I'm Watching The '61 West Side Story Film

[Billy_Kinetta]

Friggin' Bernstein was a jeeeeeeeenyus.

 

[Arianrhod]

Music by Bernstein, lyrics by Sondheim, and Rita Moreno - a trifecta of perfection!

 

[gtopa1]

Based on Shakespeare...its a quaddie...

Greg

 

[Grandma]

'Cause nothin' sez ghetto like a bunch of white guys jazz dancing.

 

[gtopa1]

'Cause nothin' sez ghetto like a bunch of white guys jazz dancing.

.....jazz? Looked more like Latino....



Coooool stuff!!!

Greg

 

[guno]

Remember going to see it in the movies in 61' in brooklyn

 

[DGS49]

Brings up a cultural question that is topical now: Should films like this feature only Hispanic actors playing the role of the Puerto Ricans, or is it acceptable for "white-bread" actors to wear makeup and fake Spanish accents?

Before you answer, consider Pacino in Scarface.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Brings up a cultural question that is topical now: Should films like this feature only Hispanic actors playing the role of the Puerto Ricans, or is it acceptable for "white-bread" actors to wear makeup and fake Spanish accents?

Before you answer, consider Pacino in Scarface.

Have you seen "Bubba-Ho-Tep"? Ossie Davis played John F. Kennedy.