5/8/2023 0 Comments Anita blake netflix![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The last comment raises our awareness: “This boy don’t need a job, he needs a year in the pen!” The Jets’ leader Riff (no-nonsense Russ Tamblyn) is hounded by Sergeant Krupke to “get off the streets” and “go home!” In the song, “Gee, Officer Krupke!” each of the Jets wisecrack as Riff is passed from judge to analyst to social worker. Death, the ultimate mediator, brings the rival gangs together to realize their true enemies: the swaggering police, the suffocating school to prison system, and the rigid definition of a woman’s role. ![]() Shockingly, they are joined by one Shark, then others. In the final scene, as Maria huddles over Tony’s lifeless body, one by one the Jets kneel down to help. George Chakiris (Bernardo) & Russ Tamblyn (Riff). The musical, based on “Romeo and Juliet,” looks forward to issues on immigrants, identity, and gender. Re-watching the musical classic in this age of quarantine and social enlightenment, I realize that Leonard Bernstein and Steven Sondheim’s ten Oscar winning masterpiece brings up modern conflicts. Little did he know the ending challenges standard Hollywood “romance.” Assuming the musical has a Hollywood ending, he pulled out the ring halfway through. Whenever I hear the words “West Side Story,” I recall my Grandpa’s story of proposing to my Grandma at a 1961 packed premiere in downtown San Francisco. Reflections Bernstein, Sondheim Champion Youthful Self-Discovery ![]()
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