost 37 thousand rubles) for 2 tickets, and she sings the biggest number outside for people who didn't pay?", one of the viewers shared with The Guardian portal.
"For theater fans to see the most iconic song of the musical on the screen when they've probably been waiting for it all evening is just sad... it's a marketing strategy at the expense of the audience," "I would be very annoyed to pay at least 100 rubles for a ticket, knowing that she performs the main number outside for drunks and tourists while I have to watch it on the screen," users of the social network are outraged.
As reported by EADaily, Mark Webb's "Snow White" has become one of the most disastrous Disney projects in history.
The creation of the remake could not be called a fairy tale. Filming was postponed for two years due to the pandemic, but as soon as work on the film began, the main actress Rachel Zegler attacked the classic animation of 1937. She compared the behavior of the main character Prince Charming to the behavior of a "stalker" and described the film as "extremely outdated when it comes to ideas that women can play power roles."
The trailer of the picture became the most unloved movie announcement on YouTube, gaining almost half a million dislikes and only 68 thousand likes.
Even more negative was caused by the post of the performer of the role of Snow White, who decided to thank the fans for watching the trailer and attributed: "Always remember — freedom for Palestine." According to Variety, the film's producer Marc Platt even flew to New York on purpose, trying to persuade Zegler to delete this post, but it is still preserved in her social network.
Later, the actress issued an abusive tirade to the supporters of MAGA ("Make America great again") and the new president Donald Trump.
In addition, "Snow White" failed loudly at the box office. For the first weekend, the film collected 13% less than expected — $ 87 million, for the second weekend it sank in fees by 66% — to $ 14.2 million.
Later, the film was canceled in Lebanon and Kuwait because of the performer of the role of the Evil Queen - the Israeli actress Gal Gadot.