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* Anita's near-rape is even more traumatic. It starts when Anybodys passes her; he gives her a concerned look and warns her to leave. When the Jets start their harassment, Graziella openly begs for them to leave Anita alone. Hearing this Anita reaches out for help, and Graziella reaches back trying to pull her to safety--if you watch carefully , you'll see that Graziella actually ''does'' manage to grab hold of her before one of the Jets forcefully separates them--before the boys lock her and the other girls outside. Fruitlessly, the girls scream and pound against the doors, tears streaming down their faces, trying to plead for Anita. When Valentina intervenes, a shell-shocked Anita calls her a traitor for hiding Tony, who murdered Barnardo.
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* Anita's near-rape is even more traumatic. It starts when Anybodys passes her; he gives her a concerned look and warns her to leave. When the Jets start their harassment, Graziella openly begs for them to leave Anita alone. Hearing this Anita reaches out for help, and Graziella reaches back trying to pull her to safety--if you watch carefully , you'll see that Graziella actually ''does'' manage to grab hold of her before one of the Jets forcefully separates them--before the boys lock her and the other girls outside. Fruitlessly, the girls scream and pound against the doors, tears streaming down their faces, trying to plead for Anita. When Valentina intervenes, a shell-shocked Anita calls her a traitor for hiding Tony, who murdered Barnardo.Bernardo.
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** Even if Tony didn't kill Bernardo immediately after, Bernardo's life as he knew it was over. He would now be targeted by the cops for killing Riff and either arrested or forced on the lam, effectively ending his promising boxing career and dreams of success.
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*** If you know the history surrounding Ireland, it adds even more weight to their backstory. Ireland was oppressed by the British for centuries, and the previous century had experienced a horrific [[UsefulNotes/IrishPotatoFamine famine]] that left 1.5 million dead and the same number emigrating to England or America. The Jets' parents and grandparents were likely those who were driven out of their country by oppression, and it can probably feel like the same is happening to them. If only they'd had empathy for the Puerto Ricans experiencing the same thing.
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* While Anita's reaction to Tony's death, and María's to her lying that she died aren't shown, it's undoubtable that relations between the two will be damaged possibly forever. The two were basically sisters at the beginning of the film, and although Anita hates how María is in love with the man who killed Bernardo, she had some acceptance of it until she was sent into Doc's. Two traumatic things happening to her in one night will surely make her hate María. And when the latter finds out Anita is partly responsible for Tony's death...one can only hope Valentina is able to provide some help and support for her.
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* Anita's near-rape is even more traumatic. It starts when Anybodys passes her; he gives her a concerned look and warns her to leave. When the Jets start their harassment, Graziella openly begs for them to leave Anita alone. Hearing this Anita reaches out for help, and Graziella reaches back trying to pull her to safety, before the boys lock her and the other girls outside. Fruitlessly, the girls scream and pound against the doors, tears streaming down their faces, trying to plead for Anita. When Valentina intervenes, a shellshocked Anita calls her a traitor for hiding Tony, who murdered Barnardo.
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* Anita's near-rape is even more traumatic. It starts when Anybodys passes her; he gives her a concerned look and warns her to leave. When the Jets start their harassment, Graziella openly begs for them to leave Anita alone. Hearing this Anita reaches out for help, and Graziella reaches back trying to pull her to safety, safety--if you watch carefully , you'll see that Graziella actually ''does'' manage to grab hold of her before one of the Jets forcefully separates them--before the boys lock her and the other girls outside. Fruitlessly, the girls scream and pound against the doors, tears streaming down their faces, trying to plead for Anita. When Valentina intervenes, a shellshocked shell-shocked Anita calls her a traitor for hiding Tony, who murdered Barnardo.
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** "Gee, Officer Krupke" is fast-paced and comedic, but the lyrics are about how the social programs fail to actually help troubled youth from falling into crime, something that still rings true today.
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** "Gee, Officer Krupke" is fast-paced and comedic, but the lyrics are about how the social programs fail to actually help troubled youth from falling into crime, something that still rings true today. While the song starts off light-hearted, by the end the Jets' tones have completely shifted to anger and aggression, showing just how frustrated they are by the way they have been treated both at home and by the system.
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* On a meta note, the ultimate box-office failure of this film can be a tearjerker to musical movie fans, due to it opening around the same time as ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' and the recent trend of musical films disappointing at the box-office, exemplified by ''Film/InTheHeights'' and ''Film/DearEvanHansen''. As a result, ''West Side Story'' lost about $143 million, making it Spielberg's biggest box-office bomb of all time.
