Rita Moreno defended Lin-Manuel Miranda against the accusations of colorism levied at the film adaptation of In the Heights. Following the release of the musical, the filmmaking team drew criticism for failing to represent Washington Heights’ Afro-Latino community, casting primarily “light-skinned or white-passing Latinx people,” as journalist Felice León told …
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