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to be fair, they also talked about other musicals i didnt care about, but I wasn't feeling it, lmao. i would have been happy with literally any other topic, but i fall asleep during this shit, cant help it

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[-] Othello@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I love lesslie Odom Jr, so talented, a shame how Miranda treated him. its not that they played the slave owners its how tastelessly it was done. The musical lies about hamiltons actual positions, he was also a slave owner (yes his wifes slaves counts) and a hypocrite in many ways, not to mention Miranda deleting the third rap battle weakens the slavery is bad message. its kinda maddening the musical would have been so much better if he left that scene in calling out Hamilton in some small way (other than being "too honest" and "too horny") aslo dunking on jefferson for being a creep would have been nice. there many more things that ruin the musical. theres a world where the Hamilton musical was well done, where it critiqued its subject even a tiny bit and didnt have the slave owner dance and rap, we dont live in it lol. and yes we desperately need more roles for black performers and Hamilton has changed broadway in a big way and its wonderful I always love to see more black artist shining. but yeah it was always lib shit but it could have been inoffensive lib shit. as inoffensive as liberalism can be lol. I just feel like Miranda showed that he knew what he was doing by refusing to make a single meaningful critique of a slave owner. sorry I keep adding stuff. but who care what dead people think? what are the real life impacts of hamiltons success? the babygirlification of slaveowners.

[-] Iraglassceiling@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

My only engagement with the Hamilton material is with the Ben Franklin song because I love the Decemberists and Colin Melody sings the soundtrack version, but that song does cast at least a little shade on BF when it makes fun of him for being too horny to do politics right and for being a shitty father.

[-] Othello@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

DO YOU KNOW WHO THE FUCK I AM? yeah thats a good one, that also shouldn't have been cut from the musical. And yeah everyone being too horny to do politics is something the show makes fun of a lot of characters for, they were all very horny. its half of hamiltons downfall

[-] Tachanka@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

I love the Decemberists

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[-] MeetInPotatoes@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Those are all fair points, I didn't know anything about them...ahem...whitewashing intended scenes.

[-] Othello@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

thanks! i know too much Hamilton info for a lifetime. I was in deep.

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