Puerto Rican writer, filmmaker and scholar, Frances Negron-Mutaner, in her scholarly article, “Feeling Pretty” (2003), contends that West Side Story has a problematic history regarding race, gender, and sexuality. She supports her claim by first focusing on the racial inequality…
Research Paragraph- 10/5
Hello! Here is my paragraph. [This paragraph relates to my previous thesis that relates to race and gender in 1957. My paper is no longer going in this direction.] For my research, I found Feeling Pretty by Negron-Mutaner to be…
Summary of Matrixes 10/1
I will be researching West Side Story and the idea of racial discrimination and isolation toward the Puerto Ricans. Negron-Mutaner– Race: The Puerto Ricans/Sharks are treated as a separate community from the Americans. They are portrayed as “other,” and isolated…
Reflection: Decisions, Process & Research-12/7
In order to narrow my thesis, I had to think deeper about the experiences of LGBT folk in the years following West Side Story’s premiere. I had to consider what real-life events the writers were trying to portray, and how they were…
Letter to Future FIQWS Students- 12/7
Hello, future FIQWS student! I joined this class because I’m a huge Broadway nerd and figured I would love the class. However, I wish I had known we were going to be analyzing three musicals deeply for the whole semester!…
