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That if you’re just playing Katy Perry’s “Fireworks,” you’re lazy and doing it all wrong.</p><p>Music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, choreography by Jerome Robbins, this is a timeless piece of American art. And perfectly captures the different views of a great nation with terrible faults. Plus it’s got Oscar winner Rita Moreno at the height of her powers. Spielberg is doing a remake of this, and he’s got his work cut out for him.</p><p>Happy 4th, if that’s at all possible.</p></body></html>

<div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/d0JsqdZ?_showcaption=true" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e2igZexpMs&utm_source=barstoolsports&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=blog&utm_term=62114_0_wake-up-with-america-from-west-side-story&utm_campaign=barstoolsports_referral_blog_62114_0_wake-up-with-america-from-west-side-story"></a></div></div></div><p>I’ve always believed that no 4th of July fireworks soundtrack was complete without a verse or two from this one. That if you’re just playing Katy Perry’s “Fireworks,” you’re lazy and doing it all wrong.</p><p>Music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, choreography by Jerome Robbins, this is a timeless piece of American art. And perfectly captures the different views of a great nation with terrible faults. Plus it’s got Oscar winner Rita Moreno at the height of her powers. Spielberg is doing a remake of this, and he’s got his work cut out for him.</p><p>Happy 4th, if that’s at all possible.</p>

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