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Happy Sad Confused

Jon M. Chu, Vol. II

Happy Sad Confused

Josh Horowitz

Tv & Film

4.51.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

The buzz has been building and we're happy to report that the hype is real, "In The Heights" delivers! At the helm is Jon M. Chu, a filmmaker who's been dreaming of directing a movie musical since he was a kid. As you'll see from the film, Jon has the chops. On this episode of "Happy Sad Confused", Jon returns to the podcast to talk about how he brought Lin Manuel Miranda's work to life, kept it personal, and honored a culture. Plus, Jon and Josh talk the upcoming "Wicked" musical, the "Crazy Rich Asians" sequel, and their mutual love of "Willow". Don't forget to check out the Happy Sad Confused patreon here! We've got exclusive episodes of GAME NIGHT, video versions of the podcast, and more! For all of your media headlines remember to subscribe to The Wakeup newsletter here! And listen to THE WAKEUP podcast here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.2

Prepare your ears, humans. Happy, sad, confused, begins now.

0:49.4

Stay on Happy, sad, confused. Director John M. Choo delivers a big crowd pleaser with In

0:55.8

the Heights. Hey guys, I'm Josh Harrow, it's welcome to another edition of Happy, sad,

1:00.6

confused. Mr. John M. Choo, filmmaker, extraordinaire, coming off of Crazy Rich Asians with what

1:06.7

is short to be another big hit, a big crowd pleaser, as I said. In the Heights, one of the

1:13.0

films of the summer, if not the year, and I was thrilled to have him back on the podcast,

1:18.3

and it was last on the show five years ago, prior to Crazy Rich Asians, he's obviously

1:23.0

in a much different part of his career right now, helming to back-to-back, hugely successful,

1:29.8

just artistically speaking. We obviously don't know what the box office is going to be for

1:32.9

in the Heights, but I can tell you, having seen it twice, this one delivers. It is of course

1:37.6

from the mind of Lin Manuel Miranda, based on his award-winning musical that came before

1:43.6

Hamilton, and is now being realized on the big screen, shot on location in the Heights of New

1:49.7

York. As I said, this one really delivers. If you've seen the ads for it, you've maybe heard

1:56.6

the testimonials from the likes of Joanne Johnson and Oprah and everybody agrees, this one just works.

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