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re: The word that explains the difference between Passing Strange & In the
Mar 8 2008, 09:01:04 AM
It's perfectly understandable to prefer darker material but that doesn't make this material any less "authentic." According to definition, authentic means "known to be true." Since Lin-Manuel's quote makes it clear that it is the truth of his Washington Heights experience, what qualifies you to deem it less than true? How many second-generation Hispanics that were raised in the Washington Heights area did you interview to make this determination? Or do you have statistical information to back
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re: The word that explains the difference between Passing Strange & In the
Mar 7 2008, 10:18:32 PM
I've been a lurker here for a long time but this is the first time that I have been motivated enough to reply. So I joined. Hope I don't regret the choice. I like IN THE HEIGHTS - perfect? probably not. But Bacelona (after too many episodes of LAW & ORDER clearly) decided that it wasn't realistic without without killings and drug dealings (really? every Washington Heights resident within a 2 day period deals with drugs and shootings -- must be brutal. are they all hookers too? better for
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