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‘Flee’: Using animation to protect an Afghan’s identity

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Stephen Spielberg and Tony Cushner in West Side's Story

stephen spielberg and tony cushner appear to have totally dealt with, you know, this question, why are two older white men making a movie about emigrants in new york? And it just seems that they executed so in a way. I mean, we did see tereben hanson and cats go through the thresher, and i feel like would be a bit of a shame if that happens to this. There was so much scepticism, and there were so many cultural issues. You know, this was based on some outmoted stereotypes in the original on non at portorican actors playing porto rican people. They also cast latin actors

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