Disney's Trailer For The New Lin-Manuel Miranda Animated Feature Has Twitter Divided

Posted by Valentine Belue on Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Disney Animation's tweet about the preview has already gotten nearly 70,000 likes as of writing – and multiple scrolls worth of responses. Some were glad to see the Colombian setting, with one Twitter user writing, "Mirabel looks exactly like me!!!!" Another cheered, "I'm not Colombian but as a Latina I'm really excited about the cultural representation and my Colombian friends are happy! So glad Coco wasn't a one off." 

Other viewers turned thumbs down on the plot, however, which they called predictable. "We know how it's gonna roll," tweeted one follower. "A) her 'gift' is being 'giftless' b) she finds out what her gift is by the end of the movie (and I'm guessing it will be either flying or invisibility)."

There's also something of a feud brewing on Twitter over the choice of Lin Manuel Miranda as composer. "Hamilton" and "In the Heights" fans are rejoicing, while other followers say that Miranda has had his day. "When will we be free of lin-manuel miranda," wrote one user. "Don't they know there are other latine composers?"

In a stream of tweets, the user continued, "and what if *gasp* we got a colombian one for a movie in COLOMBIA. oh but all us latine are the same." Another commenter agreed, "Honestly the hold that man has on the industry with anything Spanish or even a little foreign. Like they can't give it a break for once."

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