Lin-Manuel Miranda has responded to criticism of the film adaptation of his debut musical “In the Heights,” apologizing for not pushing for Afro-Latinos with darker complexions to be cast in the movie.
“I started writing ‘In the Heights’ because I didn’t feel seen,” Miranda wrote in a statement posted on Twitter. “I’m seeing the discussion around Afro-Latino representation in our film this weekend and it is clear that many in our dark-skinned Afro-Latino community don’t feel sufficiently represented within it, particularly among the leading roles.”
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) June 14, 2021
While some members of the “In the Heights” cast like Leslie Grace, who plays Nina, identify as Afro-Latino, critics of the film noted that the New York City neighborhood of Washington Heights, where the film is set, has large population of Afro-Latinos with darker skin. Yet in the movie, such residents are...
“I started writing ‘In the Heights’ because I didn’t feel seen,” Miranda wrote in a statement posted on Twitter. “I’m seeing the discussion around Afro-Latino representation in our film this weekend and it is clear that many in our dark-skinned Afro-Latino community don’t feel sufficiently represented within it, particularly among the leading roles.”
-Lmm pic.twitter.com/CHfdLgFUz3
— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) June 14, 2021
While some members of the “In the Heights” cast like Leslie Grace, who plays Nina, identify as Afro-Latino, critics of the film noted that the New York City neighborhood of Washington Heights, where the film is set, has large population of Afro-Latinos with darker skin. Yet in the movie, such residents are...
- 6/14/2021
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Following backlash over the lack of dark-skinned Afro-Latino actors in leading roles in the Warner Bros. musical “In the Heights,” producer Lin-Manuel Miranda has issued an apology via social media addressing the controversy that began over the weekend.
Soon after the movie premiered on HBO Max on June 10 and in theaters on June 11, some social media users and critics began to point out the dominance of light-skinned Latino actors featured throughout the movie, with critics observing that Black Latinx actors were primarily cast as background players in large-scale musical sequences.
Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the music and lyrics for the 2008 Broadway stage production on which Jon M. Chu’s movie is based. His apology reads as follows:
I started writing In the Heights because I didn’t feel seen.
And over the past 20 years all I wanted was for us — All of us — to feel seen.
I’m seeing the discussion...
Soon after the movie premiered on HBO Max on June 10 and in theaters on June 11, some social media users and critics began to point out the dominance of light-skinned Latino actors featured throughout the movie, with critics observing that Black Latinx actors were primarily cast as background players in large-scale musical sequences.
Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the music and lyrics for the 2008 Broadway stage production on which Jon M. Chu’s movie is based. His apology reads as follows:
I started writing In the Heights because I didn’t feel seen.
And over the past 20 years all I wanted was for us — All of us — to feel seen.
I’m seeing the discussion...
- 6/14/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
It’s another big-star MGM romantic comedy, and not exactly a classic. Debbie Reynolds and Glenn Ford pick their way through a travelogue story that seems made of leftovers from I Love Lucy, inventing flat-farce gimmicks to sex things up without offending the Production Code. What’s the movie most remembered for? It features the exotic concept car that became TV’s Batmobile.
It Started with a Kiss
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1959 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 104 min. / Street Date February 25, 2020 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, Eva Gabor, Gustavo Rojo, Fred Clark, Edgar Buchanan, Harry Morgan, Robert Warwick, Frances Bavier, Alice Backes, Carmen Phillips, Richard Deacon, Martin Garralaga, Robert Hutton, Morgan Jones, Joi Lansing, Marion Ross, Ralph Taeger, Carleton Young.
Cinematography: Robert J. Bronner
Film Editor: John McSweeney Jr.
Original Music: Jeff Alexander
Written by Charles Lederer story by Valentine Davies
Produced by Aaron Rosenberg
Directed by George...
It Started with a Kiss
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1959 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 104 min. / Street Date February 25, 2020 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, Eva Gabor, Gustavo Rojo, Fred Clark, Edgar Buchanan, Harry Morgan, Robert Warwick, Frances Bavier, Alice Backes, Carmen Phillips, Richard Deacon, Martin Garralaga, Robert Hutton, Morgan Jones, Joi Lansing, Marion Ross, Ralph Taeger, Carleton Young.
Cinematography: Robert J. Bronner
Film Editor: John McSweeney Jr.
Original Music: Jeff Alexander
Written by Charles Lederer story by Valentine Davies
Produced by Aaron Rosenberg
Directed by George...
- 2/22/2020
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
The wait is finally over for Black Panther!
Fans flocked to theaters beginning Thursday night to see the monumental Marvel film after waiting months for its release, and as one would imagine, social media went into a frenzy. Not only did the film break a Twitter record as the most-tweeted about movie of 2018 with over five million tweets (as of Feb. 12), but it also sparked a style movement, coined #WakandaCameToSlay by Black Girl Nerds’ Tora Zenzi.
Many fans who attended the Thursday opening night of Black Panther showed their excitement by wearing outfits inspired by the film’s costumes and African roots.
Fans flocked to theaters beginning Thursday night to see the monumental Marvel film after waiting months for its release, and as one would imagine, social media went into a frenzy. Not only did the film break a Twitter record as the most-tweeted about movie of 2018 with over five million tweets (as of Feb. 12), but it also sparked a style movement, coined #WakandaCameToSlay by Black Girl Nerds’ Tora Zenzi.
Many fans who attended the Thursday opening night of Black Panther showed their excitement by wearing outfits inspired by the film’s costumes and African roots.
- 2/16/2018
- by Briana Draguca
- PEOPLE.com
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- 8/20/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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