The "Tonight" quintet in West Side Story.

The "Tonight" quintet in West Side Story.

The "Tonight" quintet in West Side Story.

The "Tonight" quintet in West Side Story.

The "Tonight" quintet in West Side Story.

The "Tonight" quintet in West Side Story.

The "Tonight" quintet in West Side Story.

The "Tonight" quintet in West Side Story.

The "Tonight" quintet in West Side Story.

The "Tonight" quintet in West Side Story.

The "Tonight" quintet in West Side Story.

The "Tonight" quintet in West Side Story.

The "Tonight" quintet in West Side Story.

The "Tonight" quintet in West Side Story.

The "Tonight" quintet in West Side Story.

When Lerner wrote Camelot, a romantic musical about the Arthurian legend, he stumbled into the greatest metaphor for the mid-20th century American Presidency. When he consciously tried writing an earnest musical about the American Presidency, he got 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, which was basically the anti-Hamilton…

The movie veers into sentimentality towards the end, but the characters have earned it.

Full disclosure: I've been a friend of Matt's since college and disagree with your assessment.

That screenwriter was Matthew Berry, who took a few years after the feuding with Hogan to re-evaluate his career. He's now ESPN's fantasy sports expert, and wrote the bestseller Fantasy Life.

Sad!