re: OCR of "West Side Story" album cover -- when would Tony and Maria have had time to joyously run around the neighborhood hand in hand and as openly as depicted?
I think the image of garbage-strewn streets gives record buyers an idea of the show’s rough-and-tumble setting while, at the same time, foregrounding the idealized love represented by Tony and Maria (“love blooming in the slums,” if you will). Come to think of it, that paradox actually makes the album cover work better for me.
