In hindsight, one upside to making Fr. Lawrence so Spanish was to increase the amount of diversity in the setting, so that people are less likely to fall into the simplistic racism metaphor that R&J has often been saddled with. [Much as you yourself did in your own recent adaptation, by adding more ethnicities.] Personally, I don't feel that it was worth the downsides in this case.

But then, I'm not sure I've *ever* seen a play that I didn't have some disagreements with. (Including the one I directed! It's so difficult to get actors to do the Right Thing :-).