I was only really irked by casting a big, burly guy as James Madison. Washington was appropriately commanding. Election of 1800 glosses the procedural fights in favor of the human elements. I was surprised it played down how Hamilton's troops at Yorktown were black.
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The funniest scene-stealing, scenery-chewing lines all go to George III and Lafayette/Jefferson. The Lee/Laurens duel was an especially strong foreshadowing choice involving 2 prominent men now little-remembered. Making the assumption of state debts a winning musical number: A+
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The dual-casting of multiple roles seems odd until you remember that this was by no means expected to be a commercially successful show when it was first put together.
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If you have family members who have issues with rap: my 84 yo mother in law enjoyed it. Granted, she'd read Chernow's book, so she was able to follow the story even when she could not follow the singers.
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Aaron Burr, Charles Lee, John Laurens, and Hercules Mulligan get exactly the commemoration in the show that they deserve.
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Washington is always the most important casting decision in any dramatization of the American Founding. A talented performer can bring Adams, Jefferson, Franklin, Hamilton, etc. to life. But GW had a *presence* you can't fake.
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And I definitely nerded out watching the scene detailing who wrote how many Federalist Papers.
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I was shocked at how pro-America the play was. But then I remembered this was written (and recorded) before wokeness infested everything.
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I just got back to work after being unemployed since early Jan and having to get new wheels, so I can't justify a new streaming subscription service right now but I so want to see Hamilton.
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On the upside, if you spring for it now, you get Disney probably long enough for the Mandalorian. But yeah, that's tough cash to lay out.
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