I think that the more we can protect ourselves from that the better.

But the scrutiny only intensified.

Earlier this week, Grandecame to her own defensefrom these claims.

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And I think its dangerous for all parties involved.

At the Red Sea Film Festival, she said: The green stands for every person who feels othered … That scene when [Elphaba] is told that the green is a problem?

Those tears were real.

It comes from my understanding of what it feels like to feel that.

I cannot tell that story without sharing those emotions.