Lin-Manuel Miranda on "Freestyle Love Supreme," "Hamilton" and more

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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🗓️ 30 June 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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We'll revisit our conversation with the one and only Lin-Manuel Miranda! He's probably best known as the star and creator of the biggest musical in the last 20 years – Hamilton. The award-winning, massively influential musical about the founding father Alexander Hamilton. You'll be able to watch a film version of Hamilton on Disney Plus starting July 3rd. Later that month, the documentary We Are Freestyle Love Supreme will premiere on Hulu. The film tells the story of the hip-hop improv group Freestyle Love Supreme, which he co-founded long before Hamilton fame. And if that wasn't enough – Lin's starring in the HBO show His Dark Materials. It's a fantasy series based on the book by the same name. Lin-Manuel Miranda talks about how his career has changed since Hamilton. We'll also talk about the time he turned down a part in a Marvel movie.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:12.4	I'm Jesse Thorn, it's Bullseye.
0:21.9	Lin Manuel Miranda grew up in a working class in Averhudd, north of Harlem. He went to
0:26.6	a fancy school for gifted kids on the Upper East Side. He went to college at Westland, and
0:31.7	not long after he graduated, he had a hit Broadway musical in the Heights. He's also the
0:38.1	creator and star of Hamilton, the award-winning massively influential musical about the founding
0:44.8	father. Not that I have to explain, what Hamilton is on NPR. These days, Lin Manuel is in a spot
0:54.6	in which not many artists find themselves. He can do pretty much whatever he wants. Take on any
1:01.1	project. So what did that mean for him? He started another show on Broadway. Freestyle Love
1:07.1	Supreme is an improvised hip-hop performance where the performers get their prompts from the audience.
1:12.5	Before Broadway shut down, I got to see it in New York. It's a delightful show, a combination
1:19.1	of improv comedy and freestyle hip-hop that you won't see almost anywhere else. There's a documentary
1:26.8	about the show coming out in July on Hulu. It's called We Are Freestyle Love Supreme. When I
1:33.3	talked with Lin last year, he was doing something completely different. The HBO show, His Dark
1:38.6	Materials. It's a fantasy series based on the book of the same name. It centers around a young
1:44.2	girl named Lyra, who's trying to find her kidnapped friend. Lyra grew up in Oxford, UK, but her
1:50.5	journey takes her far from home to a desolate and dangerous region known as the North. There,
1:56.5	she meets a guy named Lee Scorsby, played by Miranda. In this clip, Lyra and Lee realize they're looking
2:02.9	for the same thing. A bear. Is anyone seeing a bear? What did you want with the bear?
2:14.9	You're bleeding. As a result of the job? And what job did you do? I'm an aeronautics. What part of being an
2:21.8	aeronautics? Let me give you a tip, kid. Never upset a seagull. You're not serious. Not if I can help it.
2:29.3	Well, do you want to see you this bad? I hope so. You know where he is, don't you? Townsville
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