“I can hear the hurt and frustration over colorism, of feeling still unseen in the feedback,” Miranda said.
The criticism was amplified after director Jon Chu defended the movie by noting how many of the backup dancers were Afro-Latino.when asked about the lack of representation in lead roles.
León pointed out that those kinds of roles have already been filled by dark-skinned Afro-Latinos in the past. "We've been able to be the dancers, and we've been able to in the hair salons, and this and that, but a lead, that's the breakthrough," she said."We want to see Black people inFor some, the lack of representation especially stung since the film depicted a community with Dominican, Panamanian, Cuban, and Puerto Rican ancestry, many of whom have darker skin.
"When we were looking at the cast, we tried to get the people who were best for those roles specifically," Chu said, admitting that casting a more accurate representation of Latinos"is a really good conversation to have." "I hope at least that encourages more people to tell more stories and get out there and do it right, then," he added.
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