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There’s a quieter moment in the opening of “In the Heights” when Usnavi, played by Anthony Ramos, shares his secret dream: He feels stuck to the bodega his parents left
Lin-Manuel Miranda is the big cheese of the pandemic movie musical.
There’s a quieter moment in the opening of “In the Heights” when Usnavi, played by Anthony Ramos, shares his secret dream: He feels stuck to the bodega his parents left him, and longs to return to the Dominican Republic. He reveals this while staring out the store window at a crowd of dancers, visible to the viewer in the window’s reflection. This shot — combining footage of 75 performers on location in Washington Heights, and Ramos singing through a movie set’s glassless window — is a visual reference to one of Jon M. Chu’s favorite films, “Meet Me in St. Louis,” the 194...
With 'In the Heights,' Jon M. Chu disrupts the movie musical. Here's how he did it Ashley Lee © (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) Jon M. Chu, photographed at his Calabasas home on May 28, makes his movie musical debut with "In the Heights," nearly 20 years after he was predicted to transform the genre. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) There's a quieter moment in the opening of "In the Heights" when Usnavi, played by Anthony Ramos, shares his secret dream: He feels stuck to the bodega his parents left him, and longs to return to the Dominican Republic. He reveals th...