MOST UNDERRATED ACTOR, SINGER, PERSON PERIOD!!! This man has a gift, he is inspiring generations 👏🙌❤....He makes you feel "WE MAKING IT"...I appreciate him all the way around!!!
I don’t know why people are talking about how ‘difficult it is’ or ‘hard to get it right’. The movie is based in the heights with a large Afro-Latino community. It’s very clear and obvious this exclusion, not a slight mistake or not intentional. These are lazy excuses Imo.
Name actors, who are dark skin Latinos, to replace the cast, if it is so easy? As it is, this cast couldn’t sell the movie. It didn’t interest people. So name some actors? And this will be pointless because we won’t see a movie, with Latinos, produced in Hollywood, for another decade.
@@lexis4490 Your comment was worded so poorly. Anyway, just like how they were able to cast lighter skin latinos who are relatively unknown to mainstream audiences, the same can be done for darker skinned latinos. The fact that you are here debating with me about this is just...wild. Its literally just about accuracy. Dont take or base things on people's communities or cultures if you cannot accurately reflect their faces on screen.
@@lexis4490 Gina Torres, Jharrel Jerome, Christina Millian, Selenis Levya, Ariana DeBose, Amara La Negra, etc. It's not about the cast selling the movie, this is how musicals work in theatres. The Greatest Showman didn't have great sales initially either, but it went on to still be profitable.. not to mention this is part of the streaming + theatres experiment, a fact you chose to ignore. Many people will choose to stream at home and we'll never know those numbers. Nothing is pointless when it's about your community.. excuses
@@loonybaybee Yes, you can hire dark skin Latinos in the roles. What I am saying, it will not be easy, it took 10 years for Marvel studios, a multi-billion dollar studio, to have anyone of color in the lead. I’m talking about reality. So expect Latin stories not be told in Hollywood. Because the general audience can’t name a dark skin latino actor. Watch something like West Side Story make money, a movie that’s white washed and has a white perspective..
@@lexis4490 Regan Gomez. Amara La Negra. Julissa Calderon (my girl!)... But your argument is ridiculous. No one is looking to REPLACE THE ENTIRE CAST. Not one person has said that. What we are saying is - If there are 20 leads in the movie, they could not hire at least 3 actors who are Afro-lationa/o? Maybe if bs-hollywood were not just giving the more light skin actors all the roles, you would know more dark skinned ones who are struggling to be seen and this project just followed the white-washed rules. FACTS : If we had access to the audition clips, they would show a great deal of diversity. You can dig this up on social media because many people were spilling the tea on it. All types were auditioning for these roles but only a very specific look got them.
Bruh Afro-Latino is a very particular experience... There are dark skinned Latinos that do not identify as Afro-Latino and would not even know what that label means. Just say it how it is, the film did not include darker skinned latinos and the main character is Dominican... Definitely a missed opportunity. There are also latinos that have more Indigenous features that were also not reflected in the film. Latinos with blonde hair and blue eyes also not in the film. That doesn't mean In the Heights should be cancelled. If this movie does well, then there would be a demand for Latino stories and we wouldn't need to put all our eggs into one basket. Hoping this one film will reflect all of us....not possible we're all very different with different experiences and stories that should be valued.
I LOVE my people we are SO EXOTIC we come in many shades from high yellow to dark chocolate, MUCH LOVE to my BLOODLINE on the Continent and to ALL my AFRO brothers and sisters throughout the diaspora
They don't really. Which is the problem. Someone from this project needs to come clean and say : "We fucked up. Yes, we are fully aware there is colorism in the film because..."
@@srnh04 Praytell... Exactly how am I making it about me? All Lin said basically is he hears his people and he will do better next time. But why didn't they do right by their people THIS TIME??? That is just lip service. Lame lip service. Nobody is coming with the truth. That is how you move forward. Be honest with why the ball was dropped in the first place.
🗣 Yea I’m not learning anything, isn’t it crazy we still haven’t learned about SLAVERY in general. What’s even worse light skinned black peoples are still praised upon the masses in general as well.🙅🏽♂️
Wait Ebro said BARS. I hope ole boy is not doing a rap / hip hop song. If so, he played himself. No dark skin ppl in the film and you making African American music. Please tell me it's not Hip Hop. Cause Raggaeton is an off shoot of Black music.
His explanation to that question at 3:15 was weak and he was trying not to mixed his words by the risk of getting blackballed. He knows they whitewash the cast for Hollywood consumption. Everyone who's promoting this film needs better media training when answering that question.
Or maybe you are all demanding for him to be replaced by a darker skin actor, so he is put in an awkward position. Blackballed? He barely gets cast in roles anyways. And it is so goddam disrespectful how many people are acting like Corey Hawkins doesn’t exist in this movie. I can understand wanting dark skin Latinos as Usnavy and Vanessa, but you are dismissing how great Corey Hawkins was as Benny. That’s why I can’t run with this colorism crowd.
What you say is true, but I'm wondering why this would be laid at the feet of the actors who were cast instead of those who did the casting/had creative control? I'm not sure the vitriol--though valid--is being placed where it belongs (except for anybody who said something stupid on the subject like 'only the blanquitos were good enough,' bc that's bullshit).
God forbid Lin hired an actual Dominican to tell a Dominican immigrant in Washington Heights story. He’s about representation and getting it right, right? Instead he got his freckle faced, White Boricua brother-in-arms from Hamilton. He should have just made the character Puerto Rican. But then he would lose the immigrant angle because Puerto Ricans are technically not immigrants.
You do know that Dominicans come in all colors! And how do you know who were at the auditions? Can we celebrate that Anthony Ramos is crazy talented and he did a fantastic job. When he wins his Oscar narrative will be different.
@@BksSweetdimples Ramos is not Dominican. Lin is using my people’s story for profit. The least he could do is hire a Dominican in that lead role. I’m a light skinned Dominican myself and still I wanted to see a darker skinned Dominican in that role. I didn’t celebrate In The Time of the Butterflies, I’m not celebrating this mierda.
@@toneriggz so you know there was dark skin Dominican at the audition??? Lol I love how everyone has become casting directors! They made this film with good intentions and your lying if you didn’t relate to it. Let’s come together as Latinos and don’t forget this is a musical not a documentary.
@@BksSweetdimples Again, Ramos, Lin’s boy from Hamilton, is not Dominican. He got the role because of his connection to Lin. We can come together as Latinos when things are done right. Lin understands that. Latino identity is more nuanced than ever before. And Lin is part of that and has used that to fuel his rise to the top.
MOST UNDERRATED ACTOR, SINGER, PERSON PERIOD!!!
This man has a gift, he is inspiring generations 👏🙌❤....He makes you feel "WE MAKING IT"...I appreciate him all the way around!!!
Congratulations Anthony.
Deserves his flowers
I don’t know why people are talking about how ‘difficult it is’ or ‘hard to get it right’. The movie is based in the heights with a large Afro-Latino community. It’s very clear and obvious this exclusion, not a slight mistake or not intentional. These are lazy excuses Imo.
Name actors, who are dark skin Latinos, to replace the cast, if it is so easy? As it is, this cast couldn’t sell the movie. It didn’t interest people. So name some actors? And this will be pointless because we won’t see a movie, with Latinos, produced in Hollywood, for another decade.
@@lexis4490 Your comment was worded so poorly. Anyway, just like how they were able to cast lighter skin latinos who are relatively unknown to mainstream audiences, the same can be done for darker skinned latinos. The fact that you are here debating with me about this is just...wild. Its literally just about accuracy. Dont take or base things on people's communities or cultures if you cannot accurately reflect their faces on screen.
@@lexis4490 Gina Torres, Jharrel Jerome, Christina Millian, Selenis Levya, Ariana DeBose, Amara La Negra, etc. It's not about the cast selling the movie, this is how musicals work in theatres. The Greatest Showman didn't have great sales initially either, but it went on to still be profitable.. not to mention this is part of the streaming + theatres experiment, a fact you chose to ignore. Many people will choose to stream at home and we'll never know those numbers. Nothing is pointless when it's about your community.. excuses
@@loonybaybee Yes, you can hire dark skin Latinos in the roles. What I am saying, it will not be easy, it took 10 years for Marvel studios, a multi-billion dollar studio, to have anyone of color in the lead.
I’m talking about reality.
So expect Latin stories not be told in Hollywood. Because the general audience can’t name a dark skin latino actor. Watch something like West Side Story make money, a movie that’s white washed and has a white perspective..
@@lexis4490 Regan Gomez. Amara La Negra. Julissa Calderon (my girl!)... But your argument is ridiculous. No one is looking to REPLACE THE ENTIRE CAST. Not one person has said that. What we are saying is - If there are 20 leads in the movie, they could not hire at least 3 actors who are Afro-lationa/o? Maybe if bs-hollywood were not just giving the more light skin actors all the roles, you would know more dark skinned ones who are struggling to be seen and this project just followed the white-washed rules. FACTS : If we had access to the audition clips, they would show a great deal of diversity. You can dig this up on social media because many people were spilling the tea on it. All types were auditioning for these roles but only a very specific look got them.
Bruh Afro-Latino is a very particular experience... There are dark skinned Latinos that do not identify as Afro-Latino and would not even know what that label means. Just say it how it is, the film did not include darker skinned latinos and the main character is Dominican... Definitely a missed opportunity. There are also latinos that have more Indigenous features that were also not reflected in the film. Latinos with blonde hair and blue eyes also not in the film.
That doesn't mean In the Heights should be cancelled. If this movie does well, then there would be a demand for Latino stories and we wouldn't need to put all our eggs into one basket. Hoping this one film will reflect all of us....not possible we're all very different with different experiences and stories that should be valued.
Most dominicans are not dark , how was it a missed opportunity? Baseball is not real life
The movie brought me bak memories of me living in newyork.....×
I LOVE my people we are SO EXOTIC we come in many shades from high yellow to dark chocolate, MUCH LOVE to my BLOODLINE on the Continent and to ALL my AFRO brothers and sisters throughout the diaspora
Love the movie and it was real things ppl go through but to much singing at the I loved it still need more movies like this with everyone culture
Wow Brooklyn is in the Building, yeah boy.
Wow Anthony and Dominique that’s wild.
#SpreadLOVEItsTheBrooklynWay 🙌🏽
Omg it’s Mars 😍😍
When do they talk about colorism?
They don't really. Which is the problem. Someone from this project needs to come clean and say : "We fucked up. Yes, we are fully aware there is colorism in the film because..."
@@ortem000 did you not see what Lin Manuel said. Stop making everything about you.
@@srnh04 Praytell... Exactly how am I making it about me? All Lin said basically is he hears his people and he will do better next time. But why didn't they do right by their people THIS TIME??? That is just lip service. Lame lip service. Nobody is coming with the truth. That is how you move forward. Be honest with why the ball was dropped in the first place.
You jumped on the bandwagon? Of course I did. I’m driving the bandwagon 😂
Hold up is this an exclusive exclusivo 😂😂😂😂
🗣 Yea I’m not learning anything, isn’t it crazy we still haven’t learned about SLAVERY in general. What’s even worse light skinned black peoples are still praised upon the masses in general as well.🙅🏽♂️
"No Quit"
Wait Ebro said BARS. I hope ole boy is not doing a rap / hip hop song. If so, he played himself. No dark skin ppl in the film and you making African American music. Please tell me it's not Hip Hop. Cause Raggaeton is an off shoot of Black music.
When you can’t be in a Latino movie when you’re Latino in 2021.
there’s no way you’re actually missing the point that badly...
Leave it to the white one to say “ it must be a brain F to try to have inclusion” 🥴😂
His explanation to that question at 3:15 was weak and he was trying not to mixed his words by the risk of getting blackballed. He knows they whitewash the cast for Hollywood consumption. Everyone who's promoting this film needs better media training when answering that question.
Girl what? Or maybe that’s just how he felt. It don’t matter how they answer the question y’all complain either way
Or maybe you are all demanding for him to be replaced by a darker skin actor, so he is put in an awkward position. Blackballed? He barely gets cast in roles anyways.
And it is so goddam disrespectful how many people are acting like Corey Hawkins doesn’t exist in this movie. I can understand wanting dark skin Latinos as Usnavy and Vanessa, but you are dismissing how great Corey Hawkins was as Benny. That’s why I can’t run with this colorism crowd.
What you say is true, but I'm wondering why this would be laid at the feet of the actors who were cast instead of those who did the casting/had creative control? I'm not sure the vitriol--though valid--is being placed where it belongs (except for anybody who said something stupid on the subject like 'only the blanquitos were good enough,' bc that's bullshit).
Yo cool song . Why dont you sing on a Melody made by #WETHEDAWQS! My Friends and I love his Singles too.
God forbid Lin hired an actual Dominican to tell a Dominican immigrant in Washington Heights story. He’s about representation and getting it right, right? Instead he got his freckle faced, White Boricua brother-in-arms from Hamilton. He should have just made the character Puerto Rican. But then he would lose the immigrant angle because Puerto Ricans are technically not immigrants.
You do know that Dominicans come in all colors! And how do you know who were at the auditions? Can we celebrate that Anthony Ramos is crazy talented and he did a fantastic job. When he wins his Oscar narrative will be different.
@@BksSweetdimples Ramos is not Dominican. Lin is using my people’s story for profit. The least he could do is hire a Dominican in that lead role. I’m a light skinned Dominican myself and still I wanted to see a darker skinned Dominican in that role. I didn’t celebrate In The Time of the Butterflies, I’m not celebrating this mierda.
@@toneriggz so you know there was dark skin Dominican at the audition??? Lol I love how everyone has become casting directors! They made this film with good intentions and your lying if you didn’t relate to it. Let’s come together as Latinos and don’t forget this is a musical not a documentary.
@Infone There are Asian Dominicans. What’s your point? You’re still missing my point. Ramos is not Dominican!
@@BksSweetdimples Again, Ramos, Lin’s boy from Hamilton, is not Dominican. He got the role because of his connection to Lin. We can come together as Latinos when things are done right. Lin understands that. Latino identity is more nuanced than ever before. And Lin is part of that and has used that to fuel his rise to the top.