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What is the sociocultural significance of West side story

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  • 03-04-2008 5:23pm
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    beautiful
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    Does this exist? Or is it just a musical...


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    #2
    athtrasna
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    Now that's an assignment if ever I saw one. Part of your MA in Musical theatre?

    Stop cheating and do your own work!!


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    AbitDramatic
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    Lol:D

    Want to swap assignments?


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    #4
    beautiful
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    Totally! Im writing stuff on that topic and Im trying to get other peoples points of views instead of just taking what musical theatre students/lecturers/professors have to say...
    ...care to share your opinions?


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    athtrasna
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    Some thoughts then:

    Was the sociocultural significance of WSS any different from that of Romeo and Juliet?

    Looking at the time WSS was put together, what were the demographics of New York?

    Are you looking at the film or the show?

    What is the background of the team who put the show together - Sondheim, Laurents and Bernstein. Did their ethinic origin influence the angle of the story?

    Why Puerto Rican, why not African or Asian Americans? Why Polish? Why not Irish or Italian or many others?

    What about the extra marital sex - Maria is supposedly a devout catholic?

    And my favourite curiosity about WSS - what happened next? Maria is still alive and potentially pregnant!


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    beautiful
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    Love your last question...is she preggers? haha

    Cheers for all the extra ideas...im looking at both the cinematic and theatrical forms, 4000 words here I come!


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    athtrasna
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    Glad to help. WSS is one of my all time favourites! And the what happened next is always a way to distract yourself when you're bored. I have a couple of potential outcomes worked out during weddings, meetings, traffic jams...anytime I'm bored really!


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