A good relationship "must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity." - from Honore de Balzac
The beloved musical, "West Side Story" revolves around two rival gangs, the Jets and the Sharks. While complicit in persisting stereotypes, it speaks movingly to the presumptions of love. In one of the songs, the boys mock the comp…
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