Steven Spielberg Tapped to Direct New Version of West Side Story

Begging the question(s): why?

Why remake it at all?

Why have it directed by someone who, in a career spanning four decades, has never displayed an iota of musicality?

Update: This one's for Steverino:

Dear Mr. Steven Spielberg,

You gotta comprehend

That your directing deal here

Is likely to offend.

You aren't a Jerry Robbins,

And you're no Robert Wise.

Stevie, sweetheart, why do this reprise?

Yes, director Spielberg, those are our guffaws

'Cuz this is a great musical--not ET or Jaws.

Dear director Spielberg, this one is taboo.

Dear director Spielberg, Krup you!