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Lin-Manuel Miranda apologizes for In the Heights colorism - The San Diego Union-Tribune
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In the Heights colorism controversy: Why its light-skinned casting fails Latinx communities
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, who conceived and wrote the music and lyrics for the stage hit “In the Heights,” apologized Monday for the lack of Afro-Latinx representation in the film adaptation, directed by John M. Chu.
“I can hear the hurt and frustration over colorism, of feeling still unseen in the feedback,” Miranda wrote on social media, saying that he’d seen the discussion happening around the movie. “I hear that without sufficient dark-skinned Afro-Latino representation, the work feels extractive of the community we wanted so much to represent with pride and joy.
“In trying to paint a mosaic of this community, we fell short,” he wrote. “I’m truly sorry.”
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 only seen as extras and background dancers while the main roles of the film went to Latino actors with lighter skin.
Some also pointed out that the film adaptation, which Miranda produced and co-wrote with “In the Heights” playwright Quiara Alegria Hudes, removes a subplot from the original musical that tackles the issue of colorism and prejudice against Afro-Latinos and Blacks in the larger Latino community. In the subplot, Nina’s father Kevin butts heads with his taxi company’s dispatcher Benny over his attempts to go out with Nina, seeing the Black man as an outsider to the barrio.
Lin-Manuel Miranda Says In the Heights Community Portrayal Fell Short
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