The original was woke and preachy for its day. The new version may actually be behind the curve so far as woke PC is concerned. But the discussion is academic. If we haven’t seen the movie, we really don’t know what it is. I may see it eventually and probably won’t love it or hate it.
The original had its moments. A couple of songs really did talk back to the preachy of the day. “Officer Krupke” lampoons all the bien pensant excuses for crime and depravity, and moreover takes seriously the “nature vs nurture” argument that is the core of sociology. A rather profound and very funny little ditty.
And then of course there is the great “I like to be in America”. Its sarcastic, ironic, patriotic and of course Rita Moreno (pro-America, very like it or leave it, if blatantly materialistic) wins the argument. Also very funny.