Thanks so much for providing the quote in context. I still disagree with the use of the word "anthem," but now at least I know what the writer meant:
***As I sat in Alice Tully Hall, at Lincoln Center, for a performance of “West Side Story” music, by the Julliard Youth Orchestra, whose members hail from every borough, I realized that I still knew the lyrics of the musical by heart. Almost everyone in the audience was humming under their breath. “West Side Story” is the anthem of New York City: an incendiary story about two rival gangs, two kids in love, about neighborhoods, about Puerto Rico, and New York, and betrayal. ****
The writing of the brief article is a bit problematic overall. There are some run-on sentences and an overuse of commas, along with the statement by the writer that the character of Tony in WSS is "Irish Catholic AND Polish." I don't know where she got that from.... |
