The hype for “In the Heights” has brought great expectation to the Latino community in the United States, which has been historically underrepresented or stereotyped on the screenNEW YORK -- Color. “In the Heights,” which opens Friday, is an adaptation of the Tony-award winning musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes about the hopes and struggles of residents of New York City’s Washington Heights. Are they gonna open the doors for a kind of explosion?’”, says Jimmy Smits, who is of Puerto Rican descent. “And then I started to realize, ‘Oh my God, it’s because it was Latin content!’ They didn’t know what to do with it. This year’s Oscars featured a diverse slate of nominees, but no Latino performers.

Source: ABC News June 09, 2021 13:39 UTC