Or that they did, but felt - as Miranda has revealed in recent times - that studio executives wanted costly, unobtainable pop stars like Jennifer Lopez, because the more local Latino performers Miranda had in mind apparently didn’t “travel internationally.” “In the Heights”īut even that commercial fixation on A-listers at odds with Miranda’s vision doesn’t fully encapsulate why the movie hit so many roadblocks as its budget ballooned from $15 million to $55 million and only director Jon M. Or that Hollywood didn’t see any path to making Latino stories profitable. Maybe it was because the story of overzealous bodega owner Usnavi (originally Miranda onstage, Anthony Ramos in the movie) along with his friends and neighbors didn’t have the kind of flashy “It” factor that turned Miranda’s revisionist “Hamilton” into a global ear worm. Yet even as his name continued to look good on paper, Miranda failed to turn “Heights” into a big-screen phenomena for more than a decade. “In the Heights” launched Miranda’s career straight out of Wesleyan and turned him into a Broadway wunderkind before “Hamilton” cemented his seismic role in popular culture. ‘In the Heights’: How Cinematographer Alice Brooks Captured a Hollywood Musical on Locationīuried in that enthusiasm was some measure of a relief.
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Pretty soon the girls are making playground threats to "pluck" Chrysanthemum and "smell her." "That's half the letters in the alphabet!" she adds. That evening, Chrysanthemum's parents try to piece her self-esteem back together again with comfort food and a night filled "with hugs, kisses, and Parcheesi." But the next day Victoria, a particularly observant and mean-spirited classmate, announces that Chrysanthemum's name takes up 13 letters. But on the first day of school, Chrysanthemum begins to suspect that her name is far less than perfect, especially when her class dissolves into giggles upon hearing her name read aloud. Until Chrysanthemum started kindergarten, she believed her parents when they said her name was perfect. He is the author of Nobel Dreams (1987), Bad Science: The Short Life and Weird Times of Cold Fusion (1993), and Good Calories, Bad Calories (2007), titled The Diet Delusion (2008) in the UK and Australia. Gary Taubes is an American science writer. 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The determined elderly woman would drag her across the whole country to get an answer. “I was just reminding you that no physician can gossip about any of their patients,” Sarah said firmly, knowing if she gave Elsie an inch, she was likely to take way more than a mile. I didn’t say that at all.” Elsie wasn’t trapping her into admitting anything. “But you can’t tell me because of medical ethics?” “So are you saying you are going to be this Dante Sinclair’s doctor?” Elsie said shrewdly, shooting Sarah a calculating stare. Being a doctor gave Sarah a good excuse to clam up when Elsie asked any questions about other residents. Patient confidentiality.” And thank God for that. “Even if I was his doctor, Elsie, I couldn’t tell you. Sarah shook her head, focusing her attention on her patient. “It’s not like we have very many doctors here.” “I kind of thought you might end up being the doctor who is seeing to Dante Sinclair’s injuries when he gets here.” Elsie raised an eyebrow with a sly look on her face. |
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