Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
Sat Aug 19, 2017, 09:26 AM Aug 2017

Watch A Naked Lin-Manuel Miranda Sing In A Los Angeles Crosswalk

Most people have to pay hundreds of dollars to see Broadway darling Lin-Manuel Miranda break out into joyful song and dance. But a lucky ― and very confused ― group of Los Angeles commuters got treated to a whole lot more for free.

The “Hamilton” creator and star joined James Corden for an NSFW rendition of his recurring “the Late Late Show” segment, “Crosswalk the Musical,” in which Corden and guests perform musical numbers in busy streets during red lights.

First, Miranda, Corden and a gang of hippies perform a psychedelic rendition of “Aquarius” from the 1960s musical “Hair.” The performance was groovy, but not quite authentic to the Broadway original.

“In the original production of ‘Hair’ the entire cast got naked,” Miranda said. “But both CBS and the state of California have told us we can’t be nude in the crosswalk. Then again, people told me that Alexander Hamilton wasn’t a Puerto Rican rapper with beautiful brown eyes.”

Miranda and Corden then proceed to perform the “Let the Sunshine In” portion of the song wearing nothing but glorious, floor-length robes, which they remove mid-song. Yes, Lin-Manuel Miranda danced naked in the middle of Los Angeles.

“I’ve never felt so free!” Miranda says afterward, shaking his blurred out genitalia to and fro. Let the sun shine, indeed.




http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lin-manuel-miranda-james-corden_us_59970bb4e4b01f6e801e490a


5 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Watch A Naked Lin-Manuel Miranda Sing In A Los Angeles Crosswalk (Original Post) ehrnst Aug 2017 OP
Love it! Tree-Hugger Aug 2017 #1
Super fun! raven mad Aug 2017 #2
Pretty funny - but this would never happen in Pittsburgh FakeNoose Aug 2017 #3
Well that was fun! Thanks! liberalla Aug 2017 #4
That's hilarious. mnhtnbb Aug 2017 #5

FakeNoose

(32,340 posts)
3. Pretty funny - but this would never happen in Pittsburgh
Sat Aug 19, 2017, 02:06 PM
Aug 2017

I actually enjoyed this video. It's kind of like a flash mob, but they only have 30 seconds then the light turns green.

Jump to about 4:20 to where they actually start singing. Jump to about 7:00 to see where Miranda and Corden take it all off in broad daylight. The LA drivers didn't really know what was happening so this doesn't look fake.

Latest Discussions»The DU Lounge»Watch A Naked Lin-Manuel ...