Okay, follow up. - None of these characters were POC, in reality. But Hamilton was a poor immigrant of Scottish heritage who grew up in the Caribbean, so that made him a kind of outsider vs a lot of the others who were born in the colonies and whose families came from England. - Really, men having affairs back then wasn't considered *that* big of a deal in comparison to what he was actually accused of (basically cheating the stock market, embezzlement, etc). It more humiliated his wife and his mistress than brought any real shame to him. Just was considered rather callous and ridiculous of him to drag his dirty laundry out into public. But it did clear his name of the legal accusations. - He never had any romantic connections to Angelica, but they were close and wrote to each other often. - Hamilton actually had like 8 kids - Pretty much all the founding fathers fought in the revolutionary war in some capacity save for the older chaps like Franklin, or Thomas Jefferson who was off in France. George Washington was a general and led battles, etc. - King George III was batshit. The drool is partially from singing technique and also a partial nod to his foaming at the mouth - Lafayette is the reason we have a bunch of streets and counties and towns and such named Lafayette. He fought in the revolution with us, and is one of the few people historically who could ever get George Washington to smile. - The reason Eliza is in black when she goes in to Philip's death scene is because she also just lost Peggy
Just to add a bit more to this, Jefferson did participate indirectly in the war as well before heading to France as ambassador. He was a colonel in the Albemarle County Militia when the war began and became the commander-in-chief of the Virginia militia when elected governor of Virginia in 1779. While he did not fight in any battles as a soldier, he did actively participate in recruiting soldiers to reinforce the Continental Army before taking his post in France in 1784. While not having a military rank or experience, John Adams likewise assisted in building up the Continental Army before heading off to his own overseas diplomatic missions. However, as far as I know Washington and Hamilton were the only two of the "classic" Founding Fathers that participated directly in the fighting.
Some more follow-up trivia to this: - After the death of Philip, Hamiltons (oldest?) daughter lost her mind and died not long after, as she was very close to Philip - George Washington had slaves as well, and it was LaFayette who talked to him about the immorality of enslaving another human like that, causing Washington to change his mind on it. - That said, Washington and LaFayette were incredibly close, almost to a father-son level. - The Duel between Philip and George Eacker (sp?) didn't go like this at all. During the duel neither man was willing to fire at the other, and according to witnesses almost a minute passed before they raised their pistols towards one another, when Philip was shot down. Eacker and Hamilton had a strained but professional relationship after this, but Hamilton did not bear him a grudge, or not enought to cut ties with him or challenge him. - Hercules Mulligan wasn't solely responsible for smuggling the British plans. He had a personal slave/assistant who'se name is lost in history, that he used to smuggle the info out. That slave in turn passed on the information to Washington's men. (edit) one last bit, the actress who plays Angelica (the elder sister), according to the other members, she is the only person who NEVER flubbed a line, not ever, during any of the recordings or performances
@@michelvanderlinden8363 the Hamilton’s oldest daughter, Angelica (obviously named after her Aunt) died in 1857, not shortly after Phillip died. She did suffer a complete mental break after Phillip’s death, causing her to be cared for by her mother and then later by a Dr. McDonald. She lived until the age of 72, out living her very long lived mother by 3 years.
@@nobodyimportant1337 huh, guess the site I read was wrong about that then. I was under the impression she had her full breakdown and died not long after (but after Alexander). Merci for the correction
@@michelvanderlinden8363 no worries! They had a lot of kids and there is confusion on many different sites. I did a ton of research into the women of early American history a long, long time ago and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton was one of my favorites because of the influence she had during and after Alexander’s death. The women in that time period are extremely interesting and were very influential during the Revolution and in the shaping of the country. Eliza, Angelica, Abigail Adams, Dolly Madison, Martha Washington and so many others have very interesting stories to tell!!
The actress who plays Eliza says the gasp at the end had different motives behind it each night (depending on what she was feeling). Sometimes the gasp was Eliza dying at the age of 97 and Alexander showing her the glory of heaven and God and all the angels, which makes a lot of sense given the lyrics leading up to it. Other times it was Lin Manuel Miranda breaking the fourth wall and showing Eliza Hamilton the audience - that her story was indeed told and all her efforts to preserve Alexander's legacy weren't in vain.
Apparently Lin Manuel Miranda wanted everyone's appearance from the neck up to be modern and from the neck down to be period accurate. That's why we get Hercules Mulligan wearing a beanie, Lafayette's, Hamilton's, and John's hair in a ponytail and Maria wearing bright red lipstick. It's one of the things they did to really get across that this musical is the story of America then being told by America today
"Why you gotta mess with a married woman, bro. I hate when people do that." To be fair, back then there were a lot of arranged marriages, and it was REALLY hard to get a divorce authorized, even if neither spouse was happy.
According to Johnathan Groff, he performed a show with Beyoncé in the audience. She later came backstage and told him she was going to use his walk as the king. The reason he walked like that was to balance the crown and everything which is not super light.
You said you wondered how they got the shots. Hamilton was filmed by Disney 3 separate times. 2 times in front of live audiences and a 3rd time without an audience. They then edited the performance together choosing the audio and best shots. You can see this the most in the song Satisfied. There are flowers on Angelica’s dress that disappear and reappear throughout the song.
@Zipxa_Raya142 his dad and I worried it might be kind of hokey and get old for him. The $10 dollar bill thing. but then Hamilton dropped when he was in Jr high, and it's worked out great for him. So many people instantly smile and start humming or singing when they meet him. Which is a nice way to start off getting to know people.
Eliza's gasp at the end. It has many interpretations, but mine is that this is actually HER story and NOT Alexander's and she is seeing her story being told.
thats interesting. one theory ive seen similar to that one that i think is sweeter is that she gasps because she sees the audience and realizes she fulfilled her goal and her husbands legacy lives on like he always wanted
Aiming a pistol at the sky is called throwing away your shot in a dual. It's basically saying it shouldn't have gone this far and the fight ends here. Many dual ended that way. A lot is accurate to what happened but Angelica and Alexander's relationship was played up all I've read is that they maintained a close friendship.
Wait, was it really called "throwing away your shot?" In the 6 years since I first listened to this, I'm only now learning that, which makes the entire motif of "my shot" so much better. Thank you.
Daveed holds the record for having the most words rapped in one minute, 19. The first time I rapped Guns and Shipped properly, I felt like I was floating on a crossaint.
I've been translating that song to ASL... there's some words that need to be spelled because they either don't have signs (ie: aren't used often enough) or take 3 signs to indicate one word. It's masterful storytelling but it's as much a finger-cracker as it is a tongue twister!
It’s funny that you ask about where Angelica and Eliza are buried. I visited Trinity Church couple years ago to go look at their graves and Eliza is right next to Hamilton and Angelica is way the fuck on the other side of the church property 😂
This is why Miranda's writing is so genius, because, in the end, Hamilton did throw away his shot in the duel and likewise Burr didn't wait for it when he shot him.
There are a lot of things that you picked up on that most people don't in their first watch and I'm really impressed. Like you highlighting the use of the word "unimaginable" in 'It's Quiet Uptown'. The reason for that word choice is that a child who loses their parents has a word (orphan), a parent who loses their spouse has a word (widow) but there is no word for a parent who loses their child because no one ever expects to be burying their child. It's unimaginable
I gotta be honest, at first I was like “how is he going to react to a musical while editing out all the songs?”, but yea you definitely proved how well you can edit. That was perfect! Im definitely going to think twice before questioning your judgment again.
Concerning why Burr always seems to be one step behind Hamilton, part of it is just poetic license for the musical, but Burr did struggle to advance politically. A big part of the problem was that, as the musical suggests, Burr tended to put his own self-interest before the common good, a practice that often put him at odds with the other leading political figures of his time, especially Hamilton, Jefferson, and Madison. The musical also gets it right in that Hamilton chose to throw his substantial support behind Jefferson instead of Burr because even though he and Jefferson were bitter rivals, he believed Jefferson had the country's best interests at heart while he considered Burr to be a self-centered, self-serving opportunist. You asked why Hamilton had so much influence? The Federalist Party pretty much formed around Hamilton as a result of his rivalry with Jefferson when they were both in Washington's Cabinet, making him essentially its founder and one of its most influential figures even with the fallout from his affair.
The Bullet is the first person to die in the play, after that she is like a augur for death and the physical interpretation of a Bullet And she is played by Ariana Debose in the movie
So a little history on one of my faves, The Marquis de Lafayette (America's favorite Fighting frenchman) He was an orphan but still one of the richest men in France (one of the most powerful families) When he was 13 he became a Musketeer (yes. THOSE musketeers.) When he heard about the American Revolution he came running to the US basically begging Congress to allow him to fight the British. He was enamored with the American's fight for liberty. (could also have just a LITTLE to do with his father being killed fighting the English). But turns out he was an excellent general even though he was just a kid (19). When George Washington and Lafayette met it was like love at first sight. (Not in a homosexual way) Lafayette was a 19 year old kid who's father died when he was practically a baby meeting a tall, imposing, famous general (Washington) who was the epitome of elegance and leadership, basically everything Layfayette could have imagined/wanted in a father. Washington had no biological children, and this sharp, courageous, eager kid was everything Washington would have imagined in a perfect son. So they immediately developed a close father-son bond that lasted Washington's lifetime. Lafayette even named his own first son "Georges Washington de La Fayette" so yeah, they were close. During the Revolution, Lafayette used his own money and influence in France to fund help for the Americans. We pretty much wouldn't have won the war without France's help, in large part due to Lafayette. So that's why his name is on more streets, towns, etc, than any other foreign person. Basically I think he was a pretty cool dude. And how amazing is Dayveed Diggs, who plays Lafayette in Act 1 (his rap I think holds the record for most words in a minute, all with a French accent!) And then he (Diggs) undoes his ponytail, puts on a super fly coat to play Jefferson in Act 2. He's got so much swag, in both parts! Love him. I recommend watching at least one more time, with captions, to get all the words and so much more I'm sure you'll catch. In part 1 three of Hamilton's closest friends were Lafayette, Hercules Mulligan, and John Laurens (whose death he reads about near the end of act 1) those same actors became Jefferson, Madison, and Hamilton's son in Act 2. Also Eliza's younger sister "Peggy" became Mrs. Reynolds, the woman Hamilton has an affair with. The reason they have Eliza already dressed in black when she came to her dying son is to signify (without mentioning it) that she had just lost her younger sister Peggy a few months earlier. maybe not just symbology either, back in the day people often were "in mourning" for months, wearing only black, so it's not out of the realm of possibility. Anyway lol.
You know, I knew it, but it still was weird to have someone put in words that Kristoff and King George are played by the same guy. They are complete opposite that's funny.
Some mentioned here but the shooting in the air was an honorable way to end duel challenges as actually participating in duels was illegal. It’s why Hamilton tells his son that his opponent will “follow suit (fire in the air) if he’s truly a man of honor.” As for Burr, through the play you hear Hamilton tell him many times that he should speak up more, but Burr never openly spoke out about his beliefs/position. I believe the two were friendly rivals despite their different views.
You asked what parts were not true.. Well first Angelica did have brothers and she was already married when she met Hamilton. There is no evidence that they were in love with her. 2nd Hamilton’s affair was a set up. She met him at a convention not at his house. 3rd It’s rumored that Hamilton had a sexual relationship with Lauren’s. Hamilton is on the $10.00 bill. King George performances total less than 10 minutes.
Ahhh I'm so glad you finally did this one!! So follow up, Eliza's gasp at the end has been left up to each actress' interpretation, but the 2 main theories are either: 1. Eliza has died and is seeing Alexander again Or 2. That Eliza is seeing the audience and realising that after all her work, Alex's story is finally being told ❤️
The ending where Eliza gasp is a meaning on how many people came to see her and husbands show the song is about telling her story and this is a way of her telling it and she’s shocked how many people were listening
Lin started with a show called "In The Heights", which won him some Tony awards. He also once did the intro song to Hamilton as a work in progress at the White House while Obama was in the office. It's on UA-cam - it's great to watch everyone's reactions.
It took me several times to watch, and listen, to grasp everything in this show, definitely download that whole playlist, and rewatch with subtitles! You’ll see more of the stage work and here a lot more every time.
I remember seeing a historic reenactment at Virginia Beach and Adams was like “damn Hamilton gets a broadway musical raking in millions and all I got was beer from my cousin and a $2 bill.”
I was definitely shaking at my head of some of your history knowledge but we learn. The 2nd act definitely does not hit the same as the 1st act the first few times, but after hearing it over and over it grows on you and you find your favs like "Washington on Your Side, The Reynolds Pamphlet, Your Obedient Servant". The first song that drew me into the whole musical was "Wait for It"
The gasp at the end was her realizing her story is being told!! In the end “Hamilton” was not only about Alexander but more so what Eliza did after his death
31:55 This was really common in duels. It was called "deloping", or "throwing away your shot", hence the wordplay in the songs. Since pistols of the time were quite inaccurate, the point of a duel wasn't typically to kill the other person (though it could be) but rather to restore your own honor by standing bravely in the face of potential death. Deliberately missing was seen as an honorable way to avoid murder, while still satisfying the honor culture requirements by standing still to receive your opponent's shot. Historically, Hamilton left prepared remarks that he intended to reserve his fire - meaning not shoot at all - and his second confirmed that desire. This was more controversial, but followed the same idea. For some perspective, Hamilton was in several duels throughout his life, but never even injured until the fateful Burr duel.
Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal were actually writing and working on Blindspotting while Daveed was doing Hamilton. The girl in the yellow is Jasmine Cephas Jones, she’s in Blindspotting
Bro I would love to hear your take on this production after you watch it a second time and when you have more time to follow the story more closely. I love your first time reactions but I also appreciate when you offer more in-depth critiques. Keep doing your thang brother!
I second this. This whole show is filled with stuff that can be missed. It’s an interpretive show and there’s so much going on. Plus, a lot of the real lyrics/lines are actually quotes from the real people.
Not sure if anyone pointed out, but you had said you didn’t believe that George Washington was fighting in the war but in reality Washington was the general of the American army at the time and that’s part of the reason he was a universal choice as president, because everyone who fought loved him and he is a big reason for the US even existing Edit: also Lafayette was the French military commander that came to America’s aid during the war. He joined up super early and he was a really good leader. He also helped secure French aid to the states and in getting France to send their navy to fight the British
Lin got his start with In The Heights, his first Broadway show, about a Latino neighborhood in New York. He worked on it for years, till he finally got it to Broadway. He starred in it on Broadway, but when they made the movie, they cast Anthony Ramos, who played Laurens and Philip in this production. None of the real people were African American.
at the end, when eliza says she speaks out against slavery, you can see washingtons face turn and step back, he realizes he definitely cannot sing that part because that definitely wasn’t what he did
LMFAO! First of all, loved this reaction. Second of all, I was actually lucky enough to go to see this on Broadway ... I WENT OFF during all of my favorite songs in this. Stood up clapping yelling etc. However I also bawled my eyes out during Burn, It's Quiet Uptown & Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story One of my favorite plays ❤️
The song is "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. That's that song you were trying to remember when Jefferson said "Such a blunder sometimes I wonder why I bring the thunder".
Thank you, Paul! I had to pause the video at that point and look through the comments, hoping to find the answer, because I recognized the song he was referencing, but couldn't remember it.
Angelica and Alex, from what we know, never had any sort of relations. They were a bit flirty and bickered but I think that was just their personalities tbh. Alex respected her and most of their letters were similar to letter you'd send a business partner tbh, like he would ask advice or her opinion on things because she was very intelligent. From what I've seen most who met both of them said they were quite similar in terms of personality actually. Alex did cheat on Eliza tho and Eliza quite literally took herself out of the narrative, there isn't much on how she reacted or what she said about what Alex did so Lin made "First Burn" but then it became the version it is now just "Burn" which I believe fits her well (even tho I love First burn!)
Les Miserable is my favorite musical. I have a daughter named after one of the characters if that tells you anything. BUT, halfway through Hamilton the first viewing I text my daughter to tell her this was giving less Miz a run for the money. The kids and I saw Hamilton on Broadway this spring. It is even better live. That Tommy Wissuau comment made me lol.
"It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from going under." That song is The Message by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Love that song.
alexander told philip to fire his weapon in the air because back in the day duels were about having the stones to show up. most duels never ended in death. but philip's opponent fired on him anyway, which was dishonorable.
When Hamilton meets his buddies in the bar at the beginning, the change of pace was done to show off Hamilton's intellect. Everyone else was old school and very deliberate in their pacing, but when Hamilton starts he sets a higher tempo. It impresses his new friends and the audience. Then later when Lafayette goes so much quicker when addressing Washington, it is to show his brilliance, specifically in war.
One of Burr's first songs is "Wait for It," which explains his whole character. He steps back and waits for things to play out instead of jumping in head first, like Hamilton. Burr moves around the stage in arcs while Hamilton's moves are straight lines. In a note of where he ended up after the musical, Burr also committed treason and tried to create his own country out of land he took from Mexico. "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story" runs through the whole musical. Burr lives, Hamilton dies, and ultimately it's Eliza who tells the story. If you watch it again, definitely put on subtitles so you don't miss lyrics.
Alexander Hamilton: First Secretary of the Treasury. Established a National Bank to give the US the credit it needed to prosper. Founded the US Coast Guard. Semper Paratus, all you Coasties. Founded the New York Post.
So busy listening to the songs you have no idea what the story is? That... Is probably the most paradoxical thing I have ever heard. It's a musical. Listening to the songs should tell you the story perfectly fine, especially with one like Hamilton where it's ALL song. I don't know if I should laugh at that or not. It sounds like a joke, but it also sounds like a serious problem that ought to be looked into, lol.
So fun fact Johnathan Groff had to walk that slow because his crown was extremely heavy but it helped add more character to his role so it worked out!!
If it makes you feel any better, as a child I would rewatch Fantasia so often that I began putting one of those bean bag pillows on my head and squishing it down so I could dance with the little mushroom characters with my little mushroom cap 😂
Fun fact:so as u know eliza was wearing black when she got to her son but u said why.So the reason why she is wearing black is bc she came back from Peggy's funeral
Fun fact part 2:eliza gasped bc at the end she said"who will tell my story."and lin/the guy who played alexander was playing as lin and lin told her story and she gasp of happiness
Gotta say Mello, that story about you putting a belt in your pants to pretend you were one of the "Cats" is so freaking adorable XD......also I may or may not have done the same damn thing when watching Cats on vhs....while attempting to dance.
I highly recommend The Greatest Showman. The story itself is highly fictionalized of the real person The movie makes him seem like a good guy but in reality he was trash but it has some of the best music I’ve ever heard in a musical movie. Also in real life Hamilton was in a number of duels and the trick of aiming the pistol at the sky worked for all but the one to my knowledge.
You said Peggy, the sister wearing yellow looked familiar to you. She was in The Blind Spot with Daveed Diggs (Lafayette and Jefferson). Her name is Jasmine Cephas-Jones.
The Reynolds Pamphlet was a real thing, he published it to thoroughly explain his affair thus proving his innocence about stealing from the colonies. He figured he's going to expose himself before James Reynold's did. I remember when I first heard about it, then saw Lin's episode of Drunk History, I was like ''so it never occured to him that Maria and James were in cahoots to get money from him since he WAS the secretary of the treasury?'' Also it was more like a novel lenght not a pamplet
Omg I literally watched that Cats DVD and memorized the dances. I was a dancer and we did some dances to Memory so I had the leotard cat costume and tail! I tried so hard to master Victoria’s solo but never could! You’re not alone lol!
Hamilton is my favorite musical, and I’ve never been able to pick a favorite, because they’re are so many that just blow me away! I’d say My Shot, Helpless, Satisfied, NonStop, The Cabinet Battles, King George songs, Room Where it Happens, Burn, I mean all of them really.
Yes I’ve heard all of the deleted songs. First Burn is amazing, so is Congratulations. I do like the original better, but I’d say it’s at least top 10, bc that song is just so powerful, remix and all!
Lin Manuel Miranda composed In The Heights while still in college. Somehow In The Heights got an off-broadway show. Unfortunately, In The Heights was not as popular as Hamilton. Lin-manuela second musical was Hamilton and it just came an overnight sensation with sold out performances and tickets having a face value of $500+ with 3rd party tickets selling to over a grand. Shortly after the success of Hamilton, Disney hired him to write songs. His lesser known musical In The Heights gained a slight bit of momentum by getting a movie musical version that came out last year, 2021. However, it's still not as popular as Hanilton. However. In The Heights still is performed live at many community and regional theatres because of its high diversity and its focus on the Latino community (as well as black/Puertorican ). Even High Schools sometimes perform it. As for junior versions of Hamilton, I'm not sure if Schools are allowed to perform it legally yet as it may only be performed professionally. But give a few more years and junior versions may be performed. But yes, Lin Manuel's success started by writing In The Heights while still on college. And the rest is history.
During Eliza's end song, she mentions the Washington Monument and George backs away, nodding his head in shame, this was the actor's way of acknowledging Washington's involvement in slavery (as far as I know), that's how it looks to me anyway.
My sister used to watch that Cats musical constantly as a kid too. No judgements here from the Musical Nerds crowd! Lin Manuel Miranda's first musical is called In the Heights, and they made a movie of that one that came out last year, and is totally worth the watch. Also totally worth watching with subtitles on because of how fast the lyrics go by, and the fact that some of it is in Spanish
It's vaguely hinted at in the lyrics, but the main reason why America didn't help with the French Revolution is because their alliance was actually with the French king. King Louis XVI gave military and financial support to the Americans during the Revolutionary War (mostly as a way to weaken the British). Unfortunately for Louis, a lot of French troops took those revolutionary ideas home, and then they overthrew and executed him. So the new American government had an alliance with the dead king, but not with the revolutionary forces that opposed him.
Exactly plus like Washington said in the play “it’s a little disquieting” meaning I think he thought the Americans would get the same guillotine ideas about the bourgeoisie, I mean the peasants really did try to kill *everyone* and I’m sure it did get scary, I mean they even tried to kill Lafayette so he was *not* fine as Hamilton guessed lol
@@V_4_Versace Yep. The French Revolution was a bloodbath, and not just for the aristocracy. Whichever side you picked, they could be the next ones on the chopping block.
29:15 So deloping (=firing your weapon on the air was a very common dueling tactic. Both shoot in the air, the matter is resolved, everyone's honour is intact) But there is another layer to Hamilton advising Phillip to take that route "to take someone's life, that is something that you can't shake" Phillip is, in the musical, roughly the age Alexander was when he became a soldier. Alexander knows, intimately, what it's like to kill someone and he wants to protect his son from that experience.
During the Revolution "America" didn't have the money to pay the troops so they paid them in 'script'. Basically IOUs promising them to pay later. After the war and Congress was formed they delayed the payment. Years went by and the veterans were desperate for their pay. Hamilton and his cronies held back those payments while they went around and bought up script at 1/10th it's face value. Once they had accumulated 'enough' they then used their political power in Congress to pay for the script. Hamilton is known as the founder of the American Banking System. Burr should have come along sooner.
Actually he did speak up against slavery a lot in his lifetime. He was very anti-slave. What they didn't mention in the play was that charter he was put in charge of back home was a slave charter. So he saw how brutal it was and that made him an abolitionist. And he convinced Eliza to be one too. It's one of the reasons he and Laurens got along so well, because they were both abolitionists in a country that really wasn't.
I have a few favorites when it comes to Hamilton like My Shot, You'll Be Back, Helpless, Satisfied, What'd I Miss, and Washington on your Side. I think the story is wild but they olayed it well. And to answer your earlier question: i think its possible to love 2 people at the same time but its different kinds of loves. Me personally, I cannot and will not do two at one time. I'm not built that way. I'm glad to see you watched the play. I was enamored my first time watching it.
Also about the costumes, Lin chose to to dress in the time period from the neck down, but have everything neck up modern. That’s why there are none of those traditional wigs or the specific makeup
Fun fact: the man who played the king voiced kristoff in frozen(idk how to spell his Another fun fact: firing your gun in the air meant you never wanted to be there in the first place. You just wanted to end the war you were in with that person. Aiming towards the sky meant you never wanted to agree to the duel. And yes, there were ten rules to the duel, number ten being count from one to ten and then fire at the oppressor.
Spring Awakening(2007) is probably my favorite contemporary musical. Based on a German play from the late 1800s that was banned for its subject matter. The sets, costume and dialogue are all from that time period, but all the music is contemporary rock/pop rock and when they sing they have handheld mics. It was done this way to show how little has changed with how certain things are handled for teenagers and young adults growing up. It has Jonathan Groff-Mad King George in Hamilton-as well as a TON of other now successful movie/tv/theatre actors. Funny Girl is probably my favorite classic musical because….Barbra.
Apparently the ending is for your own interpretation of what that gasp of breath was for. Some say it’s because she saw Hamiltons face when she passed away and others say it’s because she realises this story is her family’s story being Hamilton rather than Alexander Hamilton.
Based on what my history teacher taught my class Angelica fell in love with Alexander's brain/intelligence. She thought he was handsome and they like each other bc they challenged one another intellectually. Angelica, Alexander and Eliza were all buried next to each other.
Also the song you’re thinking of at 21:47 is the message by grandmaster flash. There’s a TON of hip hop references, homages, call backs, etc in the play. Especially from New York, since that’s where LMM is from. You should check out the UA-cam videos that show the hip hop influences on Hamilton.
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Mell: "Well, I can't wait for them to tell us why you shot him."
Me: "That, my dude, is the ENTIRE SHOW."
Alternatively, spend five minutes with Alexander Hamilton and you can guess why someone might want to shoot him. XD
"Is this about the declaration of independence or something?"
Always makes me wonder do they not teach history in school?
@@FabulousFemFiendas someone in American history, they quite literally do but this dude must have been sleeping through class.
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Okay, follow up.
- None of these characters were POC, in reality. But Hamilton was a poor immigrant of Scottish heritage who grew up in the Caribbean, so that made him a kind of outsider vs a lot of the others who were born in the colonies and whose families came from England.
- Really, men having affairs back then wasn't considered *that* big of a deal in comparison to what he was actually accused of (basically cheating the stock market, embezzlement, etc). It more humiliated his wife and his mistress than brought any real shame to him. Just was considered rather callous and ridiculous of him to drag his dirty laundry out into public. But it did clear his name of the legal accusations.
- He never had any romantic connections to Angelica, but they were close and wrote to each other often.
- Hamilton actually had like 8 kids
- Pretty much all the founding fathers fought in the revolutionary war in some capacity save for the older chaps like Franklin, or Thomas Jefferson who was off in France. George Washington was a general and led battles, etc.
- King George III was batshit. The drool is partially from singing technique and also a partial nod to his foaming at the mouth
- Lafayette is the reason we have a bunch of streets and counties and towns and such named Lafayette. He fought in the revolution with us, and is one of the few people historically who could ever get George Washington to smile.
- The reason Eliza is in black when she goes in to Philip's death scene is because she also just lost Peggy
Just to add a bit more to this, Jefferson did participate indirectly in the war as well before heading to France as ambassador. He was a colonel in the Albemarle County Militia when the war began and became the commander-in-chief of the Virginia militia when elected governor of Virginia in 1779. While he did not fight in any battles as a soldier, he did actively participate in recruiting soldiers to reinforce the Continental Army before taking his post in France in 1784. While not having a military rank or experience, John Adams likewise assisted in building up the Continental Army before heading off to his own overseas diplomatic missions. However, as far as I know Washington and Hamilton were the only two of the "classic" Founding Fathers that participated directly in the fighting.
Some more follow-up trivia to this:
- After the death of Philip, Hamiltons (oldest?) daughter lost her mind and died not long after, as she was very close to Philip
- George Washington had slaves as well, and it was LaFayette who talked to him about the immorality of enslaving another human like that, causing Washington to change his mind on it.
- That said, Washington and LaFayette were incredibly close, almost to a father-son level.
- The Duel between Philip and George Eacker (sp?) didn't go like this at all. During the duel neither man was willing to fire at the other, and according to witnesses almost a minute passed before they raised their pistols towards one another, when Philip was shot down. Eacker and Hamilton had a strained but professional relationship after this, but Hamilton did not bear him a grudge, or not enought to cut ties with him or challenge him.
- Hercules Mulligan wasn't solely responsible for smuggling the British plans. He had a personal slave/assistant who'se name is lost in history, that he used to smuggle the info out. That slave in turn passed on the information to Washington's men.
(edit) one last bit, the actress who plays Angelica (the elder sister), according to the other members, she is the only person who NEVER flubbed a line, not ever, during any of the recordings or performances
@@michelvanderlinden8363 the Hamilton’s oldest daughter, Angelica (obviously named after her Aunt) died in 1857, not shortly after Phillip died. She did suffer a complete mental break after Phillip’s death, causing her to be cared for by her mother and then later by a Dr. McDonald. She lived until the age of 72, out living her very long lived mother by 3 years.
@@nobodyimportant1337 huh, guess the site I read was wrong about that then. I was under the impression she had her full breakdown and died not long after (but after Alexander). Merci for the correction
@@michelvanderlinden8363 no worries! They had a lot of kids and there is confusion on many different sites. I did a ton of research into the women of early American history a long, long time ago and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton was one of my favorites because of the influence she had during and after Alexander’s death. The women in that time period are extremely interesting and were very influential during the Revolution and in the shaping of the country. Eliza, Angelica, Abigail Adams, Dolly Madison, Martha Washington and so many others have very interesting stories to tell!!
The actress who plays Eliza says the gasp at the end had different motives behind it each night (depending on what she was feeling). Sometimes the gasp was Eliza dying at the age of 97 and Alexander showing her the glory of heaven and God and all the angels, which makes a lot of sense given the lyrics leading up to it. Other times it was Lin Manuel Miranda breaking the fourth wall and showing Eliza Hamilton the audience - that her story was indeed told and all her efforts to preserve Alexander's legacy weren't in vain.
The actress who plays Eliza is called Philelpa soo
@@aussi-meows7777 Philippa Soo, you mean?
Oh DEFINITELY rewatch with subtitles on 🤣 This is legit the Broadway show with the most words crammed into it in history.
Imma rewatch this show,I haven't seen it in awhile
@@jebVlogs556 I watch it once like every other day
In history about history
Yeah in guns&ships that dude is rapin 6 words pre sec
Omg its so satisfying to sing along to the whole thing too
Apparently Lin Manuel Miranda wanted everyone's appearance from the neck up to be modern and from the neck down to be period accurate. That's why we get Hercules Mulligan wearing a beanie, Lafayette's, Hamilton's, and John's hair in a ponytail and Maria wearing bright red lipstick. It's one of the things they did to really get across that this musical is the story of America then being told by America today
I read somewhere that oak was wearing a beenie cause he was cold
The Frozen clip you cut to a lot, Kristoff: "I'm gonna tell him," is voiced by the actor playing King George III in this play.
I totally forgot that! So cool.
"Why you gotta mess with a married woman, bro. I hate when people do that."
To be fair, back then there were a lot of arranged marriages, and it was REALLY hard to get a divorce authorized, even if neither spouse was happy.
According to Johnathan Groff, he performed a show with Beyoncé in the audience. She later came backstage and told him she was going to use his walk as the king. The reason he walked like that was to balance the crown and everything which is not super light.
it was heavy *and* early on in the show it was broken af, and if he moved wrong it would just fall apart.
You said you wondered how they got the shots.
Hamilton was filmed by Disney 3 separate times. 2 times in front of live audiences and a 3rd time without an audience. They then edited the performance together choosing the audio and best shots.
You can see this the most in the song Satisfied. There are flowers on Angelica’s dress that disappear and reappear throughout the song.
"I ain't never heard of him". You ever check a $10 bill?
My son's name is Alexander Hamilton. I used to always say, like the $10 bill when making appointments. Now he/we say like the musical.
@@theConquerersMama WAIT REALL THAT'S SO COOL
@Zipxa_Raya142 his dad and I worried it might be kind of hokey and get old for him. The $10 dollar bill thing. but then Hamilton dropped when he was in Jr high, and it's worked out great for him.
So many people instantly smile and start humming or singing when they meet him. Which is a nice way to start off getting to know people.
Eliza's gasp at the end. It has many interpretations, but mine is that this is actually HER story and NOT Alexander's and she is seeing her story being told.
thats interesting. one theory ive seen similar to that one that i think is sweeter is that she gasps because she sees the audience and realizes she fulfilled her goal and her husbands legacy lives on like he always wanted
@@LaBloop She sings towards the end "Wil they tell MY story" Not "his" story, but ELIZA'S story.
Another interpretation is her passing into the afterlife and reuniting with Alexander.
Lin Miranda has long since debunked this theory, but he admits it's a pleasant one nonetheless.
@@PHSDM104 Except Alexander already held her hand.
“Thomas Jefferson’s coming home”
Mell: I don’t know who that is
😂😂
Aiming a pistol at the sky is called throwing away your shot in a dual. It's basically saying it shouldn't have gone this far and the fight ends here. Many dual ended that way. A lot is accurate to what happened but Angelica and Alexander's relationship was played up all I've read is that they maintained a close friendship.
Wait, was it really called "throwing away your shot?" In the 6 years since I first listened to this, I'm only now learning that, which makes the entire motif of "my shot" so much better. Thank you.
@@DementisXYZit's called a delope if I'm not mistaken
Daveed holds the record for having the most words rapped in one minute, 19. The first time I rapped Guns and Shipped properly, I felt like I was floating on a crossaint.
just to clarify, that record is for broadway shows, not rap in general, it was with 6.3 words per second
I've been translating that song to ASL... there's some words that need to be spelled because they either don't have signs (ie: aren't used often enough) or take 3 signs to indicate one word. It's masterful storytelling but it's as much a finger-cracker as it is a tongue twister!
It’s funny that you ask about where Angelica and Eliza are buried. I visited Trinity Church couple years ago to go look at their graves and Eliza is right next to Hamilton and Angelica is way the fuck on the other side of the church property 😂
Damn they did my girl DIRTY
Well, Eliza did say near… XD
@@Miscellaneous_Minx that was my thought exactly 😂
4:55 Hamilton wasn’t originally Disney-related at all, it’s just so they could put the live show on Disney+
This is why Miranda's writing is so genius, because, in the end, Hamilton did throw away his shot in the duel and likewise Burr didn't wait for it when he shot him.
There are a lot of things that you picked up on that most people don't in their first watch and I'm really impressed. Like you highlighting the use of the word "unimaginable" in 'It's Quiet Uptown'. The reason for that word choice is that a child who loses their parents has a word (orphan), a parent who loses their spouse has a word (widow) but there is no word for a parent who loses their child because no one ever expects to be burying their child. It's unimaginable
I gotta be honest, at first I was like “how is he going to react to a musical while editing out all the songs?”, but yea you definitely proved how well you can edit. That was perfect! Im definitely going to think twice before questioning your judgment again.
Concerning why Burr always seems to be one step behind Hamilton, part of it is just poetic license for the musical, but Burr did struggle to advance politically. A big part of the problem was that, as the musical suggests, Burr tended to put his own self-interest before the common good, a practice that often put him at odds with the other leading political figures of his time, especially Hamilton, Jefferson, and Madison. The musical also gets it right in that Hamilton chose to throw his substantial support behind Jefferson instead of Burr because even though he and Jefferson were bitter rivals, he believed Jefferson had the country's best interests at heart while he considered Burr to be a self-centered, self-serving opportunist. You asked why Hamilton had so much influence? The Federalist Party pretty much formed around Hamilton as a result of his rivalry with Jefferson when they were both in Washington's Cabinet, making him essentially its founder and one of its most influential figures even with the fallout from his affair.
The Bullet is the first person to die in the play, after that she is like a augur for death and the physical interpretation of a Bullet
And she is played by Ariana Debose in the movie
"Would he have spoken out against slavery?"
Act 1 Hamilton: "we'll never be free until we end slavery!"
😂😂😂
So a little history on one of my faves, The Marquis de Lafayette (America's favorite Fighting frenchman)
He was an orphan but still one of the richest men in France (one of the most powerful families) When he was 13 he became a Musketeer (yes. THOSE musketeers.)
When he heard about the American Revolution he came running to the US basically begging Congress to allow him to fight the British. He was enamored with the American's fight for liberty. (could also have just a LITTLE to do with his father being killed fighting the English). But turns out he was an excellent general even though he was just a kid (19).
When George Washington and Lafayette met it was like love at first sight. (Not in a homosexual way) Lafayette was a 19 year old kid who's father died when he was practically a baby meeting a tall, imposing, famous general (Washington) who was the epitome of elegance and leadership, basically everything Layfayette could have imagined/wanted in a father. Washington had no biological children, and this sharp, courageous, eager kid was everything Washington would have imagined in a perfect son. So they immediately developed a close father-son bond that lasted Washington's lifetime. Lafayette even named his own first son "Georges Washington de La Fayette" so yeah, they were close.
During the Revolution, Lafayette used his own money and influence in France to fund help for the Americans. We pretty much wouldn't have won the war without France's help, in large part due to Lafayette. So that's why his name is on more streets, towns, etc, than any other foreign person. Basically I think he was a pretty cool dude.
And how amazing is Dayveed Diggs, who plays Lafayette in Act 1 (his rap I think holds the record for most words in a minute, all with a French accent!) And then he (Diggs) undoes his ponytail, puts on a super fly coat to play Jefferson in Act 2. He's got so much swag, in both parts! Love him.
I recommend watching at least one more time, with captions, to get all the words and so much more I'm sure you'll catch.
In part 1 three of Hamilton's closest friends were Lafayette, Hercules Mulligan, and John Laurens (whose death he reads about near the end of act 1) those same actors became Jefferson, Madison, and Hamilton's son in Act 2. Also Eliza's younger sister "Peggy" became Mrs. Reynolds, the woman Hamilton has an affair with.
The reason they have Eliza already dressed in black when she came to her dying son is to signify (without mentioning it) that she had just lost her younger sister Peggy a few months earlier. maybe not just symbology either, back in the day people often were "in mourning" for months, wearing only black, so it's not out of the realm of possibility. Anyway lol.
Fun side note, the theatre on Broadway where Hamilton played? The cross-street was Lafayette.
my first thought was "holy shit he was their polnareff" lmao what an awesome dude
Fun fact: the actor playing King George was also the voice of Kristoff in Frozen.
You know, I knew it, but it still was weird to have someone put in words that Kristoff and King George are played by the same guy. They are complete opposite that's funny.
He was also in Glee
SO THAT'S WHY IT SOUNDS FAMILIAR-
Some mentioned here but the shooting in the air was an honorable way to end duel challenges as actually participating in duels was illegal. It’s why Hamilton tells his son that his opponent will “follow suit (fire in the air) if he’s truly a man of honor.”
As for Burr, through the play you hear Hamilton tell him many times that he should speak up more, but Burr never openly spoke out about his beliefs/position. I believe the two were friendly rivals despite their different views.
You asked what parts were not true.. Well first Angelica did have brothers and she was already married when she met Hamilton. There is no evidence that they were in love with her. 2nd Hamilton’s affair was a set up. She met him at a convention not at his house. 3rd It’s rumored that Hamilton had a sexual relationship with Lauren’s. Hamilton is on the $10.00 bill. King George performances total less than 10 minutes.
Ahhh I'm so glad you finally did this one!!
So follow up, Eliza's gasp at the end has been left up to each actress' interpretation, but the 2 main theories are either:
1. Eliza has died and is seeing Alexander again
Or
2. That Eliza is seeing the audience and realising that after all her work, Alex's story is finally being told ❤️
The ending where Eliza gasp is a meaning on how many people came to see her and husbands show the song is about telling her story and this is a way of her telling it and she’s shocked how many people were listening
Lin started with a show called "In The Heights", which won him some Tony awards.
He also once did the intro song to Hamilton as a work in progress at the White House while Obama was in the office. It's on UA-cam - it's great to watch everyone's reactions.
It took me several times to watch, and listen, to grasp everything in this show, definitely download that whole playlist, and rewatch with subtitles! You’ll see more of the stage work and here a lot more every time.
I remember seeing a historic reenactment at Virginia Beach and Adams was like “damn Hamilton gets a broadway musical raking in millions and all I got was beer from my cousin and a $2 bill.”
Dude, 90% of the questions you asked throughout the duration of the show could've been answered had you just enabled subtitles and read along lol
I was definitely shaking at my head of some of your history knowledge but we learn. The 2nd act definitely does not hit the same as the 1st act the first few times, but after hearing it over and over it grows on you and you find your favs like "Washington on Your Side, The Reynolds Pamphlet, Your Obedient Servant". The first song that drew me into the whole musical was "Wait for It"
*Talks during every song* Mell - "I have no idea what's going on."
My 10 yo daughter's favorite character in Hamilton was King George. She would always laugh with his performance.
I’m obsessed with King George in this play! What can I say, I’m attracted to sociopaths 🤣
@@brigettekorenek8135 you should read mistborn. you would fit right along with the kelsier simps
“The women get the best songs” Facts 💅🏼
I love how you recognized Daveed but not Jasmine from Blindspotting
The gasp at the end was her realizing her story is being told!! In the end “Hamilton” was not only about Alexander but more so what Eliza did after his death
31:55 This was really common in duels. It was called "deloping", or "throwing away your shot", hence the wordplay in the songs. Since pistols of the time were quite inaccurate, the point of a duel wasn't typically to kill the other person (though it could be) but rather to restore your own honor by standing bravely in the face of potential death. Deliberately missing was seen as an honorable way to avoid murder, while still satisfying the honor culture requirements by standing still to receive your opponent's shot.
Historically, Hamilton left prepared remarks that he intended to reserve his fire - meaning not shoot at all - and his second confirmed that desire. This was more controversial, but followed the same idea. For some perspective, Hamilton was in several duels throughout his life, but never even injured until the fateful Burr duel.
I've never seen anyone watch Hamilton and miss the whole premise so badly.
Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal were actually writing and working on Blindspotting while Daveed was doing Hamilton.
The girl in the yellow is Jasmine Cephas Jones, she’s in Blindspotting
Bro I would love to hear your take on this production after you watch it a second time and when you have more time to follow the story more closely. I love your first time reactions but I also appreciate when you offer more in-depth critiques. Keep doing your thang brother!
I hear you
I second this. This whole show is filled with stuff that can be missed. It’s an interpretive show and there’s so much going on. Plus, a lot of the real lyrics/lines are actually quotes from the real people.
Not sure if anyone pointed out, but you had said you didn’t believe that George Washington was fighting in the war but in reality Washington was the general of the American army at the time and that’s part of the reason he was a universal choice as president, because everyone who fought loved him and he is a big reason for the US even existing
Edit: also Lafayette was the French military commander that came to America’s aid during the war. He joined up super early and he was a really good leader. He also helped secure French aid to the states and in getting France to send their navy to fight the British
Lin got his start with In The Heights, his first Broadway show, about a Latino neighborhood in New York. He worked on it for years, till he finally got it to Broadway. He starred in it on Broadway, but when they made the movie, they cast Anthony Ramos, who played Laurens and Philip in this production.
None of the real people were African American.
It’s not Disney. It was just recorded by them. Disney had nothing to do with it.
For real! 😂 looks like he also slept through every history class during school too lol.
at the end, when eliza says she speaks out against slavery, you can see washingtons face turn and step back, he realizes he definitely cannot sing that part because that definitely wasn’t what he did
Alexander Hamilton is in the $10 bill. While never a president, he was up there. You've seen/heard of him more often than you know.
LMFAO!
First of all, loved this reaction.
Second of all, I was actually lucky enough to go to see this on Broadway ... I WENT OFF during all of my favorite songs in this. Stood up clapping yelling etc. However I also bawled my eyes out during Burn, It's Quiet Uptown & Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story
One of my favorite plays ❤️
The song is "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. That's that song you were trying to remember when Jefferson said "Such a blunder sometimes I wonder why I bring the thunder".
Me knowing a Furious Five member goes by Melle Mel😆
@@aj71169 Melle Mel is one of the greats. Example: Beat Street Breakdown
@@paulwagner688 I really hope MellVerse sees this. Even that name tied in provides a perfect rap double entendre.
Thank you, Paul! I had to pause the video at that point and look through the comments, hoping to find the answer, because I recognized the song he was referencing, but couldn't remember it.
Angelica and Alex, from what we know, never had any sort of relations. They were a bit flirty and bickered but I think that was just their personalities tbh. Alex respected her and most of their letters were similar to letter you'd send a business partner tbh, like he would ask advice or her opinion on things because she was very intelligent. From what I've seen most who met both of them said they were quite similar in terms of personality actually. Alex did cheat on Eliza tho and Eliza quite literally took herself out of the narrative, there isn't much on how she reacted or what she said about what Alex did so Lin made "First Burn" but then it became the version it is now just "Burn" which I believe fits her well (even tho I love First burn!)
The end was Eliza’s reaction to Lin showing the impacted she had in America
Les Miserable is my favorite musical. I have a daughter named after one of the characters if that tells you anything. BUT, halfway through Hamilton the first viewing I text my daughter to tell her this was giving less Miz a run for the money. The kids and I saw Hamilton on Broadway this spring. It is even better live.
That Tommy Wissuau comment made me lol.
As a history teacher I just cry at some of the reactions. Who do you think is on the $10 bill?
Don't care, I either save it or spend it. But I appreciate you eo much for bringing in more education to the world! You're an amazing person.
@@HelloMellowXVI the first some literally says “the 10 dollar, founding father without a father “😩
Hamilton starts reading from the farewell address, then he gradually fades as Washington takes the scene. Beautifully written
"It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from going under." That song is The Message by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Love that song.
alexander told philip to fire his weapon in the air because back in the day duels were about having the stones to show up. most duels never ended in death. but philip's opponent fired on him anyway, which was dishonorable.
When Hamilton meets his buddies in the bar at the beginning, the change of pace was done to show off Hamilton's intellect. Everyone else was old school and very deliberate in their pacing, but when Hamilton starts he sets a higher tempo. It impresses his new friends and the audience.
Then later when Lafayette goes so much quicker when addressing Washington, it is to show his brilliance, specifically in war.
One of Burr's first songs is "Wait for It," which explains his whole character. He steps back and waits for things to play out instead of jumping in head first, like Hamilton. Burr moves around the stage in arcs while Hamilton's moves are straight lines. In a note of where he ended up after the musical, Burr also committed treason and tried to create his own country out of land he took from Mexico.
"Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story" runs through the whole musical. Burr lives, Hamilton dies, and ultimately it's Eliza who tells the story.
If you watch it again, definitely put on subtitles so you don't miss lyrics.
‘Banks? Might not have put yourself in enough’ literally on a bill 😂
Alexander Hamilton: First Secretary of the Treasury. Established a National Bank to give the US the credit it needed to prosper. Founded the US Coast Guard. Semper Paratus, all you Coasties. Founded the New York Post.
Guns and ships is one of the best songs. Look at the song again with lyrics. It's amazing.
So busy listening to the songs you have no idea what the story is?
That... Is probably the most paradoxical thing I have ever heard. It's a musical. Listening to the songs should tell you the story perfectly fine, especially with one like Hamilton where it's ALL song. I don't know if I should laugh at that or not. It sounds like a joke, but it also sounds like a serious problem that ought to be looked into, lol.
Alexander Hamilton and Eliza had 8 children, they even named one of their younger sons Phillip after their oldest son who got killed in the duel.
So fun fact Johnathan Groff had to walk that slow because his crown was extremely heavy but it helped add more character to his role so it worked out!!
If it makes you feel any better, as a child I would rewatch Fantasia so often that I began putting one of those bean bag pillows on my head and squishing it down so I could dance with the little mushroom characters with my little mushroom cap 😂
The music: Thomas Jefferson's coming home
Mello: wait who's this
"idk who that is"
That's Daveed Diggs, he plays Jefferson and Lafayette 😭😭
Fun fact:so as u know eliza was wearing black when she got to her son but u said why.So the reason why she is wearing black is bc she came back from Peggy's funeral
Fun fact part 2:eliza gasped bc at the end she said"who will tell my story."and lin/the guy who played alexander was playing as lin and lin told her story and she gasp of happiness
Gotta say Mello, that story about you putting a belt in your pants to pretend you were one of the "Cats" is so freaking adorable XD......also I may or may not have done the same damn thing when watching Cats on vhs....while attempting to dance.
I highly recommend The Greatest Showman. The story itself is highly fictionalized of the real person The movie makes him seem like a good guy but in reality he was trash but it has some of the best music I’ve ever heard in a musical movie. Also in real life Hamilton was in a number of duels and the trick of aiming the pistol at the sky worked for all but the one to my knowledge.
I love a lot of musicals. Come From Away has a special place in my heart, funny, heartwarming, sad, uplifting, and true.
Cast: Thomas Jeffersons coming homeeeeee
Mell: Who is that
😭😭 hilarious
You said Peggy, the sister wearing yellow looked familiar to you. She was in The Blind Spot with Daveed Diggs (Lafayette and Jefferson). Her name is Jasmine Cephas-Jones.
The Reynolds Pamphlet was a real thing, he published it to thoroughly explain his affair thus proving his innocence about stealing from the colonies. He figured he's going to expose himself before James Reynold's did. I remember when I first heard about it, then saw Lin's episode of Drunk History, I was like ''so it never occured to him that Maria and James were in cahoots to get money from him since he WAS the secretary of the treasury?'' Also it was more like a novel lenght not a pamplet
That anecdote about watching Cats was the most wholesome thing I’ve ever seen 😍😍😍
Omg I literally watched that Cats DVD and memorized the dances. I was a dancer and we did some dances to Memory so I had the leotard cat costume and tail! I tried so hard to master Victoria’s solo but never could! You’re not alone lol!
Trying to master Victoria's solo as a kid with zero balletic training, I'm lucky I didn't injure myself other than some pulled muscles lol
Hamilton is my favorite musical, and I’ve never been able to pick a favorite, because they’re are so many that just blow me away! I’d say My Shot, Helpless, Satisfied, NonStop, The Cabinet Battles, King George songs, Room Where it Happens, Burn, I mean all of them really.
I assume you've heard "first burn" with all the Eliza's exept maybe phillipa? if so where would that rank. personally it's in my top 5 for sure
Yes I’ve heard all of the deleted songs. First Burn is amazing, so is Congratulations. I do like the original better, but I’d say it’s at least top 10, bc that song is just so powerful, remix and all!
@@stephaniehundley6792 fair enough, it's not easy to rank hamilton songs haha when they're this good 😅
I don't know who this guy is..... (as they sing) "Thomas Jefferson coming hoommeeeeee 🎶 🎵 " lmao
You definitely shouldn't feel embarrassed about your cats obsession. That production was 🔥
Lin Manuel Miranda composed In The Heights while still in college. Somehow In The Heights got an off-broadway show. Unfortunately, In The Heights was not as popular as Hamilton.
Lin-manuela second musical was Hamilton and it just came an overnight sensation with sold out performances and tickets having a face value of $500+ with 3rd party tickets selling to over a grand.
Shortly after the success of Hamilton, Disney hired him to write songs.
His lesser known musical In The Heights gained a slight bit of momentum by getting a movie musical version that came out last year, 2021. However, it's still not as popular as Hanilton.
However. In The Heights still is performed live at many community and regional theatres because of its high diversity and its focus on the Latino community (as well as black/Puertorican ). Even High Schools sometimes perform it.
As for junior versions of Hamilton, I'm not sure if Schools are allowed to perform it legally yet as it may only be performed professionally. But give a few more years and junior versions may be performed.
But yes, Lin Manuel's success started by writing In The Heights while still on college. And the rest is history.
During Eliza's end song, she mentions the Washington Monument and George backs away, nodding his head in shame, this was the actor's way of acknowledging Washington's involvement in slavery (as far as I know), that's how it looks to me anyway.
mf didnt realize the FRENCH GUY who was CLEARLY daveed diggs, was lafayette 🙏🙏💀💀
My sister used to watch that Cats musical constantly as a kid too. No judgements here from the Musical Nerds crowd! Lin Manuel Miranda's first musical is called In the Heights, and they made a movie of that one that came out last year, and is totally worth the watch. Also totally worth watching with subtitles on because of how fast the lyrics go by, and the fact that some of it is in Spanish
Mell, I love you and your vids man. But this plus schindler's list... please, for the love of god, pick up a history book xD
It's vaguely hinted at in the lyrics, but the main reason why America didn't help with the French Revolution is because their alliance was actually with the French king. King Louis XVI gave military and financial support to the Americans during the Revolutionary War (mostly as a way to weaken the British). Unfortunately for Louis, a lot of French troops took those revolutionary ideas home, and then they overthrew and executed him. So the new American government had an alliance with the dead king, but not with the revolutionary forces that opposed him.
Exactly plus like Washington said in the play “it’s a little disquieting” meaning I think he thought the Americans would get the same guillotine ideas about the bourgeoisie, I mean the peasants really did try to kill *everyone* and I’m sure it did get scary, I mean they even tried to kill Lafayette so he was *not* fine as Hamilton guessed lol
@@V_4_Versace Yep. The French Revolution was a bloodbath, and not just for the aristocracy. Whichever side you picked, they could be the next ones on the chopping block.
29:15
So deloping (=firing your weapon on the air was a very common dueling tactic. Both shoot in the air, the matter is resolved, everyone's honour is intact)
But there is another layer to Hamilton advising Phillip to take that route "to take someone's life, that is something that you can't shake" Phillip is, in the musical, roughly the age Alexander was when he became a soldier. Alexander knows, intimately, what it's like to kill someone and he wants to protect his son from that experience.
Oh my god the cats story had me. I was in tears 🤣🤣🤣
Also that dog is the cutest dog ever. Give her so many pets and treats from me.
During the Revolution "America" didn't have the money to pay the troops so they paid them in 'script'. Basically IOUs promising them to pay later.
After the war and Congress was formed they delayed the payment. Years went by and the veterans were desperate for their pay.
Hamilton and his cronies held back those payments while they went around and bought up script at 1/10th it's face value. Once they had accumulated 'enough' they then used their political power in Congress to pay for the script.
Hamilton is known as the founder of the American Banking System.
Burr should have come along sooner.
Don’t forget, the American nation was young and in a gentle fragile state. Spending too much money too soon could be a death sentence
Actually he did speak up against slavery a lot in his lifetime. He was very anti-slave. What they didn't mention in the play was that charter he was put in charge of back home was a slave charter. So he saw how brutal it was and that made him an abolitionist. And he convinced Eliza to be one too. It's one of the reasons he and Laurens got along so well, because they were both abolitionists in a country that really wasn't.
I have a few favorites when it comes to Hamilton like My Shot, You'll Be Back, Helpless, Satisfied, What'd I Miss, and Washington on your Side. I think the story is wild but they olayed it well. And to answer your earlier question: i think its possible to love 2 people at the same time but its different kinds of loves. Me personally, I cannot and will not do two at one time. I'm not built that way. I'm glad to see you watched the play. I was enamored my first time watching it.
Also about the costumes, Lin chose to to dress in the time period from the neck down, but have everything neck up modern. That’s why there are none of those traditional wigs or the specific makeup
OMG you did it!!!! 😲😲😲 YEEEESSSS
Fun fact: the man who played the king voiced kristoff in frozen(idk how to spell his Another fun fact: firing your gun in the air meant you never wanted to be there in the first place. You just wanted to end the war you were in with that person. Aiming towards the sky meant you never wanted to agree to the duel. And yes, there were ten rules to the duel, number ten being count from one to ten and then fire at the oppressor.
you’re telling me I could have watched this video and been obsessedddd 3 days go 😒 the fact that you reacted to hamilton deserves a subscription 💗💓💓
You will catch yourself humming some of these songs for months. Great production.
Spring Awakening(2007) is probably my favorite contemporary musical. Based on a German play from the late 1800s that was banned for its subject matter. The sets, costume and dialogue are all from that time period, but all the music is contemporary rock/pop rock and when they sing they have handheld mics. It was done this way to show how little has changed with how certain things are handled for teenagers and young adults growing up. It has Jonathan Groff-Mad King George in Hamilton-as well as a TON of other now successful movie/tv/theatre actors.
Funny Girl is probably my favorite classic musical because….Barbra.
Also, Jonathan Groff-King George-is the voice of Kristoff in The Frozen movies. 🤓
Apparently the ending is for your own interpretation of what that gasp of breath was for. Some say it’s because she saw Hamiltons face when she passed away and others say it’s because she realises this story is her family’s story being Hamilton rather than Alexander Hamilton.
Based on what my history teacher taught my class Angelica fell in love with Alexander's brain/intelligence. She thought he was handsome and they like each other bc they challenged one another intellectually. Angelica, Alexander and Eliza were all buried next to each other.
Well, at least on the same property haha
@@hillarymead Yeah it's the same cemetery. Tbh I can't remember what part they are buried, I just know it's a small walking distance from each other
@@throwthatsalad8720 yeh she’s one the far back right side of the cemetery and Hamiltons are far left. The church sits in between.
Also the song you’re thinking of at 21:47 is the message by grandmaster flash. There’s a TON of hip hop references, homages, call backs, etc in the play. Especially from New York, since that’s where LMM is from. You should check out the UA-cam videos that show the hip hop influences on Hamilton.