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.
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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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