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Podcast: Have a Good Movie
Episode: MUSICALS!: West Side Story (1961)
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CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of racism, brownface, abuse, knives, injury, dance injuries.
Klaudia Amenábar of RuPalp’s Podrace and Mystery Spotcast joins us this week to discuss one of the most iconic films of all time. It’s a 10-time Oscar winner with a soundtrack that might have outsold the Beatles and has spurned hundreds of performances in revivals and in high school theaters across America. Unfortunately, it’s also kind of a hot mess, especially because our directing is so disjointed that it makes t...