Rita Moreno explaining why representation matters. Whenever someone says "do we really need this character to be part of this group", remember this interview. Remember how she had never been allowed to play a character with true dignity before this. Also remember Whoopi Goldberg watching Star Trek as a child and seeing Nichelle Nichols on the bridge of a starship, and excitedly telling her mom that there was a black woman on TV who wasn't a maid. Seeing people who look/sound like you is important. Representation matters.
@@crysdee461 It is. No movie can be everything to everyone, but dismissing the concerns of people who *still* haven't seen a lot of positive representation is not how we improve. ITH is a beautiful movie for what it is, and at least they were *trying* to represent, even if they missed the perfect bullseye.
@@crysdee461 Non Afro Latinos can barely get a job and we are the MAJORITY of the Latino community while Afro Latinos get to play African American roles. In the remake of West Side Story, the treasured role of Anita is played by a black woman....who claims to be a "bit" Puerto Rican.
When I first had a crush on Rita Moreno as a kid, little did I know it was a permanent and incurable condition. Sixty years on and I *still* have that feeling whenever I see her that I'm witnessing the most clever, most beautiful, and most utterly adorable women who ever lived. 😍
@@j.b.9260 Agreed, JB...I sure as hell have never known of anyone with her eternal appeal. Makes me sad that Stephen spends so much time making fun of people just because they're old.
Rita Moreno - GOD BLESS HER!! As a kid in 1961 I saw her in West Side Story when it hit the theaters and yay! She is still with us god bless her heart!
What an absolute legend in every aspect. I love her spirit, her attitude, her bravery and even her hair! Thank you for being yourself and showing that one can be a success without being a monster. Two bleeps! I don’t remember THAT Sesame Street episode. You are the best Rita! Absolutely the BEST!!!
My favorite teacher (English/literature), would go to NYC summers and see Broadway shows. She taught us Romeo and Juliet parallel with West Side Story. She brought in the album with the score. I LOVE,LOVE LOVE, everything about it, AND Ms. Moreno. I only wish I looked somewhere near as good now at 75, as she does at 89.
WOW A true legend. She is a real queen, a diva, a star. So many awards. She is almost 90 and she has so much energy. God bless Rita Moreno. A true National Treasure.
Rita Moreno became an international role model well before it was fashionable and to the young women who watch a 90 yr old woman well ok then, that's how you do it.
Rita Marino is awesome! Such beauty and grace! Watched the West Side Story so many times! I hope I have her energy when I get to her age! Amazing!!👍👍👏👏🙏🙏
Rita Moreno, you are the epitome of Class and Sass; Royalty without the pretentions! Still beautiful at 90 and looking like you'll be with us for many years to come! Te deseo lo mejor!
I saw Moreno at her cabaret act in 2000. After the show, we lined up to have her sign her new CD. I told her I thought she was going to sing the "Punctuation Song" (from _The Electric Company_ ) when she came out on the stage. So she sang the first bar of the song right there for me.
I had the honor, pleasure and privilege to work with her at Berkeley Rep many years ago. She's not just an icon but as delightful, warm and kind as you see her on television. Just an awesome lady.
Well, considering she starred as a grown woman in West Side Story in 1961, you had to figure 80 at least. Regardless, she looks phenomenal and moves incredibly well for, well, pretty much any age!
I’m here to find out t he e name of the song the band was playing during her FANTASTIC entrance! What was THAT song???!!! Oh, and yes, she was:is AMAZING!!
This is exactly what I want to be at 90 years old. She is inspirational.
Dude holy fuck I thought she was like 60
😎‼✌
@•EllieeElven• She’ll be 90 in a few months, December 11th, 2021
Totally agree 🙏🙏🙌
90 in less than 10 days! Amazing! Never know it.
She is amazing
"At fucking last."
89 years young, this woman rocks!!!
That was one hell of an entrance. You go girl.
Rita Moreno explaining why representation matters. Whenever someone says "do we really need this character to be part of this group", remember this interview. Remember how she had never been allowed to play a character with true dignity before this.
Also remember Whoopi Goldberg watching Star Trek as a child and seeing Nichelle Nichols on the bridge of a starship, and excitedly telling her mom that there was a black woman on TV who wasn't a maid.
Seeing people who look/sound like you is important. Representation matters.
It does! And it’s disappointing that she made that comment about Afro Latinos waiting their turn.
@@crysdee461 It is. No movie can be everything to everyone, but dismissing the concerns of people who *still* haven't seen a lot of positive representation is not how we improve. ITH is a beautiful movie for what it is, and at least they were *trying* to represent, even if they missed the perfect bullseye.
@@crysdee461 Non Afro Latinos can barely get a job and we are the MAJORITY of the Latino community while Afro Latinos get to play African American roles. In the remake of West Side Story, the treasured role of Anita is played by a black woman....who claims to be a "bit" Puerto Rican.
Baya!!!
"People say that when you get to a certain age that you start to mellow. I have no idea what these people are talking about." -- Rita Moreno
I want to be her when I grow up. 🤣😊🥰
The way she said hi to the entire band❤️❤️
They will vividly remember that moment for the rest of their lives.
What a class act!! Let us all be as vibrant- as radiant- “universally adored”! Amen!
reminds me of Jane Fonda. Wow that was an Entrance.
That, my friends, is what we call an ENTRANCE!
Rita Moreno makes me proud to be a Puerto Rican born and raised in America. She is my role model
Love her!
My too, she so pretty and sexy still
She is a freaking treasure -- Such an inspiration for Puerto Rican girls everywhere!
Rita Moreno has been my hero for 51 years!!!! This was a joy to see. ¡Amamos tú a Rita! 😘😘😘🤗🤗🤗🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
"At fucking last😒 ...[music] I know.. I know... I know I willl get bleeped... But I don't give a shit😂" that woman!
Exactly!!!
A literal living legend
A National Treasure.
As a child, I watched west side story to see Anita. She was the coolest.
Agreed!
My favorite movie.
When I first had a crush on Rita Moreno as a kid, little did I know it was a permanent and incurable condition. Sixty years on and I *still* have that feeling whenever I see her that I'm witnessing the most clever, most beautiful, and most utterly adorable women who ever lived. 😍
I have a crush too (and I'm 31).
@@j.b.9260 😉
@@BlueBaron3339 Crazy, but it's true.
@@j.b.9260 Agreed, JB...I sure as hell have never known of anyone with her eternal appeal. Makes me sad that Stephen spends so much time making fun of people just because they're old.
She is like Betty White. Amazingly talented, amazingly funny, tough as nails and too old to give a shit anymore!
Little-known fact: She's the last surviving cast member of "Singin' in the Rain."
May I say late show producers, that Rita Moreno was THE best show, BEST guest you EVER had!! #1
this woman is the greatest thing the universe has created
Careful...I'm still searching for mine and Rita certainly can't be better than my future wife!
Amen!
She is still friends with George Chakiris.
Amen.
This is by far the best opening on the Stephen Colbert show I've ever watched.
Rita Moreno is a genuine entertainer who is I can hardly find.
Rita Moreno - GOD BLESS HER!! As a kid in 1961 I saw her in West Side Story when it hit the theaters and yay! She is still with us god bless her heart!
Such an amazing and beautiful soul.... truly one of a kind
Her entrance, her outfit, the way she greeted the band. Almost 90? She looks maahhvelous 😍🔥
What a super gal. Star all the way. Always a true, absolute joy. & Just discovered- her birthday is the same as my mums!
I watched West Side Story as a child and totally fell in love with it
She was launched into my consciousness and will always be most beloved for singing Fever on The Muppet Show!!!
I've watched that a dozen times or more. "Cool it."
It's on RUclips!
From the moment she entered the studio I had a smile on my face. She is a breath of fresh air. ❤
Love her since the 60's... what an inspiration!
Now that’s a magnificent entrance! All hail Rita Moreno! 👌👏
What a woman. What legend. What an icon.
What an absolute legend in every aspect. I love her spirit, her attitude, her bravery and even her hair! Thank you for being yourself and showing that one can be a success without being a monster. Two bleeps! I don’t remember THAT Sesame Street episode. You are the best Rita! Absolutely the BEST!!!
Two days in a row tears of joy. Non-stop clapping. It feels like have come full circle.
OMG!!!!! Everyone wins when we ALL live our best lives!!! She is SUCH AN INSPIRATION❣️💃
My favorite teacher (English/literature), would go to NYC summers and see Broadway shows. She taught us Romeo and Juliet parallel with West Side Story. She brought in the album with the score. I LOVE,LOVE LOVE, everything about it, AND Ms. Moreno. I only wish I looked somewhere near as good now at 75, as she does at 89.
If we can grow old like her. I think we've all something right. This woman rocks
Well that is the first time I've seen a guest greet everyone like this haha
Man, she put me in a happy mood haha
She's so silly, sassy spunky and playful ❤️
I'd say that I hope to have moves like that at her age... but heck, I ain't got moves like that now!
😅
💀💀💀
Me too
What an awesome interview!!!! Great job, Stephen! Rita Moreno... we love you and admire you! Feeling so proud!
Still trying to pick my jaw off the floor after Rita Moreno said she's 89!
WOW A true legend. She is a real queen, a diva, a star. So many awards. She is almost 90 and she has so much energy. God bless Rita Moreno. A true National Treasure.
Another PR’can pearl. Rita Moreno 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🔥🔥🔥 💎 💎💎🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🔥🔥🔥
Hands up who does not love this amazing strong wonderful woman. She is a treasure & such damn fun. Bless her.
I’m happy to be puertorrican she represented us so proudly she such a treasure
OMG!!! So lucid and brilliant as always! Grateful and sassy! True royalty! 🔥⭐️❤️👌🏻👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🔥👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🇵🇷💪🏼🏆🥇
Rita Moreno is a force of nature! What an entrance! What a woman! I can’t believe she’s 90 now... Absolutely unbelievable! ❤️
She’s just plain amazing! What a great role model for growing older.
For me, it was the Electric Company first, before I found West Side Story: "Hey, you guuuyyyysss!!"
Loved her there, one of the tv highlights of my childhood ❤️
Morgan Freeman was there, too!
Yes!!
Youngster.
Same for me 😄
Rita Moreno became an international role model well before it was fashionable and to the young women who watch a 90 yr old woman well ok then, that's how you do it.
She is a treasure!!! 💜
Talk about an OG!!! That woman just tops all of them!!! A true legend!!!
PEGOT winner Rita Moreno. I bow down to her greatness. My late Mother loved "West Side Story"...
Now this is an entertainer!
My 🇵🇷 heart is full. She is amazing!
She's amazing and I'm absolutely obsessed with her outfit.
Me, too!
When you’re a legend like Rita Moreno, you literally don’t have to give a s**t about being censored.
She's a legend! Love the glitter in her hair💫💐💯
She makes smile 😃
Rita Marino is awesome! Such beauty and grace! Watched the West Side Story so many times! I hope I have her energy when I get to her age! Amazing!!👍👍👏👏🙏🙏
I had such a crush on her when I was a teenager and, now that I'm 75, I still do...
Rita Moreno, you are the epitome of Class and Sass; Royalty without the pretentions! Still beautiful at 90 and looking like you'll be with us for many years to come! Te deseo lo mejor!
I love her so much
Still hot at 89. ("Fever" with Animal was *how long ago*? Geez. Does she have a magic portrait in a vault somewhere?) She looks amazing.
I see your Dorian Grey reference, my friend 😏 👉🏻👉🏻
Her version of "Fever" on The Muppet Show with Animal is, to this day, the most entertaining piece of television EVER!
I always liked her.
Wasn't she on Sesame Street ?
Omg, that was delightful! I haven’t seen her in years. Didn’t know how funny she was!
Wow 🤩 I don’t imagine she is 89 years incredible beautiful woman
It's so nice to see her back in the spotlight!
A true Legend !! No other words needed.
I loved her when she was on The Electric Company. She is still the ULTIMATE in cool.
I saw Moreno at her cabaret act in 2000. After the show, we lined up to have her sign her new CD. I told her I thought she was going to sing the "Punctuation Song" (from _The Electric Company_ ) when she came out on the stage. So she sang the first bar of the song right there for me.
I had the honor, pleasure and privilege to work with her at Berkeley Rep many years ago. She's not just an icon but as delightful, warm and kind as you see her on television. Just an awesome lady.
89 wow! she looks amazing!!!
Wow! She looks marvelous!
Wow! Iconic. Totally inspiring!
She is amazing, love her...
Gotta love a guest who goes straight into the band!!
I Love Rita!!!! Role models of role models.
I cannot believe that this woman is 89 years young! Wow! I thought that she was probably about 71!
Well, considering she starred as a grown woman in West Side Story in 1961, you had to figure 80 at least. Regardless, she looks phenomenal and moves incredibly well for, well, pretty much any age!
To this DAY I remember the majesty of that performance of Anita ❣️ LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS LADY ❣️❣️
She is an International treasure!!!!!
She’s one of the few people who has ever won an EGOT and a Peabody award-if that doesn’t say how talented someone is, I don’t know what is!
What a joy she is. We should all aspire to have that energy at any age.
I nominate Rita Moreno for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert's "Best Guest of the year award".
💃🏻 One dance is worth a 100 million words! Spectacular falls short.
If she’s looking and seeming this good at 89, she’s gonna live to be 120.
A fucking icon!
Damn 89 and u move like that and still have that much energy 🧊🫀🫀♾
The band has always been fantastic but tonight’s Latin fun was exceptional!! Keep having Latin nights 🕺🏻
I’m here to find out t he e name of the song the band was playing during her FANTASTIC entrance! What was THAT song???!!! Oh, and yes, she was:is AMAZING!!
Her going up into the band is my favorite.
Rita Moreno, you rock!! 🇵🇷
okay i never knew i could love a stranger more than i love this woman
She's gold!!
Rita Moreno is a national treasure!!
QUE HERMOSA..EXCELENTE ACTRIZ..ES UNICA..
Siiii viva Anita!!! tremenda mujer, artista y bella alma!!! BRAVO!!! Thanks @Stephen
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE THIS WOMAN!
Incredible!
Rita, tu fuiste la modelo de muchas generaciones, gracias
We have to know about how she added the shimmering effect to her hair!
Awe we share a birthday! I love it!! I hope I’m just like her at 89 years old! Amazing! ❤️
I love this Boricua🇵🇷
I woke up smiling and inspired! Thank you