First, the argument around casting, for "In the Heights," makes me think about "The Silence of the Lambs." Mark Harris writes about the issue with "Lambs"--the director exploits some ignorant and fearful responses to transgender people, in his portrait of "Buffalo Bill"--and Harris goes on to say that a movie can be both problematic *and* worthwhile . Acknowledging missteps that the creative team made.....is not the same thing as saying that a movie needs to be tossed aside. (I do wonder if Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jon Chu are being just *slightly* disingenuous in the way they have replied to criticism over the past couple of weeks.) Second, a big feeling I had while watching the "Heights" movie was this: What happened to "Everything I Know"--? In a show of earnest and expository solos, "Everything I Know" is among the *most* earnest, and the *most* expository. Nina is mourning the death of Abuela. She is sifting thr...