In the Heights
Slate's Spoiler Specials
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3.6 • 724 Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2021
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Slate’s movie critic Dana Stevens is joined by associate editor at Slate Marissa Martinelli and Slate’s new editorial intern Sofia Andrade to spoil In the Heights, the new film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s play of the same name.
Set in Washington Heights, New York, a kaleidoscope of dreams rallies a vibrant and tight-knit community. At the intersection of it all is a magnetic bodega owner (Anthony Ramos) who dreams and sings about a better life.
Note: As the title indicates, this podcast contains spoilers galore.
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Podcast production by Morgan Flannery.
Hosts:
Dana Stevens is Slate’s movie critic and you can read her review of the film here.
Marissa Martinelli is Slate’s associate editor
Sofia Andrade is Slate’s editorial intern
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening ad-free on Amazon Music. |
| 0:03.9 | I want to tell you my secret now. |
| 0:06.9 | I see death. |
| 0:10.0 | Silent freed is people. |
| 0:13.9 | No. |
| 0:15.4 | I am the father. |
| 0:17.6 | Oh. |
| 0:19.2 | Rush, right. |
| 0:23.2 | What's in the box? |
| 0:26.8 | You blew it. |
| 0:28.8 | You blew it up. |
| 0:31.8 | Damn you all the hell. |
| 0:36.9 | Hi, I'm Dana Stevens, Slate's movie critic, and we are here with another Slate, spoiler special podcast. And today we're talking about In The Heights, the new adaptation of the Lynn Manuel Miranda musical from 2008, directed by John M. Chu. Joining me to talk about In The Heights are Marissa Martinelli, Associate Editor at Slate, and Sophia Andrade, Slate's new editorial intern. Hello, Marissa and Sophia. Thanks for coming on. Hi, Jana. |
| 0:54.7 | Hi. |
| 0:55.2 | Thanks so much for having us. |
| 0:56.9 | I am curious before we get started about you guys' history with this musical. |
| 1:00.8 | I wonder if you already knew the cast album or maybe you had seen the show. |
| 1:05.1 | Were you looking forward to this movie as a new thing? |
| 1:06.9 | Or was it something that you already knew a lot about? |
| 1:09.5 | I think in your case, Marissa, you're something of a Lin-Manuel Miranda head? Yes, I know it's very cool to hate on Lin-Manuel Miranda, and very easy to hate on Lin-Manuel Miranda because he is so very earnest. But I am a big fan, and I was a big fan of In the Heights before Hamilton. And before he was the Hamilton guy, he was the In the Heights guy. So you did see it on Broadway? I didn't see it on Broadway. I was a teenager when it was on Broadway, but I did obsessively listen to the cast recording. Oh, good. I'm glad that you know the cast album well, because I have some questions when we get into it about, you know, order of songs, songs that are missing, et cetera. |
| 1:44.8 | So you'll be the one to consult on that. What about you, Sophia? Yeah, I am actually not a huge |
| 1:49.8 | Broadway fan. I've really not that much experience with Broadway as a space. But my family are also |
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