{"id":565703,"date":"2021-06-16T14:07:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T18:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=565703"},"modified":"2021-06-16T14:07:43","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T18:07:43","slug":"lin-manuel-miranda-bows-to-the-woke-mob-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lin-manuel-miranda-bows-to-the-woke-mob-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Lin-Manuel Miranda Bows To The Woke Mob\u2026 Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flin-manuel-miranda-bows-to-the-woke-mob-again%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=565703&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1196439676.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>For the second time in as many years, left-wing critics are taking Lin-Manuel Miranda to task for creating a production they deem insufficiently woke. And for the second time, the composer and lyricist has immediately apologized.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A year ago, when a mob sent the hashtag #CancelHamilton trending because the Tony-award-winning musical cast the Founding Fathers in a positive light, Miranda immediately<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2020\/07\/07\/hamilton-lin-manuel-miranda-says-renewed-criticism-fair-game\/5392764002\/\"> <span>asked for forgiveness<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cAs the writer of this show,\u201d he said, \u201cI take responsibility and apologize for my part in this moral failure.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This time, complainers took aim at the casting of his latest project, a film version of his Broadway smash, \u201cIn the Heights,\u201d claiming that while characters are played by Latinos with a variety of backgrounds, they\u2019re too light-skinned.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theroot.com\/lets-talk-about-in-the-heights-and-the-erasure-of-dark-1847064126\"> <span>Roots<\/span><\/a><span> video that sparked much of the criticism, interviewer Felice Le\u00f3n asked \u2018Heights\u2019 director John Chu, \u201cWhat would you say to folks who say that \u2018In the Heights\u2019 privileges white-passing and light-skinned Latinx people?\u201d Chu responded, \u201cI would say that\u2019s a fair conversation to have. Listen, we\u2019re not going to get everything right in a movie. We tried our best on all fronts of it.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>From there, social media took up the \u201crepresentation\u201d cry, with one Twitter user<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aliciasanchez\/status\/1404384577163042816?s=20\"> <span>commenting<\/span><\/a><span>, \u201cIn all of this \u2018In the Heights\u2019 discourse, I hope y\u2019all amplify the voices and analysis of *dark-skinned Black Latinas* who constantly bear the brunt of misogynoir, anti-Blackness and xenophobia in Latin America and the US. I\u2019m TIRED of my sisters being erased. why aren\u2019t you?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Autostraddle Editor in Chief Carmen Phillips had a somewhat different<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carmencitaloves\/status\/1404144633735782410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1404144633735782410%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fentertainment-arts%2Fmovies%2Fstory%2F2021-06-14%2Flin-manuel-miranda-apologizes-in-the-heights-afro-latinx-exclusion\"> <span>complaint<\/span><\/a><span>\u2014 she was upset by a lack of LGBTQ representation, saying, \u201cBy relegating Daniela and Carla to background sweetness, \u2018In the Heights\u2019 asks queer Latinxs to settle\u2026it asks Afro-Latinxs to settle. We are worth more than settling.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Monday, Miranda posted a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lin_Manuel\/status\/1404565413116141570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1404565413116141570%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F2021%2Ffilm%2Fnews%2Flin-manuel-miranda-in-the-heights-afro-latino-representation-1234996523%2F\"> <span>statement<\/span><\/a><span> to Twitter addressing the furor, saying, \u201cI started writing \u2018In the Heights\u2019 because I didn\u2019t feel seen. And over the past 20 years all I wanted was for us \u2014 ALL of us \u2014 to feel seen. I\u2019m seeing the discussion around Afro-Latino representation in our film this weekend and it is clear that many in our dark-skinned Afro-Latino community don\u2019t feel sufficiently represented within it, particularly among the leading roles.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He finished with the ubiquitous promise to \u201cdo better,\u201d saying, \u201cI\u2019m trying to hold space for both the incredible pride in the movie we made and be accountable for our shortcomings. Thanks for your honest feedback. I promise to do better in my future projects, and I\u2019m dedicated to the learning and evolving we all have to do to make sure we are honoring our diverse and vibrant community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While Miranda wouldn\u2019t defend himself, there was one celebrity in Hollywood willing to do it for him. Legendary Puerto Rican actress Rita Moreno<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/colbertlateshow\/status\/1404980532069478403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1404980532069478403%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdeadline.com%2F2021%2F06%2Fin-the-heights-rita-moreno-defends-lin-manuel-miranda-controversy-1234776073%2F\"> <span>told<\/span><\/a><span> Stephen Colbert Tuesday night, \u201cIt\u2019s like you can never do right, it seems.\u201d She then added, \u201cI\u2019m simply saying, can\u2019t you just wait a while and leave it alone? There\u2019s a lot of people who are puertorrique\u00f1o, who are also from Guatemala, who are dark and who are also fair. We are all colors in Puerto Rico. This is how it is, and it would just be so nice if they hadn\u2019t come up with that and left that alone, just for now. They\u2019re really attacking the wrong person.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the second time in as many years, left-wing critics are taking Lin-Manuel Miranda to task for creating a production they deem insufficiently woke. 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