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What The In Living Color Fly Girls Are Doing Today
Though not technically a Fly Girl, Rosie Perez choreographed the moves that helped make the dance crew what it was.
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In 1989, Perez's dancing made its mark in the opening credits of Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing. Shortly afterwards, she replaced A.J. Johnson, the originally planned In Living Color choreographer, because of a scheduling conflict.
Though Perez was excited for the opportunity, she met some resistance from the dancers.
"As soon as I opened the door, it's like, 'OK, she's New York. She's Puerto Rican.' You know, they had all these preconceived notions of who I was and my abilities," Perez said on Here & Now.
"And I had an assistant who had been working with me forever. His name is Arthur Rainer, and he's black. He just looked at me, and he said, 'Forget these girls.
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Come on, let's do our thing.' And thank goodness he said that because he knew the real me. I was shaking inside. And I said, 'OK, line up,' and y