402 - West Side Story

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When you’re a geek, you’re a geek til ya die, from the stupid reviews to the heaviest sighs. And so, tonight, tonight, the geeks are out tonight--we’re talkin’ finger-snappin’, toe-tappin’ street gangs, daddy-o! Out of seemingly nowhere, Arlo pressures Paul into watching Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins’ 1961 adaptation of the 1957 Broadway show</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">West Side Story</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">by Arthur Laurents, Stephen Sondheim, and Leonard Bernstein. You might have heard of it! Somehow, though both of them love musicals--as documented extensively on this podcast--neither Arlo nor Paul had ever seen one of the most famous, and</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">the</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">most Oscar-adorned, musicals ever made. And so the boys discuss how, in true</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Romeo and Juliet</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">fashion, Tony and Maria are kind of boring; George Chakiris and Rita Moreno being the film’s true stars; Robbins’ dynamic dance choreography; how you’ve just got to stay loose, boy, and accept the movie’s campy, colorful world; and more. Plus, a quarantine update and an exciting new behind-the-scenes development.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Next: T-B-muthafuckin’-D. </span></p> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><strong>THE BREAKDOWN</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Total Run Time: 01:48:58</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">00:00:25  -  Intro</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">00:17:20  -  Main Topic</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">01:46:45  -  Outro / Next</span></li> </ul> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><strong>THE MUSIC</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">“Cool” by Tucker Smith,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">West Side Stor