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Line 1: {{work}} {{Multiple Works Need Separate Pages}} [[File:west_side_story_title_6062.jpg\|frame]] Line 8 ⟶ 9: ''Somehow, someday, somewhere!''}} A 1957 Broadway [[The Musical\|musical]], composed by [[Leonard Bernstein]], ~~and~~ its 1961 [[The Movie\|film adaptation]], and its [[West Side Story (2021 film)\|2021 film remake]]. It'''''West Side Story''''' may seem [[Older Than Steam]], with more than a [[Star-Crossed Lovers\|few elements]] that you may recognize from [[Romeo and Juliet\|other works]]. It is also a great example of [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny]], with many modern audiences not understanding why it was such a groundbreaking musical in its time. It is recognized as the leader in using [[Newer Than They Think\|dance to further the plot]], thanks to Jerome Robbins' choreography, and is also recognized for portraying minority characters (relatively) positively, using vulgar language and slang, and [[Darker and Edgier\|not being a particularly feel-good musical]]. Two gangs, one Polish-American (Jets) and the other Puerto Rican (Sharks), are fighting over territory on Manhattan's West Side when Tony, a member of the Jets, falls in love with Maria, the younger sister of the Sharks' leader Bernardo. Unfortunately for the young couple, they happen to fall in love on the very night the two gangs decide to end their feud in one final battle. Tony manages to persuade the two gangs to reduce it to a one-on-one "fair fight" but when Maria tells Tony to stop the fight altogether his attempt to intervene results in the leader of the Jets, his best friend Riff, getting knifed to death by Bernardo. In a fit of rage, Tony then kills Bernardo in return. Line 17 ⟶ 18: Notable for some of the most famous songs in musical theater, such as "Tonight," "America" and "I Feel Pretty", with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by [[Stephen Sondheim]]. Both the 1961 and 2021 film versions won the [[Golden Globe Award]] for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. {{tropelist}} Line 46 ⟶ 49: {{quote\|'''Doc:''' When do you kids stop?! You make this world lousy! '''Action:''' We didn't make it, Doc.}} * [[Cycle of ~~Vengeance~~Revenge]]: As best as can be determined from each side's self-serving account, the conflict began when the Jets attacked Bernardo the day he moved to the West Side (though the Jets would say Bernardo began it by moving there). Bernardo created the Sharks to oppose them, but by the time the movie begins both sides have become [[Not So Different\|virtually indistinguishable]], and each is concerned only with vengeance on the other for whatever the others' last act of vengeance on ''them'' was. In the reprise of "Tonight", each side sings the line "They began it". ** They also sing the exact same ''music'' on that line, suggesting that the genesis of each gang's hatred is basically identical. * [[Dance of Romance]]: Tony and Maria, though it is a cha-cha and not the more standard waltz. Line 125 ⟶ 128: {{reflist}} {{Academy Award Best Picture}} {{Golden Globe Award Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy}} [[Category:The Musical]]▼ {{AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals}} {{Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:The Criterion Collection (LaserDisc)]]▼ [[Category:Epic Movie]] [[Category:Film]] [[Category:Films Based on Musicals]]▼ [[Category:Films of the 1960s]] [[Category:Films of the 2020s]] [[Category:Memetic Works]]▼ ▲[[Category:The Musical]] [[Category:National Film Registry]] ~~[[Category:Academy Award]]~~ [[Category:Roger Ebert Great Movies List]] ▲[[Category:The Criterion Collection (LaserDisc)]] [[Category:Theatrical Productions]] ▲[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] ~~[[Category:Golden Globe Award]]~~ ▲[[Category:Films Based on Musicals]] ▲[[Category:Memetic Works]]