Who Shot Romeo and Juliet? Wise & Robbins' West Side Story (1961)

In the first episode of the third season, Charisse and Bob
describe why Romeo and Juliet is the ultimate postmodern fodder
and the process of tackling 1 story across 10 (eventually 12)
different iterations. They then focus on how West Side
Story (1961) – by foregrounding the racial climate of the
time – launched the understanding of Romeo and
Juliet as a blank canvas on which current events could be
inscribed.