NON Musical Fan REACTS to In The Heights - First 8 Minutes
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- NON Musical Fan REACTS to In The Heights - First 8 Minutes
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you: it feels like someone from NYC actually wrote this
me: lin- he- he did lol
Yha he literally lived down the street from where they filmed
"Musicals fans must be above average, they must have higher IQ "
You know what that isn't true but I'll take it
Same!
I think we are probably more nuerodivergent than the average person in some way but who's to say lol
Shh we like to think we smart;)
Lin Manuel Miranda wrote this about his community in Washington Heights. He played Usnavi on stage but in the movie, he's the piragua guy. :)
Don’t worry, not all musicals are this fast paced, Lin is famous for doing it like this,
but most use all the first act or half of it to introduce every character.
If you want to know how Lin works, Howard Ho’s videos explain everything amazingly, specially “The first three minutes of In the heights changed everything”.
Sorry I keep commenting, I’m REALLY passionate about musicals, this one in particular as a Mexican born immigrant living in NY
The guy pushing the piraguas cart wrote it. That's Lin Manuel Miranda. He started working on this show when he was in college.
Lin actually grew up in the Heights himself, so this is most definitely a love letter to his childhood, culture and community
Yes they are actually singing! And the main guy, Anthony Ramos is crazy talented and has some amazing music!
Hamilton fans, like me, will help you with whatever you may miss. You will LOVE it!
I grew up in NY and am very familiar with Washington Heights. I love how the movie captures the community feel. It was such a feel good movie!
Yeah, us fans will help you whenever you say "What'd I Miss?" 🤣
@@MDev1997 BOOM!
Agreed! The Hamilfan’s are nothing if not helpful with that stuff for the newbies.
All the actors did their own singing in this movie! They did record it separately before shooting. Some musical movies do have the actors sing live though!! You should react to The Last Five Years, it's a movie with Anna Kendrick and they did live singing in it. The songs aren't rap-based like ITH or Hamilton, so you might find it easier to follow, but they're not like old-timey musical theatre stuff either. I think you actually did a reaction to Ariana Grande singing one of the songs (Still Hurting) a long time ago
I love TLFY! I had no idea the singing was live though! How cool!
anthony and melissa in champagne is actually live recorded :)
4:06 It REALLY depends on the musical. So with the record of In The Heights (the movie version) they kept that part in because it IS part of the song. It's dialog but it's dialog that's needed for the song to make sense. For other Musicals, Newsies for example, some of that dialog is cut from recordings because it isn't necessarily needed for the song to make sense.
you gotta love how often they mention washington heights but so many people miss that that’s what the title is referring to
You were asking about dialogue between songs, it really depends on how much dialogue there is and how much you need to understand the song. Sometimes they keep it, or trim it down, or just don’t include it in the soundtrack or cast recording.
Yeah it's 100% up to the writers what they want to include on Soundtracks. I personally like when they keep the dialogue that are mid song but many of them cut it.
I think we just saw you go from a “non” musical person to someone who loves musicals haha
you should totally watch hamilton! I swear you're gonna love it, put the subtitles on and it's easy, we can explain anything you miss in the comments... and there's no need to know historical facts, i'm brazilian and i fell in love with the musical without knowing USA history... lin-manuel miranda (hamilton and in the heights creator) is truly a genius.
Lin plays Mr. Piraguero in the In The Heights movie and Alexander Hamilton in Hamilton. Also, the guy who plays Usnavi has a pretty important role (actually two roles, but you'll see) in Hamilton. Seriously, watch it, you're not gonna regret it, if i could i would pay to listen and watch to Hamilton for the first time again
same thing here! I'm from Indonesia and only learned parts of the American revolution in school but just from paying attention to the lyrics in Hamilton I could understand a lot and if I didn't understand someone/something I did a little Google search and done. though afterward I did learn a LOT more little details/stories about the show, that first watch was already so incredible, I understand the hype around Lin thanks to it
Bronx born and raised so yes knowing the language and New York is a culture itself.... no one understands unless you're there so yes this was amazing to watch....I cried when I saw it because it's home
Lin-Manuel Miranda who wrote the musical is actually from washington heights and he wrote it based on the neighborhood
I personally listen to the Broadway original cast version of In the heights in Spotify, and they cut some parts from the talking, usually only leave the talking that has a little rhythm. And honestly, the og cast recording is a lot better at that than the movie one, I recommend listen to that one, it has many Broadway powerhouses that really bring everything to the next level (AND NINA’S MOM, CAMILA, IS ALIVE)
On Spotify they include all the dialogue! It’s so nice to listen to, all of Lin’s stuff is
Yes, the Heights refers to Washington Heights. One neighborhood north of Harlem the landscape of Manhattan rises into high rocky bluffs and cliffs overlooking both the Hudson on the west and the East River on the east. Those high rocky bluffs provided the perfect place to anchor the Manhattan side of the George Washington Bridge across the Hudson to New Jersey. The combination of the name of the bridge and the elevation gives Washington Heights its name.
There's two more neighborhoods north of the Heights proper, but they get kind of lumped in with the Heights. There's Fort George, and then there's Inwood. And even then, most people wouldn't know where the heck 'Fort George' is if they didn't live here. Either way, Lin Manuel Miranda is lumping all three neighborhoods into "the Heights" because all three neighborhoods are predominantly Latino of various points of origin. Which is good, because otherwise locals would be louder about the fact that he technically wrote In the Heights while he was living in the more artsy side in Inwood. And Inwood is down by the water level again, the 'Heights' part of Washington Heights ending in the 191st Street subway station where "Paciencia y fe" is recorded in the movie. But we get it. Nobody not from here would know to come here, since there are NYC natives who have literally never been north of 89th street.
If you come to visit NYC, take the A train to the Cloisters stop and enjoy the latin cuisine and nightlife on Dyckman Ave. Best food, best party, best people. You can be "the" tourist for the evening since we get so few (and kinda like it like that - NYC is best where restaurants are by the locals, for the locals, supported entirely by regular local trade. Best food. Best drinks. Best people. Guaranteed.
Long comment, but I hope you find this helpful! If you're not very experienced with musicals and you're still weirded out by how a lot of shows alternate between singing and talking (which is fair!), I think one good way of looking at it is that, in musicals, important events or important emotions usually have to be expressed through song. And within those songs, even bigger outbursts of emotion usually manifest in dance breaks. With regard to your concern about musicals moving too fast, if it's any consolation, the opening numbers of Hamilton and In the Heights really do stuff a lot of information into them. The rest of these musicals do have songs that go by more slowly and are more focused on individual characters!
But yeah, there are a lot of musicals that are sung-through, or have no spoken dialogue. Someone here already recommended The Great Comet. I'd recommend Hadestown, which I think is already one of the best musicals ever made, and it only came out on Broadway two years ago. It's the story of Orpheus and Eurydice from Greek mythology, but the setting is inspired by the Great Depression, and the score is a mix of folk music and New Orleans jazz. Since the entire thing is sung-through, so you can listen to the cast recording on Spotify and already get the complete story! For a sample, you can watch their performance at the Tony Awards, or their NPR Tiny Desk concert! :)
Yes hadestown is definitely one of the best musicals
I think you’re selling yourself short. You’re right that there’s a lot of detail that can get missed, and frankly confining yourself to a first time viewing and recording the experience … as someone who loves musicals, let me assure you we are NOT offended. If anything, that you gave it a shot is respect.
I think the coolest part of this opening sequence...a part that isn't focused on the actual cast, anyway...is the fact that the guy mopping the floor is actually the super for that building.
so glad you checked this out!!! it’s so fun watching people dive into media and genres they’ve never seen before :) i’d love love love to see more from in the heights and other musicals, your reactions are always really thoughtful and entertaining. even though musicals are really daunting because of the speed of the storytelling, i found that i really enjoyed watching/listening to the production multiple times and discovering new details in the lyrics upon each listen :) in the heights is pretty unique among other musicals too, but i think you’d really enjoy the pop/ballad songs that are featured throughout!
In the Broadway version they include all of the talking bits as they help the songs transition throughout and the are backed by the music the entire time the switch to talking. This can be seen in a few musicals. I would assume that the soundtrack from the move would be the same way.
I think you are giving such an insightful view of how you find it interesting / challenging watching a musical production! I couldn’t agree more about how you are impressed by the scene switches. Beautifully done!
If you're ever interested in checking musicals that ain't Hamilton, I definitely recommend Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (such a long ass title so you can just call it The Great Comet lol). The original broadway cast recording is on Spotify and it's a sung-through musical so you won't have to worry about songs cutting to dialogues 👀 If you prefer watching over listening, well it doesn't have a professional video recording as In The Heights but I have a full bootleg of the show uploaded on my channel, the quality's a little low but it's bearable. Anyway, the writer of the show likes to call it an electropop opera because it's a combination of traditional and modern music. It merges Russian folk and classical music with indie rock and EDM influences. I'm sure you're gonna enjoy it please react to it I'm begging you 🙏🙏😂
Great Comet fans if y'all are here help me encourage Jeffrey to react to the best musical of 2017 😌🤣
God no, even for a musicals fan that musical is a hard messy pill to swallow. I would NOT advise that after Hamilton and In The Heights
@@Orholam5 lol I wasn't even a fan of musicals/broadway shows but that "hard messy pill" made me interested in them
great comet is an amazing musical, and probably my favourite, but its for those who truly appreciate the genius of dave malloy and enjoy more interesting concepts
if you do watch Hamilton then please upload your full reaction on here or a google drive, you can not include the actual audio or video of the musical, just a timestamp so we can watch along :))
please do it!!! 🥲🥲
It’s back on HBO Max. So if you wanna watch the rest of the musical or react to the other songs, then you can watch it there.
Loved this movie, always good to see a reaction, Lin is genius, 🎶✊
Yes, the actors are the people singing. The main guy is Anthony Ramos who was also in Hamilton! And he's a musician too, he's got at least one album out. Did you see Lin Manuel Miranda as the guy with the piragua cart??
The show is about a particular neighborhood in Manhattan in NYC (Washington Heights..."the Heights," which is predominantly a Latino neighborhood) and the regular people who live there. That's the neighborhood Lin Manuel is from, and it's where they shot the movie.
In musicals, both stage and movie, they usually have a cast recording without dialogue. Unless they produce a live audio recording for the soundtrack like they did with the 25th anniversary phantom performance, they just used the live audio. In some scenes of the movie they are singing in the scene, and some they have recordings that they prerecorded (but it is the actors from the movie singing). In movie musicals they tend to use a mix of pre recorded and live depending on the song. And the Heights is Washington Heights, its a neighborhood in New York that is primarily Latino, Black, and Hispanic, Lin (the creator of the musical) grew up in and near the neighborhood.
I love how you react to every favorite part of mine and I go "YEAHHH RIGHT?????"
Lin Manuel Miranda is a prodigy! The music is fire!! Good vibes always, from NYC!
anthony ramos is the main character usnavi and he is actually singing. he played this part on broadway after playing sunny as well.
Idk if you have seen it yet or not, but they have an option on Amazon Prime to rent or buy it finally!! And the solo the girl had that Usnavi has a crush on, is the only one to reprise her role in the movie that she had played in the Broadway musical!!
I would 100% recommend watching anything by Lin Manuel Miranda (the writer / creator / original Usnavi) with subtitles on at least the first (maybe few) times! Definitely helps to keep up with things a bit easier. Highly recommend it if you ever do anything from Hamilton!
Usually in musicals they pre-record the songs and then they lipsync when shooting the scenes
I believe The heights refers to Washington Heights. I say this because the closing part of the lyrics is, "In Washington Heights"
Yesss!!! I love In The Heights!
Nice shirt, it fits you so well!
WWE Ref vibes. 😂
It's Washington Heights. They mention it, like, three times. Haha.
I've seen people do reactions with the subtitles on and it seems to help.
Uhhhhh love your shirt today Jeffrey!
yes we are smarter so true 😌 also add subtitles, it’s literally so helpful is musicals
The song is the same with the speech included on spotify, I don’t know how other people do it but I sing the song and ”speak” the text haha. It’s fun to try to learn all the lines. I think there’s a radio edit of this song without the speech as well but that’s not as good👀
this was heckin fun
If you'd like to react to more musicals, I would HIGHLY recommend Team Starkid! They post all of their musicals onto UA-cam for free and there aren't copyright issues with posting full reactions! Some of their musicals include The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals and their A Very Potter Musical trilogy :)
Does anyone know where to watch it? I cant fin it anywherw!!! It was in theaters for like a month in my country, but theaters like 20 hours away from me
I think if you're a theater person like myself, don't pay too much attention to the lyrics but what's going on + the dialogue.
The movie is back up and available on HBO Max
The song that they do sing live is called Champagne, but everything else is already recorded
did you ever see the whole thing with the extended opening?
did you react to the full thing on Patreon ?
Haha I know I’m years late but don’t sweat it bro! Learned everything i know about the revolutionary war from Hamilton haha
Most musicals aren't this fast-paced whatsoever. Lin Manuel-Miranda, who wrote both Hamilton and In The Heights, is famous for bringing rap/hip hop into musicals. Most musicals are much more along the lines of the pace and understandability of Disney movies. If you do watch In The Heights or Hamilton and aren't used to listen to fast paced rap (especially in Hamilton), it might help to put on subtitles. My parents never listen to rap so when I showed it to them, that seemed to help a bit.
My cousin from NY and what’s crazy the Washington Heights their singing/rap about is not the same neighborhood. They big up trying to stop gentrification but man the place is totally different from what it was in 08
In some songs yes the people talking are part of it since most song in a musical tells a story
Can someone plz tell me where that banner is from … I neeeeedd one
You should do reactions of the In The Heights Original Broadway Cast (OBC) album, which is all over UA-cam.
Well thank you for saying my IQ is higher than the average person. 😉
EXACTLY
You gotta watch Legally Blonde the Musical. It's VERY funny
Can u react to the 96000 scene from this movie?
These people, take a walk.
If you have a patrion I will pay to see your reaction to the entire movie
After edit: I see that you DO in fact have a patreon. Let it be known that it's uploaded and you can say hello to my money 💰💰💰
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PLEASE WATCH HAMILTON 🙏🙏
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i saw the full movie in cinema a couple weeks ago. i don’t think it was for me and the ending definitely bugged me, but objectively you can see it’s obviously a really good movie :)
@kayla Quinn i've only seen a couple scenes from the music video but i agree lmao
You're entitled to your opinion...... but you don't real don't know... this is the heights.... and I was proud to see my culture up on the big screen
@kayla Quinn but it was about identity.....it was about the realization of home.. . That all the hustle that we go thru here and the dreams of mashing something and not have to struggle but still not losing ourselves.... keeping our culture our pride and inserting it in our own way... no matter where I go I'll always be New York.....again your entitled to your opinion but i don't think you understand the point of the story.....I think you missed all the ideals about home and pride and realizing the your suenito can be all in the same and you can still leave New York but it never leaves you..... it's something only another New Yorker can understand
@kayla Quinn I did see the musical.....lmao I loved it and I know the order did change and they took out things however I'm looking at the plots and their still there and the movie tells a more accurate story of what is like to live in Washington Heights..... FYI I'm from there.... moved to the Bronx later..... or closer without all the bums and violence but cool I'll agree to disagree
@kayla Quinn made for sense to me because it was closer to reality but that's cool 😎 again agreed to disagree
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Watch Hamilton!
Subtitles man
It would have been super funny if this movie just had white people in it.
You pause & talk too much