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COMMENTS: Not So Pretty, Nor So Witty--What a Pity
NBC's Mike Taibbi reminded us how urgent the choreography is for West Side Story--and how dynamic the score--when he played clips from its original Broadway production in 1957 and the subsequent movie hit. He also reminded us how clever the lyrics are--by depriving us of them. The current Broadway revival has the words translated so that the Sharks sing in Spanish. Why on earth would any actress give up the intricate rhymes of I Feel Pretty for the sake of mere linguistic naturalism?
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