The fact that Eliza is the only character that never raps because she doesn't have to hurry up because she outlives the others and HAS TIME to tell THEIR STORIES
But don't forget it's everyone involved like the choreographer, set designer, costume, and etc who make the words cone to life. It's not one person; It's a facet.
Yeah I loved the parallels between them Such as: Philip and John: “Died for Him” Lafayette and Jefferson, Madison and Mulligan: Fought With Him in different ways (fought by his side vs. actually foiled his plots) The shcuyler sisters (and Maria): loved him
There’s a reason it took Lin 6 years to write this, NOTHING HE DID WAS A COINCIDENCE. He did everything with a purpose and I applaud him for everything
naramurasaki the tradition is that in the olden days of theater, the crew would use a whistle to each other when a large set item needed to roll or fly on and off the stage. So, whistling backstage was forbidden because you may accidentally give the cue for something that could hurt someone.
When Eliza says “In clearing your name you have ruined OUR lives” during Burn you can see Maria Reynolds in the dark background. The “our lives” not only refers to herself and her children but Maria as well, whom she never blamed for the affair, as she was simply trying to support her daughter and escape an abusive marriage.
Yeah, I don't know why people blame Maria for her husband forcing her into doing it. She couldn't just leave. She was a woman, first and foremost, which meant that she had very little rights and couldn't do much to support herself without him. She also had a daughter whom she wasn't about to leave behind. Alexander and James Reynolds were responsible for the affair, not Maria, Eliza, or Maria's daughter.
I agree. Not that it's above criticism (no form of entertainment is) but regardless, after all this time, I still love it. And watching this just makes me appreciate it more.
Agree. I have a friend who really dislikes musicals and some other friends and I convinced him to watch Hamilton when he got Disney+ and he loved it immediately
It just dawned on me that she is the first character in their present time to die (as we only see Hamilton's mother in his memories). That is so genius! Ariana Debose is amazing.
Eliza's final gasp theories: 1. Her dying breath. 2. Reuniting with her son, her sisters, her husband, and all her loved ones. 3. Seeing that her story is being told. 4. Seeing the present day, and the results of her and her husband's work. 5. The actress swallowed a fly.
@@taylorschwegman7872, I thought that she was out of breath after 47 songs. I mean who wouldn't be tired? It seemed to me like, "Is it over? Thank god! Now let me breathe in the air I was missing out during those 47 songs"
The gasp at the end of the final number was a moment that broke the fourth wall. Eliza had Lin, who was playing himself. Lin lead Eliza to the audience, and she gasped because she saw the people watching her story, which is all she wanted. She literally said "Will they tell my story?". Lin took Eliza's hand meaning, 'You did amazing, and you did enough.'.
Yes!! Plus everyone that had already been dead was wearing white in Who Lives, "Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story" Lin was wearing black signaling that it wasn’t Alexander holding Eliza’s hand but himself.
Some other notes: - Jefferson’s song, “What Did I Miss” is a boogie woogie number which is an older musical style than rap. It indicates that he’s been gone and is out of step with what’s happening in the U.S. - Eliza’s songs (other than a small part of “Helpless”) are more traditional musical theater, not rap. This indicates that she outlives everyone else, has more time, and therefore has the luxury of singing slower than rap. - King George’s song is written like an early 1960s pop song. The musical era of “The British Invasion”. L-M Miranda is a musical genius.
Eliza always sings "sept, huit, neuf" in descending notes. She plays it safe. Philip always sings "sept, huit, neuf" in ascending notes. He always changes the line, because he doesn't want to play it safe. He wants to rise up. He has ambitions, like his father, and he does not want to miss his shot at glory.
In Stay Alive Reprise when he says to Eliza "I'm so sorry for forgetting what you taught me" Eliza taught him how to count and Philip died thinking that he counted wrong.
There’s actually a theory that she taught him how to forgive and forget, so that he wouldn’t get into arguments and problems like his dad, but he forgot and died from the duel.
I always thought it was to do with Phillip “changing the line”. When Eliza is teaching him piano, she tries to teach him the musically “safe” progression, but Phillip likes to change the notes to something riskier - you know how their harmonies clash on “nine”. I took the “I’m sorry for forgetting what you taught me” as, If I’d played it safe like you taught me, I wouldn’t have got shot; but I had to take risks. But honestly, there is probably truth in all these theories, which adds so many layers to the show
Anyone notice how Jefferson's intro "what did I miss?" The company is in all white with BLACK collars on? I've watched it so many times and it's the only time I've seen the company wear something other than white unless they were playing actual characters (minutemen, the women at a party, ect.) They're legit depicted as Jefferson's slaves, not the company. He even calls for Sally. I've yet to see anyone make that connection
another thing about whatd i miss, most of the musical is rap or hiphop while whatd i miss is more bouncy and original theater, meaning because Jefferson was in France, he was behind and not with what happened in the US
A couple more instances of death foreshadowing: In Aaron Burr, Sir, right after Burr sings "Fools who run their mouths oft wind up dead" the very next lines in the song are Laurens introducing himself At the end of Non Stop, as Hamilton proclaims that he's not throwing away his shot, the ensemble says "Just you wait." In the end, Hamilton threw away his shot, and it cost him his life. In Hurricane, the second time Hamilton sings "I couldn't seem to die" Burr comes in with a repeating "Wait for it, wait for it"
In the Room where it happens, the subtle change from red to blue, when cast member Sidney James Harcourt pulls the tablecloth from under Burr, (whe he jumps) that is when he changed political party from red to blue.
Woah! Seriously? How do you know this detail? I’ve watched Hamilton 9 times and that particular song even more and I’ve always wondered what the meaning is when he pulls that tablecloth (besides it being a really cool move)
@@bridgetarndt2381 I've read a long time ago many cool stuff about Ham, now with the Disney+ footage somethings are easier to spot. The song after The room where it happens is Schuyler defeated,and Burr says: "I changed parties to seize the opportunity I saw". Is like you can see this show a hundred times, and there is something new everytime.
globally revered Something i found really interesting in “The Reynolds Pamphlet” is that in a certain time at the song, Maria is looking to the Pamphlet in a way that it seems like she’s so upset about what she done and she knew she would deal with Embarassment, and in “Burn” when Eliza is saying “You have ruined our lives” she isn’t only talking about her, Hamilton’s or their Children’s lives, but also Maria’s.
The logo for Hamilton isn’t just a power pose. Alexander is aiming his pistol up at the sky during the duel that ended his life as he threw away his shot after all 🤯
My favorite theory for Eliza’s gasp is that when Hamilton guides her to edge of the stage, she doesn’t see Hamilton, but instead sees Lin Manuel Miranda, who guides her to look out at the audience, and she realizes her efforts were successful because her and Hamilton’s story is still being told hundreds of years later.
In the song Hurricane when Hamilton is talking about the storm he says " I couldn't seem to die" and in the background Burr says "wait for it". Obviously to show that Burr is the one that will eventually kill him. I know a lot of people probably know this but someone told me about it months ago and I thought it was pretty cool.
I've always thought the "wait for it" was his way of genuinely trying to stop Hamilton from writing the Reynolds Pamphlet. Like, if he hadn't written it, things wouldn't have turned out so... Bad. Burr was trying to help him
Eliza spent many years telling the stories of other people, so when that fourth wall breaks, she gets to see all the people who are actually caring about the stories and letting them spread. I think it’s so emotional to me because it makes her see all her work went towards and was worth something. The best part of the whole musical
Yep, I’m not a crier but it brought tears to my eyes when she gasped. Lin said it’s something different for each Eliza but that’s what hit me, is she’s seeing her/their legacy in that modern audience.
Also in the opening song, she is shown making the action of a hanging rope right when the song says his cousin committed suicide. Alexander is looking down writing and she “puts” it around his neck than Alexander looks up from his book, and it looked like he got hanged.
Some fun facts: 1. Despite what Lin says in the Hamilton book, Peggy didn’t just “die off”. That’s an excuse as to why she isn’t in Act 2. In fact, Peggy didn’t die until a few months before Philip and she was very active in everyone’s lives throughout her life. She was very involved in the courtship between Alex & Eliza, often writing to Alex herself to get details on him to tell Eliza (this is hinted at in the musical, as she is seen giving Eliza letters in Helpless/Satisfied). She also scared off invaders raiding their home and saved many lives (I wish that could’ve been mentioned in Hamilton). She also had a tough personal life. Two of her three kids didn’t make it to adulthood and she herself got very sick in 1800. She still kept corespondents with everyone and Alex was actually by her side when she died, as he was the one who wrote to Eliza, Angelica, & the other Schuyler siblings that Peggy had died. 2. Speaking of Peggy, she and Philip both died after the Election of 1800, despite what the musical makes it seem like. 3. At the end of Hurricane, Maria is the one to hand Hamilton the quill, like she knows and has accepted what is going to happen. In The Reynolds Pamphlet, she’s seen reading the pamphlet and just... doesn’t really do anything. It was acceptance. 4. When Eliza is reading the letter about John’s death to Alexander, Lafayette and Mulligan can both be seen on the rafters reading letters. Lafayette drops to his knees while Mulligan pulls out his flask and toasts to Laurens. 5. In the show, Maria wear red, a sign of lust, danger, and betrayal. Eliza only wears blue and green tones to show how Maria and Eliza were exact opposites. Angelica wears pink, and almost in between color of the two. Peggy wears yellow to drastically differentiate her from Maria. Also, Maria hands Hamilton the quill in Hurricane, another stark contrast to Eliza. In the deleted Off Broadway song Let It Go, Hamilton is going to write a scorching slam against Burr for taking Philip Schuyler’s senate seat, and Eliza actually takes the quill from Hamilton and tells him to “let it go and stay alive”. 6. Alex didn’t meat Burr and the others right after arriving in NYC, he met Mulligan pretty soon after. He met John & Burr just before the war. And he met Lafayette during it, not long before meeting the Schuylers. 7. A Winter’s Ball, was actually a ball put on by Catherine Schuyler to find courtships for Angelica, Eliza, & Peggy. Angelica was already enamored for John Church (who she later eloped with) and was never actually interested in Alex. Peggy would later elope with a distant cousin, Stephen Van Rensselaer, whom she was not interested in at first considering he was 6 years younger than her, but she later grew to like and married about 5 years after they met. Eliza actually despised Hamilton at first, as the only reason he was at the ball was to tell Philip Schuyler that he was being charged for negligence in leading during battle. Eliza and Alex hated each other and she actually played a prank on him and everything. It wasn’t until months later when they ran into each other once more, that they grew to like each other. It wasn’t a 3 week courtship like the musical makes it seem.
Actually during the Stay Alive Reprise, when Eliza walks in dressed in all black she was coming from Peggy’s funeral only to come to her son passing away :(
Ahem! A Disney Prince? Or in this case--a Disney King! Also, he's played by Kristoff, the valiant, pungent Reindeer King from Frozen, who also happens to be a Disney Prince and soon-to-be Disney King!
There’s a theory that says Eliza isn’t meeting Hamilton at the end but she’s actually meeting Lin Manuel Miranda and he’s showing her the audience to tell her that he told her story and she can go in peace now
Audrey Sugg the one I’ve heard is that the fourth wall just breaks and she sees the audience, and realises that her story’s been told and that Eliza did it herself
Izzat Shariff my theory, she never thought there was gonna be a story get written like ACTUALLY written ima assume she was having this type of false hope or something like a dream.
I think that when they circle around, it's Lin, not Hamilton, and he is showing Eliza the world, or even possibly Alexander. This is because she can now leave, as her story has now been told.
I know this is a year old but I believe Lin said in an interview that he would basically pick someone in the first couple rows and make direct eye contact while winking at them, describing it as “eye-fucking” them
I guess this one is pretty obvious but it amazed me: The fact that the Schuyler sisters are almost all the time on stage, even if it’s not a song they sing as leads; They are there like part of the ensemble, but dressed as themselves to show that they were always an important presence throughout all of Alexander’s life
right after burr says "fools who run their mouths wind up dead" it immediately cuts to Laurence doing his rap then you can hear burr say "like I said.."
It's a great foreshadowing line...especially since Anthony Ramos switches to Philip in the second act and dies because he ran his mouth...and Hamilton dies because he told the truth about Burr.
I notice it every time I listen to the soundtrack, and I just stand there like “BURR STOP PREDICTING HIS DEATH” Also if you think about it the same could be said about Philip. He “ran his mouth” and challenged Eaker to a duel without thinking, and he ended up dying. Juuuuust saying Edit: READ THE COMMENTS BEFORE YOU COMMENT SOMETHING, BECAUSE JINA KOFFI SAID THE EXACT SAME THING. Sorry for the repeated comment, I need to learn to read
Why wasn’t Jasmine Cephas-Jones recognized for the same duality as Lafayette/Jefferson, Mulligan/Madison, and Laurens/Philip, as she played two different characters who loved Hamilton very differently?
You can see each of the Schuyler sisters repeated the line: “Me? I loved him” during the first song. While Peggy loved Alexander as a brother, counterpart Mariah Reynolds loved him sexually.
When I saw Hamilton performed live, the Stay Alive reprise when Eliza cries out in mourning at the death of her son hit me hard. The heart beat sound going silent followed by her scream of grief made my heart heavy with sadness. It gets me every time!
I realize you're probably just making a joke, but J.I.C. for anyone who didn't know... "A TRAIN, MTA" isn't a random train. It's "the A train" (a specific line) in NY. MTA stands for Metro Transit Authority, the entity that runs all the subway/el trains in New York.
this is more of a straight up historical reference but it is one of those details that are cool to know as you investigate further: during "best of wives and best of women" we see Hamilton write a letter before his duel with Burr, this will make sense to the audiense because in act 1 in the "Ten duel commandments" they mention the line "write a letter to your next of kin, tell them where you've been"; but the letter has an extra meaning as in real life Hamilton _did_ leave one final letter to Eliza which has survived the test of time why is the letter important? because more than a love letter, it is also a letter of how he was going to duel Burr, and how he had _no plans_ to kill Burr in the duel after they had known each other for so long, and that if Burr were to try and shoot him it would be Burr's choice alone and not out of retribution. *This* letter was the final nail in the coffin for Burr's political career because even if he was a aquited of murder, if only one person in a duel shoots to kill it was *not* a legal duel (a little like how two people have to fight for it to be self defense rather than assault). "now I am the villain in your history" indeed. (side note: getting accused of treason upon no longer holding any political office as no one trusted him anymore as well as the amount of people he owed money to and that his second divorce became a shit show likely didn't help either. It's like Hamilton died and Burr just went off the rails more and more each year).
Damn. And I really like Leslie as Burr, but it seems like historical Burr straight up spiraled after he killed Hamilton. His entire life went in the garbage
jazzylmao And poor Theodosia died on her way to see her father. She probably died a pretty horrific death. At best she drowned, but likely was killed by pirates after the ship she was on was made to crash. And for the rest of Burr’s life he had to endure people telling rumors that Theodosia had miraculously survived and had been seen in this place or that one, that she had amnesia, or she ended up in some far-flung remote place like Texas and couldn’t get back.
Ehhhh there's a lot of speculation about whether Hamilton intended to kill Burr or not. No one actually saw what happened and it's debated on whether he shot in the air or at Burr. Some say he shot in the air, some say he was aiming at Burr. The one thing they did agree on is that both guns fired. The things mentioned in the song are also true- Hamilton was wearing his glasses, and was seen examining the terrain, and fiddling with his guns. He also had an illegal hair trigger on his guns. So it's unclear whether he intended to kill Burr, but at the very least witnesses agree that he seemed to be trying to antagonize Burr.
@@cannibalcake2 yeah their seconds in that duel have conflicting reports but as far as public opinion goes Hamilton's letter was a bigger killer than the guns were The guns also belonged to Angelica's husband who didn't have the best reputation either
I always thought that it was an odd coincidence that when Burr Says: "Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead" The first one to speak was Laurens: "Yo yo yo yo yo! What time is it?" And he was the one who died. Perhaps it wasn't a coincidence.
Yeah most of the people who were “mouthy” about their plans died by the bullet, didn’t they? Laurens, Phillip, Hamilton. The quiet or strategic characters lived and died later or naturally: Washington, Eliza, Jefferson, Madison, even Burr (though in shame and not successful)
I know I’m reaching here, but Burr starts running his mouth first in the musical. In the end, his reputation died, as did his daughter Theodosia (probably). So he was the fool who ran his mouth in the end.
OK! So, during the first part of Blow Us All Away, Hamilton tells Phillip that Eliza couldn't take another heartbreak.This is ironic because it's Hamilton who breaks Eliza's heart in the first place. Phillip remembers these words and interrupts Eliza's questionings about the duel, knowing it would break her heart even more if she knew that Hamilton was partly responsible for the death of her son.
Fun fact: During "Dear Theodosia," Leslie Odom Jr.(Aaron Burr) would actually bow his head and say a little prayer for his daughter, who wasn't born yet. So by the end of his run in Hamilton, Leslie had said "over 500 prayers" for his future daughter.
The real Eliza Schuyler Hamilton dedicated her entire life to curating and preserving Alex's papers, talking to people who knew him and in general telling his story. She even wore a package around her neck with a sonnet which Alex wrote her! So I think the last gasp is seeing the audience because she finally sees her life's work coming to life and seeing his and HER legacy being celebrated.
Yes, I think she realized the only people left to talk about Alex were enemies and people who didn't like him. So she decided to do it herself so that history would be a little more accurate to what he did.
Yes, I was totally expecting this to be mentioned. It's super easy to miss, since they are in the dark and far above the main focus on Eliza and Alexander.
Oh Wow!! I didn't catch that I was so focused on just Eliza and Hamilton and Laurents. It truly is amazing at how many different things are happening on stage at the same time. The Ensemble is telling another version of the story all in itself
My favorite ensemble member is Thayne Jasperson, the one who also played Samuel Seabury. He's just so adorable and talented! But actually they all are. The ensemble is so underrated
During the end of “My Shot”, Alexander Hamilton stands with a gun hand sign in the air symbolizing him literally throwing away his shot at the end during his battle with Aaron Burr. Like I get chills every time!
I’ve watched it like 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 times
I only thought of LaFayette and Mulligan on the line "we fought with him." It didn't click that it applied to Jefferson and Madison as well. They fought with him also but on opposing sides. This makes me admire Lin's talent even more and appreciate all the hard work he put into creating this show.
Same for the others too. "Me I died for him". Ramos played Laurens and Philip who both died following Hamiltons advice. The 3 sisters saying "me I loved him". Peggy and Maria are played by the same woman, too.
Just want to say something that I think you missed. Eliza’s cry at the end starts right on the lyric “who tells your story” and she’s looking at the audience. She is seeing how her story is told and all her work is remembered. And how it always will be. She didn’t want to be forgotten. And she wasn’t Also fun fact. Did you know that all of the funds that go into Hamilton are donated to the orphanage the real Eliza opened after the real Hamilton’s death, and that it’s still in use?
Yeah, that breaks me every time. I remember screaming that exact same scream when I heard my mother died. I shudder to think what it would sound like for my son.
When I saw this during the live show I remember thinking that if there were any women in the audience who had ever lost a child, that I almost wish they could have been warned ahead of time because that moment is such a trigger. The sheer intense pain that only someone who has lost a child can truly know
Another thing I would like to add is the music itself and their motifs. While yes many are already known , some of them are harder to spot. For example during both world was wide enough and stay alive reprise we hear their heart beats. Eventually when they die thing go silent with Hamilton ending with a church bell. Another very cool thing in the word was wide enough is after he is shot you can her both the instrumentals of Aaron burr sir and wait for it slowed down and more somber. And in best of wives and best of women you can hear a slightly different version of its quiet uptown playing showing the omen of death. Also in Schuyler sister burr introduces the sister in the order they died in.” That his daughter’s Peggy, Angelica , Eliza” . And finally when Hamilton is giving his final monologue the silence draws back to the beginning of his life, the hurricane his Monologue IS the eye of the hurricane before he is shot that why it almost sound of slight rain and storm.
Can you Lay an egg? - If you have not already done so, go to Howard Ho's channel. He has a number of videos in which he explains how the music keys and chords advanced not only the song but the story, the motifs - some used throughout; some altered as the play progresses - and motif interactions. Fascinating!
Yes!!! There’s a lot of different recurring lines in songs and sounds interwoven in the play. Things said in an earlier scene brought up in another scene It’s so frickin smart. Like when they sing “Blow Us All Away” and then Philip says he remember his dad saying he would blow us all away and the company sings “Blow Us All Away. When you hear the sound of a match when Angelica sings about meeting Alexander in “Satisfied”. Lin- Manuel Miranda is a genius
This is super random, but when I was in 4th grade (I'm in 7th now) our School Principle got some of the cast of Hamilton including Daveed Digs and some of the extras. We were SOO LUCKY and I was fan-girling so hard! It was in line with History class teaching us about the American Revolution, and Daveed Digs himself even taught us the "My Shot" dance! I don't think I can ever forget that. :D
I’ve known about the bullet character ever since I listened to the soundtrack and watched the play, but I didn’t fully get a grasp on its symbolic reference in the play until now. I think the choreographer deciding to use an actual person to act as a bullet is just genius and creative in the arts.
My favorite detail that wasn't mentioned is that at the beginning of "Helpless," the song where Hamilton writes his letters to Eliza, lanterns are lit and lowered to be above the stage. In "Burn" Eliza uses a lantern to burn the letters written to her in that song.
As I understand it sexual relationships between slavers and their slaves were pretty universal, whether or not they were all consensual is a fairly grey area due to how widespread it was, however it is highly likely that the majority of female slaves will have been raped rather than consented, because they were seen as property rather than human beings.
Although Sally was his wife's half sister and their affair began after Martha (wife) died. Sally gave him 7 children and they spent a lot of time in France. Sally was free there and wouldn't have had to come back. The names of the kids were all names of people important to Jefferson and Sally's room was kept very private and hidden and not found til more recently. I believe it's possible that they truly may have loved one another but we're not allowed by law to express it openly or publicly. Just a thought.
I was always told Eliza’s gasp was due to the fact Hamilton moved around the stage, turning into Lin and he was showing her the recognition Hamilton, his story and even her, that were given in the musical. I love this explanation, because it shows she finally got him the legacy he fought so hard for.
I wish Hamilton had come out in 2016 because then we could say the movie was 2hrs 40 mins long and came out 240 years after the Declaration of Independence was signed.
I also LOVED that Angelica says "screw your courage to the sticking place" in 'Take a Break' - a line uttered by Lady Macbeth when Macbeth is reluctant to kill King Duncan.
along with Alexander mentioning macbeth in the same song (they think me macbeth, ambition is my folly) which hints at the macbeth curse which means everything will go downhill
You know, when you think about it, I always find it fascinating how Lin could write songs from different perspectives. For example Eliza's song (let this be the chapter where you decide to stay, and this can be enough) that is like exactly how a woman could see and feel it. And on the other hand we have songs suited for Hamilton or Burr for that matter! I mean, Lin is just one man. But he has it in him to have all this different characters and emotions and actually write a song about it. It always fascinated me!
Lin said this isn’t right because he isn’t the only person who plays Hamilton in the musical. But could easily be her seeing Hamilton and him showing her what she did.
Lin said in a tweet it doesn’t, even though it’s a nice interpretation. But it only makes sense as long as it’s Lin playing Hamilton. As soon as someone else plays him the interpretation doesn’t add up anymore.
When you've been in the fandom for so long you knew pretty much all of these (Someone help me it's been four years and I thought this settled down finally)
I never realized, but in Stay Alive #1 the whole song is taking place from Eliza's perspective. She's in the background reading the letter Alexander sent her detailing the worrysome state of the war, and Alex is narrating the contents of the letter on stage. The letter ends at -"HE SHITS THE BED AT THE BATTLE OF MONMOUTH!" which is where Eliza stops singing 'Stay Alive' in the background and leaves the stage, which leads to the song returning to Hamilton's persepctive.
I read something on Instagram about sally being like a slave to Jefferson, he took her at 14 years old and raped her (I think). Then when I next watched Hamilton at the line ‘sally be a lamb darling won’t u open it’ i realised who he was talking to and was like noooo but I’m glad Lin included her and didn’t make up a random person
There us a whole other school of thought (supported by love letters written between them) that Jefferson and Sally truly were in love and shared children together. Also, Sally had a room in the family wing of the house and it was comparable to Mrs. Jefferson's. Also, even when there were opportunities ffg or Sally yo leave and br free, she stayed with Jefferson and they raised a family together. So, there you go. It's always more difficult to be sure of the details of historical events in the age before consistant and definitive ways to record events as they happen. Can you imagine if all these folks lived in n the days of camera phones. Instant messaging, and tabloid reporters with telephoto lenses?!
@@whaleymom76 I would highly question the ability of a 14 yr old to grasp the concept of love when she is living as a slave and being subject to abuse & non-consensual s*x. She was a child. You mess with people developmentally & psychologically with that type of behavior. His ownership of her & relations with her will never not be problematic & cruel. Just making sure we're all clear on that.
@@padams5461 No. I was absolutely NOT saying that. I was expressing ONLY that I was glad Lin-Manuel Miranda actually acknowledged the existence of the woman/girl who was a part of the history of the founding of the U.S. and us often overlooked when the story of the Founding Fathers is told. That's NOT grooming. That's an acknowledgement of an often-overlooked person in history.
I always see it as LIN (not Hamilton) showing Eliza Hamilton that because she helped tell Alexander’s story, that he was able to share that story through the play with a sold out audience almost every show.
As a Production Design student, this is exactly what I study for: depth and reason. Doesn't matter if the audience get to understand for the first time, but it would give more sentiment as to why every move and every item exists.
I thought it was Alexander leading her to her son. Her gasp is the reaction to seeing him once more. She was happy to see her husband but overjoyed to see her son.
In the end scene, when Eliza gasps at the show's closing, Alexander walks behind Eliza, and when he comes from the other side of Eliza, he is out of character, he is then Lin. Him taking Eliza's hand shows it's alright for her to move on, and when she's guided to the front of the stage by Lin, she breaks the fourth wall, seeing the audience, and she gasps. Knowing her story has been told.
A shout-out to the composers Gilbert and Sullivan when George Washington says he is a model of a Major General. Another point: The transformation of Jasmine from Peggy to Mariah. Peggy is fresh faced. Mariah is made up to the nines. Peggy walks. Mariah saunters.
I love that every time I come across these analyses of Hamilton, it gives deeper insight into the covert meanings and significances of songs, movements and colors in this brilliant play. And every time I watch it now on Disney+, the play comes more alive for me as though I were IN on it rathwr than simply being a spectator now. Lin-Manuel is a true Renaissance Genius! And I love that I'm gradually learning the words to all the songs.
If you watched Hamilton from Disney+, you might have noticed the top view of the stage during some of their songs. For the Reynolds Pamphlet, specifically. There are a few key notes to that sudden angle in the musical number. 1.Hamilton is standing dead center, meaning he is yet alone again while the rest of the cast and ensemble parade around him to mock what they believe he did was incredibly stupid. 2. If you look up towards the top during the downwards angle casted upon the stage, you can find one of the male actors laying on his back with his legs propped up...signifying and mocking one of the sexual acts that Hamilton had done to put himself in that situation.
I feel like the gasp Eliza made at the end is her seeing the current state of the world, her story being told, all the progress we, as a nation made, and all the things that still need to be done.
Not only that John Laurens and Phillip died for him, also all three schuyler sisters sung "me I loved him" eliza, because he was alexanders wife, Angelica because she loved him too but let eliza have him (honorable) and Peggy because she also plays Maria and Maria was Hamiltons affair 😌👏🏼love the genius level
Don't forget Eliza's hair! In the first act when people are fighting (struggling) their hair is kept back or in a ponytail, while she stays at home. But in the second act her hair is tied back while everyone's else's is down because this is when her struggles start and the war between her family widens. Lin Manuel Miranda really thought every little detail through, it's honestly so cool
When Eliza says “I can’t wait to see you again it’s only a matter of time” and someone passes behind her... that’s not hamilton, that’s Lin. He hold his hands out so she can know it’s okay to come over. He takes her to the front of the stage. She sees that Lin told her and Hamilton’s story. That’s why she gasps. ❤️❤️❤️
The reason eliza gasps is because: when she says i cant wait to see you again hamilton notices and comes and takes her hand and tells her its ok take your time and shows her everything she will be known for and her legacy and thats why she gasps because she realises everything and what she will be know for when she gasps he fades and she knows when she dies her story will be told and she does not have to be worried like she was in the beggining of the song. Hope that helps:) ill go now
The fact that Eliza is the only character that never raps because she doesn't have to hurry up because she outlives the others and HAS TIME to tell THEIR STORIES
its kinda sad that she told all of their stories but never rlly got to tell hers
@@josephinamueller3795 thankfully Lin helped with that.
and the british characters lmao
King George, Maria Renalds, and Peggy never rapped
But she did do some adorable “maternal beatboxing”!
Lin’s a genius and i’ll never get over it.
Same
Like a modern day Shakespeare, really
But don't forget it's everyone involved like the choreographer, set designer, costume, and etc who make the words cone to life. It's not one person; It's a facet.
@@greenconstant True! The 11 different Tony Awards in each of those categories were very well deserved
greenconstant oh yes ofc. didn’t mean to overlook them in anyway! there’s no “i” in team. :)
Holy shit, the duality of "We fought with him" and "I died for him" didn't dawn on me. I always took it as their 1st act characters. My mind is blown.
Especially when all of the ladies say "I loved him". I always took it that Jasmine's character was Peggy and not Mariah Reynolds. It was brilliant.
Yeah I loved the parallels between them
Such as:
Philip and John: “Died for Him”
Lafayette and Jefferson, Madison and Mulligan: Fought With Him in different ways (fought by his side vs. actually foiled his plots)
The shcuyler sisters (and Maria): loved him
I always thought "we fought with him" was like the 2nd half and "I died for him" was the first half idk why
Me to. I was shock I knew in the both parts John Laurens and Philip Hamilation died from him but not about Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
Sean Loughran I learned that later when I tried to do karaoke, weird right!
There’s a reason it took Lin 6 years to write this, NOTHING HE DID WAS A COINCIDENCE. He did everything with a purpose and I applaud him for everything
what about the way hamilton and burr was walking? in the video they say lin didn’t even notice. but i do agree with you!
His mind... woow!
@@mynameishappy3591 the coreographer knew. some of the things were just done by other people than lin
he did everything just right 😉
nvm yyy bc
Also of note: in “Blow Us All Away”, Philip enters whistling...also considered very bad luck to do on stage. Foreshadowing!
Oh Gods...LIKE FATHER LIKE SON ALWAYS PULLING BAD LUCK TOWARDS THEMSELVES
It’s actually bad luck to do backstage specifically.
@@ericjohnson4230 How is it bad luck? I've never heard this before! O:
naramurasaki the tradition is that in the olden days of theater, the crew would use a whistle to each other when a large set item needed to roll or fly on and off the stage. So, whistling backstage was forbidden because you may accidentally give the cue for something that could hurt someone.
@@ericjohnson4230 Oh wow! I never knew that! That's actually a cool fact!
When Eliza says “In clearing your name you have ruined OUR lives” during Burn you can see Maria Reynolds in the dark background. The “our lives” not only refers to herself and her children but Maria as well, whom she never blamed for the affair, as she was simply trying to support her daughter and escape an abusive marriage.
That is actually really interesting. I did not notice that.
Good eye! I wouldn’t have noticed that
Yeah the Reynolds Pamphlet completely ruined the life of Maria's daughter.
Maria did get out of that marriage though, thanks to Aaron Burr, sir
Yeah, I don't know why people blame Maria for her husband forcing her into doing it. She couldn't just leave. She was a woman, first and foremost, which meant that she had very little rights and couldn't do much to support herself without him. She also had a daughter whom she wasn't about to leave behind. Alexander and James Reynolds were responsible for the affair, not Maria, Eliza, or Maria's daughter.
Even if someone doesn't like _HAMILTON_ or musicals. You can't disagree, it is a work of art, and every layer is thought out so carefully
I don’t really like musicals, but I enjoy Hamilton a lot.
Agree 110%
Work of art and of genius
@@dj4047 :0 HOW
I agree. Not that it's above criticism (no form of entertainment is) but regardless, after all this time, I still love it. And watching this just makes me appreciate it more.
Agree. I have a friend who really dislikes musicals and some other friends and I convinced him to watch Hamilton when he got Disney+ and he loved it immediately
I honestly didn’t realize the character “The Bullet” was so important until after I watched for a second time.
I know
It just dawned on me that she is the first character in their present time to die (as we only see Hamilton's mother in his memories). That is so genius! Ariana Debose is amazing.
I still think it’s a stretch
Ariana DeBose is so amazing!
Tony Dream Building Factory: If it's a stretch, then it would all have to be coincidental...and we know coincidences do not happen in theater.
Eliza's final gasp theories:
1. Her dying breath.
2. Reuniting with her son, her sisters, her husband, and all her loved ones.
3. Seeing that her story is being told.
4. Seeing the present day, and the results of her and her husband's work.
5. The actress swallowed a fly.
I think it’s number 5 😉
@@taylorschwegman7872, I thought that she was out of breath after 47 songs. I mean who wouldn't be tired? It seemed to me like, "Is it over? Thank god! Now let me breathe in the air I was missing out during those 47 songs"
Prapti Barua Oh, that’s a good point
she realised she left her straightener on...like me
@@귀여운게이머우사기 HHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAAHAHHHHAAHHA
The gasp at the end of the final number was a moment that broke the fourth wall. Eliza had Lin, who was playing himself. Lin lead Eliza to the audience, and she gasped because she saw the people watching her story, which is all she wanted. She literally said "Will they tell my story?". Lin took Eliza's hand meaning, 'You did amazing, and you did enough.'.
Yes!! Plus everyone that had already been dead was wearing white in Who Lives, "Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story" Lin was wearing black signaling that it wasn’t Alexander holding Eliza’s hand but himself.
well... Lin said that all of the theories are correct
it's just.. The Gasp
It is simply brilliant. All of it. I think I was crying mostly because I saw REAL theatre come back to Broadway.
That's One of the theories. Per Lin, it's up to each Eliza what it means.
Some other notes:
- Jefferson’s song, “What Did I Miss” is a boogie woogie number which is an older musical style than rap. It indicates that he’s been gone and is out of step with what’s happening in the U.S.
- Eliza’s songs (other than a small part of “Helpless”) are more traditional musical theater, not rap. This indicates that she outlives everyone else, has more time, and therefore has the luxury of singing slower than rap.
- King George’s song is written like an early 1960s pop song. The musical era of “The British Invasion”.
L-M Miranda is a musical genius.
Underrated
Wow
I’d only heard something similar to the Eliza one. These are all very interesting points, from someone who clearly knows their music
Nice, I've only seen the Eliza one.
Krissy Peteara same and ikr
Eliza always sings "sept, huit, neuf" in descending notes. She plays it safe. Philip always sings "sept, huit, neuf" in ascending notes. He always changes the line, because he doesn't want to play it safe. He wants to rise up. He has ambitions, like his father, and he does not want to miss his shot at glory.
@Allie Estrada Then, during the duel, he get shot after 7, never getting to finish the line. Like he never got a chance to finish his story
Stephen and, he died at 7 as well (not the age the number lmfao)
Lmao I watched a video that literally said this word for word
@@pepperharris4776 :) I probably watched the same video
wow how did u think of this!? I never thought abt it!!!
In Stay Alive Reprise when he says to Eliza "I'm so sorry for forgetting what you taught me" Eliza taught him how to count and Philip died thinking that he counted wrong.
There’s actually a theory that she taught him how to forgive and forget, so that he wouldn’t get into arguments and problems like his dad, but he forgot and died from the duel.
I always thought it was to do with Phillip “changing the line”. When Eliza is teaching him piano, she tries to teach him the musically “safe” progression, but Phillip likes to change the notes to something riskier - you know how their harmonies clash on “nine”.
I took the “I’m sorry for forgetting what you taught me” as, If I’d played it safe like you taught me, I wouldn’t have got shot; but I had to take risks.
But honestly, there is probably truth in all these theories, which adds so many layers to the show
Samantha Rose nope I have to disagree, no one on their deathbed is thinking of numbers
Jenny S.
No no she meant when he was in the duel with George Eacker. Eacker shot at seven, but Philip thought he counted wrong somehow
Gina O yeah
Anyone notice how Jefferson's intro "what did I miss?" The company is in all white with BLACK collars on? I've watched it so many times and it's the only time I've seen the company wear something other than white unless they were playing actual characters (minutemen, the women at a party, ect.) They're legit depicted as Jefferson's slaves, not the company. He even calls for Sally. I've yet to see anyone make that connection
Wow...you have an amazing eye..with all the countless theories I've been reading, nobody has ever mentioned that..sheesh
It mentions Sally in the video tho
@@olivia.t.b but not the black In the outfits. Just the one not the whole company
that’s an amazing observation wow
another thing about whatd i miss, most of the musical is rap or hiphop while whatd i miss is more bouncy and original theater, meaning because Jefferson was in France, he was behind and not with what happened in the US
A couple more instances of death foreshadowing:
In Aaron Burr, Sir, right after Burr sings "Fools who run their mouths oft wind up dead" the very next lines in the song are Laurens introducing himself
At the end of Non Stop, as Hamilton proclaims that he's not throwing away his shot, the ensemble says "Just you wait." In the end, Hamilton threw away his shot, and it cost him his life.
In Hurricane, the second time Hamilton sings "I couldn't seem to die" Burr comes in with a repeating "Wait for it, wait for it"
Also, Maria is the one to hand him the quill at the end of the song, the quill with which he writes the pamphlet that ends his political life
Oh shit. Lin Manuel Mirada is a genius.
I came as soon as I heard
Angelica...
Same!
I'm not here for youuuu👀
i know my sister like i know my own MIIIND
you will never find anyone as trusting or as kind
In the Room where it happens, the subtle change from red to blue, when cast member Sidney James Harcourt pulls the tablecloth from under Burr, (whe he jumps) that is when he changed political party from red to blue.
Woah!!
Woah! Seriously? How do you know this detail? I’ve watched Hamilton 9 times and that particular song even more and I’ve always wondered what the meaning is when he pulls that tablecloth (besides it being a really cool move)
@@bridgetarndt2381 I've read a long time ago many cool stuff about Ham, now with the Disney+ footage somethings are easier to spot. The song after The room where it happens is Schuyler defeated,and Burr says: "I changed parties to seize the opportunity I saw". Is like you can see this show a hundred times, and there is something new everytime.
Good observation! I never knew
Except that democratic republicans become the Republican Party. Red.
Another note: Maria is the one who hands the quill to Hamilton so that he can write the Reynolds Pamphlet during Hurricane.
She is also watching from the side during We Know.
Yessss I also saw that
globally revered Something i found really interesting in “The Reynolds Pamphlet” is that in a certain time at the song, Maria is looking to the Pamphlet in a way that it seems like she’s so upset about what she done and she knew she would deal with Embarassment, and in “Burn” when Eliza is saying “You have ruined our lives” she isn’t only talking about her, Hamilton’s or their Children’s lives, but also Maria’s.
Trinity Gilreath i mean she knew he had a whole family. so ion feel bad for her getting exposed
@@kaylawilliford-jones8486 yeah but her husband was abusive towards get and forced her to have an affair with Hamilton because he just wanted money
The logo for Hamilton isn’t just a power pose. Alexander is aiming his pistol up at the sky during the duel that ended his life as he threw away his shot after all 🤯
He aims the pistol at the sky- WAIT!
Just like Phillip!
@@Lili_the_conehead*casually dies x_x*
It looks like what he was doing in my shot
My favorite theory for Eliza’s gasp is that when Hamilton guides her to edge of the stage, she doesn’t see Hamilton, but instead sees Lin Manuel Miranda, who guides her to look out at the audience, and she realizes her efforts were successful because her and Hamilton’s story is still being told hundreds of years later.
In the song Hurricane when Hamilton is talking about the storm he says " I couldn't seem to die" and in the background Burr says "wait for it". Obviously to show that Burr is the one that will eventually kill him.
I know a lot of people probably know this but someone told me about it months ago and I thought it was pretty cool.
wow, i thought it was saying wait for it to prepare everyone for the reynolds pamphlet
I've always thought the "wait for it" was his way of genuinely trying to stop Hamilton from writing the Reynolds Pamphlet. Like, if he hadn't written it, things wouldn't have turned out so... Bad. Burr was trying to help him
No the other comments are right. Lin talked about it. It’s Burr telling him to think before writing
Yooooo
Well I didn't know so thank you XD
i feel like its called hamilton because its not just alexanders story its as much as elizas
łöłä büñńŷ i’m pretty sure that’s been confirmed but i’m not sure
Isaiah Weir I don’t think it’s be confirmed but I’m pretty sure they meant for that to happen
I thought that too from the first time I watched it!!
I think it has been confirmed
łöłä büñńŷ honestly the star of Hamilton is really Aaron Burr
Eliza spent many years telling the stories of other people, so when that fourth wall breaks, she gets to see all the people who are actually caring about the stories and letting them spread. I think it’s so emotional to me because it makes her see all her work went towards and was worth something. The best part of the whole musical
I agree
Yep, I’m not a crier but it brought tears to my eyes when she gasped. Lin said it’s something different for each Eliza but that’s what hit me, is she’s seeing her/their legacy in that modern audience.
I agree she’s breaking the fourth wall but I actually think it’s Lin Manuel Miranda playing himself in that scene. Think about it.
Alli Cat yess!! i completely agree, this makes it all the more touching
I cry. Every. Single. Time.
Whoa. The bullet thing is so deep and goes throughout the whole thing. That was one thing I didn’t know and it is seriously mind blowing
Yeah, she stood out to me but I didn’t really know why. I just liked her a lot.
Also in the opening song, she is shown making the action of a hanging rope right when the song says his cousin committed suicide. Alexander is looking down writing and she “puts” it around his neck than Alexander looks up from his book, and it looked like he got hanged.
In Hurricane, she's the only company wearing colours other then Maria
She tells King George that John Adams became President.
Some fun facts:
1. Despite what Lin says in the Hamilton book, Peggy didn’t just “die off”. That’s an excuse as to why she isn’t in Act 2. In fact, Peggy didn’t die until a few months before Philip and she was very active in everyone’s lives throughout her life. She was very involved in the courtship between Alex & Eliza, often writing to Alex herself to get details on him to tell Eliza (this is hinted at in the musical, as she is seen giving Eliza letters in Helpless/Satisfied). She also scared off invaders raiding their home and saved many lives (I wish that could’ve been mentioned in Hamilton). She also had a tough personal life. Two of her three kids didn’t make it to adulthood and she herself got very sick in 1800. She still kept corespondents with everyone and Alex was actually by her side when she died, as he was the one who wrote to Eliza, Angelica, & the other Schuyler siblings that Peggy had died.
2. Speaking of Peggy, she and Philip both died after the Election of 1800, despite what the musical makes it seem like.
3. At the end of Hurricane, Maria is the one to hand Hamilton the quill, like she knows and has accepted what is going to happen. In The Reynolds Pamphlet, she’s seen reading the pamphlet and just... doesn’t really do anything. It was acceptance.
4. When Eliza is reading the letter about John’s death to Alexander, Lafayette and Mulligan can both be seen on the rafters reading letters. Lafayette drops to his knees while Mulligan pulls out his flask and toasts to Laurens.
5. In the show, Maria wear red, a sign of lust, danger, and betrayal. Eliza only wears blue and green tones to show how Maria and Eliza were exact opposites. Angelica wears pink, and almost in between color of the two. Peggy wears yellow to drastically differentiate her from Maria. Also, Maria hands Hamilton the quill in Hurricane, another stark contrast to Eliza. In the deleted Off Broadway song Let It Go, Hamilton is going to write a scorching slam against Burr for taking Philip Schuyler’s senate seat, and Eliza actually takes the quill from Hamilton and tells him to “let it go and stay alive”.
6. Alex didn’t meat Burr and the others right after arriving in NYC, he met Mulligan pretty soon after. He met John & Burr just before the war. And he met Lafayette during it, not long before meeting the Schuylers.
7. A Winter’s Ball, was actually a ball put on by Catherine Schuyler to find courtships for Angelica, Eliza, & Peggy. Angelica was already enamored for John Church (who she later eloped with) and was never actually interested in Alex. Peggy would later elope with a distant cousin, Stephen Van Rensselaer, whom she was not interested in at first considering he was 6 years younger than her, but she later grew to like and married about 5 years after they met. Eliza actually despised Hamilton at first, as the only reason he was at the ball was to tell Philip Schuyler that he was being charged for negligence in leading during battle.
Eliza and Alex hated each other and she actually played a prank on him and everything. It wasn’t until months later when they ran into each other once more, that they grew to like each other. It wasn’t a 3 week courtship like the musical makes it seem.
So what I’m getting from this
Peggy is an underrated badass
Alexi Felton yeah❤️
I thought Alex was actually head over heels for Eliza (saw it somewhere)
Actually during the Stay Alive Reprise, when Eliza walks in dressed in all black she was coming from Peggy’s funeral only to come to her son passing away :(
@Logan I would love to see your sources so I can read and learn more!
Such a great musical. And I'm happy King George III is now a Disney princess
OMG YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Deadpool is still my favorite Disney Princess though
Avery the Cuban-American Angelica, Eliza AnD pEgGy are also Disney princesses now! Not official but they are, in our heart
He’s such a diva!! 😂😍
Ahem! A Disney Prince? Or in this case--a Disney King! Also, he's played by Kristoff, the valiant, pungent Reindeer King from Frozen, who also happens to be a Disney Prince and soon-to-be Disney King!
There’s a theory that says Eliza isn’t meeting Hamilton at the end but she’s actually meeting Lin Manuel Miranda and he’s showing her the audience to tell her that he told her story and she can go in peace now
MA however as Lin said that he believes it is different for each Eliza, that theory could work for Phillipa Soo each time she was alongside Lin :)
such logic
I love it
Lin said it was different for each Eliza, so that could be possible for one of the Elizas, but not all of them.
i like every theory but tbh this is my favorite, i just love the thought of it
Audrey Sugg the one I’ve heard is that the fourth wall just breaks and she sees the audience, and realises that her story’s been told and that Eliza did it herself
eliza is seeing her own story get told, same as hamilton’s story
my theory is that elisa is seeing the modern america and is pround of or shocked by what it has become, depending on when the play is performed
But why is she so surprise?
Izzat Shariff my theory, she never thought there was gonna be a story get written like ACTUALLY written ima assume she was having this type of false hope or something like a dream.
I think that when they circle around, it's Lin, not Hamilton, and he is showing Eliza the world, or even possibly Alexander. This is because she can now leave, as her story has now been told.
The play is called Hamilton... But which one?
I love how the three guys singing “hey, hey, hey” when they do reliable with the ladies, and They break the wall by flirting with audience members.
I know this is a year old but I believe Lin said in an interview that he would basically pick someone in the first couple rows and make direct eye contact while winking at them, describing it as “eye-fucking” them
@@chaoscretin5272 omg I need to see that interview
@@chaoscretin5272 AYOOOOO I WOULD DIE
@@chaoscretin5272 which intervew was this???
@@chaoscretin5272 we need answers WHAT IS THAT INTERVIEW
I guess this one is pretty obvious but it amazed me: The fact that the Schuyler sisters are almost all the time on stage, even if it’s not a song they sing as leads; They are there like part of the ensemble, but dressed as themselves to show that they were always an important presence throughout all of Alexander’s life
There’s also the fact that during the Laurens interlude you can see Lafayette and Mulligan mourning his death on the balcony.
The world just really want me to cry huh?
W h y 🥺
Yes I've noticed that and now everytime I watch it I look at the balcony because there is so much hidden things up there.
right after burr says "fools who run their mouths wind up dead"
it immediately cuts to Laurence doing his rap
then you can hear burr say "like I said.."
I interpreted that as Burr listing a quality he dislikes in others....the one which is later the reason he murders Hamilton for having.
It's a great foreshadowing line...especially since Anthony Ramos switches to Philip in the second act and dies because he ran his mouth...and Hamilton dies because he told the truth about Burr.
@@jinakaye W O A H
Noticed this the other day! Soooo clever
I notice it every time I listen to the soundtrack, and I just stand there like “BURR STOP PREDICTING HIS DEATH”
Also if you think about it the same could be said about Philip. He “ran his mouth” and challenged Eaker to a duel without thinking, and he ended up dying. Juuuuust saying
Edit: READ THE COMMENTS BEFORE YOU COMMENT SOMETHING, BECAUSE JINA KOFFI SAID THE EXACT SAME THING. Sorry for the repeated comment, I need to learn to read
Why wasn’t Jasmine Cephas-Jones recognized for the same duality as Lafayette/Jefferson, Mulligan/Madison, and Laurens/Philip, as she played two different characters who loved Hamilton very differently?
literally, and her voice gives me chills
You can see each of the Schuyler sisters repeated the line: “Me? I loved him” during the first song. While Peggy loved Alexander as a brother, counterpart Mariah Reynolds loved him sexually.
Yes! As Peggy her voice is childish. As Maria she was all grown up!
I wondered that too..
Maybe because she didn’t have as much stage time or lines as the guys 😭 her voice is amazing though
When I saw Hamilton performed live, the Stay Alive reprise when Eliza cries out in mourning at the death of her son hit me hard. The heart beat sound going silent followed by her scream of grief made my heart heavy with sadness. It gets me every time!
yes....all the tears came out of me....endless, heartbreaking.
i’m not the type to usually cry during sad moments, but this literally made me pour out a few tears - maybe even more than just a few 🥲
Mr. Miranda, is there anyone you would like to thank?
Lin: This one train in Montana
OVERKILLLLL
@@hannahkoltz926
No no no no no no
ULTRAKILL
@@joshuasloan5784 Ah yes i see
I have finally met people who like hamilton and watch matthias
I realize you're probably just making a joke, but J.I.C. for anyone who didn't know... "A TRAIN, MTA" isn't a random train. It's "the A train" (a specific line) in NY. MTA stands for Metro Transit Authority, the entity that runs all the subway/el trains in New York.
this is more of a straight up historical reference but it is one of those details that are cool to know as you investigate further:
during "best of wives and best of women" we see Hamilton write a letter before his duel with Burr, this will make sense to the audiense because in act 1 in the "Ten duel commandments" they mention the line "write a letter to your next of kin, tell them where you've been"; but the letter has an extra meaning as in real life Hamilton _did_ leave one final letter to Eliza which has survived the test of time
why is the letter important? because more than a love letter, it is also a letter of how he was going to duel Burr, and how he had _no plans_ to kill Burr in the duel after they had known each other for so long, and that if Burr were to try and shoot him it would be Burr's choice alone and not out of retribution. *This* letter was the final nail in the coffin for Burr's political career because even if he was a aquited of murder, if only one person in a duel shoots to kill it was *not* a legal duel (a little like how two people have to fight for it to be self defense rather than assault).
"now I am the villain in your history" indeed. (side note: getting accused of treason upon no longer holding any political office as no one trusted him anymore as well as the amount of people he owed money to and that his second divorce became a shit show likely didn't help either. It's like Hamilton died and Burr just went off the rails more and more each year).
Damn. And I really like Leslie as Burr, but it seems like historical Burr straight up spiraled after he killed Hamilton. His entire life went in the garbage
Not to mention his daughter ended up dying too 😬
jazzylmao And poor Theodosia died on her way to see her father. She probably died a pretty horrific death. At best she drowned, but likely was killed by pirates after the ship she was on was made to crash.
And for the rest of Burr’s life he had to endure people telling rumors that Theodosia had miraculously survived and had been seen in this place or that one, that she had amnesia, or she ended up in some far-flung remote place like Texas and couldn’t get back.
Ehhhh there's a lot of speculation about whether Hamilton intended to kill Burr or not. No one actually saw what happened and it's debated on whether he shot in the air or at Burr. Some say he shot in the air, some say he was aiming at Burr. The one thing they did agree on is that both guns fired. The things mentioned in the song are also true- Hamilton was wearing his glasses, and was seen examining the terrain, and fiddling with his guns. He also had an illegal hair trigger on his guns. So it's unclear whether he intended to kill Burr, but at the very least witnesses agree that he seemed to be trying to antagonize Burr.
@@cannibalcake2 yeah their seconds in that duel have conflicting reports but as far as public opinion goes Hamilton's letter was a bigger killer than the guns were
The guns also belonged to Angelica's husband who didn't have the best reputation either
I always thought that it was an odd coincidence that when Burr Says:
"Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead"
The first one to speak was Laurens:
"Yo yo yo yo yo!
What time is it?"
And he was the one who died.
Perhaps it wasn't a coincidence.
Yeah most of the people who were “mouthy” about their plans died by the bullet, didn’t they? Laurens, Phillip, Hamilton. The quiet or strategic characters lived and died later or naturally: Washington, Eliza, Jefferson, Madison, even Burr (though in shame and not successful)
Yeah I thought that 2
Jessica Osei wow that’s really cool thanks for bringing that up
I know I’m reaching here, but Burr starts running his mouth first in the musical. In the end, his reputation died, as did his daughter Theodosia (probably). So he was the fool who ran his mouth in the end.
Yep, not a coincidence. Burr follows up after Lauren singing "like I said..." subtly saying Lauren will die.
also I noticed that Phillip cut Eliza off when she was going to start fighting with Alexander because he didn't want them fighting while we was dying
XmultishipperX wait what?
@@lockette908 yup
What?!😱
What song
OK! So, during the first part of Blow Us All Away, Hamilton tells Phillip that Eliza couldn't take another heartbreak.This is ironic because it's Hamilton who breaks Eliza's heart in the first place. Phillip remembers these words and interrupts Eliza's questionings about the duel, knowing it would break her heart even more if she knew that Hamilton was partly responsible for the death of her son.
Fun fact:
During "Dear Theodosia," Leslie Odom Jr.(Aaron Burr) would actually bow his head and say a little prayer for his daughter, who wasn't born yet. So by the end of his run in Hamilton, Leslie had said "over 500 prayers" for his future daughter.
AWWWW, SO CUTE!
THATS SO ADORABLEEEE he’s probably a great father ❤
AWWW 😭 FATHER OF THE YEAR
The real Eliza Schuyler Hamilton dedicated her entire life to curating and preserving Alex's papers, talking to people who knew him and in general telling his story. She even wore a package around her neck with a sonnet which Alex wrote her! So I think the last gasp is seeing the audience because she finally sees her life's work coming to life and seeing his and HER legacy being celebrated.
Finally! SOMEONE WHO AGREES! Yay!
Agreed 💯
Yes, I think she realized the only people left to talk about Alex were enemies and people who didn't like him. So she decided to do it herself so that history would be a little more accurate to what he did.
mulligan and the marquis getting their letters from laurens’ father and reading them as eliza reads hamilton’s his
Yes, I was totally expecting this to be mentioned. It's super easy to miss, since they are in the dark and far above the main focus on Eliza and Alexander.
Oh Wow!! I didn't catch that I was so focused on just Eliza and Hamilton and Laurents. It truly is amazing at how many different things are happening on stage at the same time. The Ensemble is telling another version of the story all in itself
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Of course the bullet is the one I immediately developed a crush on.
Yo same. She was the one dancer I focused on and I never noticed her importance other than delivering the bullets.
Yeah I kept looking for the bullet and Jon rua in the background because they’re both so good looking... my bisexuality can’t make any decisions lol
Pearl Exquisite sammeeeeeee🤣😂
My favorite ensemble member is Thayne Jasperson, the one who also played Samuel Seabury. He's just so adorable and talented! But actually they all are. The ensemble is so underrated
Your crush has the right... caliber.
...sorry, I'll leave. 😋
Hamilton has become my new obsession since I watched it on Disney +
Same
I could seek treatment, but I prefer to just sweat this out. Obsession is the word.
Me too....
During the end of “My Shot”, Alexander Hamilton stands with a gun hand sign in the air symbolizing him literally throwing away his shot at the end during his battle with Aaron Burr. Like I get chills every time!
11:13
"Talks about how Aron Burr walked in straight lines"
Shows Burr walking in a circle
After the "betrayal" from AH and he started to lose it!
I saw it as he walks in a circle when he wishes he was in Hamilton’s position kinda in a way mimicking Hamilton’s steps to how he got there
They literally addressed why he stopped walking in straight lines lol
But also he doesn't walk in a circle there, he just turns.
Blurrycake me just realizing which part they were actually taking about😭 I thought they where talking about in the room where it happens.
My new tradition is watching Hamilton every 4th of July
I’ve watched it like 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 times
Same
my tradition is watching hamilton everyday
Lula _Gacha same
But that means you’ll have to wait an entire year 😧
eliza's crying at the end of stay alive reprise breaks me
IT BREAKS EVERYONE. god I don't cry and I always break into tears with Stay Alive Reprise comes on.
I know right. It's so heart breaking and heart wrenching.😭😫
I don't cry when Alexander dies, but I sob when Philip dies. There is no pain like losing a child.
I KNOW. It literally broke my heart
My granddaughter didn't cry at any point of Hamilton
I only thought of LaFayette and Mulligan on the line "we fought with him." It didn't click that it applied to Jefferson and Madison as well. They fought with him also but on opposing sides. This makes me admire Lin's talent even more and appreciate all the hard work he put into creating this show.
lin in a genius
Same for the others too. "Me I died for him". Ramos played Laurens and Philip who both died following Hamiltons advice. The 3 sisters saying "me I loved him". Peggy and Maria are played by the same woman, too.
Just want to say something that I think you missed. Eliza’s cry at the end starts right on the lyric “who tells your story” and she’s looking at the audience. She is seeing how her story is told and all her work is remembered. And how it always will be. She didn’t want to be forgotten. And she wasn’t
Also fun fact. Did you know that all of the funds that go into Hamilton are donated to the orphanage the real Eliza opened after the real Hamilton’s death, and that it’s still in use?
Excellent!!
I DID NOT NEED TO SEE PHILIP'S DEATH AND THE SCREAM THAT CAME AFTER THAT 😭
it gives me shivers EVERYTIME
Co Duss Same. I burst into tears the first time I heard it. It gave me such a fright, and also is so gut wrenching.
Yeah, that breaks me every time.
I remember screaming that exact same scream when I heard my mother died. I shudder to think what it would sound like for my son.
When I saw this during the live show I remember thinking that if there were any women in the audience who had ever lost a child, that I almost wish they could have been warned ahead of time because that moment is such a trigger. The sheer intense pain that only someone who has lost a child can truly know
During Stay Alive (Reprise) I always hear " Even before we got to ten, Pop
He shot me in my side"
Hamilton is a delicate perfect piece of crafted masterpiece. PERIODT!
Lin is a genius
Period* lol
So Uncivilized periodT is a new age spelling
Another thing I would like to add is the music itself and their motifs. While yes many are already known , some of them are harder to spot. For example during both world was wide enough and stay alive reprise we hear their heart beats. Eventually when they die thing go silent with Hamilton ending with a church bell. Another very cool thing in the word was wide enough is after he is shot you can her both the instrumentals of Aaron burr sir and wait for it slowed down and more somber. And in best of wives and best of women you can hear a slightly different version of its quiet uptown playing showing the omen of death. Also in Schuyler sister burr introduces the sister in the order they died in.” That his daughter’s Peggy, Angelica , Eliza” . And finally when Hamilton is giving his final monologue the silence draws back to the beginning of his life, the hurricane his Monologue IS the eye of the hurricane before he is shot that why it almost sound of slight rain and storm.
i never heard the heartbeat in the world was wide enough until now
Holy Jesus you’re a freaking genius
Can you Lay an egg? - If you have not already done so, go to Howard Ho's channel. He has a number of videos in which he explains how the music keys and chords advanced not only the song but the story, the motifs - some used throughout; some altered as the play progresses - and motif interactions. Fascinating!
Yes!!! There’s a lot of different recurring lines in songs and sounds interwoven in the play. Things said in an earlier scene brought up in another scene It’s so frickin smart. Like when they sing “Blow Us All Away” and then Philip says he remember his dad saying he would blow us all away and the company sings “Blow Us All Away.
When you hear the sound of a match when Angelica sings about meeting Alexander in “Satisfied”.
Lin- Manuel Miranda is a genius
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This is super random, but when I was in 4th grade (I'm in 7th now) our School Principle got some of the cast of Hamilton including Daveed Digs and some of the extras. We were SOO LUCKY and I was fan-girling so hard! It was in line with History class teaching us about the American Revolution, and Daveed Digs himself even taught us the "My Shot" dance! I don't think I can ever forget that. :D
thats such a huge flex
BROOOO THAT IS SOOOO COOL
YOU’RE SO LUCKY 😭
You are so so so lucky. 😭😭😭😭😭
Anthony Ramos dies twice first as Laurens then again as Philip Hamilton. That dude couldn’t catch a break! 😬
right😭😭 it seems like something bad always happens to him 😩
I guess you could say he needs to *take a break* .... no? No... okay I’ll leave now lol
Since he played both of the people who died at the beginning there only had to be one person who said "Me, I died for him."
And then in 21 Chump St he plays a character who also has something very bad happen to him
He's deadx2
How was I going to say no to this
I don’t know how to say no to thisss
@@angiejumanji3695 Oh my gawd she looks so helpless
Mariah Covington And her body’s saying hell yes.
Good one!
Well....
*hides with phone* Nobody needs to know....
Omg Chris Jackson shaking his head, now I’m gona cry even harder
Me toooo
Oh how the turntables...
office reference yessssss
@allie k. I love the picture of Karen in mean girls lol
The quote actually begins “well well well” but I appreciate anything related to The Office
BEST. COMMENT. EVER.
Moral of the video: Lin, the choreographers, and the directors are absolutely geniuses
I’ve known about the bullet character ever since I listened to the soundtrack and watched the play, but I didn’t fully get a grasp on its symbolic reference in the play until now. I think the choreographer deciding to use an actual person to act as a bullet is just genius and creative in the arts.
My favorite detail that wasn't mentioned is that at the beginning of "Helpless," the song where Hamilton writes his letters to Eliza, lanterns are lit and lowered to be above the stage. In "Burn" Eliza uses a lantern to burn the letters written to her in that song.
OMGG you are a freaking genius
@@pinklem0nade42 no. Whoever came up with that idea is the genius
@@nathansedlmeier3562 lol
Ms Mojo: Makes new Hamilton themed video
Me: WHAT'D I MISS
The Washington hanging his head in shame is actually really interesting - I’ve never realised
I know right?? That’s a cool detail!
At Philip’s death moment, Eliza is holding him, just like Alexander’s mother was holding him when she died.
I love chris Jackson so much, seeing that head nod and "god what have i done" was brilliant.
"Known to have a sexual relationship with" is a weird way to refer to rape.
As I understand it sexual relationships between slavers and their slaves were pretty universal, whether or not they were all consensual is a fairly grey area due to how widespread it was, however it is highly likely that the majority of female slaves will have been raped rather than consented, because they were seen as property rather than human beings.
@@TheTradge The very nature of the slaver/enslaved relationship makes the enslaved giving consent impossible.
IndyAtheist04 facts
Although Sally was his wife's half sister and their affair began after Martha (wife) died. Sally gave him 7 children and they spent a lot of time in France. Sally was free there and wouldn't have had to come back. The names of the kids were all names of people important to Jefferson and Sally's room was kept very private and hidden and not found til more recently. I believe it's possible that they truly may have loved one another but we're not allowed by law to express it openly or publicly. Just a thought.
@@CoachRudi1 Thanks for clarifying, lot of "fake history" going on out there these days.
I didn’t think I could fall in love with this musical anymore than I already had. I was wrong.
Same😭😭
I'm already in love with this musical, and I haven't even seen it on Broadway or Disney+. Help-
I think at the end she is seeing Lin-Manuel telling HER story
Is that a six reference?
Tezeth _13 where’s the reference?
Solly Temkin instead of HIStory the girls in 6 In one line say HERstory
Nylah Jade what songs this? But no it wasn’t a reference but seen six it’s amazing
Solly Temkin I’m sorry I wasn’t sure :)
I was always told Eliza’s gasp was due to the fact Hamilton moved around the stage, turning into Lin and he was showing her the recognition Hamilton, his story and even her, that were given in the musical. I love this explanation, because it shows she finally got him the legacy he fought so hard for.
Lin refuted that theory. It only works if he himself is playing Hamilton. Otherwise, it's just the actor showing Eliza and that makes no sense.
Juniper3001 that was what i stayed in my theory, that he circled the stage, shedding the character, to show her that her hard work payed off:)
This musical deserves EVERY award and and all the praise it has received and will receive. Lin Manuel Miranda created an irrefutable masterpiece!
also he says ANOTHER scottish tragedy (the first being macbeth) and is referring to himself. he is a scottish tragedy
OMG THIS IS SO GOOD
@@lafayetteaka7890 you say that like they came up with it, but lin actually confirmed it on twitter
@@sakakuura I did not know that
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Of course 🤯
Why did I not realise this before!!
Eliza screaming for her dead son. Gets me, E V E R Y single time
Same!! My mum loves that scene
S A M E
I wish Hamilton had come out in 2016 because then we could say the movie was 2hrs 40 mins long and came out 240 years after the Declaration of Independence was signed.
If it helps I’m pretty sure this was filmed in 2016..?
I also LOVED that Angelica says "screw your courage to the sticking place" in 'Take a Break' - a line uttered by Lady Macbeth when Macbeth is reluctant to kill King Duncan.
along with Alexander mentioning macbeth in the same song (they think me macbeth, ambition is my folly) which hints at the macbeth curse which means everything will go downhill
You know, when you think about it, I always find it fascinating how Lin could write songs from different perspectives. For example Eliza's song (let this be the chapter where you decide to stay, and this can be enough) that is like exactly how a woman could see and feel it. And on the other hand we have songs suited for Hamilton or Burr for that matter! I mean, Lin is just one man. But he has it in him to have all this different characters and emotions and actually write a song about it. It always fascinated me!
That’s how a true artist works… they are able to take a bunch of pieces and put them together in a phenomenal way. ❤
I think at the end when she see "Hamilton", in reality is Lin himself showing to eliza that he (or they) tell both story (hamilton and eliza)
Yeah. Thats what it means.
Yes!
Lin said this isn’t right because he isn’t the only person who plays Hamilton in the musical. But could easily be her seeing Hamilton and him showing her what she did.
Lin said in a tweet it doesn’t, even though it’s a nice interpretation. But it only makes sense as long as it’s Lin playing Hamilton. As soon as someone else plays him the interpretation doesn’t add up anymore.
yeah i think that's why it's called "Hamilton" not " Alexander Hamilton" cause it's not only about Alexander
1:19
Phillip died at 19. He lived through 19 songs. The time stamp is 1:19. Coincidence? I THINK NOT
Crystal Karma lmao 🤣
mmmmm i dont like that at all-
i- i think that is justtt a coincidence
BROOOO
When you've been in the fandom for so long you knew pretty much all of these (Someone help me it's been four years and I thought this settled down finally)
Azariah Rin I have never related to a comment more
I totally get that!
Sorry, I am totally new to this and getting a big kick out of all these comments. Complete with popcorn and a drink!
Oh it just started up again with the release of it on D+
I never realized, but in Stay Alive #1 the whole song is taking place from Eliza's perspective. She's in the background reading the letter Alexander sent her detailing the worrysome state of the war, and Alex is narrating the contents of the letter on stage. The letter ends at -"HE SHITS THE BED AT THE BATTLE OF MONMOUTH!" which is where Eliza stops singing 'Stay Alive' in the background and leaves the stage, which leads to the song returning to Hamilton's persepctive.
I read something on Instagram about sally being like a slave to Jefferson, he took her at 14 years old and raped her (I think). Then when I next watched Hamilton at the line ‘sally be a lamb darling won’t u open it’ i realised who he was talking to and was like noooo but I’m glad Lin included her and didn’t make up a random person
There us a whole other school of thought (supported by love letters written between them) that Jefferson and Sally truly were in love and shared children together. Also, Sally had a room in the family wing of the house and it was comparable to Mrs. Jefferson's. Also, even when there were opportunities ffg or Sally yo leave and br free, she stayed with Jefferson and they raised a family together. So, there you go. It's always more difficult to be sure of the details of historical events in the age before consistant and definitive ways to record events as they happen. Can you imagine if all these folks lived in n the days of camera phones. Instant messaging, and tabloid reporters with telephoto lenses?!
@@whaleymom76 I would highly question the ability of a 14 yr old to grasp the concept of love when she is living as a slave and being subject to abuse & non-consensual s*x. She was a child. You mess with people developmentally & psychologically with that type of behavior. His ownership of her & relations with her will never not be problematic & cruel. Just making sure we're all clear on that.
@@its_ivylove I would be inclined to agree 👍
@@whaleymom76 are you claiming that a 13-14 year old girl fell madly in love with a 40-something year old man? We call that grooming.
@@padams5461 No. I was absolutely NOT saying that. I was expressing ONLY that I was glad Lin-Manuel Miranda actually acknowledged the existence of the woman/girl who was a part of the history of the founding of the U.S. and us often overlooked when the story of the Founding Fathers is told. That's NOT grooming. That's an acknowledgement of an often-overlooked person in history.
Hamilton says Macbeth and then his life goes to hell
exactly
Peaceful Pillager Fun Fact: It is only wrong to say “Macbeth” in a play when you are referring to the play Macbeth, not the character
@@mik4829 glad I'm not the only one who knows this
Me: Says Macbeth
Also Me: gives you your 69th like ;)
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I always saw Eliza's gasp at the end as her taking her last breath of life.
me 2!
I always see it as LIN (not Hamilton) showing Eliza Hamilton that because she helped tell Alexander’s story, that he was able to share that story through the play with a sold out audience almost every show.
As a Production Design student, this is exactly what I study for: depth and reason. Doesn't matter if the audience get to understand for the first time, but it would give more sentiment as to why every move and every item exists.
This is one of the many reasons why I love theater productions
her scream when philip dies is gut wrenching
They also put a 3rd cabinet battle about slavery on the mixtape. It was just Lin playing all the parts though
I thought it was Alexander leading her to her son. Her gasp is the reaction to seeing him once more. She was happy to see her husband but overjoyed to see her son.
That's one I haven't heard before.
Headcanon accepted.
Buddy, the slavery thing with Washington was performed PERFECTLY by Christopher Jackson, i luv him
In the end scene, when Eliza gasps at the show's closing, Alexander walks behind Eliza, and when he comes from the other side of Eliza, he is out of character, he is then Lin. Him taking Eliza's hand shows it's alright for her to move on, and when she's guided to the front of the stage by Lin, she breaks the fourth wall, seeing the audience, and she gasps. Knowing her story has been told.
i was very uncomfortable in Say No To This when my parents were around but Jasmine’s voice is so heavenly i didn’t care
More like "Top 10 Reasons why Hamilton is friggn Genius"
A shout-out to the composers Gilbert and Sullivan when George Washington says he is a model of a Major General.
Another point: The transformation of Jasmine from Peggy to Mariah. Peggy is fresh faced. Mariah is made up to the nines. Peggy walks. Mariah saunters.
LMM does include G&S in the credits of the film.
This show is so well done. From the sets to the lighting, But especially the actors/actress. Beautifully voices.
I love that every time I come across these analyses of Hamilton, it gives deeper insight into the covert meanings and significances of songs, movements and colors in this brilliant play. And every time I watch it now on Disney+, the play comes more alive for me as though I were IN on it rathwr than simply being a spectator now. Lin-Manuel is a true Renaissance Genius! And I love that I'm gradually learning the words to all the songs.
If you watched Hamilton from Disney+, you might have noticed the top view of the stage during some of their songs. For the Reynolds Pamphlet, specifically. There are a few key notes to that sudden angle in the musical number.
1.Hamilton is standing dead center, meaning he is yet alone again while the rest of the cast and ensemble parade around him to mock what they believe he did was incredibly stupid.
2. If you look up towards the top during the downwards angle casted upon the stage, you can find one of the male actors laying on his back with his legs propped up...signifying and mocking one of the sexual acts that Hamilton had done to put himself in that situation.
I like to think that Eliza is seeing her and Hamilton’s and everyone’s stories being told.
I feel like the gasp Eliza made at the end is her seeing the current state of the world, her story being told, all the progress we, as a nation made, and all the things that still need to be done.
Quite simple breakdown here: I see Hamilton facts, I click the video.
Not only that John Laurens and Phillip died for him, also all three schuyler sisters sung "me I loved him" eliza, because he was alexanders wife, Angelica because she loved him too but let eliza have him (honorable) and Peggy because she also plays Maria and Maria was Hamiltons affair 😌👏🏼love the genius level
And Peggy confides in him
Don't forget Eliza's hair! In the first act when people are fighting (struggling) their hair is kept back or in a ponytail, while she stays at home. But in the second act her hair is tied back while everyone's else's is down because this is when her struggles start and the war between her family widens. Lin Manuel Miranda really thought every little detail through, it's honestly so cool
When Eliza says “I can’t wait to see you again it’s only a matter of time” and someone passes behind her... that’s not hamilton, that’s Lin. He hold his hands out so she can know it’s okay to come over. He takes her to the front of the stage. She sees that Lin told her and Hamilton’s story. That’s why she gasps. ❤️❤️❤️
Lin's refuted this. It only works while Lin himself plays Alexander. As soon as you have another actor playing Alexander, that idea falls apart.
MA yeah I forgot 😬
The reason eliza gasps is because: when she says i cant wait to see you again hamilton notices and comes and takes her hand and tells her its ok take your time and shows her everything she will be known for and her legacy and thats why she gasps because she realises everything and what she will be know for when she gasps he fades and she knows when she dies her story will be told and she does not have to be worried like she was in the beggining of the song.
Hope that helps:) ill go now
@Apple Pencil I agree it could be this but I think it’s completely subjective