Why Steven Spielberg Refused To Use Subtitles In 'West Side Story' For Scenes In Spanish

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The director explained his decision not to subtitle any of the Spanish dialogue in his retelling of the classic musical.

 

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I’ve watched films that are non English without subtitles and it’s incredibly frustrating and difficult, sometimes impossible, to follow what’s happening. Will he not be having native subtitles in non English speaking countries in the rest of the film…..for balance?

Well that's going to be a fun watch then 🤔

If they are here forever and cannot speak Spanish...than they are dumber than those that speak 2 or 3 languages,,

We were going to see it when it came out but now forget it,

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