This is a clip from the opening of the Broadway musical "West Side Story"
The show centers around two rival gangs, the Sharks and the Jets. The Sharks are a gang of Puerto Ricans, and the Jets are a gang of your typical white, Yankee guys. The two main characters (a Puerto Rican girl and a white, Jet boy) fall in love, even though they are risking their lives doing so because they are from two different "gangs". The plot comes from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet".
In this clip, the theme is demonstrating the discourse of two separate cultures through music and dance.
The Discourse was evident in the video posted. I would ask if an occasional discourse occured within the different gangs? (I have not seen the movie) I do like your comment about the incoorporation with music and dance. Often differences are overcome by finding a commanality.
ReplyDelete-Cait Walker