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Steven Spielberg’s Woke ‘West Side Story’ Bombs with $10M Opening
Breitbart ^ | 12/11/2021 | John Nolte

Posted on 12/12/2021 8:04:20 AM PST by marcusmaximus

Director Steven Spielberg’s woke West Side Story remake is a box office catastrophe expected to open in the $10 million range.

How awful is that? Well, do you remember that previous woke catastrophe, In the Heights? It opened to $11.5 million.

West Side Story is projected to bomb harder than In the Heights, lol.

Even so, the In the Heights’ production budget was only $55 million.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: broke; choke; flop; getwokegobroke; hollyweird; hollywood; movies; spielberg; westsidestory; woke; wokebroke; wokechoke; wokesidestory
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To: Craftmore

“and sadly half the movie was lost to us because we dont understand spanish”

you should have demanded a refund because the movie was in spanish and you don’t understand spanish ... seriously ...


81 posted on 12/12/2021 7:38:16 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: cgbg

Stephen King is a poster child for your definition of “bran rot” in an author ...


82 posted on 12/12/2021 7:40:01 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

You think that’s bad watch “At Long Last Love”, a musical from 1975 with Burt Reynolds in it.

“Tommy” based on The Who rock opera. Not only the plot and casting were bad, but they also ruined the music.


83 posted on 12/12/2021 8:44:45 PM PST by rxh4n1
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To: discostu

They are not actual Puerto Ricans. They moved here to the US.


84 posted on 12/12/2021 9:34:37 PM PST by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: Craftmore
The starlet Maria also was unattractive with a lower jaw horse face.

She looks like AOC's kid sister.

85 posted on 12/12/2021 11:04:51 PM PST by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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To: cgbg
In addition, much of the early passion is gone—it is just a money making enterprise.

One sign of burnout is contempt for your audience. When you get too cynical, it's time to quit.

86 posted on 12/12/2021 11:09:37 PM PST by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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To: Beowulf9; irishjuggler
You two are referring to the "penis breath" remark, right?

(Full disclosure: I've never seen the movie, but have read numerous movie reviews of it. Also: In our modern culture, even someone who has never set foot in a cinema will unavoidably "soak up" some of this culture.)

My take is that it was not intended as a covert reference to fellatio. Rather, I think most kids would simply think that it was a "gross" thing to say - and they would say it for pure "shock effect," without any regard for any possible allusion.

But I agree that it is vulgar and does skirt the line.

Regards,

87 posted on 12/12/2021 11:48:42 PM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: marcusmaximus

He’s such a dick

I remember Contender

What a hit piece


88 posted on 12/12/2021 11:50:21 PM PST by wardaddy (Too many uninformed ..and scolds here )
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Political propaganda for the folks who run Hollywood like Spielberg trumps profit

Remember all the anti war dreck during the Bush presidency

And all the bash Trump films

Or films picking on Palin

They could care less if they make money

And they have molded every generation since boomers like this....

It works


89 posted on 12/12/2021 11:54:03 PM PST by wardaddy (Too many uninformed ..and scolds here )
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To: Dave Wright

Exactly! So sad…


90 posted on 12/13/2021 12:14:21 AM PST by antceecee
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To: alexander_busek

It is disgusting and at the time my kids did not say these things.


91 posted on 12/13/2021 12:15:51 AM PST by antceecee
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To: alexander_busek

“My take is that it was not intended as a covert reference to fellatio.”

Well, then with all due respect, you’re very naive. Even as a 12-year-old, I knew it was intended as the slightly more creative equivalent of “c—k sucker.” If someone called you “garlic breath” or “cigarette breath” or “peanut butter breath,” it would refer to something that had been in your mouth.


92 posted on 12/13/2021 3:14:25 AM PST by irishjuggler
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To: marcusmaximus

Are the Jets NeverTrumpers?


93 posted on 12/13/2021 3:38:38 AM PST by NetAddicted ( Just looking)
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To: MoochPooch

When art tries to get political (usually lefties do this) it gets soul-crushing and boring in a hurry.

That is because true art is based on inspiration—and that comes from places where there are no politics.

Audiences (viewers, readers) can sense the fakery in a hurry even if they can’t verbalize it.


94 posted on 12/13/2021 4:50:51 AM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: marcusmaximus

I actually enjoyed it and didn’t see anything “woke” about it. Anybodys was always a gender-confused character, and the new script actually improved the flow of the story. The problem is nobody is up for going to filmed musicals in general anymore, and WSS doesn’t really have cultural cachet with anyone under 60. A cast of unknowns, as talented as they are,
didn’t help either.


95 posted on 12/13/2021 4:54:01 AM PST by Clemenza (I have no tolerance for tolerance)
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To: discostu

Yeah there is nothing “Woke” about this film. It’s terrific and much better than the flatly directed 1961 version.


96 posted on 12/13/2021 10:44:26 AM PST by Borges
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
>> The original West Side Story had actors with darkened faces to represent the Puerto Ricans. This one actually has real Puerto Ricans. That's not "woke." That's simply a more accurate presentation of the story. <<

In the original Broadway production of West Side Story, the character of "Anybodys" is a young tomboy from the neighborhood who desperately wants to be part of the Jets gang. The 1961 film stayed completely faithful to this: Susan Oakes's "Anybodys" in the film was a 1950s-era tomboy: short hair and a spiky attitude.

In the new 'West Side Story', the character of "Anybodys" is reimagined as "openly transgender", both via dialogue heard in the film and the performer cast in the role: "nonbinary" Broadway actor Iris Menas.

Yeah, "Transgendered character" just TOTALLY fits the mid 1950s setting and isn't pandering to 21st century SJWs... right?

97 posted on 12/17/2021 9:18:01 AM PST by BillyBoy (Impeach Biden? Yes We Can!)
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