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Podcast: FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT
Episode: Friday Family Film Night: WEST SIDE STORY review
Description: In which the Mister joins me in reviewing WEST SIDE STORY (2021), which is currently streaming on HBO Max and Disney+. Directed by Steven Spielberg, with writing credits to Tony Kushner, the film is a remake of the 1957 musical WEST SIDE STORY by Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents (playwright). The film tells the story of 1950s NYC and the rivalry of the Jets and Sharks, two teen gangs that are vying for dominion of their turf. Tony (Ansel Elgort) of Polish descent and in and out member of the Jets, meets Maria (a luminous Rachel Zegler) at...