I had a
moment like that a couple of weekends ago.
You know
this year marks the 50th anniversary of the movie, West Side Story,
right? Well, it does. I remember seeing it when I was a kid. I loved it! The
music, the dancing, the sweet, sweet story of star-crossed lovers…
I even sang There’s
a Place for Us for a high school musical audition. I sang it badly, mind you,
but my willingness to be humiliated in front of a room full of 15-18-year-olds
is testament to how much I loved that song.
So,
naturally, I wanted my daughter, who loves theater and musicals, to see this
amazing, wonderful piece of cinema… I wanted to enrich her childhood, as mine
had been enriched.
What the
hell was I thinking?!
It was
terrible. Really, really terrible.
First of
all, it was about an hour too long. The acting was atrocious. The make-up,
appalling. Some of the singing and dancing was good, but some, not so much. And
the story? Good lord. How did I not remember how cheesy and ridiculous it was?
And that it took place in 24 hours (which is how long the movie felt)?
I was
reminded, however, the first time Tony told Maria he loved her, ten minutes
after they met. My nearly-thirteen-year-old hollered at the screen (the first
of several times), “You don’t even know each other! Stop it!”
She’s got
some sense, that one does.
And I guarantee she won’t be showing West Side Story to her kid on its 80th anniversary.
We'd have rather watched the cats.
6 comments:
Oh yes, I can relate to this one.
So true. Some of those love songs from the 60's and 70's don't hold up so well either! I thought they were romantic...some could be the theme song for a terrible stalker-from-hell movie!
But what about Officer Krupke? Ryan must have liked that scene...
I think the Jet/Shark ballet is great, too. The lyrics may have grown stale, but the score (overall) is terrific.
I am totally laughing here. I went through that very same thing. And you are so right...it was cheesy!
Ha
Hugs
SueAnn
I am laughing my tail off. SO funny! I think we all can remember of those little things we thought were so wonderful, but then it just isn't ;-)
I watched CATS on Ovation a while back and had to use Google to figure out what the heck was going on! (once I figured out it didnt really have a storyline, I was ok)
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