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16. You should tell the New Yorker what a "remake" is

Mon Dec 27, 2021, 08:52 AM

Dec 2021

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/review-steven-spielbergs-west-side-story-remake-is-worse-than-the-original

Nor do I need any lectures on the quality of the original. On the musical front, Dudamel v. Bernstein is not a fair fight. I saw one insipid clip of America and knew this version was doomed.

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With just $36.6 million in ticket sales, 'West Side Story' is officially a box office bomb [View all] Dial H For Hero Dec 2021 OP

I saw it on Broadway stage in the late 50s.......wonderful. pidge Dec 2021 #7

I think the timing of the release is really bad. nocoincidences Dec 2021 #2

I don't think that's true at all. jimfields33 Dec 2021 #5

Bad idea is more like it BeyondGeography Dec 2021 #6

It is not a remake and if you would spend some time researching it Casady1 Dec 2021 #8

You should tell the New Yorker what a "remake" is BeyondGeography Dec 2021 #16

You were the one who Casady1 Dec 2021 #17

We absolutely want to see it, but not in a theater. Not now. tanyev Dec 2021 #3

Sorry to hear it, sorry I can't contribute to it's success, elleng Dec 2021 #4

Let's face it. We don't exactly live in age of great good taste. Tomconroy Dec 2021 #9

Not going to spend $15 to sit with a mask on and watch a movie aeromanKC Dec 2021 #10

I never wanted to see the original left-of-center2012 Dec 2021 #11

Classic theater is so much better, far more worthy of appreciation . . . Journeyman Dec 2021 #12

Not interested. left-of-center2012 Dec 2021 #14

Good for you! Deny them the good graces of your company . . . Journeyman Dec 2021 #15

Don't see it Casady1 Dec 2021 #18