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#284: Immigrant Songs, Pt. 2 — In the Heights
#284: Immigrant Songs, Pt. 2 — In the Heights
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Length:
90 minutes
Released:
Jun 29, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Like last week’s film, WEST SIDE STORY, Jon M. Chu’s new big-screen adaptation of IN THE HEIGHTS is about the American Dream, but it acknowledges that the dream isn’t one-size-fits-all—only, you know, in song! In this half of our pairing we debate how that mission squares with IN THE HEIGHTS’ fundamentally optimistic outlook, before bringing the two films together to compare how they work as movie musicals, as stories about immigration, and, in different but related ways, as subjects of controversy. Plus, Your Next Picture Show, where we share recent filmgoing experiences in hopes of putting something new on your radar.
Please share your comments, thoughts, and questions about WEST SIDE STORY, IN THE HEIGHTS, or anything else in the world of film, by sending an email to comments@nextpictureshow.net, or leaving a short voicemail at (773) 234-9730.
Your Next Picture Show:
Keith: Francis Ford Coppola’s RUMBLE FISH
Tasha: Norman Jewison’s FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
Scott: Scott Frank’s A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES
Genevieve: Bo Burnham’s INSIDE
Outro music: “Piragua” by Lin Manuel Miranda
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Please share your comments, thoughts, and questions about WEST SIDE STORY, IN THE HEIGHTS, or anything else in the world of film, by sending an email to comments@nextpictureshow.net, or leaving a short voicemail at (773) 234-9730.
Your Next Picture Show:
Keith: Francis Ford Coppola’s RUMBLE FISH
Tasha: Norman Jewison’s FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
Scott: Scott Frank’s A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES
Genevieve: Bo Burnham’s INSIDE
Outro music: “Piragua” by Lin Manuel Miranda
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Jun 29, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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