We finally watched Hamilton the past two nights. I have no especially novel insights: it's that good. It's highly historically literate, despite a few dramatic liberties. The score is musically varied, by no means all rap, & highly witty. Gets at the human dynamics.
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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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My wife watched it over the 4th of July weekend and fully agrees with your overall assessment: it's not just hype, it's really great, and shockingly on-point historically, and George III kills it.
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Tremendous.
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Agree with all of this. Daveed Diggs as Jefferson gave one of the most magnetic stage performances I can remember. I was skeptical Hamilton could live up to the massive hype, but it certainly does. The rap battle Federalism debate is truly genius-level creativity.
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Diggs was amazing.
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