Examination Of A Stunt Scene In West Side Story

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Devyn Cunningham
Stunts and Action on Stage
Mrs.Hoffmann
1/15/18
Examination of a Stunt Scene in West Side Story
For the scene I chose to examine, I chose to do the rumble from the musical West Side Story. The show is about the tension between a white American gang, the Jets, led by Riff Lorton, and a Puerto Rican gang of immigrants, the Sharks, led by Bernardo Nunez. After a fight breaks out police arrive and break it up. The Jets decide to challenge the Sharks to a rumble at an upcoming dance for control over the neighborhood and the sharks agree. Riff decides that his best friend Tony Wyzek, the co-founder of the Jets who left the gang, should join them for the rumble. Tony wants nothing to do with the fight.
Riff invites Tony to the dance, …show more content…

Tony arrives and explains what happened and begs for her forgiveness before he turns himself in to the police. Maria reassures her love for him and asks Tony to stay with her.
Meanwhile most of the Jets have reassembled back at a garage. Another one of the Jets arrives and warns them that Chino is now after Tony with a gun. The Jets split up to find Tony. Anita comes home after learning of Bernardo's death. Maria and Tony quickly agree to meet at Doc's and run away. Anita sees Tony leaving and tells Maria she should not associate with him since he killed Bernardo, but Maria changes her about meeting with him at Doc’s. Anita tells her about Chino's plans and Maria tells her Tony is headed for Doc's store.
Schrenk arrives to question Maria about the disagreement at the dance. Maria fakes having a headache and asks Anita go to Doc's store for medicine and to tell Doc she has been detained. Knowing Maria's meaning, she agree to go. At Doc's, Anita offers help to the Jets but they harass her instead. After Doc breaks things up, Anita proclaims that Bernardo was right to hate them and then lies telling them that Chino killed Maria when he found about her and Tony’s

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