The film is directed by Jon M. Chu of “Crazy Rich Asians” fame.
But Bill Maher isn’t interested in Manuel’s apology.
In fact, he thinks there shouldn’t have been any apology at all.
Nothing is ever good enough for these people.
They’re like children" (viaDeadline).
No one ever tells their children, ‘Shut the f*** up.
Listen to your elders.
Stop bitching.'"
Now to be clear, the creator himself has admitted that he could, and should do better.
Maher doesn’t agree.
Is Lin-Manuel throwing away his shot?
“Do I think that he really thinks he should apologize?
I don’t.”
Miranda clearly threw away this shot, but he has committed to do better.
Says Maher, “You’re the guy who made the founding fathers Black and Hispanic!
I don’t think you have to apologize to Twitter.”
As for dictating this path, Maher is arguablynotthe person qualified to set this bar.
