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Please help! Is West Side Story appropriate for Y5/6?

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amateurmum · 15/07/2008 22:38

Tomorrow is my last day of term teaching Y5/6 music. As we have been looking at musicals, I wanted to show them West Side Story.

However, I have left the DVD at school and now can't view it tonight to check for appropriateness. My memory of it is rather rusty - is there anything in it that might be unsuitable for Y5/6 (9-11 year olds)?

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Marina · 15/07/2008 22:42

Er....Gee Officer Krupke...Krup You!
I don't think it's inappropriate, I think Bernstein is a genius and the title sequences alone deserve an Oscar, but some parents might grumble about knife crime implications I guess...
Risk it. All the others are just as bad (Nazis, miscegenation and racism, rape, marriage breakdown - good old Rodgers and Hammerstein...)

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StellaDallas · 15/07/2008 22:43

It is PG. I don't think there is anything really inappropriate in it, but does your school allow PG-rated films to be shown? Many primary schools only allow U rated films.
FWIW I would happily allow my 8 and 10 year olds to watch it. In fact, I think I will get it for them!