When Ron Chernow, who wrote the biography that inspired the play and was the historical consultant for the play, first heard that opening number, he was shocked. He couldn’t believe that Lin-Manuel got the first 40 pages of the book into four minutes of song. Chernow also had a hilarious reaction to an early workshop performance, where he heard “Aaron Burr, Sir” for the first time. He talked to LMM after and said that Hamilton never punched the bursar at Princeton. Lin had to tell him that it was a joke, and also that Steven Sondheim was also at that performance and let out a very loud bark of his distinct laughter at the line, so there was no way in hell he would be taking it out.
@@kathyastrom1315 my freshman year of hs I had to do a book report for history and I chose this book and I was able to do my entire report on the first 40 pages 😭
39:12 Congrats on being one of the few reactors who never assumed Angelica was going to do her sister dirty. You got what she was about from the beginning.
Angelica was married and with kids and not at the Ball when Eliza saw Hamilton; the ball was the 2nd time they met. LMM used Angelica to tall a more interesting story and keep the musical moving along.
When the show was so popular that ticket prices were through the roof, they had regular ticket drawings where they would have a small number of tickets for just $10-15. People would gather outside the theater for the drawing to see if they got lucky. To entertain the crowd, Lin, the cast, and even other Broadway stars would come out and perform or do a reading. My favorite was when the three men who had played the king lip-synched The Schuyler Sisters. Hilarious!
@@kathyastrom1315 the lottery for seats is still running too! (At least on tour). I won a lottery seat when the tour came by my town and got a literally front row seat for $15.
That’s how I saw Rent back in the day! My friend and I paid $20 each for 2nd row center. I still paid $$$$ for Hamilton when I saw it in NYC last summer though. But it was worth it 😊
I never saw it at New York, but I enrolled on the Hamilton website and was able to win tickets to see Hamilton in North Carolina, I traveled from Ohio and made a weekend out of the tickets; it was wonderful.
Hamilton won 11 Tony Awards at the 70th Annual Tony Awards in 2016. The musical had received a record-breaking 16 nominations.  Its 11 wins included: • Best Musical • Best Book of a Musical (Lin-Manuel Miranda) • Best Original Score (Lin-Manuel Miranda) • Best Direction of a Musical (Thomas Kail) • Best Choreography (Andy Blankenbuehler) • Best Orchestrations (Alex Lacamoire) • Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Howell Binkley) • Best Costume Design of a Musical (Paul Tazewell) • Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (Leslie Odom Jr.) • Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (Daveed Diggs) • Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (Renée Elise Goldsberry)
BTW, I love your pauses! I appreciate that you take the time to express yourself and don’t want to talk over the story. Rewinding a few seconds reorients you so you don’t lose too much of the flow.
There are two iconic poses from this play that are in stark contrast to each other. “My Shot” ends with Hamilton posing with his hand in the air. “The Room Where It Happens” ends with Burr posing with his hand pointed down to the ground. Both of those songs are pivotal in explaining how the two get to where they are at the end.
LMM did take artistic license and make a few small changes, but it's wild to me how basically all the major plot points are historically accurate. Stuff that sounds unbelievable, made up just to make the narrative compelling, is actually true. Like Burr and Hamilton working joint defense for the US's first murder trial, AH publishing a public account of his affair in order to clear himself of criminal accusations, Eliza burning their letters, or Phillip and AH both dying in duels with the same set of dueling pistols; all of that actually happened!
Ahhh, another 1st timer Hamilton reaction, welcome to the Ham-fandom!! Loving that you immediately appreciated everything: the story, the history, the talent, the staging --- you took it all in and were rewarded with the enjoyment of what is probably one of the greatest Broadway shows ever. Since you mentioned that you are willing to take the deep dive into how this all came about, I can assure you there is a long and deep rabbit hole of videos about how this show was made. Start with Lin Manuel's first performance of the opening song (which at that point was the only one he had written after two years working on it) performed at a White House poetry slam (!) 7 years before the show made its way to Broadway. There are also numerous documentaries posted here on UA-cam about how the show came about, about how Lin researched the history and joint interviews of him, the (stage) director, musical director and the choreographer where they discuss how they worked together to build the vision you just witnessed. Oh and as someone else commented, definitely catch the performances of the whole cast performing at the White House --- in particular the one where Chris Jackson who plays George Washington sings "Once Last Time" to Obama (and Joe Biden as VP) right at the time that Obama was getting ready to leave office. There is also a wonderful series by Howard Lin who does a deep dissection of the musical motifs, lyrics and rap influences of all the songs. And yes go back and listen to both the complete Hamilton Mixtape you previously caught a piece of as well as Weird Al Yankovic's "Hamilton Polka" and be astounded at what his genius brings to this. To paraphrase King George III at the beginning: thank you and enjoy everything about this show!
have you seen the movie encanto? lin manuel miranda did the songs for that musical too, and it has a really deep emotional storyline i think you'd be interesting in dissecting more- and would make an interesting reaction, ofc
Even on this edit I couldn't stop myself from crying from Philip's death to the end lmao. There's way too much emotion here. Your reactions continue to be very thoughtful and like others have said, I'm glad this made it to youtube!
I used to play the first 3/4 of the soundrack on repeat all the way to work, but I'd have to restart just before Philip dies or I would have shown up to work with tears streaming down my face.
@@Knightowl1980 When Burr says, “You’ve got to be carefully taught /if you talk, you’re gonna get / Shot!” The first line is from the song of the same name.
Excellent. One of if not the best Broadway musicals ever! “So Hamilton is a person?” Oh yeah, you’re going in blind! Look at the guy on any ten dollar bill in your pocket! And, as the first ever Treasury Secretary- check out the back of the bill and what building is on it. “I hope they [Hamilton & Burr] meet again…” yeah, about that… In the Chernow biography that Lin Manuel Miranda based the musical on, Hamilton and Angelica definitely had a very affectionate, flirtatious relationship as they both had similar intellects. The attraction was obvious to many but he concluded that it was unlikely it went beyond that affectionate friendship. Obviously, the Reynolds affair is a whole different matter. We were so blessed to have so many smart and creative leaders in the Founders generation. For all their internal disagreements they built a wholly new form of government that’s lasted nearly 250 years. Both Jefferson / Madison’s anti-Federalist positions and Hamilton’s Federalist arguments had validity and they each contributed to the many great compromises that built the foundations of our nation. LMM is truly a genius. I’ve read the Cheenow biography and it’s very good but to take that highly researched scholastic work of history and turn it into a sing through rap-heavy musical?!? Where he writes all the lyrics, music, etc. Amazing. And then to star in it. But give some of the best songs to other characters, especially Burt and Angelica. Worth a second watch. Notice how the Helpless scenes at the ball have the same choreography as Satisfied but it’s in the background while Eliza sings. My wife and I had the honor of seeing this on Broadway, on a road show in Portland, and in the West End of London. Eliza is a remarkable figure Who, as noted, lives to a an old age especially for that era and Chernow gives her enormous credit. Between high school history and Covid classes, college history and political science classes and law school, I probably read the Federalist Papers 2 dozen times. The little riff Burr does about Hamilton’s outsized role in them always gives me chills.
Thanks so much for posting. When you spoke about your sister, I thought you might like to know that Lin has a sister very much like yours. There is a Disney movie called "Encanto" with songs by Lin. It is primarily about family dynamics. The songs are fantastic and the messages are so powerful. He wrote a song called "Surface Pressure" for which he was inspired by the family responsibility imposed upon his sister. His first musical, In the Heights was made into a movie a few years ago. Anthony Ramos, the guy who played Lorenz, starred in the role Lin originated on Broadway. I think you would enjoy both pieces.
I was insanely happy to be able to see the touring company years ago in Boston. I loved this show so much that I wept. As another “relevant” movie musical, I recommend Hair.
My daughter and I saw Hamilton on Broadway. It was incredible. I think we both cried through most of act 2. If the opportunity arises go see Hamilton live. You won't be disappointed.
I’m so glad you posted this. I have been enjoying your posts since Ted Lasso. The appreciation you had for this masterpiece was so fun. I’m ready for more musicals. Also…I love when the cat visits lol
This movie reignited my love and respect for musicals as an artform. Seriously underrated medium of storytelling, even in spite of the success of Disney.
LOVED seeing how much you enjoyed this!!!!!!! I was truly blessed to see this live and man oh man, AMAZING!!!!! I definitely recommend the musical Rent! 🙏🏽❤
I lost it when the king came on and you said "Lestat?" 🤣 Also I loooove the parallels between Burr and Hamilton. Burr waits, and Hamilton tells people to wait and watch him. And he doesn't use his shot in the end, he aims up, just like on the poster.
And in the beginning each actor says what both their characters are going to do. Like his friends saying "we fought with him" both means they were by his side, and that they were against him when they play the politicians. His friend/son says he died for him. And all the ladies said they loved him, one being his mistress.
Great reacts - and you've got a cat! Love it. You should watch some of the Hamilton extra videos; the one where Christopher does 'One Last Time' at the White House for Obama's end of term 😭😭 is wonderful. And try the West End Live 2024, with the audience joining in the first song, and the cast looks so surprised and delighted! And did you know, this was Daveed Diggs's FIRST MUSICAL? And that one of the ensemble, Ariana DeBose, went on to win an Oscar for West Side Story? LMM knows how to choose a cast! Honestly, if there'd been an award for 'best ensemble', these guys would have had no competition.
for my 8th grade U.S history class we had to learn all the songs to take the state required test and it honestly helped us out a lot for the test and we didn’t even get to see the live version be released until years later:’)
I was born in the 1960s. When we took our state-required civics test in 8th grade, part of it included writing the complete Preamble to the Constitution. The tv series of shorts called Schoolhouse Rock was a big part of our Saturday mornings in the ‘70s. In the test room, you could hear a certain song being hummed all over the room-it was the tune for the Schoolhouse Rock song of the Preamble. I still remember that 44 years later because of that tv series!
@@kathyastrom1315 they would show us Schoolhouse Rock a lot when i was in elementary school and this was in the 2000s but it’s been a while since i last seen it and need to find it for good childhood memories:’)
Him: “The fact it goes on nonstop” Me: 🤭end of Act I The best gift this musical gave through its cultural impact is it just got a lot of people especially minorities a way to find their way into musical theater.
I love your whole reaction to this! There are so many wonderful songs and lines in here. It's impossible to pick a best moment but my two favorite songs are Burn and Wait For It. I even got the line "I am the one thing in life I can control" tattooed on my arm. This is such an impactful show in so many ways.
There is a video somewhere on YT if you put in helpless satisfied it will show both scenes and it will show how the actors did everything from helpless in reverse movements for satisfied . Amazing to watch side by side
You really are working your way through all my favourites, it's ridiculous. Since you enjoyed this I'd love to see reactions to Sweeney Todd and Les Miserables. You enjoyed the whole "callback" motifs thing that's common in musicals and one of the reasons why they're so cool. It's so satisfying to see how cleverly songs can be weaved into each other. I've seen Hamilton live twice. One of the times I was sat in the centre seat of the front row (cause the theatre randomly sold tickets for that seat for only £37!) It was such an insane experience. I always enjoyed listening to Dear Theodosia on the soundtrack but didn't expect it to destroy me like it did when seeing it live - seeing both characters close up and singing about their children with such love in their eyes. And then I obviously sobbed my heart out during (and after) the scene where Hamilton's son dies. Then that's followed up with Jefferson and Madison singing/rapping an upbeat song... and at the end they're stood right at the edge of the stage... and the actors looked at me and saw I was smiling and sobbing at the same time and they both gave me a massive grin and blew kisses. It was adorable.
Saw in the comments you already saw Wicked, so you should check out 'Chicago', it's a great movie adaptation of the musical. Won lots of Oscars as well.
Wonderful reaction as always! While it is so cool to have all the closeups and different camera angles, you miss out on some of the incredible light design from seeing it live. They manage to capture some of it, but in close up mode, you're obviously not seeing the whole stage. One of my favorite parts of the show is the lighting in Wait for It 😍
It had been a while since I commented on one of your videos. I couldn't let this one pass without letting you know that: 1. You are my favorite First Time Watcher/Reactor/all-around-awesome-appreciator-of-great-media. 2. Hamilton is up there in Top Masterpieces of All Time. 3. The combination of 1 and 2 = automatically hitting PLAY on this video as soon as I saw it.
A few scenes of Hamilton were performed at the White House including One Last Time. And this brought President Obama to his feet. Incredible to watch if you get a second.
I’m a 6’ 250lb straight man. During COVID I was invited to a friends’ place to watch this and I hated musicals before then. Fast forward to the end of the year and my Spotify wrapped was just songs from this soundtrack 😅
Masterpiece! I watched it live in London 2 years ago and it was such an amazing experience! Although it was another troupe nevertheless it was incredible. If you ever have a chance I highly recommend to watch it in theater.. the atmosphere is insane. Thanks for this treat ❤
Franklin, I'm currently following along with your reacts to The Wire (which are FANTASTIC, by the way!), and I was so excited to see that you were reacting to Hamilton! I have to admit that, as an American, I was shocked at first that at first you didn't seem to know who Hamilton was or even if this was a true story. Then I told myself: stop being so small-minded! Franklin's Nigerian - what reason would he have to know about the American Revolution or George Washington or Thomas Jefferson or whatever? The world doesn't revolve around the US. Sometimes our leaders act like it does (and you can expect that to get a LOT worse for the next 4 years), but it doesn't. Oh - someone should have warned you - Act 2 is a cry-fest. "One More Time" is like the warm-up cry, and starting with "Burn," you might as well just break out the tissue box. Thank you for your thoughtful analysis, as always.
It’s my favorite musical, and I have at least 70% memorized. My Shot and Washington on Your Side are my to favorite to rap, but man the Helpless/Satisfied duo is top tier. Honorable mentions: Non-Stop, Rap Battles, Room Where it Happened Burn and really the entire musical 😂
Hope this finds u and urs well. Hamilton is an amazing story and phenomenal musical/play. The Phantom of the Opera is another great one. Thanx so much, take care, Peace
I also love the interpersonal parts of musicals too, and there are so many great options. In The Heights for another LMM musical that explores Latin culture in NYC and baaaarely has a plot lol. Come From Away which is a true story of a plane of people diverted to Newfoundland during the 9/11 tragedy. Then there's "struggling artist constantly battling between their passions and actual success, leading to breakdowns of their personal relationships" of which Tick Tick Boom, Lalaland, and The Last Five Years all fit lol.
the guy who was plays hamilton made this whole play. So Hamilton is a real guy in history and you don’t learn much about individual character characters but in this musical, you’ll learn about each of the characters in a new light through singing. Growing up in the United States and learning history you don’t learn much about Hamilton so watching this i know a few things but I learned even more And most of this is true and the guy made Hamilton did his research and made all the songs about the history and it’s all told through the perspective of his wife Alexander‘s wife and if you can’t tell whenever she is singing time is going slow, but for Alexander Hamilton, it’s all sped up when he sings because he’s running out of time throughout throughout the whole show, I didn’t learn this or pick it up until somebody showed me and pointed it out that when Eliza sings she sing normally but every one else is fast because it’s told though her eyes. And I’m pretty sure the king in here is the king of England at that period of time
18:43 heh I could a 100% see Lestat singing You’ll be Back, such a toxic partner song (but to a country!) Edit: btw if you love Helpless it’s based on a Beyoncé song “Countdown”. I think another musical you could really like is Jesus Christ Superstar, but I don’t recommend the movie from the 70s (I know, unpopular opinion) but the 2018 version (it has the actor who played Santiago on IWTV), the voices are not that good but the production is excellent. Edit 2: cat!
Even if it’s just for yourself in your free time you have to watch First Burn (a different version of the Burn song that Eliza sings). It is sang by several different actresses that played Eliza at different times. Also, listen to Congratulation on the mixtape. It is a longer version of Angelica’s part in Hurricane and it is so good.
It'd be so cool if you checked out more musicals down the line!! I'd so suggest ones liek Heathers (Which has a proshot like Hamilton) or Epic the Musical (Which doesn't have a stage show as it's still just a concept album, but theres plenty of animatics for every song).
When Ron Chernow, who wrote the biography that inspired the play and was the historical consultant for the play, first heard that opening number, he was shocked. He couldn’t believe that Lin-Manuel got the first 40 pages of the book into four minutes of song. Chernow also had a hilarious reaction to an early workshop performance, where he heard “Aaron Burr, Sir” for the first time. He talked to LMM after and said that Hamilton never punched the bursar at Princeton. Lin had to tell him that it was a joke, and also that Steven Sondheim was also at that performance and let out a very loud bark of his distinct laughter at the line, so there was no way in hell he would be taking it out.
@@kathyastrom1315 my freshman year of hs I had to do a book report for history and I chose this book and I was able to do my entire report on the first 40 pages 😭
*sigh* watching this video is about to put me back into a month long Hamilton phase once again. (I’m not mad 🤣)
Haha yesssa
@@kaytho5830 same!
@@ashleywoods6201 looking forward to my ride to work in the morning 😆
Saaaaame, every time I think I'm out a reaction like this draws me right back in 😂
*me sighing as I bring up the entire Hamilton soundtrack to do word for word ONCE AGAIN 😂
39:12 Congrats on being one of the few reactors who never assumed Angelica was going to do her sister dirty. You got what she was about from the beginning.
Angelica was married and with kids and not at the Ball when Eliza saw Hamilton; the ball was the 2nd time they met. LMM used Angelica to tall a more interesting story and keep the musical moving along.
"they''re bringing it back?" welcome to musicals, one of my favorite things about them is all the interconnecting motifs in every song!
So glad this was posted to youtube!
💛💛💐💐
@@FrankFreezy_ yes thank you for sharing!
11:51 “The fact that it goes on non-stop-“
Man, the man is non-stop
When the show was so popular that ticket prices were through the roof, they had regular ticket drawings where they would have a small number of tickets for just $10-15. People would gather outside the theater for the drawing to see if they got lucky. To entertain the crowd, Lin, the cast, and even other Broadway stars would come out and perform or do a reading. My favorite was when the three men who had played the king lip-synched The Schuyler Sisters. Hilarious!
@@kathyastrom1315 the lottery for seats is still running too! (At least on tour). I won a lottery seat when the tour came by my town and got a literally front row seat for $15.
That’s how I saw Rent back in the day! My friend and I paid $20 each for 2nd row center. I still paid $$$$ for Hamilton when I saw it in NYC last summer though. But it was worth it 😊
I never saw it at New York, but I enrolled on the Hamilton website and was able to win tickets to see Hamilton in North Carolina, I traveled from Ohio and made a weekend out of the tickets; it was wonderful.
Hamilton won 11 Tony Awards at the 70th Annual Tony Awards in 2016.
The musical had received a record-breaking 16 nominations. 
Its 11 wins included:
• Best Musical
• Best Book of a Musical (Lin-Manuel Miranda)
• Best Original Score (Lin-Manuel Miranda)
• Best Direction of a Musical (Thomas Kail)
• Best Choreography (Andy Blankenbuehler)
• Best Orchestrations (Alex Lacamoire)
• Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Howell Binkley)
• Best Costume Design of a Musical (Paul Tazewell)
• Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (Leslie Odom Jr.)
• Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (Daveed Diggs)
• Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (Renée Elise Goldsberry)
And Lin in addition to winning a Tony award also won a Pulizter Prize and a McArthur (Genius) Grant for this.
Him: “The fact it goes on nonstop”
Me: 🤭end of Act I
Yeah I clocked that too!
BTW, I love your pauses! I appreciate that you take the time to express yourself and don’t want to talk over the story. Rewinding a few seconds reorients you so you don’t lose too much of the flow.
There are two iconic poses from this play that are in stark contrast to each other. “My Shot” ends with Hamilton posing with his hand in the air. “The Room Where It Happens” ends with Burr posing with his hand pointed down to the ground. Both of those songs are pivotal in explaining how the two get to where they are at the end.
A groundbreaking show! Lots of great performances, but my favorite has got to be Leslie Odom Jr as Burr
He stole the show for sure
I will always love the realization the play is called Hamilton (not Alexander Hamilton), and makes Eliza the star, the legacy.
Moana as well
LMM did take artistic license and make a few small changes, but it's wild to me how basically all the major plot points are historically accurate. Stuff that sounds unbelievable, made up just to make the narrative compelling, is actually true. Like Burr and Hamilton working joint defense for the US's first murder trial, AH publishing a public account of his affair in order to clear himself of criminal accusations, Eliza burning their letters, or Phillip and AH both dying in duels with the same set of dueling pistols; all of that actually happened!
I really like your introspective takes and thoughtfulness. The story is so complex, so there’s so much to appreciate!!
Thank you so much!🌼🌻
39:26 "I hope they meet again"
-- famous last words
Ahhh, another 1st timer Hamilton reaction, welcome to the Ham-fandom!!
Loving that you immediately appreciated everything: the story, the history, the talent, the staging --- you took it all in and were rewarded with the enjoyment of what is probably one of the greatest Broadway shows ever.
Since you mentioned that you are willing to take the deep dive into how this all came about, I can assure you there is a long and deep rabbit hole of videos about how this show was made. Start with Lin Manuel's first performance of the opening song (which at that point was the only one he had written after two years working on it) performed at a White House poetry slam (!) 7 years before the show made its way to Broadway. There are also numerous documentaries posted here on UA-cam about how the show came about, about how Lin researched the history and joint interviews of him, the (stage) director, musical director and the choreographer where they discuss how they worked together to build the vision you just witnessed. Oh and as someone else commented, definitely catch the performances of the whole cast performing at the White House --- in particular the one where Chris Jackson who plays George Washington sings "Once Last Time" to Obama (and Joe Biden as VP) right at the time that Obama was getting ready to leave office.
There is also a wonderful series by Howard Lin who does a deep dissection of the musical motifs, lyrics and rap influences of all the songs. And yes go back and listen to both the complete Hamilton Mixtape you previously caught a piece of as well as Weird Al Yankovic's "Hamilton Polka" and be astounded at what his genius brings to this.
To paraphrase King George III at the beginning: thank you and enjoy everything about this show!
have you seen the movie encanto? lin manuel miranda did the songs for that musical too, and it has a really deep emotional storyline i think you'd be interesting in dissecting more- and would make an interesting reaction, ofc
Having seen the show so many times now, i LOVE seeing it through first timers eyes, chasing that first time feeling again! Great reaction!
Even on this edit I couldn't stop myself from crying from Philip's death to the end lmao. There's way too much emotion here. Your reactions continue to be very thoughtful and like others have said, I'm glad this made it to youtube!
I used to play the first 3/4 of the soundrack on repeat all the way to work, but I'd have to restart just before Philip dies or I would have shown up to work with tears streaming down my face.
I love all of the references to classic Broadway musicals. Washington quotes Pirates of Penzance, Burr quotes South Pacific, and Hamilton quotes 1776.
Which is the South Pacific quote
@@Knightowl1980 When Burr says, “You’ve got to be carefully taught /if you talk, you’re gonna get / Shot!” The first line is from the song of the same name.
@@Knightowl1980 "You've got to be carefully taught."
Excellent. One of if not the best Broadway musicals ever!
“So Hamilton is a person?” Oh yeah, you’re going in blind! Look at the guy on any ten dollar bill in your pocket! And, as the first ever Treasury Secretary- check out the back of the bill and what building is on it. “I hope they [Hamilton & Burr] meet again…” yeah, about that…
In the Chernow biography that Lin Manuel Miranda based the musical on, Hamilton and Angelica definitely had a very affectionate, flirtatious relationship as they both had similar intellects. The attraction was obvious to many but he concluded that it was unlikely it went beyond that affectionate friendship. Obviously, the Reynolds affair is a whole different matter.
We were so blessed to have so many smart and creative leaders in the Founders generation. For all their internal disagreements they built a wholly new form of government that’s lasted nearly 250 years. Both Jefferson / Madison’s anti-Federalist positions and Hamilton’s Federalist arguments had validity and they each contributed to the many great compromises that built the foundations of our nation.
LMM is truly a genius. I’ve read the Cheenow biography and it’s very good but to take that highly researched scholastic work of history and turn it into a sing through rap-heavy musical?!? Where he writes all the lyrics, music, etc. Amazing. And then to star in it. But give some of the best songs to other characters, especially Burt and Angelica.
Worth a second watch. Notice how the Helpless scenes at the ball have the same choreography as Satisfied but it’s in the background while Eliza sings.
My wife and I had the honor of seeing this on Broadway, on a road show in Portland, and in the West End of London.
Eliza is a remarkable figure
Who, as noted, lives to a an old age especially for that era and Chernow gives her enormous credit.
Between high school history and Covid classes, college history and political science classes and law school, I probably read the Federalist Papers 2 dozen times. The little riff Burr does about Hamilton’s outsized role in them always gives me chills.
Me clocking into every Hamilton reaction on UA-cam. So special to get to see people experience this for the first time ❤ great comments and reaction
Thanks so much for posting. When you spoke about your sister, I thought you might like to know that Lin has a sister very much like yours. There is a Disney movie called "Encanto" with songs by Lin. It is primarily about family dynamics. The songs are fantastic and the messages are so powerful. He wrote a song called "Surface Pressure" for which he was inspired by the family responsibility imposed upon his sister. His first musical, In the Heights was made into a movie a few years ago. Anthony Ramos, the guy who played Lorenz, starred in the role Lin originated on Broadway. I think you would enjoy both pieces.
I was insanely happy to be able to see the touring company years ago in Boston. I loved this show so much that I wept. As another “relevant” movie musical, I recommend Hair.
I saw it here in Boston too!
My daughter and I saw Hamilton on Broadway. It was incredible. I think we both cried through most of act 2. If the opportunity arises go see Hamilton live. You won't be disappointed.
I enjoy every video you post now, more so with the random "Louis" and "Lestat" mentions. It's now a little Bingo game I play 😆
Hahaha😂😂 I’m glad you’re noticing it🧡
It is not unusual for fans to watch or listen to this on repeat
@@Huntress59 the only reason I have Disney+ is so I don’t lose Hamilton😂😂
I’m so glad you posted this. I have been enjoying your posts since Ted Lasso. The appreciation you had for this masterpiece was so fun. I’m ready for more musicals. Also…I love when the cat visits lol
Satisfied is my favorite number.
So good
“A feast” is such a perfect description of this show. ❤
33:37 she learned the rap in one night for the audition; LMM said “oh that’s how it’s supposed to sound” 😂😊
This movie reignited my love and respect for musicals as an artform. Seriously underrated medium of storytelling, even in spite of the success of Disney.
Love your pauses!
🙏🏾❤️thanks
Let me just say how MUCH I appreciate you posting this all in 1 video! A true reaction King!
Just noticed that painting of Louis in your background that your working and omg it's turning out so good~~ What a handsome vampire
I know every word! My kids are huge Hamilton fans too. ❤❤❤
I absolutely love that
LOVED seeing how much you enjoyed this!!!!!!! I was truly blessed to see this live and man oh man, AMAZING!!!!!
I definitely recommend the musical Rent! 🙏🏽❤
I listened to this album 2 days ago and haven’t stopped 😂😂 so excited to watch along with you!!
"So is Hamilton a person, or" worth continuing the rest of the video for
"Lestat?" When the king is walking in SENT ME 😂
I lost it when the king came on and you said "Lestat?" 🤣
Also I loooove the parallels between Burr and Hamilton. Burr waits, and Hamilton tells people to wait and watch him. And he doesn't use his shot in the end, he aims up, just like on the poster.
And in the beginning each actor says what both their characters are going to do. Like his friends saying "we fought with him" both means they were by his side, and that they were against him when they play the politicians. His friend/son says he died for him. And all the ladies said they loved him, one being his mistress.
Great reacts - and you've got a cat! Love it. You should watch some of the Hamilton extra videos; the one where Christopher does 'One Last Time' at the White House for Obama's end of term 😭😭 is wonderful. And try the West End Live 2024, with the audience joining in the first song, and the cast looks so surprised and delighted! And did you know, this was Daveed Diggs's FIRST MUSICAL? And that one of the ensemble, Ariana DeBose, went on to win an Oscar for West Side Story? LMM knows how to choose a cast! Honestly, if there'd been an award for 'best ensemble', these guys would have had no competition.
for my 8th grade U.S history class we had to learn all the songs to take the state required test and it honestly helped us out a lot for the test and we didn’t even get to see the live version be released until years later:’)
I was born in the 1960s. When we took our state-required civics test in 8th grade, part of it included writing the complete Preamble to the Constitution. The tv series of shorts called Schoolhouse Rock was a big part of our Saturday mornings in the ‘70s. In the test room, you could hear a certain song being hummed all over the room-it was the tune for the Schoolhouse Rock song of the Preamble. I still remember that 44 years later because of that tv series!
@@kathyastrom1315 they would show us Schoolhouse Rock a lot when i was in elementary school and this was in the 2000s but it’s been a while since i last seen it and need to find it for good childhood memories:’)
Thanks!
Him: “The fact it goes on nonstop”
Me: 🤭end of Act I
The best gift this musical gave through its cultural impact is it just got a lot of people especially minorities a way to find their way into musical theater.
Perfect, now you can watch Wicked haha! Come over to the musical theater madness!
Oh my goodness I so it' in the theater. Loved it
@@FrankFreezy_ I saw it three times, it's so well done 😭
This show is so dense and it is easy to miss important nuances of the show. THANK YOU for pausing the video to comment!
I love your whole reaction to this! There are so many wonderful songs and lines in here. It's impossible to pick a best moment but my two favorite songs are Burn and Wait For It. I even got the line "I am the one thing in life I can control" tattooed on my arm. This is such an impactful show in so many ways.
There is a video somewhere on YT if you put in helpless satisfied it will show both scenes and it will show how the actors did everything from helpless in reverse movements for satisfied . Amazing to watch side by side
Don’t know if you’ve started watching Mindhunter, but King George is Holden in that show (and also Kristoff in Frozen 🙂)
@@caveritt82489 Also Jesse from Glee.🙂
You really are working your way through all my favourites, it's ridiculous. Since you enjoyed this I'd love to see reactions to Sweeney Todd and Les Miserables. You enjoyed the whole "callback" motifs thing that's common in musicals and one of the reasons why they're so cool. It's so satisfying to see how cleverly songs can be weaved into each other.
I've seen Hamilton live twice. One of the times I was sat in the centre seat of the front row (cause the theatre randomly sold tickets for that seat for only £37!) It was such an insane experience. I always enjoyed listening to Dear Theodosia on the soundtrack but didn't expect it to destroy me like it did when seeing it live - seeing both characters close up and singing about their children with such love in their eyes. And then I obviously sobbed my heart out during (and after) the scene where Hamilton's son dies. Then that's followed up with Jefferson and Madison singing/rapping an upbeat song... and at the end they're stood right at the edge of the stage... and the actors looked at me and saw I was smiling and sobbing at the same time and they both gave me a massive grin and blew kisses. It was adorable.
Saw in the comments you already saw Wicked, so you should check out 'Chicago', it's a great movie adaptation of the musical. Won lots of Oscars as well.
Wonderful reaction as always!
While it is so cool to have all the closeups and different camera angles, you miss out on some of the incredible light design from seeing it live. They manage to capture some of it, but in close up mode, you're obviously not seeing the whole stage. One of my favorite parts of the show is the lighting in Wait for It 😍
Thank you so very much for this reaction of Hamilton. I ❤Hamilton. 🎉
It had been a while since I commented on one of your videos. I couldn't let this one pass without letting you know that:
1. You are my favorite First Time Watcher/Reactor/all-around-awesome-appreciator-of-great-media.
2. Hamilton is up there in Top Masterpieces of All Time.
3. The combination of 1 and 2 = automatically hitting PLAY on this video as soon as I saw it.
A few scenes of Hamilton were performed at the White House including One Last Time. And this brought President Obama to his feet. Incredible to watch if you get a second.
It’s so heartwarming to see someone immediately fall in love with musicals. I feel like you would love Falsettos too!
Saw Hamilton on new years, it still holds up, amazing show
So true
I think you would love Come From Away, which also has a proshot!
Thank youuu!!! I just ran to your patreon and I just now I finished to watch your full reaction, I love it! I love Hamilton so much!
I’m a 6’ 250lb straight man. During COVID I was invited to a friends’ place to watch this and I hated musicals before then. Fast forward to the end of the year and my Spotify wrapped was just songs from this soundtrack 😅
3 albums:
Hamilton Original Broadway Cast
Hamilton Mixtape: other artists
Hamilton Instramentals: Broadway show, but all instrumental.
Love the reaction also your art is so pretty my god
Great reaction. Google Hamildrops when you have time, esp. “First Burn,” the first version of the song “Butn.” It’s so good.
Thank you for sharing this with us humble youtube fans - no surprise at all that this was a fantastic reaction!
Masterpiece! I watched it live in London 2 years ago and it was such an amazing experience! Although it was another troupe nevertheless it was incredible.
If you ever have a chance I highly recommend to watch it in theater.. the atmosphere is insane.
Thanks for this treat ❤
Franklin, I'm currently following along with your reacts to The Wire (which are FANTASTIC, by the way!), and I was so excited to see that you were reacting to Hamilton! I have to admit that, as an American, I was shocked at first that at first you didn't seem to know who Hamilton was or even if this was a true story. Then I told myself: stop being so small-minded! Franklin's Nigerian - what reason would he have to know about the American Revolution or George Washington or Thomas Jefferson or whatever? The world doesn't revolve around the US. Sometimes our leaders act like it does (and you can expect that to get a LOT worse for the next 4 years), but it doesn't. Oh - someone should have warned you - Act 2 is a cry-fest. "One More Time" is like the warm-up cry, and starting with "Burn," you might as well just break out the tissue box. Thank you for your thoughtful analysis, as always.
What an amazing reaction! Made me remember why I fell in love with this musical. ❤
Yaaaay!! Next you'll have to check out 'In the Heights'!!
Leslie Odom Jr. does such a great job of making this “villain in your history books” and making him a tragic, sympathetic character
For a film told from multiple perspectives, you have to see Kurosawa’s iconic movie Rashomon. It’s the textbook example of that type of story.
It’s my favorite musical, and I have at least 70% memorized. My Shot and Washington on Your Side are my to favorite to rap, but man the Helpless/Satisfied duo is top tier. Honorable mentions: Non-Stop, Rap Battles, Room Where it Happened Burn and really the entire musical 😂
Fun fact, the king in the musical also plays kristoff from frozen the guy with the reindeer
this is such a great reaction. so glad u decided to post this here so we can access it. very cool
Hope this finds u and urs well. Hamilton is an amazing story and phenomenal musical/play. The Phantom of the Opera is another great one. Thanx so much, take care, Peace
I also love the interpersonal parts of musicals too, and there are so many great options. In The Heights for another LMM musical that explores Latin culture in NYC and baaaarely has a plot lol. Come From Away which is a true story of a plane of people diverted to Newfoundland during the 9/11 tragedy. Then there's "struggling artist constantly battling between their passions and actual success, leading to breakdowns of their personal relationships" of which Tick Tick Boom, Lalaland, and The Last Five Years all fit lol.
One Last Time always makes me bawl for some reason
ty so much for sharing this with us on yt i know its hard work, so ty
the guy who was plays hamilton made this whole play. So Hamilton is a real guy in history and you don’t learn much about individual character characters but in this musical, you’ll learn about each of the characters in a new light through singing. Growing up in the United States and learning history you don’t learn much about Hamilton so watching this i know a few things but I learned even more And most of this is true and the guy made Hamilton did his research and made all the songs about the history and it’s all told through the perspective of his wife Alexander‘s wife and if you can’t tell whenever she is singing time is going slow, but for Alexander Hamilton, it’s all sped up when he sings because he’s running out of time throughout throughout the whole show, I didn’t learn this or pick it up until somebody showed me and pointed it out that when Eliza sings she sing normally but every one else is fast because it’s told though her eyes.
And I’m pretty sure the king in here is the king of England at that period of time
Oh nice! Watched on Patreon recently but I'm glad the YT'ers will get to see! Was a great reaction, made me so happy that you loved it!
18:43 heh I could a 100% see Lestat singing You’ll be Back, such a toxic partner song (but to a country!)
Edit: btw if you love Helpless it’s based on a Beyoncé song “Countdown”.
I think another musical you could really like is Jesus Christ Superstar, but I don’t recommend the movie from the 70s (I know, unpopular opinion) but the 2018 version (it has the actor who played Santiago on IWTV), the voices are not that good but the production is excellent.
Edit 2: cat!
I *love* Hamilton reactions!
Yayyyy so glad you posted
18:42 "Lestat?" - I'M DEAD
I couldn’t help it 😂😂😂
SIX (the musical) next!! or heathers or in the heights
I’m glad you found a way to get this to UA-cam 😊
I saw it live in Chicago, bought the T-shirt too!
Even if it’s just for yourself in your free time you have to watch First Burn (a different version of the Burn song that Eliza sings). It is sang by several different actresses that played Eliza at different times. Also, listen to Congratulation on the mixtape. It is a longer version of Angelica’s part in Hurricane and it is so good.
I’m so happy I get to watch this again for the second time with you 🎉
Just a side note, the laptop slowly being lowered WAS cool, I really thought it was a screen you had made
Oh my god this is crazy I JUST saw Hamilton for the first time a few weeks ago too, this is great timing! Excited to watch this video 😄
This made my whole week!
Happy to hear that
I’m a big musical/broadway fan and Hamilton is in my personal top 3
DANG FRANK why do you only watch the best stuff??
lol the recommendations I get are always on point ✨
It'd be so cool if you checked out more musicals down the line!! I'd so suggest ones liek Heathers (Which has a proshot like Hamilton) or Epic the Musical (Which doesn't have a stage show as it's still just a concept album, but theres plenty of animatics for every song).
honsily had to watch this twice once for music ans twice for the story
You should definitely react to FIRST BURN, it's the first version of Eliza's song Burn and it's AMAZING
There’s a really good tv series called Turn: Washington’s Spies, which includes the story of Hercules Mulligan.
So glad I got to see your experience with Hamilton! Really hope to see you do Wicked!