ɪt wʌz ˈʌltᵻmətli dˈuː tə ðɪ ˌɪntɚvˈɛnʃən ʌv tˈoʊni kˈʌʃnɚ ðætðə sˈɔŋ ɹᵻmˈeɪnd, æz spˈiːlbɜːɡ lˈeɪɾɚɹ ɛksplˈeɪnd, "tˈoʊni kˈʌʃnɚ ɛksplˈeɪnd tə mˌiː, ænd ðˈɛn aɪ ɛksplˈeɪnd tə stˈiːvən... ðæt ðɪs ɪz ðə fˈɜːst tˈaɪm ɪn ˌaʊɚ stˈoːɹi ðætðɪ ɛntˈaɪɚɹ ˈɔːdiəns ɪz ɐhˈɛd ʌv mɚɹˈiːəz stˈoːɹi.
It was ultimately due to the intervention of Tony Kushner that the song remained, as Spielberg later explained, "Tony [Kushner] explained to me, and then I explained to Stephen... that this is the first time in our story that the entire audience is ahead of Maria's story.