He may not have won that Oscar from the frontrunner "City of Stars" from musical film "La La Land," but internet favorite Lin-Manuel Miranda wowed the audience and critics for his performance at the Oscars ceremony last Sunday. He performed a prologue of "How Far I'll Go" ala "Hamilton" style.
Miranda, who is also nominated for the category for writing the "Moana" theme song, teamed up with the film's star 16-year-old Auli'I Cravalho for an inspirational performance.
Pitchfork has reported that before he graced his talent with the other talent from Hawai, another "Moana" voice actor introduced them. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson cracked up a joke on how the Oscars turned him down to perform his song "You're Welcome" from the film.
The performance begun with Miranda rapping a prologue of the song over an orchestral mix of acoustic guitar and strings. The new lyrics talks about how Moana sets on a journey beyond the horizon line in order to save her community. The Verge described it as a "quick spoken-word intro."
After that, Miranda left the stage to give the spotlight to Cravalho. Cladded in red gown, Cravalho belted her signature ballad as a group of dancers with blue-tinted flags moves like ocean waves behind her.
The Rolling Stone called the performance "moving." The publication also described him as a stellar artist after getting his first Oscar nomination and for his works in "Hamilton," which won him a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award.
With the loss over Justin Hurwitz (the writer of "City of Stars"), Miranda lost his chance of getting the coveted EGOT award or the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards. EGOT symbolizes an artist's talent by getting awards from the four different branches of artistry (TV, music, movies, theatre).
Still, it's not over for him. He could finally be in line with EGOT winners Whoopi Goldberg and Barbra Streisand if he would win the award for composing music with Alan Menken for the live-action version of "The Little Mermaid." Maybe he could get an acting award for starring in a remake of the classic film "Mary Poppins."
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