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This song, which is justly beloved by millions of foolish romantics throughout the world (like me), was written for the 1957 Broadway musical, West Side Story, which was made into a perpetually popular film in 1961. As nearly every high school student in America once knew, this was supposed to be an "update" of "Romeo and Juliet," although, in my view, it fails miserably at that level. ... [Read the Rest of this Post]
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