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elleng

(130,865 posts) Tue Mar 8, 2022, 01:45 AM Mar 2022

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*WEST SIDE STORY #1, on HBO NOW!

Queen of Hollywood, Natalie Wood - real name Natalia Zakharenko. Her parents from Kharkiv, Ukraine . The daughter of a Russian engineer.

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*WEST SIDE STORY #1, on HBO NOW! (Original Post) elleng Mar 2022 OP

Wow, I seldom Rec in Lounge, but you got me, elleng (as you do) UTUSN Mar 2022 #1

Spielberg's re-make is a huge improvement. Paladin Mar 2022 #2

Natalie Wood parents were Ukrainian, that I didn't know! Emile Mar 2022 #3

We've watched half of the remake and I have to say it's better than I thought it would be. ificandream Mar 2022 #4

UTUSN

(70,683 posts)

1. Wow, I seldom Rec in Lounge, but you got me, elleng (as you do)

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Tue Mar 8, 2022, 01:55 AM

Mar 2022

Paladin

(28,252 posts)

2. Spielberg's re-make is a huge improvement.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue Mar 8, 2022, 08:04 AM

Mar 2022

And I say that as a long-time admirer of the original---and as someone whose family includes some Ukrainians.

Emile

(22,681 posts)

3. Natalie Wood parents were Ukrainian, that I didn't know!

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Tue Mar 8, 2022, 09:41 AM

Mar 2022

ificandream

(9,369 posts)

4. We've watched half of the remake and I have to say it's better than I thought it would be.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue Mar 8, 2022, 02:46 PM

Mar 2022

Nothing will ever replace the original, but for those who haven't seen it (it's streaming on Disney+), it's really really good.

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