Profile for Nocredits

if there are accusations she has made of her own mistreatment due to her race/gender, i'mall ears and wouldn't necessarily be surprised or unsympathetic given the world we live in. but the Comet debacle and her latest whining about the producers at Color Purple ain't it.

See...and this is where the misunderstanding and lack of nuance comes into play with comments like these. You are saying that you POC should only speak up or you would only care if there is something pe

Owen22 said: "I wouldn't exactly say there is a racist stench to most of these comments but at the very least try to understand being a black woman on Broadway who had almost singlehandedly (props to John Doyle as well) made an inferior piece of writing a hit in revival. The show was produced solely for her. The show was an off West End hit, but never transferred, but this producer, whom she chased down the hall HAD needed her to not only get the show up, but to win the awards. S

everythingtaboo said: "This poor cast. So many of them getting their first huge break. And instead of celebrating the film, they have to answer to the decisions of the creative film, who have already responded to it. So sick of everyone trying to get their pound of flesh nowadays."

 

Not disagreeing with you on the idea of your statement, but...I wouldn't go that far to say 'poor cast', There are a lot more people who's name we are no

BrodyFosse123 said: "I guess it’s safe to assume that tired old mantra “you owe no one an explanation” evaded many. Yikes. The time and energy it takes to write these LONG rants needs to be addressed. So many other ways to be more productive. Go outside and touch grass and feel the sun on your skin. Try it."

Sure. But I would also say the 'productivity' of the people who take the time to read through, then complain instead of engage&nbs

kidbroadway2 said: "Nocredits said: "

You realize in 6-8 months this movie is going directly onto HBO Max for free again, right? They'll be lucky to make back their budget, let alone the millions they spend on marketing and promotion."

Yeah but HBO MAX is not free, soyourpoint there misses the mark. There is ahistory of movies makingprofit once it starts to air on TV, both basic and premium cable."



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broadwaybabywannabe2 said: "if the powers that be had only treated IN THE HEIGHTS as more of a fairy tail like ENCHANTED...then maybe more would have shown up...instead to my way of thinking,all the young women look like over done sluts...while the men look just ordinary...nice misogyny maybe?...that opening dance number looked like every dancer in NYC was asked to participate and there didn't seem to be any "real" people dancing in the streets...and the scene in the be

"people like you create controversy around Latino-centric films..." and more BS to follow...

Right; cause it was MY decision to white wash ITH. The folks who took issues like I did,were the ones to decided to white wash ITH.  'Look at those black folks in the south "creating controversy" over not being able to vote.'..A small niche community of people who do not feel seen or heard single handily took down Warner Brothers and any other latino centri

I'll make my argument much shorter: taking a stand onthis particular movieis counterproductive to your ultimate goal. I think we both want the same thing, in an abstract sense, but the way you're doing it, by calling out this movie and making it a point of contention, is hurting your goal more than helping it.

Once again; that is a backwards way of thinking. The pressure and responsibility of achieving a meritocracy of fairness and diversity in the

"you'd willingly suppress female diversity if it meant that Latinos had more representation behind the camera"

This is the perfect example of why critical race theory needs to be taught in schools. It's sad that I have to repeat myself...but like I said: Latino not gender. This. Is. A. Movie. About. Latinos. Let the folks who work on it reflect that. Let them be able to contribute to tell their story.  But for you, when it comes to real&nb

ctorres23 said: "Nocredits said: "Trust: if a Job posting went out saying: "seeking cinematographer for in the heights" you bet there would have been 96,000+applications from folks of color, but it does not work that way. It's really a "I'm going to hire my buddy" type of business(in the case of ITH although talented, lot's of those buddies were white people)."

The absolute irony of using "cinematographer" here i

theatreguy12 said: "To those questioning the representation behind the scenes, is there evidence that the creatives actually saw some large number of artists who fit theserepresentativeexpectations, but purposely did not hire them?

Or is it simply possiblethat maybe members of this representative groupjust didn't applyin the first place?

If it's the former, then yes, I can see apologies being in order. Ifit's the latter it becomes a moot point. If th

ctorres23 said: "Nocredits said: "That's all beautifuland legit for sure, and Im glad these dancer are getting their shine. And the work is GOOD no doubt.But atthe end of the day the head of anentire department was a white man, meaning the buck stopped with him. Im not saying it should not have been white person to choreograph this film, I'm saying that way to many(mainly all) of the creative department heads were white leadership and white creative control.To me tha

Trish2 said: "Nocredits said: "...I just want to politely point out...that the lack of representation on the screen was NO WHERE NEAR the lack of any kind of representations behind the scenes of this movie....and that is where the REAL problem lies...sure they want us to believe that this is a progressive movie that celebrates diversitybased onthe way they are promoting Lin and John Chu...but that's where it all ends. If you think the cast was white washed...I would chal

ctorres23 said: "KFC1991 said: "Not true at all. A " big budget latino centric story" could come out of left field at any time in the next few years and be a hit. Prognosticating as you are based on the failure of ITH is silly."

Come out of left-field? If it has a big budget, it would need to be greenlit by a studio. After this disaster, what studio exec would stick their neck out for a genre that, last time out, made no money and also became a

JasonC3 said: "If you had the chance to create your ideal behind the scenes staffing for this movie,

What are your selection criteria?
What is the representation mix?"

It's not a criteria its common sense if you say you want to be a progressive film that represents diversity. There's no "representation mix" formula..it's what August Wilson said about black people that applies to this too; "let (our) people tell (ou

...I just want to politely point out...that the lack of representation on the screen was NO WHERE NEAR the lack of any kind of representations behind the scenes of this movie....and that is where the REAL problem lies...sure they want us to believe that this is a progressive movie that celebrates diversity based on the way they are promoting Lin and John Chu...but that's where it all ends. If you think the cast was white washed...I would challenge folks to look at ALL of the cre

blaxx said:

"Once this BLM fad passes..."

It's not a fad and it can will never pass until there is true equality.

 "Broadway as we know benefits and will continue to benefit mostly from being lead by white professionals."

Wrong. White professionals are the ones that benefit form Broadway not the other way around as you stated. It comes off as you saying that  White people are what make Broadw