tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826894732872953025.post990270121038764296..comments2022-03-24T07:36:55.145-07:00Comments on bway2hlwd: West Side StoryV.P. Addamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16628270996372400673noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826894732872953025.post-58074200695921995122012-02-15T23:56:10.436-08:002012-02-15T23:56:10.436-08:00My God. This is the best exegesis of a movie I...My God. This is the best exegesis of a movie I've ever read. Also, one of the best love letters to a movie. You did amazing research. You cleared up a real fuzzy area for me around Robbins' involvement in and his firing from the movie.<br />What I found most interesting was your personal attachments to and relationship with the musical itself as well as the movie. I was 14 living across the Hudson from Manhattan when West Side Story opened at the Winter Garden. It was a ground-breaking phenomenon. I ran to NY to see it many times. The excitement for me was that it was showing me the future of musical theater. 50 yrs later I wonder just how much of a legacy it really left. Maybe brilliance and perfection can be so intimidating sometimes it stifles follow-ons and imitators.larryrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01893968044857030851noreply@blogger.com