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UTUSN

(70,845 posts) Tue Jul 11, 2017, 10:08 PM Jul 2017

West Side Story is wrapping up on TCM. Still good. Still Lenny.

I saw it (the movie) once or twice back when, then stayed away from it all these years. Heard the music much more. Just saw most of the movie and was leery that the dancing and stuff would be hokey. Nothing about it is hokey. But most of all, this is what makes it:

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West Side Story is wrapping up on TCM. Still good. Still Lenny. (Original Post) UTUSN Jul 2017 OP

NOTHING hokey, UTU, elleng Jul 2017 #1

I knew I could count on you. UTUSN Jul 2017 #2

a towering genius.... dhill926 Jul 2017 #3

Bernstein music, Sondheim lyrics. Paladin Jul 2017 #4

excellent movie NewJeffCT Jul 2017 #5

elleng

(131,593 posts)

1. NOTHING hokey, UTU,

Reply to UTUSN (Original post)

Tue Jul 11, 2017, 10:13 PM

Jul 2017

STILL a favorite, both the movie AND the music!

Lenny!!!

UTUSN

(70,845 posts)

2. I knew I could count on you.

Reply to elleng (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 11, 2017, 10:19 PM

Jul 2017

dhill926

(16,399 posts)

3. a towering genius....

Reply to UTUSN (Original post)

Tue Jul 11, 2017, 11:51 PM

Jul 2017

such a tragedy he died so soon after retiring from conducting. The music he would have composed late in life, would have been stupendous I think...

Paladin

(28,297 posts)

4. Bernstein music, Sondheim lyrics.

Reply to UTUSN (Original post)

Wed Jul 12, 2017, 10:37 AM

Jul 2017

Doesn't get any better than that. And they were just KIDS when they did it.

NewJeffCT

(56,829 posts)

5. excellent movie

Reply to UTUSN (Original post)

Wed Jul 12, 2017, 10:48 AM

Jul 2017

and still relevant today with racial tensions between two ethnic groups...

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