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Lin-Manuel Miranda & Jon M. Chu respond to In the Heights Colorism 


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JusKeepBreathin
On 6/14/2021 at 11:13 PM, VenusHooker said:

Here in Mexico, for example, it happens in telenovelas, TV series, etc. Most of the protagonists are light-skinned. 

Literally not what's happening here. In Mexico they cast Gabriel Soto 

 

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over anyone that looks like 

Jimmy Smits 

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Because Gabriel Soto is the definition of white passing. There isn't anyone in this movie that passes for white. 

 

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." -Martin Luther King Jr.
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ProfessionalClown
1 minute ago, JusKeepBreathin said:

Literally not what's happening here. In Mexico they cast Gabriel Soto 

 

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over anyone that looks like 

Jimmy Smits 

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Because Gabriel Soto is the definition of white passing. There isn't anyone in this movie that passes for white. 

 

I still can’t believe people are saying Jimmy Smits is “white passing”. Like-

have they seen a white person? 

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ProfessionalClown
9 hours ago, phantasmas said:

thats the issue... dark skinned characters are seemingly always pushed to the back (or made out as villains) 

There’s one dark skinned main character, one dark skinned minor character, many dark skinned dancers, and multiple shades in the main cast from light skinned to medium as well.

 

 

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Morphine Prince
7 minutes ago, ProfessionalClown said:

question, have you actually seen the movie. 

Yes. And I am Latino. 

And my statement is a fact regardless of  the information I just gave you. 

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JusKeepBreathin
1 hour ago, Morphine Prince said:

You being represented and others being done a disservice are not mutually exclusive. 

 

There is so many Chinese Carribean people too. In a minority movie does every minority have to be represented. Also that isn't the point. I do think there needed to be more Black Carribean representation in the leads. But to use an incendiary phrase like "white passing" when literally maybe like one person is white passing in the whole movie makes an otherwise valid point sound like it was made up only to go viral. 

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Morphine Prince
1 minute ago, JusKeepBreathin said:

I do think there needed to be more Black Carribean representation in the leads.

You could have only said this.

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JusKeepBreathin
1 minute ago, Morphine Prince said:

You could have only said this.

Actually the reporter could have asked only that.

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ProfessionalClown
16 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said:

 

Okay so every single kind of Latino needs to be in it. Why wasn’t there a white lead character then? Or even a white minor character? Or Filipino because many Filipinos consider themselves also hispanic due to the history between the Philippines and Spain? Or natives? Or since Latin encapsulates Latin speaking languages let’s further the idea and include Italians and French speaking or descendant people? 
 

Can we not at least have a little bit of a win here? There were dark skinned people in the movie. There were also some light skinned and medium skinned people. The entire movie shouldn’t cater to just one audience.

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Morphine Prince
Just now, ProfessionalClown said:

Okay so every single kind of Latino needs to be in it. Why wasn’t there a white lead character then? Or even a white minor character? Or Filipino considering you’re technically Hispanic due to the history between the Philippines and Spain? Or natives? Or since Latin encapsulates Latin speaking languages let’s further the idea and include Italians and French speaking or descendant people? 
 

Can we not at least have a little bit of a win here? There were dark skinned people in the movie. There were also some light skinned and medium skinned people. The entire movie shouldn’t cater to just one audience.

Do you know what accuracy means? People don’t feel the movie represented Washington Heights accurately. 

Period. It has nothing to do with other Latinos. 

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JusKeepBreathin
Just now, Morphine Prince said:

Do you know what accuracy means? People don’t feel the movie represented Washington Heights accurately. 

Period. It has nothing to do with other Latinos. 

There is a literal black man with a lead role. This has everything to do with Latinos. 

Like what?

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ProfessionalClown
8 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said:

Do you know what accuracy means? People don’t feel the movie represented Washington Heights accurately. 

Period. It has nothing to do with other Latinos. 

It was based on what Lin experienced in Washington Heights when he went there. That was his experience and made a play about it.

 

”it has nothing to do with other Latinos” bruh-

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Morphine Prince
1 minute ago, JusKeepBreathin said:

There is a literal black man with a lead role. This has everything to do with Latinos. 

Like what?

That black man is not even Latino in the movie :rip: 

Benny does not speak Spanish.

Also note: In the actual musical Nina’s father does not accept Benny in part due to colorism. 

They completely took that out of this movie. 

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Morphine Prince
1 minute ago, ProfessionalClown said:

It was based on what Lin experienced in Washington Heights when he went there. That was his experience and made a play about it.

 

”it has nothing to do with other Latinos” bruh-

You are mentioning everyone except the Afro-Latinos. They aren’t asking for EVERYONE to be represented. They are asking for a more accurate Afro-Latino casting choice.

Not difficult to comprehend. 

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ProfessionalClown
Just now, Morphine Prince said:

You are mentioning everyone except the Afro-Latinos. They aren’t asking for EVERYONE to be represented. They are asking for a more accurate Afro-Latino casting choice.

Not difficult to comprehend. 

I mentioned everyone else because you already mentioned Afro-Latinos.

again this was from HIS EXPERIENCE before 2005. I don’t even know when he went to Washington heights (presumably 2004 or before) so the characters were already there.

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