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* [[Downer Ending]]: Sure, the fighting's over, but three people are dead. [[Word of God]] has it that Maria kills herself as well.
* [[Dream Ballet]]: "Somewhere"
* [[Enforced Method Acting]]: While filming the movie, the actors playing the Jets and the Sharks were roomed separately in order to heighten the tension between the two groups.
** Amazingly averted in "Anita's Rape Scene." In that scene, the actress playing Anita, Rita Moreno, was reduced to tears as a result of shooting that scene, as it brought back memories of when she was raped as a child. When she started crying, the actors playing the Jets immediately stopped what they were doing and began comforting her, while pointing out that the viewers were going to hate them for what they were doing.
* [[Enter Stage Window]]: Naturally, considering it's based on the [[Ur Example]].
* [[Expy]]; Every single character corresponds to one in "Romeo & Juliet", as do many of the scenes and sequences. The most obvious being that Tony=Romeo while Maria=Juliet, while the Jets=Montagues and the Sharks=Capulets, but there are others:
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