

Anita, on the other hand, has to share some of the responsibility for what happened. That makes Anita a nice contrast to our heroine: showing what horrible things she could have done and chose not to. Unlike Anita, Maria doesn't actually pull the trigger to spread the hate and vengeance, even though she's grieving just as bad. You tell him that Chino found out about them and shot her. You tell that murderer that Maria's never going to meet him. This lie ends up getting Tony killed.ĪNITA: Don't you touch me! I got a message for your American buddy. Furious, she tells them instead to tell Tony that Maria is dead. But that sympathy evaporates when the try to rape her as she tries to deliver her message. She agrees to deliver a message to Tony that Maria will meet him later at Doc's. She's ready for revenge, but Maria's pleas move her to sympathy. ANITA: And what are you?Įverything changes after Bernardo dies. ANITA: That Tony is…and he works! BERNARDO: A delivery boy. BERNARDO: With an American, who is really a Polack. ANITA: More than what? She was only dancing. She even defends Tony:īERNARDO: They use Maria for an excuse to start World War III. But us? Foreigners! Lice! Cockroaches! BERNARDO: But it's true! ANITA: Sometimes I don't which is thicker-your skull or your accent!Īnita isn't into Bernardo's "us vs. (imitating Bernardo) Your mother's a Pole.
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She feels free to tease Bernardo about his constant complaining about America: she knows every word by heart:ĪNITA: Here comes the whole commercial. Hear Me RoarĮven though Bernardo's the leader of the Sharks, and Anita adores him, she's no submissive gangster's moll. Don't matter if he's tired, As long as he's here Tonight!įun fact: The stage version had this lyric, which was cleaned up a bit for the film:ĪNITA: He'll walk in hot and tired, So what? Don't matter if he's tired As long as he's hot. We'll have our private little mix Tonight. Listen to her singing while getting dressed just before the rumble, when things are getting heavy.ĪNITA: Anita's gonna get her kicks Tonight. She's a sultry young woman, and he's all she can think about. She and Bernardo have been together for quite a while, and their passion has only grown. 99+ Photos Crime Drama Musical An adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. She loves Bernardo as much as Maria loves Tony, and her desire is just as strong as Maria's. If Maria succeeds in fighting back the forces of hate, Anita can't quite manage it.
