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Start with the obvious . .

i.e. that both lovers die at the end of Sh. mMost of the rest is nitpicky, having to do with finding contemporary analogues for characters. Quibbling about plot differences is silly. You're talking two different media. Thepower of R&J is in the language. The power of WSS is in the music and (especially) the dance. The plot is "merely" a (fairly surefire) scaffolding.

Posted by JTJ on March 25, 1997 at 07:08:21
In Reply to "differences between Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story" posted by Paul Howell on March 25, 1997 at 06:43:34

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