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That's what I know. By the time the very concept of "West Side Story" really got off the ground, however, the conflict between Jews and Catholics was not nearly as fresh, overt, or prominent. At around the time that "West Side Story" came out as a musical, on the whole, there was a huge influx of Puerto Ricans into New York City, and into the Continental United States, generally. Subsequently the conflict between European Ethnic Americans and Puerto Ricans was much fresher, and more overt and prevalent, as well. It only seemed fitting that West Side Story be about conflict between the Puerto Ricans and the White Ethnic European Americans, which it was.
I was kind of sorry that he shot the rabbit, however.
Rebecca Hall was both an extremely bland actress, and the character of Claire was rather bland, as well.
That would be one of the best things to do, I think.
Maybe they ought to have at least one or two movie employees in the theatre itself, just to keep disruptive people quiet.
Those kinds of tactics seem awfully risky, however.
Obviously, though, not enough theatres have hard-and-fast policies against that kind of disruptive behavior during the movies. If more movie theatres had the kind of zero tolerance policies for crap like that, which Alamo Drafthouse cinemas have, the movie business just might be in much better shape.
West Side Story, as a musical overall, was also inspired by the fact that there was a great deal of conflict between the Puerto Ricans and the White European ethnic americans here in the continental United States, as well as the Zoot suit riots that also occurred in the 1950's, or so.
He sounds like a very screwed up kid, and yet, he seemed quite interesting, and seemed to bring a certain amount of spirit to the film.
He shot the rabbit, and sort of tried to kill himself, but seemed to be unable to do the latter, if one gets the drift.
So far I'm enjoying it. It's interesting.
Thanks, godewey.
Because mobile phones are such a convenience, people take advantage of the convenience of having mobile phones with them.
You're welcome, ShogunofYonkers. Glad I was able to be of some help here.
"Lawrence of Arabia" is one of my all time favorite movies, but, I admit to one thing: "Lawrence of Arabia", although I like this film, doesn't hold the same special place in my heart regarding movies as "West Side Story", which I never get tired of seeing over and over again.
Last year, at around this time, for their first Annual 70mm Classic film Festival, "West Side Story" was one of the movies that they played, and it was beautiful in 70mm, as well. Because they failed to get the film "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" in time for the first Saturday of the festival at this time last year, they played "West Side Story" on that same evening. Subsequently, I saw "West Side Story" twice during that first 70mm Classic film festival.
Again, I see your point, ShogunofYonkers.
Since I prefer to see movies on a great big, wide screen, in a real movie theatre, with the lights down low, to seeing them on TV, however, I hold annual memberships to two out of the three independent, non-profit movie theatres in my area, which has enabled me to not only get into movies on a considerable discount, but to see many wonderful films, both older and newer films, that I like a great deal.
I also might add that not all Native Americans are darker-skinned, either. Some are light-skinned, as well.
When does this start, and how do I get on?
I watched "Lawrence of Arabia", and "The Dark Crystal", both of which were played as part of the 2nd annual 70mm Classic film Festival at the Somerville Theatre.
I wish there was an Alamo Drafthouse Cinema or two here in the Boston area. Other theatres in our area, however, do post signs on the screen prior to the movie's beginning about not using one's cellphone(s) or pagers.
It is sad that grown people or even teenagers need signs, but that's what happens when enough people spoil it for others who pay good money to see films that they want to see.
I have found, however that cellphone talking/texting is less of a problem in movie theatres that play better-quality movies, and that politely and matter-of-factly speaking to the offender(s) has worked. It also does depend on the location and audience in a given movie theatre(s), as well.
On the flip side, however, I read about a woman who spoke out to an offender, and not only got a huge bucket of popcorn dumped on her head, but woke up in an emergency room! This occurred in a much rougher area, with a rougher audience, however.