although why, I don't know, because Natalie Wood can sing
Hiring someone for "song dubbing" was a pretty common thing back then. The same thing happened to Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady after Hepburn spent months with a voice coach. The real tragedy, though, is often times the singers weren't credited, which leads you to think the actors actually did the singing. My only guess is maybe the studio didn't think Wood and Beymer had rich enough voices.
I like that in updating the story, the writers pulled from the actual tension of racial/ethnic divide that was happening in the city; making it more than just sticking Romeo and Juliet in contemporary times and calling it an update. Not surprisingly, "America" is my favorite number and Rita Moreno is AWESOME.
But man is this a long version. I always get bored/antsy around the half-way mark--usually about the time the Sharks and Jets are going to the rumble.
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Date: 2013-11-22 09:04 pm (UTC)Hiring someone for "song dubbing" was a pretty common thing back then. The same thing happened to Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady after Hepburn spent months with a voice coach. The real tragedy, though, is often times the singers weren't credited, which leads you to think the actors actually did the singing. My only guess is maybe the studio didn't think Wood and Beymer had rich enough voices.
I like that in updating the story, the writers pulled from the actual tension of racial/ethnic divide that was happening in the city; making it more than just sticking Romeo and Juliet in contemporary times and calling it an update. Not surprisingly, "America" is my favorite number and Rita Moreno is AWESOME.
But man is this a long version. I always get bored/antsy around the half-way mark--usually about the time the Sharks and Jets are going to the rumble.