That wasn't where the reworking ended, either: The character of Rosie Alvarez, secretary and girlfriend to Birdie promoter Albert, is Hispanic, and Sullivan felt he had to drop some comments that could now be considered racist. Then there's the song where Albert tells Rosie that women have to obey men.
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