Rita Moreno doesn't think that the recent criticism of her friend, Lin-Manuel Miranda, is deserved. Miranda recently released the film adaptation of his hit Broadway musical,, which received some claims and critiques of colorism. «It would be so nice if they hadn't come up with that and left it alone, just for now,» Moreno told Stephen Colbert on Tuesday's. «They're really attacking the wrong person.» takes place in the New York City neighborhood of Washington Heights and has been touted as a celebration of the Latinx community.
Following the movie's release, critics raised concerns regarding the lack of representation for the neighborhood's dark-skinned Afro-Latinx population in major roles.
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