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– which are staged frequently as high school productions. The effect is that for many people they first encounter the story of the clash between the Sharks and the Jets at the most impressionable time of their lives.is about kids, and it’s about kids surviving in an adult world of tremendous racial division and also the intolerance of not caring to understand another culture or another point of view,” Spielberg says.
“I think this is an exploration of empathy and also a kind of morality tale because this is a tragedy, as is the stage play,” Spielberg adds. “Why can’t we find the thing we have in common? That would’ve made a world of difference between the Sharks and the Jets had these kids been smart enough and patient enough with each other, which they’re not, and nor are many of the kids today.”
“Rita was a force to be reckoned with. And she was a gift to our cast because our cast looked at her as the only link between their involvement in this story and the original motion picture production of. It assured everyone that we were all on the same page, doing righteous work, to tell a great story that deserves to be told again.”As the Jet gang member Tony, Spielberg cast Ansel Elgort. As Maria, the sister of Sharks leader Bernardo, he cast Rachel Zegler.
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