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- I had never seen
West Side Story.

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I'd heard of it because
you just hear of it.

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It just lives in the world,
like West Side Story.

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And I remember my mother
renting the VHS for us

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and I sat and watched it
next to my mother at home.

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And then, there's Rita, who
is the sexiest thing alive,

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is such an incredible actress,

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and in the middle of
this musical number

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about whether life is
better for Puerto Ricans

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in Puerto Rico or New York,

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and as a kid who
grew up in New York

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and whose parents were
born in Puerto Rico,

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I was like West Side
Story's about this?

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This is what, why have you
been keeping it from me

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for 12 years?

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I was 12 years old.

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And it was a game changer.

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And so that's the first time
I encountered Rita Moreno.