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Loving HAMILTON Has Always Been a Red Flag
…. Hello?
Is anyone there?
Is the coast clear after two weeks?
Phew. Okay. As the whites move on to cake discourse, overpraising THE OLD GUARD (too on-the-nose), and cherry-picking Angela Davis quotes, I feel like we’re now in a safe space to call Lin-Manuel Miranda’s grotesque HAMILTON something akin to the American Democrats’ Confederate flag.
In HBO’s WATCHMEN, Lindelof and Company posited how Ozymandias would burn away his months upon years in exile on Europa, a self-designed Anglo-Saxon paradis in a distant solar system. Ozymandias finds a brief solution in playwriting: crafting, staging, and producing a history of the godly Doctor Manhattan that reflects back on him, starring the clones of his doting maid and butler. The play, a product of grandiose delusion and mismanaged allocation of effort, stands as a monument to the history of his country’s perceived experiences, but mostly a monument to himself. Do you see what inom could
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, the genius behind Hamilton, has described his groundbreaking project as &#;America then being told by America now.&#; This statement is most often applied to the casting, choreography and style of the musical which presents the founding figures of the United States of America as people of color, and the story of our birth in a way coursing with contemporary language, sensibility, and vitality. Hamilton&#;s take on American history, however, penetrates deeper than its resetting the faces and the soundtrack that accompany the revolution. Miranda&#;s focus on the life and times of the &#;non-stop&#; immigrant and those, like their country, &#;young, scrappy, and hungry&#; allows for a radical reimagination of what was dear to America&#;s founders.
One moment that was telling in this reimagination came on a big stage: the Hamilton performance at the Tony Awards which came less than 24 hours after a man professing loyalty to the Islamic State used a semi-auto
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'Hamilton' fans: Get hooked before show via soundtrack, book
It was more than two years ago when Tracey Goddeeris first heard rumblings of an unconventional rapped musical about the life of one of America's founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton.
A friend who had seen "Hamilton," which took New York's Broadway by storm in August , was gushing about the experience and sent Goddeeris a pirated-flash drive of the performance.
That taste was enough that Goddeeris of Birmingham soon set out on a quest, buying the song soundtrack to the show and reading the biography of "Alexander Hamilton," written by Ronald Chernow, who served as a historical consultant for the musical.
The two-hour and minute soundtrack, which incorporates hip hop, R&B, pop, soul and traditional show tunes to tell Hamilton's entire life, immediately hooked Goddeeris and helped her enjoy and follow the show even more once she saw it in Chicago in
"I recommend people get the soundtrack before they go to the show an