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Right- he prefers the older wiser Anita to sing “A boy like dat- who keel your brodduh- forget dat boy and find anodduh” :oops:

Saw a new commercial tonight on the Tonys. Why this was shot with a aged/vintage technicolor filter is beyond me we know it’s the 50’s from the production details and the clothes. Looks like the same filter In The Heights used to evoke heat prior to a blackout or the HBO Max The White Lotus used...

Well that’s certainly not me cause I never started a thread ever lol!

No question is ridiculous. What’s ridiculous is someone defending an unnecessary remake of a film classic for no reason whatsoever other than he deserves his “take”. I’m done with this conversation until Steven Spielberg’s WSS is released. Moving on.

What’s his take? You can’t tell any changes from the trailer except doc is a PR. Lol Which I highly suspect is in getting RM’s involvement in it to lendit more cred? Lol Oh and the Sharks girlfriends have brightly colored print dresses compared to the more realistic gang colored poorer fabrics...

I highly doubt people will be watching in theaters ITH for the next 6 months. And again stage productions are always put on and restaged- plays /musicals have to be re staged otherwise there is no other way to see them! As opposed to film- just flip a switch and you can see the multiple award...

Unless (spoiler alert!) Tony lives or Maria turns out to be Valentina what are you hoping or thinking to see differently in this version plot wise, music wise or character wise pray tell-which is what the trailers are showing?? Doc being a woman- is that the difference? It’s still NYC,1950’s. If...

Very cool indeed. And just reinforces that this is an unnecessary remake- there’s nothing new there. Looking forward to In The Heights this weekend which looks to be the Latino NYC musical of 2021.

Did Tom Hanks win anything for a Spielberg film? I would say NO

His number as director of actor’s awards nominated and winners speak for themselves. Spielberg has who- Daniel Day Lewis ?

If anything this new WSS will prove Robert Wise to be one of the most underrated directors ever and Steven Spielberg one of the most overrated. IMHO. Also what was wrong with Ernest Lehman’s screenplay in 1961that needed a redo? If it’s a woke version of 1961 we shall see. And I don’t see how...

This argument that plays and musical plays are performed again and again is irrelevant as there is no other way to see the source other than having it performed. A film on the other hand is set in stone like a book or a painting. A real comparison would be like let’s rewrite Gone with the Wind...

Is that the musical lyrics he abhors, says he’s embarrassed by and finds cringe worthy? I wonder what changed his mind? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/stephen-sondheim-on-a-21st-century-west-side-story-60-minutes-2020-07-12/ Is he rewriting them?

Right and THAT should have been his musical debut. Isn’t Patti Lupone in that- speaking of musicals?

What was the last musical Steven Spielberg made? Did he ever direct an MTV music video for that matter? Why doesn’t he remake Fidler - that never won Best picture. It’s too long and not ethnic enough and directed by a Gentile. Should be in Yiddish like Joel Grey’s version. How many Best...

Is John Williams writing new music for this? Why is it called Steven Spielberg’s West Story? Aurthur Laurents and Leonard Bernstein must be spinning in their graves- now that’s more like a Spielberg flick worth shooting!

Well it’s not. Simply asking how is she more authentic then Puerto Rican Rita Moreno as Anita in the original? That’s not judging anything. This is supposed to be more authentiic then the original that’s all. You know what I’m done with this thread - until Spielberg’s film walks away 10 Oscars...

and do you feel the same way about Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess and R&H‘S Flower Drum Song and The King & I because that is how they wrote it? Blacks and Asians apparently do not with those examples yet whites should accept a black George Washington simply because non-musical rap is in vogue?

Well not in New York City. Only millennials and protestors are doing that.

What are you talking about? She was born and raised in NorthCarolina not Puerto Rico and Self identifies as black . You are all going by Natalie Wood and George Chakiris appearance and name. Im just pointing out the double standard.

You left out Debose was born and raised In North Carolina hardly Latin America. And I said a Latina not a Blatina. So how is this better than Rita Moreno who is authentically born in Puerto Rico? By the way she self identifies as Black not Latin. And excuse me but Natalie Wood was an actual...

If Natalie Wood was too white to play Maria as I’ve been reading here why is the new Anita black and not a Latina? Also this movie is obviously made for a younger audience as everything is today- a cast of mostly young unknowns- not partly for an older audience who don’t go to movies anyway. And...

Who is Ansel Engort? Oh wait didn't he star in that other unnecessary remake of the DePalma classic- Carrie?