West Side Story/YMMV
- Award Snub: It lost that year's Tony to The Music Man.
- Ear Worm: Many, like "Mambo" and "America".
- Moral Event Horizon: It's pretty hard to root for the Jets after they attempt to rape Anita.
- Newer Than They Think
- Seinfeld Is Unfunny: It can seem horribly cliche nowadays.
- Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped: Maria's closing speech where she chews out everyone over Tony's death.
- What the Hell, Casting Agency?: For a part of a Puerto Rican in a musical, a Russian-American was cast, who couldn't sing (okay, Natalie Wood actually could sing, but she wasn't good enough for this movie).