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petzipellepingo
July 2nd, 2009, 04:51 pm

Hmm...

Michael Jackson's 10 Greatest Music Videos

''Beat It'' (1983)
Less a music video than a grand West Side Story narrative of competing street gangs in a gritty urban landscape. Except these gang members solve their differences in a spectacularly choreographed dance-off. And there is, alas, no Maria.

http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20288349_20288345_20288272_2,00.html

And the original isn't spectacularly choreographed??

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wsslover
28 Aug 2020, 12:37
Just Finished Reading
It's a fantastic book, and I'm glad I ordered it. I was aware of Robbins' firing due to his having gone over budge and beyond scheduling, as well as Natalie Wood's overt hostility towards Richard…
wsslover
28 Aug 2020, 12:30
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Happy Birthday to you, Simon Oakland! You helped raise a beautiful movie-musical to the heavens by playing a fantastic role of Lt. Schrank. That role fit you perfectly, since you had both the looks…
wsslover
25 Aug 2020, 13:19
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Happy Birthday to the one who helped create the most fantastic, the most special, and the most beloved musical on earth! RIP, Leonard Bernstein!
wsslover
17 Aug 2020, 11:10
Musical Monday
I found this rather overblown, if one gets the drift.
wsslover
6 Aug 2020, 22:49
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I've already formed my own verdict about Spielberg's upcoming reboot/remake of the film West Side Story, long before Richard Barrios' s book came out, and I have not changed my mind.