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Peter Bart: Jon M. Chu And His Zeal For Pure, Big-Screen Entertainment Offer Much-Needed Dose Of Hollywood Optimism
If Hollywood needs some optimism look to Jon M. Chu, who has contributed both a sharp new book and the hit Wicked to advance his mission.
Viewfinder details the hazardous trek of a young Chinese-American filmmaker seeking to pursue his zeal for pure “entertainment” in an industry that periodically seems disdainful of that concept. Disney ultimately lent support for a sequel to Step Up, a modest dance musical that helped set Chu in line for Crazy Rich Asians, the sumptuously comedic movie that enhanced his credentials as a hit-maker. Chu felt he was further advancing his cause in the movie version of In the Heights, the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical, but Warner Bros, slammed by Covid, abruptly canceled its premiere, consigning it to HBO Max.
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