Comments on: West Side Story Theatre Review http://theater-ticket.conciergedesk.co.uk/articles/2008/07/13/west-side-story-theatre-review/ Latest News and Reviews Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:31:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: missy anon http://theater-ticket.conciergedesk.co.uk/articles/2008/07/13/west-side-story-theatre-review/comment-page-1/#comment-749 missy anon Thu, 28 May 2009 21:37:16 +0000 http://theater-ticket.conciergedesk.co.uk/articles/?p=80#comment-749 West Side Story is a banal story that originally was entitled East Side Story about an Irish boy who falls in love with a Jewish girl. The producers figured it was not marketable. When they found out about Chicano gangs in Los Angeles and gang violence in the local LA newspaper they changed the story. Stories like these should be banned. NYC is more than 50% latino but these stories denigrate and condescend towards hispanic history. In a world with political correctness in speach and a black president, why do we let abysmal stories like this continue. There is no truth to this story. There never was gang violence like this. However, it has been used as a rationale to label hispanics, stereotyping and pigeonholing them. It is incredible that stories like this, not authored by hispanics and full or racism are allowed to continue to play on Broadway. It is fake and a lie and should be treated as such. The time to stop these plays is now. Boycott this show and signal to the producers that this type of fare should not be tolerated. http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC39folder/westSideStory.html West Side Story is a banal story that originally was entitled East Side Story about an Irish boy who falls in love with a Jewish girl. The producers figured it was not marketable. When they found out about Chicano gangs in Los Angeles and gang violence in the local LA newspaper they changed the story.

Stories like these should be banned. NYC is more than 50% latino but these stories denigrate and condescend towards hispanic history. In a world with political correctness in speach and a black president, why do we let abysmal stories like this continue. There is no truth to this story. There never was gang violence like this. However, it has been used as a rationale to label hispanics, stereotyping and pigeonholing them. It is incredible that stories like this, not authored by hispanics and full or racism are allowed to continue to play on Broadway. It is fake and a lie and should be treated as such. The time to stop these plays is now. Boycott this show and signal to the producers that this type of fare should not be tolerated. http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC39folder/westSideStory.html

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