Changes

'''''West Side Story''''' is one of the most popular and influential [[musical]]s of the 20th century, inspired by [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''. Its central theme is of a love that is not ruled by any notion of [[right and wrong]], and these necessarily lead to tragedy.

'''''West Side Story''''' is one of the most popular and influential [[musical]]s of the 20th century, inspired by [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''. Its central theme is of a love that is not ruled by any notion of [[right and wrong]], and these necessarily lead to tragedy. A big hit on ''[[Broadway]]'' in the late 1950s, its adaptation into a movie starring Natalie Wood as Maria in 1961 was nominated for 10 [[Oscar]]s and won as Best Picture and in 9 additional categories.  Natalie Wood, however, did not do the singing for her lead role.

Its $100 million [[politically correct]] remake directed by [[Steven Spielberg]] and released in December 2021, despite being highly acclaimed by [[liberal]] [[Hollywood]], was a bust at the box office:

Its $100 million [[politically correct]] remake directed by [[Steven Spielberg]] and released in December 2021, despite being highly acclaimed by [[liberal]] [[Hollywood]], was a bust at the box office:

{{cquote|CNBC reported that Spielberg’s West Side Story brought in only $36.6 million in global ticket sales over its first three weeks in theaters. The production budget was around $100 million, although that doesn’t include its expensive marketing costs<ref>https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/steven-spielbergs-west-side-story-bombed-box-office-means-golden-globes-oscars.html/</ref>.}}

{{cquote|CNBC reported that Spielberg’s West Side Story brought in only $36.6 million in global ticket sales over its first three weeks in theaters. The production budget was around $100 million, although that doesn’t include its expensive marketing costs<ref>https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/steven-spielbergs-west-side-story-bombed-box-office-means-golden-globes-oscars.html/</ref>.}}

The story is based on ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', with music by famous conductor and composer [[Leonard Bernstein]] and lyrics by [[Stephen Sondheim]]. The Capulets and Montagues of Shakespeare's classic play are replaced with the Jets and Sharks, rival [[street gang]]s<ref>newly-arrived Puerto Ricans and second-generation Americans from white European immigrant families [http://www.filmsite.org/wests.html (Tim Dirks)]</ref> in [[Manhattan]].

The story is taken from ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', with music by famous conductor and composer [[Leonard Bernstein]] and lyrics by [[Stephen Sondheim]]. The Capulets and Montagues of Shakespeare's classic play are replaced with the Jets and Sharks, rival [[street gang]]s<ref>newly-arrived Puerto Ricans and second-generation Americans from white European immigrant families [http://www.filmsite.org/wests.html (Tim Dirks)]</ref> in [[Manhattan]].

Its love-story theme is:

Its love-story theme is: