In our view, such shift has occurred, ever since the time when promoters of neo-Liberal agenda, have gained a monopoly on interpreting historical and political events in the domains of public education and entertainment. In this paper, we will aim at exposing the conceptual difference between “Romeo + Juliet” and “West Side Story” at length, while pointing out at it as such that signifies a thematic shift in people’s understanding as to what causes groups of individuals, united by common interest, to indulge in anti-social behavior. Despite the fact that the both cinematographic adaptations of Shakespeare’s tragedy “Romeo and Juliet”: “West Side Story” (1961) and “Romeo + Juliet” (1996) exploit essentially the same motifs of love, revenge and “corporate solidarity”, the semantic message, conveyed by these movies, varies significantly, which can be explained by particularities of socio-political reality in U.S., associated with the time when both movies were produced.
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