Spoiler Specials: In the Heights

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🗓️ 11 June 2021

⏱️ 56 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. Email us at spoilers@slate.com. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, Tom Sharpling here, the host of the Best Show, and if you've never heard of the
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1:18.3	Hi, I'm Dana Steven, Slates Movie Critic, and we are here with another
1:21.3	Slate Spoiler Special podcast, and today we're talking about In the Heights,
1:24.7	the new adaptation of the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical from 2008, directed by John M. Chew.
1:30.0	Joining me to talk about In the Heights are Marissa Martinelli, associate editor at Slate,
1:33.6	and Sophia Andrade, Slate's new editorial intern.
1:36.6	Hello, Marissa and Sophia, thanks for coming on.
1:38.8	Hi, Dana.
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