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title: West Side Story
type: Movie
date: 2022-03-09
rating: 6
genre:
  - Musical
year: 2021
director: Steven Spielberg
status: Finished
image: west-side-story.jpg
tags:
  - movie
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---
 I wanted to watch this movie first and foremost because of the long-take gymnasium scene that went viral on Twitter, knowing little about the original besides it being a slummy New York take on Romeo and Juliet. I still want to watch the original, but the most singular word I can use to describe this is production was competent: in direction, in choreography, in staging. The two leads do nothing for me (and the musical numbers do nothing to assuage my apathy towards Sondheim) but it was a pretty and smooth piece of work.