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Riff is the co-founder and leader of the gang known as the Jets, which he started with his best friend , Tony. Riff tries to act like the realist against Tony's idealism but in reality he is rather immature with little idea of how the real world works.
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Riff gets beat by his dad and looks for Tony in a panic. He instead finds angry opposing gang members before Bernardo come and saves him. “Riff!” Tony called from afar. Riff turned around to find his friend jogging his way. Riff looked away, his face turning red with embarrassment. “Tony, what do you want, huh? Regret it already?” Riff spat.
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After a brawl in the neighbourhood playground (which is Jets' turf), Riff decides to challenge Bernardo and the Sharks to a rumble at a dance later that night, and wants Tony to stand up with him. At the dance, Tony becomes love-struck when he first lays eyes on Maria, Bernardo's sister.
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Jan 3, 2025 · They are West Side Story’s equivalent to Romeo and Juliet. Riff (Jet) Russ Tamblyn (left) plays Riff in the 1961 film adaptation of West Side Story. Riff is Tony’s best friend and the leader of the Jets. Riff will stop at nothing to beat the Sharks in their gang’s turf war. He is the musical’s equivalent to Mercutio. Bernardo (Shark)
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Jun 13, 2022 · The story of Tony (Ansel Elgort) and Maria (Rachel Zegler) in Steven Spielberg's 2021 "West Side Story," based on "Romeo and Juliet," has a truly tragic ending.
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Plot – Two rival gangs are competing for the West Side territory, a New York working-class neighborhood. One is the white Jets, led by Riff, and the other is the Puerto Rican Sharks, led by Bernardo. A further cause of dispute is the love of former Jets …
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Dec 31, 2021 · Later, when Tony confronts him for the gun and tries to talk him out of participating in the rumble, Riff doubles down on both of his decisions and fully commits to fighting Tony for it in...
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Riff is a tritagonist of West Side Story. He is Tony's best friend and the leader of the Jets, who fights against the Sharks for control over the streets of New York City.
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Mar 2, 2022 · Riff visits his best friend Tony and asks him to join them in the fight. But Tony, who had once been a part of the gang and had only recently spent a year in prison for assault, wants to change his ways and stay away from violence.
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Together with Tony, Riff formed the street gang the Jets, spending most of their time fighting off rival gangs and terrorizing the neighborhood with their mischief. At some point, Tony found the life of a street gang to be too immature and so left the Jets, taking on a job at Doc’s Drugstore.