| re: "Chatty" West Side Story | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 10:26 pm EST 12/25/21 | |
| In reply to: re: "Chatty" West Side Story - AnObserver 09:16 pm EST 12/25/21 | |
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| I agree it wasn't entirely fleshed out to a point of making clear sense within the premise of the musical they were adapting... But I would compare it, as I assume they did, to people who have LGBTQ friends or family and still vote against our rights and protections and are afraid of our "lifestyle" or agenda... or the same for white people who have a black person they claim to love but compartmentalize that when it comes to how they see and treat other poc and how they vote. People are good at compartmentalizing. Perhaps the Jets saw Valentina as one of the few Puerto Ricans they were comfortable with, who wasn't try to take their territory and push them out, or see them as hoodlums (even if they act as that). Or maybe they do not see themselves as racist against Puerto Ricans, just as against what they see as people with less claim to their home turf who threaten the world they've known. They were part of communities who were dismissed or oppressed (as Irish, Polish, etc)... but can't see how they're doing the same thing. I don't think the new movie, or all its added dialogue and context, fleshed this out enough for what they needed... but... i don't think it's entirely not there. |
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