#WestSideStory 🧵 - through a decolonized lens.... 
Consider reactions to Spielberg and Kushner visit to #PuertoRico
Check out these three powerful pieces that read gender, race, power and US colonialism around #WestSideStory 👇
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@womensmediacntr
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@womensmediacntr
Read @cescobarandrade's review on the dangerous message #WestSideStory remake sends...
latinorebels.com/2021/12/10/wss…
latinorebels.com/2021/12/10/wss…
"In the overwhelmingly White world of Hollywood, the Puerto Rican experience is #WestSideStory
and nothing else" -@julito77
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
and nothing else" -@julito77
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
On some of the original lyrics -
On authenticity: "So far, this year's best film, the most accurate portrayal on Puerto Ricans is our musical inclusion in @summerofsoul" - Aurora Flores
latinxproject.nyu.edu/intervenxions/…
#WestSideStory
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#WestSideStory
@TheJosieMarie and @kaymaldo discuss the glamorization of racism and who this #WestSideStory remake is really for 🎥
"Ya es hora de decir basta de refritos, importaciones y adaptaciones, y de comenzar a exigir producciones y creaciones originales..." - @arlenedavila1
elnuevodia.com/opinion/punto-…
elnuevodia.com/opinion/punto-…
Some Boricuas applaud #Insecure #Gentefied and #PoseFX -all POC original, written & directed- but then delight in "at least" some improvements in a 60yrold production by white men about us.
"At least" can no longer be the bar for our community.👂👇
latinorebels.com/2021/12/09/wes…
"At least" can no longer be the bar for our community.👂👇
latinorebels.com/2021/12/09/wes…
Search #WestSideStory to see who the vast majority of reviewers are.
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