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Jun 2021
52m 9s

In the Weeds of ‘In the Heights’

The New York Times
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A conversation about bringing musicals to the big screen, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s artistic choices and the critical blowback to the film’s casting. Guests: Sandra Garcia, Isabelia Herrera and Lena Wilson. 
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