In The Heights: Get Me Away From Realism Bitch, Why?

This week we covered the new film adaptation of Lin Manuel Miranda’s superior musical In The Heights. Gaia gives us some sweet Sour Patch Kids bag opening ASMR, Neeta cries about community and being from an immigrant family, and we are almost forced to give Lin Manuel Miranda his flowers for this one. Gaia also outs themselves as someone who still doesn’t know NYC geography even though they’ve lived in New York for three years. We talk about theater elitism, Shakespeare comparisons, Bollywood musicals, and, of course, we get into the colorism controversy.
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Resources:
How Lin-Manuel Miranda And Quiara Alegría Hudes Assert Dignity With 'In The Heights'
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jon M. Chu and In the Heights Actors Address Film’s Colorism
Director Jonathan Chu Addresses 'In The Heights' Colorism Criticism