12AngryMen #3 (alternativesoundtrack #5)
(Original Broadway Cast - America)
Day 5 and the murder weapon is the first piece of incontrovertible evidence to be questioned by Fonda. Last time I'll mention it but to edit the dialogue is almost a sin so there's a lot that will be missed. Maybe, (as with regular commentor, the countess), you may find yourself securing a copy and laying it down one night. if you do, and you havent seen it already, you're in for a treat.
the music is a classic from the 1957 Broadway production of West Side Story. The section where two of the girls debate the relative values of the two 'island's', (Manhattan & Puerto Rico).
the propaganda is clear that Manhattan, (and America), wins hands down. I'm not passing any comment on this and I use the word propaganda to mean Media Promotion and Advertising of cultural 'values'.
ROSALIA
Puerto Rico,
You lovely island . . .
Island of tropical breezes.
Always the pineapples growing,
Always the coffee blossoms blowing . . .
ANITA
Puerto Rico . . .
You ugly island . . .
Island of tropic diseases.
Always the hurricanes blowing,
Always the population growing . . .
And the money owing,
And the babies crying,
And the bullets flying.
I like the island Manhattan.
Smoke on your pipe and put that in!
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