West Side Story 
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SOURCE: Boston Review
3/7/2022
West Side Story and the Tragedy of Progressive Hollywood
by Éric Morales-Franceschini
Critical debates about the "West Side Story" remake focus on representation, but ignore the politics of Puerto Rico.
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SOURCE: Public Seminar
12/15/2021
Puerto Rican History Deserves More than a Mural
by Jacqueline Lazú
Instead of rehashing "West Side Story," Hollywood should tell the story of Chicago's Young Lords Organization.
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2/24/20
New, Experimental West Side Story Is an Experiment that Goes Awry
by Bruce Chadwick
The play has lost its focus and sense of history.
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6-13-16
Jets and Sharks Rumble Again in West Side Story of the ‘50s
by Bruce Chadwick
What is it about the 1957 play "West Side Story" that has made it one of the most powerful musicals of all time?
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