West Side Story, 1961 Dir. Robert Wise

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West Side Story

The West Side Story tells the love story of Tony and Maria amidst the rivalry between their races . Maria is a Puerto Rican while Tony is an Anglo-American . The said tale was based on Shakespeare 's famous play Romeo and Juliet . The story also portrays a battle for urban territory . A territory which was infused with cultural characters and political meanings for the interactions as well as social acts based on the American Way of Life . Basically

, Manhattan is a city which is divided based on territory , economic , and race . Each socio-economic group occupies a territory which is distinctly separated . The film has played a part in carrying on the view of the West Side as a place of metropolitan and racial problems

There is one particular scene in the story which happened in a gymnasium . It was a dance scene which was important in illustrating the disruptive b line between the Jets and the Sharks . The color of one 's skin , their dress codes and their dance styles gave unique of the two rival gangs . As one watches the dances one could see the hatred between the Jets and the Sharks appear to open to some prospect of communication and dwelling with each other . This particular possibility originated between the attractions of the two protagonists namely Tony and Maria . The love which was evident the first time the two protagonists met each other was captured in the camera . The exchanged glances and the sexuality emanating between the two obliterated the ethnic and racial differences between their races . The two tried to erase or to take away their minds from the hard reality of their feuding races . That was the start of the two protagonists ' attempts to find an urban space which would allow their interracial relationship . In spite of their love for each other both were painfully aware of the dilemma their situation forced upon them as could be seen on one of Maria 's lines . But you 're not one of us .and I 'm not one of yours (Robbins 1961 . However Tony expressed through a song his pursuit for a place where they could cultivate their love for each other . In this regard , by trying to obliterate the present reality the hopelessness of an interracial marriage was established . The film as a whole could be said to have a transcendental and supposed universality which obliterated all historicity . It also replicated a sense of aesthetic , literary as well as apolitical values

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Robbins J . and R . Wise (1961 . West Side Story . Japan

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