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Podcast: School of Movies
Episode: In the Heights
Description: [School of Movies 2023]
Lin Manuel Miranda's first big break into the off-Broadway musical scene. This 2021 movie adaptation, directed by Crazy Rich Asians-helmer Jon M. Chu is a squeaky-clean but heartfelt tale of the upper east side of Manhattan and its proud, passionate, talkative, motivated yet frustrated population of first, second and third-generation immigrants. It's a story of inheriting the dreams of your parents and trying to reconcile forging your own path.Â
This one has been a long while coming. We wanted to do a show on it as soon as the cinema release, but since t...