The Wicked movie has received a trigger warning in the U.K. for 'discrimination.' The British Board of Film Classification has ruled that audiences may find seeing “beloved characters” being mistreated as “upsetting and poignant.

Anti-green skin rhetoric in Wicked has earned the movie a trigger warning for “discrimination” by the British Board of Film Classification. According to the regulators, seeing “beloved characters” being mistreated could be “upsetting and poignant” for some audiences.

The film watchdogs have slapped the blockbuster hit Wicked with a trigger warning as millions flock to the cinema to watch the musical adaptation.

Despite being a magical musical aimed primarily at younger audiences and children, the on-screen adaptation of Wicked has been slapped with an unexpected 'trigger warning'.

While Wicked has been given a PG rating in the UK, the BBFC informed viewers of possible discrimination over Elphaba’s character, stating: ‘A green-skinned woman is mocked, bullied and humiliated because of her skin colour.’

A TRIGGER warning has been slapped on the new Wicked movie — for showing discrimination against a “green-skinned woman”. The film, a prequel to the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz, tells the origin

The fringe woke leftists in the UK have issued a trigger warning for “Wicked,” drawing widespread criticism for highlighting discrimination against individuals with green skin. The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is responsible for classifying cinema films,