With cinemas now open again in the US, the UK, and many other countries, the musical – adapted for the screen by original book writer Quiara Alegría Hudes and Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M Chu, with Miranda serving as producer – might just be the spoonful of sugar the world needs after a tumultuous 18 months contending with a global pandemic. It couldn’t have arrived at a better time. However only now, 13 years after its Broadway premiere, is this Latin-American story of camaraderie and community in New York's Washington Heights neighbourhood finally making it to the big screen. I mean, they're really attacking the wrong person.Actor-composer Lin-Manuel Miranda has become an international star over the last few years thanks to his seminal musical Hamilton, but a big-screen adaptation of his debut show In the Heights has been in the works since 2008. And this is how it is, and it would be so nice if they hadn't come up with that and just left it alone, just for now. "There's a lot of people who are Puertorriqueños, who are also from Guatemala, who are dark and who are also fair. "Well I'm simply saying, can't you just wait a while and leave it alone?" Moreno responded.
"And I'm proud that he produced my documentary," she added.Ĭolbert then asked, "So are you saying that while you may understand where people's concerns come from, that perhaps it's misplaced in criticizing him in this?" Lin-Manuel has done that really singlehandedly, and I'm thrilled," Moreno said about Miranda, who is also one of the co-producers of Moreno's documentary. I would love to say I did, but I couldn't. "This is the man who literally has brought Latino-ness and Puerto Rican-ness to America. TONIGHT: Rita Moreno comments on the controversy surrounding her friend Lin Manuel Miranda and his film "In The Heights." #LSSC /4cQcvviaLf- The Late Show June 16, 2021
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