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Super classic
Idella 2021-12-07 08:01:39
No matter how others look at it, my evaluation of this movie is three words: super classic. Watching this movie is not in the plot. It is mainly composed of Berstein's music, Robbins' choreography, and Sondheim's lyrics. It's a fantastic combination. And every phrase, every raising of hands and feet is unique. The rhythm of modern jazz is seamlessly combined with the movements and emotions of the characters, and it is often unexpected. The most typical is the song Cool. The suppressed anger of Jets members erupted with a blast of Pow!, and then immediately fell into a dance like a puppet. The snaps in narcissism when Tony and Maria first met, and the provocative screams of Anita in America were all magical touches that perfectly combined with music. (Actually, I think things outside the main line in the play are more interesting. The two protagonists are cute and simple, but they are also paler. Also, the pretend Puerto Rican accent of the heroine is too exaggerated, sometimes a bit funny, and the song is not sung by herself. Compared The actors who play Bernado and Anita are more elegant.) From the beautiful and sensational Tonight, Somewhere, Maria, One Hand One Heart to the witty Jet Song, Officer. Cold reality and a lot of black humor. All this mixing is concentrated in Tonight's chorus in the climax part of the play. While Maria eagerly sang Tonight there will be no morning star, Jets and Sharks yelled We'll stop'em once and for all, and started a life-and-death struggle under the blood-red sunset. In this chaotic tension, love and reality are ironic to each other, and it is art that wins out in the end.
Extended Reading
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The Girls: [singing] I like to be in America, OK by me in America, everything free in America...
Bernardo: [singing] For a small fee in America!
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Bernardo: I'd like to go back to San Juan.
Anita: I know a boat you can get on!