Jun 20, 2021
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Lin and Luis do the Father-Son Challenge
In which Lin puts his father on blast for being a Greatest Showman stan.
Lin and Luis talk about Luis’ hopes for Lin, his great career advice and Luis’ amazing story.
Lin-Manuel and Luis Miranda for LA Times (ig story)
“Gotta be my own man, like my father, but bolder. I shoulder his legacy with pride. I used to hear him say that someday I would blow us all away”
📸: Philip Montgomery
Lin-Manuel and Luis Miranda
Parenting goals: if 30 years from now my kid looks at me the same way Lin looks at Luis, I have done well.
Story time with Luis Miranda
Source: Luis Miranda's Twitter
Lin-Manuel Miranda shares the most shocking moment from HBO doc Siempre, Luis
Lin-Manuel, you and your dad are so close. Did you learn anything new about him?
LMM: [Laughs] I'll tell you, we did a family screening of the documentary the last time we were all in Puerto Rico around the end of last year. And the biggest reaction that the family had was when a picture of Luis' first wife showed up. Everyone went, "Whoa!" He was married for six months when he was 18, and she's not really been a part of our lives in any way. In that part, me and my cousins from my generation, our minds were blown that that was part of the story. It was fun to watch that big reveal play out.
LM: [Laughs] It was a big reveal, but even though it was part of the narrative, it wasn't a big part of our lives. I'll always remember when Lin-Manuel was at the Richard Rodgers Theatre with In the Heights, my first wife went to see the show. She lives in Chicago now. I remember hearing a voice that said, "Luisito!" I am only called Luisito by people from my town in Vega Alta, so I knew it had to be someone from way back in the past, and it turned out to be her. I had the chance to introduce her to my wife of 43 years, Luz, and Lin-Manuel.
In Siempre, Luis, you are surrounded by powerful women, specifically in the political arena, where you lift up female candidates. Why is this important to you?
LM: When I became the chair for the Latino Victory Fund a couple of years ago, the first thing we did was to declare the year of Latinas. We went all over the country and recruited an amazing slate of Latinas to run, and we ended up with some amazing mujeres in Congress. We need more gender diversity in politics. I'm very proud to have been able to be a part of that movement.
Lin-Manuel, when you announced you'd be taking Hamilton to Puerto Rico in support of Hurricane Maria relief efforts, it was met with resistance from the University of Puerto Rico students. Why did you include this?
LMM: That scene in particular was included because that was part of the conversation. We said we would meet with the UPR students, and we had an hourlong conversation with them. The protest was five minutes of that, but it was an important part of that. The university is hurting as a result of these policies, so it was important that we hear them out.
The release of Hamilton on Disney+ in July was also met with criticism, which you received and discussed. Why is that important to you?
LMM: Releasing Hamilton was to give people a reminder of how powerful live theater can be at a moment where there is no live theater anywhere in the United States other than virtual theater. I was really proud that we were able to do that. But I'm also keenly aware of what didn't make it into the two-and-a-half hour musical I wrote. These guys had complicated lives, and they were all flawed. I know what's on the cutting room floor. When I have to cut stuff like that because I'm trying to write this show, what I told myself was, "What was the starting point for conversation?" It's an entry point to say, "Yes, Washington owned slaves," etc. Hamilton allows for those types of conversations to happen because, without it we aren't talking about those guys in the same way. I have to embrace [the criticisms] as a starting point for more conversations.
Not "playwright", "actor", "singer", "winner of a bazillion awards"...
..but Son Of.
I suspect that's his favorite title.