(also translated "Dream City West", based on Aldu Lawrence's novel of the same name)
produced by United Artists in 1961
Screenwriter: Ellenster Lehman
Director: Robert Wise, Jero Robin
Starring: Natalie Wood, Richard Bemel, Russ Tamborine
Awards: Eleven Academy Awards in 1962
Translation: Yu Hong
Illustration: Zhou Zheng
's vibrant Manhattan Panorama of the island. The night fades away, and the day comes. The big panorama of New York is shrinking. Only one district of the city remains - the West District.
A family of Puerto Ricans moved into a rented house here with all their belongings, and white people stared blankly at the new arrivals... A family of bananas, sweet potatoes, and various southern fruits and vegetables was on display. In the window of the small shop, there is a sign that says "Spanish is spoken here". And in the window of another shop with a Spanish-language sign, there is a sign "English is spoken here"... In front of a house, a caged truck with luggage is parked, and a white family who is about to move out stands. . Two Puerto Rican kids watched with admiration as white kids played on the playground, and when they asked to play with them, they were turned down...
evening. Main Street.
There was a crisp sound of fingers snapping. Then the sound had a distinct rhythm.
The fingers flicked rhythmically.
the other hand. Fingers flicked to the beat.
"Rocket" - River, the leader of a white teenage gang, nods to the beat of his fingers.
Xiaobingjue and the powder keg came over with the beat.
Arab and John the little boy were dancing and walking on the street. The blond boy and the guitar follow them.
"Rocket" gathered at the door of Doc's little shop, led by River, and led his gang down the street. They walked with their own characteristic half-jump, half-walk. They are princes wherever they go. This "territory" belongs to them.
daytime. playground. "Rocket" appeared, and they reveled in their monopoly on the land. They stopped suddenly, listening to something.
The leader of the "Sharks" gang, Bernardo, a Puerto Rican, passed by here. Although Bernardo was only one person, he looked at the "Rockets" group with challenging eyes. They laughed at him and tried their best to show their contempt for him. The two members of the "Rocket" gang ran in front of Bernardo, turned to him and smiled mockingly, after which they returned to their own group.
Bebe, Bernardo's loyal lieutenant, caught up with him. Later, another "shark" gang caught up. As the number of people continued to increase, the movements of this group of people were no longer timid and timid, but more confident and fast.
night. On the street next to Doc's little store.
The three of the "Sharks" gang walk down the sidewalk, also immersed in a feeling of possession, as they also claim their rights to the "territory". However, their movements were as cautious as kittens, looking left and right. Suddenly, they met face-to-face with John and Arab.
Bernardo and his lads nodded sneeringly and let the Rockets walk past. Then they followed them, taunting them as the Rockets had done to Bernardo earlier.
John and Arab timidly backed away. But three more "rockets" came to help them.
Arab nodded politely, and made a very obvious gesture for the "sharks", who were fewer than them, to leave here, as the latter had done after a brief panic. The "Rocket" buddies go their separate ways, while their dance moves suggest the street is theirs.
daytime. New construction area.
The Rockets meet two Sharks at the crossroads. drove them away.
The complacent "rockets" are descending the steps. They meet three "sharks" playing dice in the square. Another taunt, and once again drove away the "shark".
playground. Basketball is flying. "Rocket" runs on the sports field. A player passed the ball to River, who tossed it to one of the group of teenagers who had just appeared at the entrance to the playground. This man was Bernardo, and he was accompanied by five lads from his gang. Bernardo deliberately held the ball.
River and Rocket stopped, staring hostilely at Shark. The latter also responded with a hostile look no less than the former.
River finally broke the silence of this eye duel. He made a gesture for Bernardo to return the ball. Bernardo took the ball and slapped it on the ground, throwing it contemptuously to River. River gestured for Rocket to go away.
A long, tense wait. Later, Bernardo nodded lightly and signaled to his companions.
"Shark" forced the enemy's advantage and left. "Rocket" also left the square. When the last "shark" passed by the powder keg at the back of the "Rocket", the powder keg thought that the rest of the "sharks" were out of sight, so he began to beat the old man. This "shark" did not show weakness, and the two sides fought.
Another "shark" entered the fight. The Powder Keg initially wanted to deal with the two alone, but then decided to call for help.
River and the Rockets came to support him, and after a brief contact, they drove the Shark away. But the fight began.
night. Bus parking. Four "sharks" are attacking three "rockets". After a short fight; "Rocket", being tracked by "Shark", finally escaped.
A stone wall with a narrow passage along the stone wall. "Rocket" hit the ambush set by "Shark", and finally found a way back for himself.
at dusk. playground. Little scumbag John wanted to find a quiet place to play. Suddenly Bernardo came, followed by another "shark", one after another. They surrounded little John. He looked around in horror, trying to escape.
The "sharks" caught the little boy John. Bernardo leaned over him and stabbed his ear with a knife. The little boy John shouted. There came the warning whistle of the "shark" who was on guard.
"Rocket" rushed like a whirlwind to rescue the little boy John.
A vicious fight begins between "Rocket" and "Shark." River rescued little John, who was bleeding from his ears. The powder keg pounced on Bernardo, but he was beaten instead. Little Ice Cube was so angry that he couldn't bear it any longer, and threw his fists at "Shark". The naughty girl (girl) also wants to join the battle, but no one pays attention to her, regardless of whether it is friend or foe. While we were fighting, I heard a car approaching. One of the "Rockets" gang suddenly stopped his arms that were raised to hit and turned around.
Main Street. A police car approached and the doors were immediately opened.
The man from the "Rocket" gang shouted and warned, but no one heard him. Before he could shout again, he was thrown to the ground by the "shark".
Lieutenant Shrenk, in civilian clothes, and Sergeant Klapkai, a tall, ape-like man in police uniform, ran toward the place of the fight. Shrenk is a powerful man who is good at controlling himself, only occasionally showing evil and fear, unable to maintain his suave demeanor, and losing self-control.
Some of the fighters have seen the law enforcement come over. But most people are still tearing up. Determined to intervene in the brawl, Klapkai and Shronk do their best to stop it.
Krapkay (pulling off the fight): Enough, enough!
Shronk: How many times have I told you, little idiot...
River (pretending to be honest): Look, that's amazing! Lieutenant Shronk is here!
Several "rockets" (all bowing gracefully together, speaking in unison): Hello, Lieutenant Shrank!
Schlenk was very busy, persuading the people who were fighting, while paying attention to the few people who were joking with him.
Bernardo (to imitate River's tone): And with him is Sergeant Clapkey!
"Sharks" (in chorus): Hello, Sergeant Clapkey!
Krapkay (waving a rubber baton) Now I'm going to say hello to your heads with this!
Shronk (finding that John the scumbag is about to go through the fence behind the blond boy and Arab): Hey, what are you doing! Come here!
Arab: We want to go over there...
Blonde Boy: How much we love our playground...
River (he sees Krapkay ready to act): You know, here are us "unattended kids" ” or we’d have to hang out on the “stinky city streets”.
Clapkey: Shut up!
Arab: Don't let us run like animals in a wagon on the hot road...
Krapkay (to him): What's the matter with you? Do you want me to carve out a hole for you?
River gave the Arab and the blond a hint, and they jumped down the fence.
SCHLANK (grabbing JOHN JOHN): Hey, you, john john, which Puerto Rican pierced your ear?
Little John (unsure): You see, sir...
he looked at his boss, River, bewildered.
RIVER (very serious tone): The thing is, if you really care, sir...then we think it's the police.
Shrank angrily pushed away the little scumbag John.
Blonde boy: Two policemen!
Powder Keg: Just two!
Clapkey: It's impossible!
Bernardo (quietly): Anything is possible in America.
Shrank: Well, wise boys, listen to me now! These streets are not for you little rascals. I'm tired of you fighting all the time. Especially here. You want to kill each other - listen and respect! But never in my lot! (Pauses) Is there a problem?
Bernardo (quietly): Yes, sir. If it's not too much trouble, could you please translate these words into Spanish?
SCHRONK (out of breath) Listen, get the hell out of here! ...and your buddies ... get out of here immediately! (He adds bitterly but politely without waiting for an answer) Please, please.
Bernardo: All right. "Sharks", Vamomnos (Note 1)
"Sharks" go one by one. Shrank watched them off.
Shronk: This area is already a mess, and now there's this group of people... (He restrains himself, turns to "Rocket") Listen to me, boys, you need to be smarter. If I can't get the inside a little orderly and lawful, they'll take me myself to some crossroads to direct traffic. However, your faithful servant, I am not so willing to be an ordinary traffic policeman. So what is the conclusion from this? It's only one: You have to make peace with Puerto Rico starting today. I said - make up. Understand? (His tone is firm.) Otherwise, if I ever see you fighting in my circle again, I'll slap each of you in the face myself, and I'll track you down until I throw you in jail! You must always remember these! (He pauses for a moment, as if to give Rocket a good grasp of what they've heard.) Clapkey, please say "goodbye" to these lovely children.
Clapkey: Goodbye, boys.
He walked with Schlenk to the front of the police car. "Rocket" watched their backs.
Blonde Teen (playing Klapkai hilariously): Goodbye, boys!
Johnny (frightened): Going to prison... alas, alas, alas!
Powder Keg (smirking): "These streets don't belong to you little rascals".
Blonde boy: Go to the park and play!
Powder Keg: Don't walk on the grass!
Little Ice Cube: Get out of the house!
Powder Keg: I don't want you on this block!
Arab: Get out of here!
Powder Keg: You roll off the planet! Our gang doesn't have its own high street - nothing.
RIVER (loud and firm): This street is ours.
Hearing some people looking at him.
River: "Rockets" come with me.
They surrounded him, and the naughty girls squeezed to the front.
River: I didn't call you, you go!
Naughty Sister: Listen to me, River, let me join your gang! You just saw that I'm not doing a bad job! I'll give them a great look! I am a murderer! I would like to fight...
Arab: Of course she would, otherwise who would care about her?
Naughty Girl (pounces on him): Wow, you big rat!
RIVER (grabbing her): Go away, little girl, go away!
The naughty girl spat helplessly and took a few steps back from the circle of people surrounding River.
River: Alright! Listen to me now! We have to do a good job of keeping our rights as owners of this area and never give it to anyone else...
"Rocket": Great!
River: The "Emerald" gang wanted to take this power away from us, so let's blow it away! "Old Harrier" also wanted to occupy our street, and we taught them a lesson!
Blonde Boy: Yeah, but dealing with these Puerto Ricans...that's another story.
Little Johnny: They're in droves!
Ghost: They're all crawling here, they're all crawling!
Arabia: Like a cockroach!
Rapper: Shut the window!
Guitar: Quickly seal the door!
Lucky: They'll eat up all the food!
Tiger: They'll suck all the oxygen out of the air!
Arab: They will destroy free reselling from within!
Blonde Boy: Help me, I'm drowning in tomato juice!
River: You all heard what Schlenk said. We have to make peace with these Puerto Ricans, or... we have to let them take this territory and let them take it from us, or...
"Rocket": No, no!
River: Needless to say, of course not! So what should we do? ...What I'm telling you guys is that we must not waste time, we have to hurry, like lightning...
Little John: Like a rocket!
River: ...Destroy these "sharks" now and forever! Let them never stick their noses in here again! We're going to get this done in one go.
Powder Keg: Fight! Clap clap!
River: Be quiet, powder keg! "Sharks" also want to get themselves a better place, and their gang of lads are not ambiguous! They might choose to do it with a knife or an automatic gun...
Little John (horribly): Automatic gun,...ho!
River: I'm not saying that they really choose knives. I'm just saying that this can happen too and we have to be prepared. How about it, "Rocket", what can you say?
Powder Keg: I said, hurry up, hurry up!
Arab: I said, beat hard!
Tiger: I said, they should be hit!
Lucky: We ripped him to pieces!
Little Ice: What if they ask for a knife or automatic gun? ...
Little scumbag John: In that case, I think we'll just spit them both, and don't do it.
Powder Keg: What? !
Little Ice Cube: What do you think, River?
River: Of course it's small, but it's all we have. I would like to defend it with my fists, as always. But if they say - with a knife, I'll answer - with a knife! If they say - with automatic guns, I will answer - with automatic guns! I just want "Rocket" to be the master of the situation on the ground, in the sky and everywhere!
Arab: You take command! Clap clap!
Powder Keg: Boom!
Tiger: blah blah blah!
Lucky: Boom Boom!
Blonde boy: bang bang bang!
River: Don't mess around, little toms! We're about to go into battle!
All cheers!
River: There should be a military meeting with "Shark" to settle everything. I will personally inform Bernardo of this unfortunate news.
Blonde Boy: A lieutenant has to go with you.
Powder Keg: Of course it's me.
River: No, it's Tony.
Powder Keg: Who needs Tony?
River: We need Tony. He knew everything about the West End.
Powder Keg: But he's no longer ours.
River: No bullshit, powder keg. Tony and I started our "Rocket" gang.
Powder Keg: But where is he now? Why would he have to do that hard and tiring dirty job?
Blonde: The Juvenile Offenders Commission led him astray.
River: He would agree to do it. Look at it.
Little Ice Cube: Do you remember how he threw his fists on the day we beat "Emerald"?
Little Boy John: He rescued my worthless neck!
River: That's right! He will still do it. He is always here to help us. He'll come whenever we need it... (sings)
Once you're a "rocket",
you're stuck with the gang, and
as long as you're alive,
you'll be happier.
Once you become a "rocket",
you will cast aside the whole world
and marry the gang!
You won't be one
anywhere, and you won't feel lonely anywhere!
All of us are good friends,
if you encounter an enemy attack,
you don't have to worry at all!
It's very simple, you've been "rocketing" for
less than a year, and you haven't
really stepped forward.
Once you're a "rocket",
you have it all!
River: I know Tony as much as I know myself, I promise—he's ours through and through.
Powder Keg: No matter whether he is his own or not, act quickly!
Blonde boy: Where are you going to find Bernardo? Go to the Puerto Ricans, you're in danger!
River: In the evening he would go to the gym and dance.
Arab: But, you know, the gym is a neutral area.
RIVER (pretending innocently): I must be good, Arab. I just challenge him.
Little Ice Cube: Okay, boss!
River: All right, then you all have to dress lavishly. We'll meet Tony there at exactly ten o'clock. We have to beat them! (walks away)
Arab: We will never be worse than them!
Little scumbag John: We are "rockets"!
Little Ice Cubes: The most cunning!
One of the "Rockets": The best! (Singing)
Once you become a "rocket"
you own the whole city,
you are a boxer, you are a champion,
you are a giant, you are a hero!
Little Ice Cube: (singing)
Once you become a "rocket",
you are no longer a blank sheet of paper,
you are not a child - you are a man,
you are a boy, you are a king!
All: (singing)
"Rocket" is roaring,
go ahead, boys!
"Sharks" have fled,
because every Puerto Rican
has a cowardly heart!
"Rocket" left the stadium and continued to sing:
"Rocket" is roaring,
elephants are flying in the sky,
pray quickly,
people standing on the road!
The "rocket" is running fast, and the
planet stops!
You hide in the ground and
close your door!
There is no passage here,
you have to keep in mind!
We give you advice: get rid of
this thought
, it's more important than anything else!
"Rocket" is running fast,
if they dare to do nothing and
mind other people's business, the
Rockets will be enough for them all!
If suddenly!
Shout out!
We'll catch them
on the spot!
Back door of Doc's Little Shop, 5:30 on the same day. The small yard is crowded among the towering buildings around it. Stairs leading to the basement. Tony, a handsome 18-year-old boy, rolled up the sleeves of his shirt and carried boxes of lemons to the basement. River was eager to convince him to do something, and Tony was so busy working that he didn't notice him.
River: Tony, you didn't hear me coming!
Tony (he's in a good mood): I know it's you, and I'm coming to receive you now.
River: Then why did you ignore me?
Tony: I'm not going to bully you. You are my partner, confidant, best friend...
River: Don't change your mind until you die!
Tori: From birth to burial!
River: So you have to dance and support me today.
Tony: Tell me, River, have you never thought to count how many bubbles are in this glass of lemonade?
River: Tony, you gotta understand, this is important!
Tony (happily): All things matter...you...me...the lovely old man I work for...
river: These "sharks" are horrible...they'll be savage Bite, if we don't subdue them...
Tony (hands a box of lemons to him): You'd better make money for a living!
RIVER (pushing out the lemon box): I've been living with my best friend and his family for four and a half years. I think we tacitly understand each other and understand each other. But, lo and behold, it has become like this!
Tony (calmly): You haven't experienced it yet, lad! You'd better take your luggage and move to another place.
River: I can't, you know, your mother is very partial to me...
Tony threw him to the ground and twisted his arm.
River: No, not because of this! ...because I hate my uncle! ...hate my uncle! ...hate my uncle! …let me go! ...
Tony (letting him go): Now go and play with your "Rocket".
River: I'll go right now. It's better that you never find one of our lads in the whole world... (watching Tony's expression carefully) Isn't that so?
Tony: Who knows? ...
River (provocatively): What, have you found someone better?
Tony: No, but...
River: What—but?
Tony: You won't understand.
River: You talk about it!
Tony: Well...you know, it's been a month and every time I wake up in the night I feel like something's missing...
River: What?
Tony: I don't know...
River: Girls?
Tony (as if he didn't hear it): This "what" - right here, behind the door, in the corner. However, it will always come.
River: What is this "it"?
Tony: I don't know...it's got to bring me joy...like I had when I first became a member of "Rockets"...
River: That's another story altogether! A lad who doesn't join a gang is an orphan. You never feel alone when you're in a gang, we're always two, three, four...when your gang is better than all the others, when you're a "rocket" ——You will not be afraid of heaven and earth, you are a royal family member!
Tony (disagreeing with him): River, I'm tired of hearing that.
RIVER (quietly): Tony, look at me, look at me, well… you know, I never ask anyone to do anything, I don't even ask anyone the hour, it's true Bar? But I beg you: come and dance today.
TONY (after a short pause): I… promised Doc to clean up the store for him at night.
River: You can do this after the dance. (He waits, but gets no answer) I've told all the lads, you'll come. If you don't come, they'll laugh at me.
Tony: What time did you tell them I'll be there?
RIVER (hopefully) Ten o'clock. (without answering, continuing in a low voice) For me, Tony. For River.
TONY (turning to him with a smile after a long silence): That's it, ten o'clock.
RIVER (pats him on the shoulder): Don't change your mind till death!
Torrey: From birth to burial, ... but I still regret doing it.
River: God knows! Maybe what you look forward to day and night will suddenly appear tonight when you're dancing.
Tony pushed him away with a smile. River ran away.
Tony (thoughtfully) God knows? ...(sings)
God knows? ...
Dream...
Maybe there is a time when
someone will meet me, and
he is you.
Dreams,
like meteors flying in the sky,
with brilliance in the eyes,
come suddenly!
God knows? …
Happiness is at hand here,
it lingers here, with me,
in this bright day.
Look, the miracle I'm calling for is about to come,
like a dream,
all for me!
will it come? How to say it...
If you wait sincerely, a
miracle will come!
Oh, please come here,
be quick, be
not timid,
come bravely!
The wind is singing for me
It will come in the evening!
God knows? …
miracles are at hand here,
on the riverfront, on the corner…
perhaps, tonight…
a little tailor’s shop selling ready-to-wear, has closed at night. But the lights were still on in the sewing room at the back. There are a few sewing machines and some mannequins - "undressed" and in wedding dresses. Anida, a Puerto Rican girl with long hair and bright clothes, was working behind a workbench. She sewed a white dress for Maria. Maria is a young and beautiful girl who never leaves Anida's side.
Maria: Por favore, Anida! You are my friend...
Anida: No, Maria.
Maria (hands her scissors) Excuse me, Anida, cut it short!
Anida: Don't get in my way! We are using our own time now, not the time of the female shopkeeper.
Maria: An inch! Just a tiny inch isn't it? What does it matter?
Anida: It's a big deal.
Maria (desperately): Anida, this dress is for dancing, not prayer!
Anida: If it's a naughty child, let her dance in clothes at first, and then pray.
Maria: Querida (excuse me), a tiny inch, una Poca poca (just a little bit).
Anida: I promised Bernardo...
Maria: Ho, this Bernardo again! I've been in this country for a whole month... so what? Nothing at all! I sew and sew in this house all day and sit at home all night. Why did my wonderful brother bring me here?
Anida: For you to marry Chino.
Maria: Chino! ...I didn't feel anything when I saw him.
Anida: What, as you see it, how should it feel?
Maria: I don't know... there must be something. How did you feel when you saw Bernardo?
Anida: I only feel something when I can't see him.
Maria: I have to tell Mom and Dad what you both did when you and Bernardo went to the movies.
Anida: I'm going to rip this dress up!
Maria: No! ...but if you're willing to cut it even a little more...
Anida: Next year.
Maria: I hate this dress.
Anida (calmly): Since you won't wear it, you won't have to dance with us tonight.
Maria (angrily): Don't go, don't go! ... (grabbing the dress) Then can you make it prettier with a red flower.
Anida: No.
She helps Maria put on the dress.
Maria: White is only for kids. I'm probably the only one wearing white there...
Maria stopped talking suddenly, she saw herself in the mirror.
Anida: Huh?
Maria: Oh, what a beautiful dress! ...I was wrong on you!
She hugged Anida happily. The door opened suddenly, and Bernardo stuck his head in. Behind him was Kino—a teenage boy with a kind and likable face. They were all dressed in festive attire.
Bernardo: Ladies, are you all ready?
Maria: Come in, Nardo (Bernardo's nickname). (Maria turns around in front of Bernardo) Does it look good?
Bernardo (looking at her face), yes... (kissing her cheek with her lips) very pretty.
Anida (complainingly): I haven't heard anyone say anything to me...
Bernardo (kissing her, but in a completely different way): You're also very pretty.
Maria watched them silently, then turned to Chino.
Maria: Come in, Chino. do not be afraid.
Kino (embarrassed): This is the women's clothing store...
Anida: We're not going to eat you... (looks at him) Before we get to know you well.
Bernardo (staring at Maria): Chino, if I'm too busy tonight, you must accompany Maria. So do you, Anida.
Anida: Ai! (Look at you!)
Chino: Si. (Ok.)
Maria (hugs Bernardo): My brother is a goofy house dog.
Bernardo (looking at her tenderly): And my sister is a gem.
Anida: So what am I, little liar?
Maria: Nardo, most importantly, I want to make today a very, very good...
Bernardo: Oh, what's going on?
Maria (continues): ...because this evening is the real start of my teenage life in America!
Maria whirled and danced.
The hall of the gymnasium becomes a dance hall every night. Members of both gangs are already here. They each danced with their girls. Their faces are engrossed and calm, although their physical movements are extremely powerful. "Rocket" and "Shark" are clearly distinguished from each other mainly by color. Initially, the pairs of dance partners of the two gangs danced together, but each pair showed its own unique temperament. Little Johnny dances with great joy; the naughty girl tries her best to look like a urchin, the Arabs and the blond boys dance with their partners, and the little ice cube dances with his girlfriend Wilma, and his The steps are as light as a cat. She is very young, yet she tries her best to put on a real "meat bomb" pose. The "sharks" danced side by side with them. Some of the younger members of the two gangs stood against the wall, waiting for their turn to get all the energy out of the game. The keeper - a man in his 40s is watching what's going on here. He had an unnatural smile on his face, which we could well interpret as a concern for the underlying tension that hung over the ballroom. He has a well-known nickname, The Funny Man, and everyone thinks of him as a fool. He was surrounded by Sergeant Klapkey - ready to put out any trouble at any time.
Bernardo and Anida came, followed by Chino and Maria. Maria looked around excitedly. Bebe saw them first, and then "Rocket" saw their arrival. They stopped dancing and began to gather around River, only some of the "Sharks" were dancing. The "sharks" also noticed this, and they gradually spread out and gathered around Bernardo. The music stopped, and the atmosphere in the ballroom immediately became explosive. Accompanied by his "adjutants", River walked in the direction of Bernardo in order to inform him of the challenge and fight. Bernardo also walked over to meet him with his closest friends. But the laughing master came out to intervene at this time.
The Laughing Man (forces a smile): Attention, boys and girls! Attention!
The hustle and bustle did not stop.
Funny joker: Attention!
Krapke came to him, and the conversation fell silent.
Laughing Master: Thank you, no one can refute, we have a very wonderful party today... The
boys are giggling.
Funny joker: I believe that all of you are going to get to know each other well here, make some new friends, and meet old friends. Therefore, we should all hold a special feeling at today's party. We had a friendship dance. Is this not to your liking?
Some ironic rebuttals can be heard.
Funny joker: Let's do this, little guys, you form two circles, the boys are in the outer circle, the girls are in the inner circle...
Blonde boy: Then where are you standing?
Amusement Master (wanting to laugh): Enough! ...you dance in circles, and when the music stops, each lad is going to dance with the girl who stops across from him. let's start? Stand in two circles, lads.
The "lads" applauded him and repeated his words: "Stand in two circles..." and so on, and yet they stood still.
Funny joker: Why not try it, there's nothing wrong with it?
Blonde boy (goes to the front, covering his stomach): Oops, I'm not good, I'm not good, I...
Klapkey started walking in his direction, and the blond boy immediately returned to his place. River made a gesture to his dance partner, Grazella, to invite her over, and she stood beside him. Bernardo accepted his challenge, took Anida's arm and led her to the front, as if to say that she was the most beautiful woman in the world. Maria watched as the other boys and girls formed two laps following them, dancing the kind of dance suggested by the laughing expert.
The Laughing Man: Great, lads! Let's turn around now, no one knows who will stop in front of whom. Start!
The music played, and both circles moved. Smiley stood with Klapkai in the center of the inner circle, whistling from his mouth. He blew his whistle and the music stopped. The girl opposite the "Rocket" gang is from "Shark", and the girl opposite the "Shark" gang is from "Rocket".
In an instant, everyone was stunned. Grazella, who was opposite Bernardo, hurriedly avoided him with a look of disgust. So Bernardo stretched out his hand to Anida, who ran to him. River took Grazera's hand, and the rest of the two gangs followed their lead. Krapkay wanted to intervene, making sure they had to dance as they were asked to do, but the laughing man persuaded him not to. The Friendship Dance collapsed, and each gang took over the opposite side of the hall. They began to dance the mambo (note 2). A unique contest unfolds between the two gangs. In the beginning, the "Sharks" do their own mambo and run the "Rockets" into the corner. But the Rockets fought back, and they performed another unique variation of the mambo. At this time, Tony walked into the hall. River was very happy to see him coming. He stopped dancing and went over to greet him. "Shark" took advantage of this moment to occupy the center of the ballroom. Now only Bernardo and Anida are dancing there, plus Bebe and his girlfriend. The crowd surrounded them. Realizing that something was wrong, River pulled Grazera to his side, and Little Ice also took Wilma's hand. Now they occupy the center of the ballroom and attract the attention of those present. Then it was Bernardo and Anida, who were dancing across from River and Grazella. The whole atmosphere became more tense. Everyone shouted in unison, "Mumble! Mumble!" At this moment, Tony and Maria, who were standing in the opposite corner of the hall, found each other.
Until then, they each cheered on their friends and beat the beat with their hands. They were all dumbfounded now, the smiles disappeared from their faces and their hands dropped. At this time, the melody of the Cha Cha dance (Note 3) sounded. Tony and Maria slowly walked towards each other.
As they approached, they began to jump as if in a dream, staring intently at each other, not paying attention to anyone around them, forgetting where they were, forgetting the time.
Tony: Now do you think I'm an outsider?
Maria: I know, but I don't think so.
Tony: Maybe we've met before?
Maria: I know, never met.
Tony: I feel, I know -- something has never happened before. This should have happened. And it's happening now, no, that's not enough...
Maria (interrupting): My hands are cold.
Tony took her hands.
Maria: The same goes for yours.
Tony stroked his cheek with her hand.
Maria: How hot (stroking his cheek with his hand).
Tony: How beautiful.
Maria (looking into his eyes): How beautiful you are.
Tony: It's unbelievable...you really don't make fun of me?
Maria: I haven't learned how to laugh at people. And now, I feel like I'll never learn again.
Tony stopped and kissed her hand, then pressed a soft, innocent kiss to her lips. They almost took a step back from each other and continued to stare at each other. Suddenly, Bernardo spotted them. He jumped at him furiously.
The conversation between the two was so low that it wasn't noticed at the beginning by Trickster and Klapkey.
Bernardo: Go away, "real Americans"!
Tony: Calm down, Bernardo!
Bernardo: You stay away from my sister!
Tony: Sister?
Bernardo (to Maria) Don't you see, he's one of them.
Maria: No, I only saw him.
Bernardo: They're always trying to get girls from Puerto Rico...
Tony: Not true!
RIVER (with Little Ice): Later, Tony.
CHINO (goes to Tony) Get off!
Tony: Chino, leave it alone! (to Maria) Don't listen to them!
Bernardo: First of all she has to listen to her brother...
River (interrupting him): If you can't help...
Amusing Master (coming to them): Children! children! Everything was going fine just now.
Klapkai came towards them too. One of the "Rockets" blew a warning whistle. All the people scattered around the hall, and only the little boy, John, stood still, so that the funny man could finish his words.
Laughing Man: Keep dancing, what a great night we had, wasn't it?
The music resumed, and the laughing master left. Klapkey was a little hesitant. He felt that something bad had happened, but he didn't know what it was.
Bernardo (to Chino) You took her from here. We go home.
Maria: Naldo, this is my first dance!
Bernardo: I beg you, let's go.
Maria hesitated for a moment, then walked to the door, accompanied by Kino. Tony looked at her back. She stopped and looked at him.
Kino (taking her arm) Come on, Maria.
Tony (repeating her name): Maria...
he didn't notice Bernardo coming towards him, but River blocked Bernardo's way.
Bernardo (pushing River's hand away): I don't need you.
River: But I need you. In order to develop a "rocket" anti-"shark" military action plan.
Bernardo: Very honored.
River: Let's go to the street.
Bernardo: I'm afraid to leave women present when doing this kind of thing. See you in the middle of the night.
River: How about at Doc's Little Store? (Bernardo nods) Just don't do anything until then!
Bernardo: I know the rules..."Real Americans". (He goes around River, takes Anida's hand, and walks towards the exit. To Anida) Didn't I ask you to follow her!
Anida: I'm sorry, you'll have multiple helpers with me around...
they went out. Tony continued to look in the direction of the door, where Maria had long since disappeared. He still seemed lost, seeing nothing, hearing nothing about what was going on around him.
River (to Ice Cube): Near the Doc's store in the middle of the night. you tell everyone.
Little Ice Cube: Yes, old man! (walks away)
Tony (repeating her name): Maria...
River: Tony! ...Tony! ...
Tony (not heeding his call, whispering): Maria...
Tony sings, and now he's not in the ballroom, but on a West End street...
Tony (sings):
Maria!
I can't find a more beautiful voice in the world.
(Echoes can be heard: Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria...)
All the most beautiful voices became one, and
the world gave it all to me.
(Echo: Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria...)
Maria!
I just met Maria!
In just a moment, this name
has become more beautiful than other names
Nice name!
Maria!
Now that I kissed Maria,
the name rang out and a new voice was born
in the world . Maria! You speak aloud - you sing and you speak - as if you were praying to God, Maria... Let me dream forever, Maria! There is no better voice in the world than you, Maria! Maria's bedroom. night. Maria looked out the window into the street, unaware that Bernardo was standing behind her, ending his long, angry monologue. Bernardo: ...I'm not saying this to spoil your party or to appreciate your voice. I have lived in this country longer than you. Maria (quietly): Yes, Nardo. Bernardo: In the future, when you become an elderly woman who is a wife and a mother of five children, you will come and persuade me how to do it well. However, now everything has to be reversed. Anida (sarcastically): Of course, now she's an elderly woman who's a wife. Bernardo (going out): Go to sleep now. Maria: Si (OK), Nardo. Bernardo walked out. Anida delayed for a while, and after embracing Maria, she hurried after Bernardo. Anida: Actually, she has a mother, and a father... Bernardo (shrugs): They don't know more about this country than I do. Anida: You don't know everything either. Here, girls are free to choose their own way of entertainment... Maria is now in America! Bernardo (bitterly): Even Puerto Rico is in America now!
He went through the door of the top attic to the roof, and Anida followed him. Young people from Puerto Rico often gather here, and this is their favorite meeting place. Now Bebe is here embracing Consoela, a teenage girl with blond hair and powder, and she's not lacking in glamour. Ingio is kissing Rosalia, who has a plump and beautiful figure despite her low IQ. Kino was here too; he was clearly distressed and tried not to see what was going on around him. Everyone turned away when Bernardo and Anida came through the door.
Anida (hugs Bernardo): I don't know what you'll lose first - your head (kiss his head) or your throat.
Bernardo (Get out): Vamonos Cicos! (Come on, lads!)
Ingio (kissing his girl): Where are you going in a hurry?
Chino: Is everything okay with Maria?
Bernardo (heavy): It's alright, there's nothing... doudou! ...Ingio! ... (to Anida) Tonight it's all going to be all at once.
Bebe (unwilling to leave Consoela): I feel great,
Anida (answering Bernardo). You'd better do your own thing completely first.
Bernardo: Don't worry about me.
Anida: I'm worried about your nose, your head—they're going to break them.
Consoela and Rosalia (uncomfortably): Twisted?
Anida: Of course. They used Maria as an excuse to start... a third world war.
Bernardo: The problem is not just here.
Anida (closer to him): Not just here? However, she just danced!
Bernardo: Dancing with a "real American", he's actually a Pole.
Anida: That's what a Spaniard said!
Bernardo: How did you become unlikable.
Rosalia: That Tony is very likable.
Consoela: What did he do?
Chino (approaches): He's the errand kid.
Anida: So what are you?
Chino: It's an assistant.
Bernardo: Si (OK)! Chino got his job half because he was Polish because they saw Poles as Americans!
Anida: Look, he's back to the old tune! (reciting a mantra that Puerto Ricans all know; Bernardo joins her) Your father is Polish, your mother is Swedish, but you were born here and everything is intact: you are American! (Pause) And what about us? We are foreigners!
Bebe and Consoela: Lice!
Bebe, Consoela and Anida: It's a cockroach!
Bernardo: What, isn't that actually the case? (Painfully) Whenever I think back to how I used to imagine life here (smiling bitterly), we were little kids when we came here. We believe...we are full of hope...
Anida (self-deprecating): We are magnanimous...
Consoela: Arms with enthusiasm...
Double: You came here with your mouth wide open.
Consoela: That's how you were when you came here, idiot! (gives him a mouth) They'll handcuff you and send you back.
Beibei: I'm going back in a station wagon.
Chino: With a full set of standard equipment!
Beibei: There is a bar inside!
Ingio: There's a phone!
Chino: There's a TV!
Double: Colored!
Consoela: If you have all this, why are you going back to Puerto Rico?
Anida: If you didn't have all of these, wouldn't you go back to Puerto Rico and not even see them?
Bernardo (to Anida) Is it that good here?
Anida: What, how is it? We have neither land nor house there.
Bernardo: We have nothing right now. But here, "nothing" is worth more than anything.
Anida (angrily): It's more money than you anyway!
Bernardo (calling her full Spanish name in a teasing tone): Anida-Josephina-Tereguita...
Anida: Now I am simply Anida!
Bernardo (continues to cry): "...Betlitz-de-Carri-Marguerite, etc., etc....
Anida: You were an immigrant, you are still an immigrant!
Bernal Do (fluttering her hair): You see, she should have washed her hair, but now she needs to wash her brain.
Anida (laughing): Shut up!
Bernardo: Now, if She can't live without Uncle Sam.
Anida (resolutely) Oh no! It's a lie (singing)
Puerto Rico,
my dear country...
May you disappear to the bottom of the ocean and
you can only wait for the wind and the wind.
Child We live and grow from generation to generation.
Forever without money,
forever with the sun shining, in the sun
for a while, and bake for a while.
Manhattan is more precious to me than anything else, and
quickly absorb the essence of it.
Girls:
I like to live in America,
I want to live In the United States, there is no shortage
of everything here.
Bernardo:
In the United States, I can earn enough.
Anida:
In the United States, you can pay on credit,
Bernardo:
They will ask us for double the money,
I know.
Consoela: The
washing machine will come in our door.
Chino:
You'll wash out some small holes.
Anida:
Where are the skyscrapers? In the United States!
A girl:
What about the Ford factory? In the United States!
Another girl:
Huge firm? Of course, in America!
Lads:
For us, the ghetto is in America.
Anida: There
are more buildings here every day.
Bernardo: Get in there
- get a slap in the face.
Anida:
I will get a house.
Bernardo:
Please change your skin color.
Anida and the girls:
What a delightful life in America.
Bernardo:
Unless you are strong here.
Girls:
In America you can do whatever you want.
Guys:
Unless you're of the same kind as white people.
Anida and Consolera: Everyone
here is proud and free.
Bernardo:
Here the third hungry is waiting for everyone.
Anida:
You can be who you want to be.
Guys:
You can be the master of mopping the floor.
Bernardo:
There is nothing sacred in America.
The United States has let the thugs practice enough!
Friends, there is nothing to envy in America!
Anida:
My friend, I live in America after all.
Bernardo:
Maybe I'm going to San Juan.
Anida:
Oh, you desperate boy!
Bernardo:
There will be infinite joy there.
Anida:
They're all in New York.
Bernardo:
Oops, Vamonos Cicos, es tarde! (Come on, friends, it's too late!)
All of them go to the exit. The girls cling to the lads and they don't want to let them go. Bebe, Ingio, Chino, Rosalia, and Consoela went out first; Anida and Bernardo kissed goodbye on the stairs. The singing and dancing even softened Bernardo's mood.
Bernardo (to Anida): Waiting for me on the roof late at night.
Anida: Waiting for me on the roof late at night.
Bernardo: Okay, wait or not?
Anida: Okay, wait or not?
Bernardo: Say it, are you coming?
Anida: Don't you have a terribly important military meeting today? You say, is it the meeting or me?
Bernardo: One first, then one.
Anida (shakes his embrace): Now I'm an American girl. I'm not waiting for anyone.
Bernardo (to Chino): Go home, at least the women know their status.
Anida: Go home, at least the little boys won't be going to a military meeting.
Bernardo: And here it's going to be held. Do you really want me to be American, really? (Anida answers him with an obscene gesture; Bernardo bows to her) Buenas nochs (good night). Anida-Josephina... (begins going downstairs) Teregita-Berrits-De-Kalman and others, etc., etc., etc....
Anida (to his back): migrant!
Anida and the other girls were standing on the landing next to Maria's door. Bebe and Ingio can be heard saying goodbye to their beloved Rosalia and Consolera from the stairs they run down the stairs, "Good night to you." They both answered in unison, and Rosalia knocked softly on Maria's door.
Maria's bedroom. Maria had changed into her nightgown and was ready to go to bed. The low voices of her girlfriends came from outside the door.
Consoela's Voice: Buenas noches (good night), Maria!
Anida's voice: Good night, Maria!
Maria (quietly, with a smile): Good night.
The clunk of the heels of shoes on the stairs could be heard. Then fell silent again. Suddenly, Maria heard what seemed to be someone calling her. She approached the open window, from which the spare fire escape could be seen.
Tony stood in the yard, his eyes searching Maria's window.
Tony: Maria! ...
Maria went to the fire escape.
Tony: Maria! ...
Maria: Shh...
Tony (seeing her): Maria! ...
Maria: Take it easy! If Bernardo...
Tony: Come down!
Maria: No!
Tony: Maria...
Maria: Please! Mom and Dad will wake up...
Tony: Just a little while.
Maria (smiling): A little while is too little.
TONY (answering with a smile): An hour then.
Maria: I can't.
Tony: Then forever.
Maria: Shhh!
Tony: Then I'll go up.
Maria's father's voice (from the room): Maria!
Maria (back to the window): Momentito (wait a moment), Dad. (to Tony) Look, you're making a mess...
Tony (climbing up the fire ladder): Momentito, Maria.
Maria: Callate! (Silence!) Shhh! (she reaches out, trying to stop him)
Tony (grabs her hand): Shh!
Maria: It's dangerous, if Bernardo finds out...
Tony: We just have to do it right and let him know. I'm not "one of them", Maria.
Maria: But you're not one of us, and I'm not one of you.
Tony: To me, you are the most beautiful...
She put her hand over his mouth.
Maria's father's voice: Maruka!
Maria: Si yo vengo (yes, here I am), Dad!
Tony: Maruka?
Maria: That's the nickname he came up with to call me.
Tony: I like him. He will like me too.
Maria: No. Like Bernardo, he is not afraid of anything. (laughs unexpectedly) Can I be afraid of you?
Tony: Look at me!
Maria (touches his face with her hand): I see you.
Tony: Just look at me.
Maria (singing):
Just you, now I'm yours
forever.
Every step, every breath, every look in my eyes,
all for you,
just for you,
forever.
Tony (singing):
There's only one Maria in the whole world,
and everything I've seen and heard - Maria.
Maria:
Tony, Tony...
Tony:
There is only you, there is only one you in my heart, and
my whole heart is full of you.
Maria:
The world starts tonight - just the two of us!
Tony:
Tonight, tonight,
we meet tonight,
the earth falls under our feet.
Maria:
Tonight, tonight,
there is only one of you, tonight,
until I meet you, I am not alive.
Maria's father's voice: Maruka!
Maria: You can't stay any longer, let's go!
Tony: I'm not afraid.
Maria: I beg you!
TONY (kissing her): Good night.
Maria: Buenas noches.
Tony: I love you.
Maria: Yes, yes. Go now! (Tony goes down the ladder) Wait a minute! When can I see you again? (Tony walks back) No!
Tony: Tomorrow.
Maria: I work in a wedding dress shop, right across the street, across the street. Lyukia store.
Tony: I'm going there.
Maria: When the doors are closed. six o'clock.
Tony: Alright.
Maria: Good night.
Tony: Good night.
He continued down the ladder.
Maria: Tony!
Tony: Shhh!
Maria: You go through the back door.
Tony: Si.
He continued down again.
Maria: Tony! (He pauses, briefly silent) What does Tony mean?
Tony: It's Anton.
Maria: Te aduro (I hug you). Anton!
Tony: Te adoro, Maria!
Two people (singing):
When you fall asleep,
you have to think of me and
dream of me,
all night long.
Tony ran and disappeared into the darkness. Maria looked at his figure.
Almost all the "rockets" are gathered at the door of Dock's small store. The lad was clearly restless. Powder kegs and Arabs walked back and forth on the pavement, watching their surroundings alertly. John the little boy was reading a picture book from Doc's mailbox. Ghost and Guitar are playing cards on the pavement. The naughty girl climbed up the light pole to show her flexibility.
Powder Keg (impatiently): Heck, where did all these "sharks" disappear?
Arab: Maybe, are they timid?
Powder Keg (hit other palm with fist): Yes, that's right!
Blonde Teen: You're messing with my nerves.
Little Boy John (immersed in the comic strip): He can't use... a three-edged dagger...
Arab (turns around): What?
Little John: He can't even use an automatic gun.
Blonde boy: Who is he?
Little boy John: Superman. Hi, I'm already in love with him.
Blonde boy: Then marry him.
Naughty Girl (jumps off a telephone pole): Generally speaking, I'm not going to get married. That's just too much trouble.
Arab: Of course you will not marry. You are really ugly.
Naughty girl (makes a gesture of shooting him): blah blah blah.
Arab (hands on stomach, lying on the pavement): Oops. A juvenile has died...
Little scumbag John (not looking at the "corpse" indifferently): Why, wouldn't this happen if a real automatic gun was aimed at him all at once?
Naughty Girl: I know what happens to you: your pants will be full.
Little John: Just follow your sister's example and stand on the sidewalk.
Naughty girl (pounces on him): Listen, you stinky bastard! ...I've slapped you twice, and I'll slap you again!
When they were fighting, River and Ice Cube came with Wilma and Grazella. The little ice cube coldly separates the naughty girl from the little boy John, but River immediately puts on a pose, making people feel that he is the most important person here.
River: Hello, gang! Is everything okay?
"Rocket" (all): Needless to say, my hands are itchy! As soon as they arrive...tattoo! ...
River: I'm so proud of you, old men! Everyone did a great job at the dance tonight.
Powder Keg: But where are they?
River: You go to the sentry, powder keg, don't shoot in advance. Didn't anyone see Tony?
Powder Keg (tauntingly): He's an invisible man.
Arab: Listen to me, River, do you think they'll beg for mercy?
RIVER (coldly): Forgive me!
Blonde Teen (uneasily): Maybe, we can handle it with just a few rubber hoses, can't we?
River: Don't worry, little guy!
GRAZELLA (taking his hand) You're right, old man.
Powder Keg (impatiently): I'm ready!
Ice Cube: Calm down! Don't get excited!
Powder Keg (flashing fist): Snap!
Naughty Girl: Listen to me, River, is every extra person useful to you...
River: No!
GRAZELLA (pointing to Naughty Girl to Wilma): American tragedy!
Naughty Girl (makes a shot at her): Pop!
Grazera: Fart!
Wilma: Bah!
The two laughed.
River: So, girls, when the "shark" comes, run away from here.
Grazera: We may go, but we may not go.
River: This is no fun, Grazera!
Grazera: Wilma and I are not fun either. Is that so, Wilma?
Wilma: Of course, that goes without saying!
Grazera: Remember this, don't forget!
They both laughed again.
Powder Keg (to River): Listen to me, why are we wasting our time on these fools?
GRAZELLA (angrily): You call me and Wilma fools?
Naughty girl: Ha Yi Ha!
The police car came and stopped by the sidewalk. Clapkey stuck his head out of the car.
Clapkey: Hey, you!
"Rocket" (all at once): Hey, you... Hey, who? ……Who……? who are you? who are you? You-you...
Klapkai opened the door and got out.
River: We greet you, Sergeant Clapkey!
Krapkay (pointing at Johnny): You!
Little scumbag John: Me?
Clapkey: Yes, you. What are you, deaf?
Little scumbag John: Where, sir. My hearing is 100%.
Clapkey: Why didn't you answer me?
Arab: His mother taught him not to answer the police at any time.
Krapke (to Arabian) Listen, wisecracking fellow, would you like me to take you where you're supposed to be?
Arab: Oh no, sir!
Krapke (to the others): You all are slackers! I'm going to put all of you in detention, I think you're still hanging around here?
RIVER (pretending to be innocent) We're afraid to go home, sir. The surroundings there are so bad.
Arab: No one in the family loves us...
Blonde boy: It's just suffering...
Powder keg: If you forbid us to spend the night on the street, we are likely to be juvenile delinquents.
Clapkey: Enough! I know what you're up to at the dance today, don't even think about it...
wait for the driver to interrupt him, who just got a radio signal.
Driver (hurriedly): Hey, Sergeant! Hurry up and go! I got a "10-13" signal.
Krapke (to the lads) All right, let's go! Go away! (Goes to the car) When I get back, don't let me see any of you again!
He got into the car, and before he could close the door, the car sped away. The powder keg ran after the car on the road.
Powder Keg: Hey, you forgot to say "goodbye" to us!
Arab (on the sidewalk): These police dogs are so poorly educated.
Blonde Boy: They treat us like we're not human at all.
JOHN JOHN (uneasy): He's mad enough, isn't he?
Arab: So what? Spit him twice!
Johnny: If he comes back, we're talking to "Shark"...
RIVER (interrupting): We're going to lead him by the nose later! These spies believe all the stuff in the stinky press that paints us badly!
River looked at the tiger with deep meaning. He understood that River was deliberately trying to have fun, so he began to play a double reed with River.
Tiger (pretending to be Klapkai): Hey, you!
River: Who? Is it me, Sergeant Klapkey?
TIGER (pretending to be Klapkai): Yes, you! Can you, little brat, come up with a reason why you shouldn't go to jail?
RIVER (singing) Don't you, Clapkey,
these unfortunate brats— our ancestors were guilty and we slipped to the bottom. Our mothers are addicted to drugs, and our fathers are all drunks, so we've become scumbags! All: Believe it or not, Klapkey, we are poor, we were neither caressed nor cared for when we were children. We're not rascals, you should know us a little bit. Endless kindness fills our hearts. River: Be kind! All: Kindness, kindness, a whole lot of kindness, and even the worst of people are full of kindness. TIGER (pretending to be Klapkai): Oh, what a moving story! River: Let the world hear it! Tiger: Better let the judge listen. RIVER (to Arab): Judge, I don't want to lie, my family--very horrible, all of them smoking marijuana,
I'm the only one who can't take a sip.
They didn't want me at all, and
I had the wrong pregnancy by accident.
I am guilty, even if I am bad.
Arab (pretending to be a judge):
Yes!
Listen, Klapkey, you are one of those rare fools!
What does the judge want a guy like this to do?
Hurry up and ask a doctor to reassure the child that
he is not normal, that is to say, he is mentally ill!
River:
Yes, I'm mentally ill!
All:
Yes, I have a mental illness, I have a mental illness, and
even if I have a mental illness,
everyone is not normal, they are all mentally ill!
Arab (pretending to be a judge): Attention, attention! According to the judge's authoritative opinion, the important reason why the child lost his mind was that he did not have a real home.
River: Ha! I'm losing my mind because I'm a homeless person!
Arab (playing the judge): Send him to a psychiatrist!
RIVER (singing to the powder keg)
Papa beats Mama,
Mama slaps me.
Grandpa sold morphine,
grandma was a drinker.
The elder sister stood on the sidewalk, and the
elder brother had a tendency to rob.
Is it strange that
I am mentally ill?
Powder Keg (as a lunatic): Yes! (Sings):
Klapkey, you're a turkey.
Labor can cure a boy
better than all science.
He is a victim of the system, and his heart is so painful that
he suffers from a social disease.
River:
I am a patient!
All:
We are sick, we are sick, we are very sick, we have
a very serious
social disease!
Powder Keg (pretending to be a lunatic): I don't think this kid needs psychotherapy. Juvenile delinquency - is a serious social evil.
Powder Keg: Let the charity take care of them!
RIVER (singing to the blond boy):
In order not to end up in prison,
I was told repeatedly:
I should be a laborer,
that is, a slave.
I don't harm the social good,
I'm just an opponent of labor,
so, maybe, I'm a camel!
Blonde boy (as the wife of a charity):
Hey!
No shame, Clapkey, what does this have to do with us?
The child does not need labor,
just a year in prison.
You should understand, no matter how
stupid you are,
you should know that this child is a scoundrel!
River:
Rogue!
All:
rascal, rascal,
rotten rascal.
Worst most terrible rogue!
Arab (as a judge): It's all because of ignorance!
Powder Keg (as a lunatic): He drinks - that's the root of evil.
Blonde Boy (pretending to be the wife of a charity): It's all due to ignorance.
Arab: He is more stubborn than a donkey.
Powder Keg: The problem is hypergrowth.
Blonde Boy: He's no longer a boy.
Quanxiu :
Clapkey, we're in a deep hole!
Have pity on us, Klapkey,
we are so sick!
You know, no one needs
this kind of social evil.
Krapkay, even if you
say a word to point us...
We depend on you, Krapkay,
see us...
from the open window of the counter, I see Doc coming, he is packing magazines, newspapers, candy, Ready to close at night. He is not tall, just middle-aged, and very kind.
Dock: Ladies and gentlemen, the closing bell is ringing! You, little Johnny, you should go to bed long ago, in my opinion.
Little John: I have insomnia, Doc. There are so many annoying things.
River and Ice Cube walked to the small store. Others follow them. Doc spoke hastily with them as they crossed the threshold.
Doc: Did anyone see Tony today?
Naughty girl: I saw him coming!
Doc: He's supposed to clean up the shop.
Little John: Maybe he decided not to clean up the shop, but to clean up the Puerto Ricans.
Doc: Who, Tony?
The following actions are all carried out in small shops. This small shop also sells groceries such as sweets, snacks and tobacco, as well as medicines and snacks. Here is the headquarters of the "rocket".
River: Listen to me, Doc, you can't close the store right now.
Doc: Why is that?
River: We're having a military meeting here.
Doc: What?
Blonde Boy: We're negotiating about weapons.
Arab: Fight with the Puerto Ricans!
Doc: Weapons? ...why don't you guys go play basketball, wouldn't it be better?
Naughty girl: Come on!
Doc tried to turn off the light, but the powder keg pushed his hand away from the switch.
Powder Keg (threateningly): You gotta understand! We are here on a special mission.
Doc: Are you going to do something to entrap Puerto Ricans?
Powder Keg: It's them who are trying to get us down.
Doc: All of this is child's play to you.
River: Listen to me, Doc. We cannot give in to them. This is important to us.
Doc: What's the point--fighting over a little street?
Powder Keg: For us, this is important.
Doc: It's more important to the rascal.
Powder Keg (he's on fire): Who are you scolding?
Doc: Curse the military meeting...
Powder Keg: Don't do it, Doc... Doc
: Curse the fight...
Powder Keg: Did you hear me, Doc?
Doc: When I was your age...
powder keg (exploded): When you were my age...when my dear dad was my age...when my brother When I was my age! ... Who of you is not as old as me! But it's not so much that you want to understand us, it's better to first dig out what we're thinking!
Doc: Digging... The first thing I'll dig is my grave -- it's what I'll dig.
Suddenly, everyone turned their heads to look in the direction of the door. Bernardo, Chino, Bebe and Ingio entered. Doc looked uneasily at the newcomer. The atmosphere immediately became tense. No one spoke. River patted Grazella on the chest, signaling that it was time for her to leave. She and Wilma walked around "Shark" in disgust. Naughty girl tries to hide behind the piano, but River finds her. She looked at him pleadingly, and he gestured for her to go. Unlike the other two girls, the naughty girl pushes and fucks the "shark" and hits them and walks past them as if she were actually a lad.
River: Doc, I'm in for a treat. Please give each one a Coca-Cola.
Bernardo: Let's get down to business.
River: Bernardo does not know the elegant demeanor.
Bernardo: I also don't like you very much, so let's get rid of it.
River: Okay. No more, Doc!
Doc: Listen to me, boys, you'd better have a good talk...
River: Go back!
Doc went to the back room, and the members of both gangs sat down around their heads.
River: We called you here for a fight. Decisively, one fight decides the outcome. Agree?
Bernardo: What about the conditions?
River: Your terms. We can't bear it anymore.
Bernardo: You provoked it.
River: Who's beating up little Johnny today?
Bernardo: Who hit me on the first day I moved here?
Powder Keg: Who asked you to move here?
Bebe: Who invited you?
Blonde boy: Move to the place waiting for you!
Powder Keg: Spaniards!
Bebe: Ireland is ugly!
Ingio: Italian stick!
Bernardo: We agree!
River: Time?
Bernardo: Tomorrow.
River: After sunset. (they give each other high fives) Where?
Bernardo: Park.
River: By the river.
Bernardo: Below the main road. (They high-five each other)
River: Weapons?
Suddenly Tony ran in.
Tony: Doc, hey, Doc!
He was stunned when he saw the gathered people. River waved to him happily, but Bernardo looked at him with unabashed hostility.
Powder Keg (returning the subject to an unresolved issue at the military conference): Weapons?
Doc comes in. Tony exchanged a worried look with him.
Bernardo: Weapons?
River: Your opinion.
Bernardo: You called us here.
River: You dare not speak your own opinion.
Bernardo: Stone.
River: Belt.
Bernardo: The tube.
River: Tin can.
Bernardo: Bricks.
River: Elbow.
Bernardo: Chains.
Tony: Molotov cocktails, knives, pistols! (Everyone looks at him in astonishment) What is this, you cowards!
Powder Keg: Who do you
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