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#283 (no ads): Immigrant Songs, Pt. 1 — West Side Story (1961) (Patreon)

Published:
2021-06-22 19:10:09
Edited:
2021-06-29 01:54:06
Imported:
2021-06

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The new IN THE HEIGHTS is a film derived from a Broadway hit that challenged mainstream notions about musical theater, which in addition to being a love story examines the immigrant experience through the framing of a specific Manhattan neighborhood — all of which can also be said about Ray Wise’s 1961 Oscar behemoth WEST SIDE STORY. And so while we recognize that WEST SIDE STORY will be receiving the modern-update treatment later this year, we’re instead taking this earlier opportunity to compare two very different, yet unmistakably related, musical visions of the American Dream. This week we dig into what holds up about WEST SIDE STORY, and debate whether the film’s central love story is a limitation — and if it is, how willing we are to overlook it in favor of the production’s other charms. Plus, we respond to some feedback inspired by our recent REAR WINDOW episode, as well as a query inspired by Scott’s recent SHREK-inspired controversy.

Please share your comments, thoughts, and questions about WEST SIDE STORY, IN THE HEIGHTS, or anything else in the world of film, by sending an email to comments@nextpictureshow.net, or leaving a short voicemail at (773) 234-9730.

Outro music: “America” from West Side Story

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Green-billed Magpie

Robert Wise. (although WSS does include two of Ray Wise's Twin Peaks costars!)

Josh Mauthe

I’m having issues downloading the episode, and I can’t play it here either - is there something on my end, or is it something wrong with the upload? (Overcast says “Download failed: not found”, if that helps.)

Rigo Razo

Same issue here.

Joshua Goodhart

I have the same issue. Tried to delete and re-download. No luck. Using Overcast.

Sean McGivern

It looks like the podcast on the non-Patreon feed works. It starts by recommending the Patreon :spidermanpointing:

Squozen

Guys, you need to check that this stuff works or hire somebody to do it for you.

The Next Picture Show

Sorry about that y'all — I don't know why these scheduled posts keep failing like this, so in an effort to make it up to you all, rather than schedule tomorrow's episode and risk it again, I've just published it a little early :) -Genevieve (And sorry about being slow to see this, I got signed out of the Patreon last week and since it's a shared account with 2FA, getting logged back in is always a little bit of a process. Will definitely keep a more vigilant eye out!)