Have you seen the Nike commercial with Maria Sharapova? It’s really pretty funny…it’s got Sharapova heading off to Flushing Meadows for a match at the US Open while everyone around her sings “I feel pretty” from West Side Story.

I’m familiar with the movie version, and thought that Nike had really wimped out by replacing the word “gay” in their commercial, but it turns out that in the stage version of the lyrics, Maria does sing “I feel pretty and witty and bright!” (to rhyme with “tonight”) rather than “I feel pretty and witty and gay!” (to rhyme with “today”).

That said, given that I just saw the commercial at 9AM or so (and the US Open is clearly an all-day event), “today” would probably have been more grammatically correct than “tonight.” Nike may not want (or need) to go the Orbitz route and feature gay couples kissing, but geez, I’m not sure they need to bend over backwards to avoid it either.