Lucky

From a financial perspective, that is sad.

Omg so lucky

When we went their was no one but then two people came so there was 6 people and we were screaming

I saw the movie twice in theaters and the theater was nearly empty both times. Which was kinda sad cuz I saw both black widow and a quiet place in theater and they were packed so I can’t blame the pandemic for it. I still loved it tho.

The main complaint is no DARK SKINNED representation. Most Dominicans and Puerto Ricans can identify as Afro Latino if they really wanted to.

@@p0rnany0ne that sound kinda racist

@@angelgabrielgonzalez8686 as a Caribbean latina I can confirm this sounds definitely racist. Sure Caribbean latinos can be very dark skinned, but a lot of us don’t care as much as those in the US.

@@angelgabrielgonzalez8686 which sounds racist? The lack of dark skinned representation? that’s colorism not racism, Or the fact that most Dominicans and Puerto Ricans have African ancestry? ancestry is no the same as race

@@Saeiyu I’m Afro-Caribbean and this sounds like an ignorant and dangerous take to spread as “a lot” of people not caring, which is not true. Colorism and anti-blackness is very prevalent in both West Indian and Latin countries, just like it is in the US and literally most of the world. Latin America/Caribbean’s post-slavery caste system was literally based on skin tone. Pointing that out is not racism. Also, as someone who grew up in NY, Washington Heights is indeed mostly Dominican, and brown/dark skinned folks at that. So it’s not racist to point out that reality either.

I personally understand what they mean but I feel like they just represent Latino community in general. Yes they could have hired actor that are Afro Latinos.

@@michellehernandez349 He has already addressed this saying he'll do better next time and acknowledged this. But the broadway shows Do have a lot more color Diversity. The maine issue people had was the lack dark skin Latinos and afrolatinos. Because the actress that play Nina is Afrolatina, just light skin. The movie does have a lot of afrolatinos (like Nina and her father and Pete) in the background.

I mean movies used to just have white people play Latinos *cough* West Side Story *cough* so I’m just glad we got some actual Latino representation even if it could do better I don’t really see the issue. It’s like getting mad at getting an 80% on a test

I agree

Possibly best commentary of *any* ITH reaction

I could not stop laughing at that lmao

I couldn’t stop laughing for a whole 5 mins

It didn’t?!?!

@@snackeater4990 not really. Not as big as other musicals like Disney or others. The critics and audiences thought that it was bad paced and boring

@@dan_38 Guess rotten tomatoes were the only ones who liked it. Also, of course it wouldn’t do as good as disney. It’s freaking disney

Yeah it was critically acclaimed but did bad in the box office

It’s sucks that it didn’t do better in theatres. This is the one movie that I actually went outside to see

I never saw it and I want to so bad. My parents won’t let me so I’m watching reaction video to watch clips

96000 is hands down the song of the Summer

It’s the best!😃👏🏻

Thank you some who gets it.

There is Afro-Latino cast members and people in the play they just aren’t dark enough for you guys

I cried cause she missed the Hamilton Easter eggs. 😩

funny coincidence, i'm actually playing sharpay in hsm rn too! haha

Me too, the whole conflict between benny and ninas dad is gone and their relationship doesn’t mean as much now. No struggle

The show debuted on Broadway in 2008. Lin has said that he wanted the lotto amount to be enough to make an impact but not so much that it would be too life changing. These are people living in poverty, many probably paycheck to paycheck. Idk about most people but as a second year teacher, that’s close to 3 years’ salary for me, so yeah, I’d be pretty excited too…

@@kated2147 I think that’s most people still. Though I often wonder, because as housing costs go up and up, how everyone is making all the money they need? Where is all of lower manhattan getting $10,000 a month for an apartment to RENT? (Or SF for that matter.) A little hyperbolic but not much.

@@3m0n1 I understand what you mean but I don’t think the directors did that on purpose they were just trying to get the best ppl to play the roles. I understand why people are mad but that doesn’t mean it’s ok to suddenly view Miranda as a bad person or for him to get hate in general. A movie will never be perfect and people make mistakes but he apologized already so I just think ppl need to put their anger somewhere else…

@@3m0n1 yea I’m not saying ppl shouldn’t be mad but being mad doesn’t give people the right to full on hate on him, I’m not saying that everyone is acting like that but some are taking it too far to where they are almost trying to end his career and that’s what I don’t agree with

There were complaints about the broadway musical. Especially when they cast an italian. The point was Speaking roles. Sure there were a diversity of background extras. that's true of most all movies. The problem is, if you're going to represent washington heights, it's not hard to be a little better about having a more accurate representation You can't really tell a story about latino groups and their struggles when you exclude some of their voices. Colorism is a major struggle of the latin community. People have a right to draw attention to that.

@@p0rnany0ne Were there colorism complaints during the 2008 stage version like there is now? These are very sensitive times, and Latinos should use their opportunities wisely. How will complaints help? Is there a Afro Latino Lin Manuel Miranda that will now take over? This film is not a documentary about the heights. Lin’s story is about groups of Latinos, and he is opening the door for other Latinos. Two of the salon women, speaking parts, are Afro Latinas. Thanks to Lin, the country knows about a place called Washington Heights, and these groups of Latinos. People can google if they want to learn more. These complaints are just ruining everything.

@@rzone1286 to the contrary, even Lin apologized and pledged to do better. Furthermore, if people go to the heights, they’d see it’s not like it is in the movies. Why give a false representation of an actual place and actual people Also, do you really want the heights on the map because that tends to lead to gentrification Critique is a basic right in America. Free speech and all. Plenty of people still wouldn’t be represented at all if it weren’t for complaints. But now they are complaining about something that does not benefit you, you have a problem with it? The complaints don’t ruin everything. They just ruin it for you

@@p0rnany0ne Lin had no choice but to apologize. I’m sure that he was surprised at the lack of support. This film was opening a door as a first step for Latinos in general, but now, it seems it’s a separation. Again, it’s not a documentary about the heights, therefore, instead of focusing on only Dominicans, Lin decided to tell a story about groups of Latinos, with the Heights as a back drop. For those that protested the film, you can now take over and write, produce and compose the next project. Let’s see how far you can take it.

@@rzone1286 I’m glad you extended that offer. Because you know what happens to most dark skinned writers, producers and composers? They get pushed to the background. Colorism isn’t just playing on the screen, it’s behind the screen too. So the people who have the Privilege to tell their stories, the people who have the audacity to use the heights as a “backdrop”, have a responsibility to do it right.

The main characters I think, a lot feel that Afro-Latinos keep getting placed in the back and not front and centre which is a shame because there’s a lot of Afro-Latinos out there that deserve to be main cast in anything but Hollywood tends to not cast them

I believe some people took issue with the lack of darker-skinned Afro-latinx main characters.

@@matrixmanify yes! Actually you’re right it’s mostly the colorism people are upset about

@@anon35423 There were 2 Afro latinos as the main character. (Nina & Puca)

@@andreanavarro2518 Cuca was barely a ‘main character’ and all they did was over sexualize her every single time she was on screen.