Lin-Manuel Miranda is addressing critics who claim his new movie under-represents members of the Afro-Latino community. “In the Heights” is a movie-turned musical based on the real Washington Heights in New York’s Manhattan, which is home to a large population of Latinos with darker skin.
RELATED: Lin-Manuel Miranda And Jimmy Fallon Celebrate Broadway’s Return With Incredible ‘Tonight Show’ Skit However, many of the main roles in the film went to Latino actors with lighter skin.
The movie also removed a subplot from the original musical tackling prejudice against Afro-Latinos and Blacks in the larger Latino community.
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