The first teaser for West Side Story dropped during the Oscars last night and here’s what it looks like. This movie isn’t as untouchable as some other classics for two reasons: 1) the dubbing of certain people (Natalie Wood) in the original and 2) the casting of certain people (Natalie Wood) in the original as Puerto Rican. So I’m very curious to see what Spielberg’s first musical is going to be like. I’ve never been a fan of Ansel Elgort though, so that choice is disappointing here, and also, why do trailers for musicals refuse to show people actually singing? It’s as though they think it’s some sort of negative, yet there can’t possibly be anyone in the target audience for West Side Story who doesn’t know it’s a musical, right? This is set to come out this Christmas after a year’s delay due to Covid.
