{"id":19567,"date":"2021-08-09T08:06:52","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T12:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latinomusiccafe.com\/?p=19567"},"modified":"2021-10-14T07:49:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T11:49:16","slug":"viva-netflix-vivo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinomusiccafe.com\/2021\/08\/09\/viva-netflix-vivo\/","title":{"rendered":"Viva Netflix’ “Vivo”"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Lin-Manuel Miranda<\/a> did it again in Netflix “Vivo”, an animated story anchored in Latin music.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In”Vivo”, Lin-Manuel gets a little help from his friends Gloria Estefan (glad to see the Latin music diva back at work) and Cuban maestro Juan de Marcos Gonzalez<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (Director of the Buena Vista Social Club and the Afro-Cuban All-Stars).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The story does a great job of interlacing typical Cuban music, framed with great scenes of Old Havana, with Lin-Manuel’s brand of rap along with a shift to South Florida (Key West and Miami). They manage all this without touching (not even implying) any political theme.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Lin-Manuel’s character “Vivo” brings the contemporary rap touch to this animated musical, in addition to writing the traditional songs as well.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

All in all, my wife and I enjoyed “Vivo”, which provides great family entertainment in the context of traditional and contemporary Latin music.<\/p>\r\n

Here’s an interview with Lin-Manuel, Juan de Marcos, and others in the cast about how “Vivo” came about:<\/p>\r\n