@catlyn1327 it's so weird because my school has crappy sports teams and the drama club is number 1 in some sort of drama thing and they legit built a multi million dollar add on to to the school just for the drama club.
We had ONE year with a good budget and it's because football was literally shut down for that year. Anymore details and y'all'd find my hometown. Damn we had nice sets that year though
@@Joesolo13 Like 6ish years ago was our best selling musical we've ever done, & even then it wasn't that much profit, but it's just been downhill from that. It doesn't help that last year's musical's rights cost $3000, so while that musical might've actually beaten the previous best seller or at least gotten close in terms or raw money, we lost money because of how costly it was. It also doesn't help that the student council decided they wanted to take our concessions & run them so now we get practically nothing from those.
Lin Manuel Miranda literally said he's okay with anyone playing any part, regardless of race or gender. He just wanted the first production to reflect his own heritage.
oh my god i have a friend she is mixed x3 like her father is black and hispanic and her mother is east asian and she literally has EVERY RACE CARD EVER ITS SO COOL BUT SO HORRIFIC
Can any of u explain this whole thing here what is the prblm cuz am not American or even a westerner and I usually get these jokes but am a bit lost here
wait i commented something almost just like this ten minutes before i read your comment! i’m scared ppl are gonna come after me for saying the same thing, now. should i delete it?😭😭😭
@@FiftyStates5 part of the show is that she moves from an all white rich school to the “ghetto”. the girl she meets there is black and that’s part of her character. another girl is hispanic and trans. then she meets 2 other guys who are also black and it’s relevant to the story
@FiftyStates5 the movie comments on black ppl interlatual property is stolen by white ppl mostly cause they have the money and power in the situation. It also takes comments on white saviour mentaly but this is a gross simplification.
The characters in the Hamilton musical are often black (diverse?) Idk how many Hispanics, Asians, etc there are although kinda weird to not differentiate black people. Maybe it isnt diverse, either way it is apparently a bad thing they are white
They cast black and brown people in it so the white people who pay to watch it or produce it can feel good about themselves while they watch it. Modern hollywood and broadway is all about whotes hating themselves for being white and trying to virtue signal that they're one of the "good whites" by trying to signal to the world that they're not racist and that they hate white people. Its cringe. Just forget about it and do something productive instead of having these racial power fantasies that college-aged kids obsess over these days.
I actually once had a some what similar experience. My college’s theatre professor/director who was very toxic and socially oblivious secured a license for Shrek the musical. She then proceeded to email every African American student on campus, including my roommate, asking them to audition for the roll of Donkey since he was voiced by Eddy Murphy. While we were a fairly diverse college with a large African American attendance, my roommate informed me that not only were most of the African American students not interested in theatre at all, but most if not all of them were at the least very uncomfortable if not outright offended at the email that showed only an interest in their race instead of actually acting skills. The ironic part is that this professor was known to rant on and on about her progressive mind set and how tolerant and supportive she was to minorities.😅
bruuuuh donkey doesnt gotta be Black though lmaoo at my high school, the person who played Donkey was Muslim and nonbinary You just gotta have that best friend energy and you deserve the role wtf thats icky ¤~¤
Tbh I hate shit like this when it comes to theater. Like theatrical productions have a much smaller base to pull from so you're likely to get actors/actresses that don't look the part. I hate when they black wash or white wash a movie because there were so many other options but when it comes to theater come in expecting the best actors for the role not the ones who look the best. I watched an amazing rendition of frozen recently where child Elsa and the king were both black. Sure it "doesn't make sense" that a black Elsa turned white when she got older but that's what you have to expect from theaterm
@@_Amarin okay, you pretend to be black and post that online. Maybe even do makeup for it, I mean go all the way and say the n-word. It's just pretend right?
The original cast of "Hamilton" is mostly non-white because Lin-Manuel Miranda wanted to make a musical reflecting America's modern diversty while telling the story of Hamilton and show the world that it's also black and brown americans history too. So the whole video joke is that by making this theater class which is majorly white play Hamilton, you're removing one of the musical main identity.
@@10thletter40 no, I just didn’t overthink the fact that Moana had an almost all white cast because they’re elementary schoolers and 90% of the school is white. I love seeing and appreciating other cultures.
yeah my school did too i didn ' t have to worry too much because i was tamatoa ( a literal fucking crab ) but still both girls who played moana were white 🗿 and the non white people in the cast weren ' t even samoan so uhh yeah
In one of the drama classes at my school (im in a different drama class) a student needed an instructional aid and someone asked “can we do this musical” (I forgot what the musical was) and my teacher said “oh we cant do it cuz we dont have enough people of color” and the fukin audacity of the aid. She literally said to grab a fukin paint bucket (implying that we should do bl@ckface) and everyone just went fukin silent and my teacher had to explain that we dont do that. The same aid also shouted at the student they where aiding bc they didnt get the assignment. I hope that aid gets fired.
If black people can play white characters why can't white people play black characters? I personally don't prefer either, but it should be all or nothing.
@@walnutelm7365because it literally used to be illegal for black peoples to be in shows and movies, they have little representation where as white people don’t lack representation
@@walnutelm7365I can’t tell whether you’re asking in good faith or not, but look into the history of minstrel shows. They were white people who were doing black face to mock and belittle black people. It was taking the worst stereotypes of black people and amplifying them to entertain white audiences. Black performers have also had their art and performances stolen by white folks and made popular due to the white performer being white. The woman who inspired Betty Boop actually stole her act from a black woman called Esther Lee Jones who went by the stage name Baby Esther. She never got recognised in her time due to her performance being stolen. Elvis Presley is another example. While he wasn’t the one who directly stole black performances and music, his managers modelled his image and sound after black artists. A rather famous quote from his producer, Sam Phillips, was “If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel, I could make a billion dollars.” His art was directly based on black musicians to appeal to white audiences. This has been done thousands of time over, with the black artists fading into obscurity. Shakira got popular for her song Waka Waka (This time for Africa), that was originally a song by Golden Sounds, a group from Cameron, called Zamina mina (Zangaléwa) made in 1986. She gave no credit for the song and didn’t simply sample it, the parts in the Doula language are entirely copied and stolen. The theft of black music and performance has been happening ever since white people met black people, they have copied their dances and songs and performances for popularity and fame. Black folks have never been able to profit off of copying white songs and dance in a way at all similar to how white folks have off of black songs and dance. It’s frankly inappropriate to say your comment about “why can’t white people play black people?” but I can understand the confusion if you don’t have the context. I hope this helps and I suggest looking into the history of black songs and dances and performances being stolen and mocked by white audiences.
@@astoroidea6502 I understand that there have been people profiting from things they shouldn't be profiting from, but I did say in my comment that I didn't want white people to play black characters. I was pointing out the hypocrisy of white characters being "blackwashed." I don't mind seeing more poc representation in art, but taking preexisting white characters and making them black isn't doing any good either. I will be expecting an answer involving something about historical discrimination, like you talked about in your last comment, but all I see it as is fighting fire with fire. You can't solve discrimination against black people with discrimination against whites. Racism towards black Americans is pretty underground and hard to find now, but many people openly express their hatred towards white Americans.
I think the main thing is people don't understand that the musics isn't about diversity, but about equal opportunity. The blind casting used for the production is the selling point. That ANYONE can play ANY ROLE regardless of skin color or their looks! It made it so people with wonderful voices and talent for dancing and choreography get to shine, rather than people who "look the part". Type casting is a huge issues in movies and Broadway. People who just think, because a person doesn't look the way I want them to they shouldn't play that role. Are legitimately the exact reason this musical exists. Was funny to explain that Hamilton was actually white irl to my niece though. She was like n-no that's not what the movie said, so she googled it and was like wtf... and I had to explain why to her, and that his voice is the role, not his appearance. Also I've been rejected from stuff and put into things because of type casting. My mom taught our drama class for year though and stopped allowing type casting. The kids that usually got all the roles hates her. And because their parents had money she ended up having to quit. But she told me "if you can't hit the notes, I'm not going to let you into the production just because you're my daughter." But I had bronchitis and she was like "you think I care? Suck it up and hit the F sharp" needless to say, I was stage crew that production.
your mom said it rudely but if you can't hit notes you probably shouldn't be in a production. It's also hurt your throat so i kinda get where she was coming from
@@snowfire321 no I completely agree, if you can't hit the notes you shouldn't be in the production. I didn't mean that I thought that was wrong. I would prefer it if the person with the best voice for the role got the role. The voice. Not the face. The dancing not the face. Everything in a musical should be about the voice, not any features of the person.
Her screaming is actually very accurate of my time in drama club- my little brother was due to be born any day and she had a fit because they called me to say he was JUST BORN. That's what ended the play from going to stage. Because she couldn't trust that I wouldnt get a phone call during the play and answer it. 1: I wasn't even on set. 2: my phone buzzed so I stepped out. 3: she immediately after I left started screaming.
in middle school we did hairspray and it put nonwhite and nonblack kids in uncomfortable situations where their drama teacher was racializing them on the spot for casting. there was a white girl who got put with the “colored” cast bc she had a tan. there was ‘controversy’ over the girl who got the main (white) role bc she was italian. insane dynamics to knowingly put kids through
Any talented actor could re-do Hamilton. It’s not a PR or black thing. Besides… by far the most talented and best thing to come outta that show was Jonathon Groff. He’s like one of the best singers I’ve ever heard. (He plays George III)
Well race & colour has a lot to do with the plot of Hamilton. Race & colour has absolutely nothing to do with little mermaid... she's only white in the original show is cuz every other disney princess was white at the time. The one that weren't white it's bc it was important for the plot/characters background. Little mermaid is a... mermaid. Doesnt make a difference if she is darker or lighter skinned. Hamilton on the other hands - the characters races should stay as they are since it's actully relevant for the characters background
@@dontpanic6349 as a European I actually think it is very important that the little mermaid is white not just because it’s just the original, but also because you can see European cultural references in it. The story was written in Western Europe by a European and they shouldn’t change the character without the authors approval, it’s actually very disrespectful to his work and since he’s not here anymore I would just say that the best solution would have been not making a real life movie in the first place and just create another POC princess instead of changing the old ones. I would love to see a new Disney princess of color but trying to erase all the white ones is really not that nice. I also think if Lin Manuel Miranda wanted only POC actors they should stick with that, because you should follow the will of the creator, you know what I mean?
Genuine question here: are people actually getting angry of all white productions of Hamilton? Like every single character was white 😭 they just did color blind casting for the original musical
@jojohairee9987 You can do literally any other play. But doing Hamilton, is like doing Hairspray with an all white cast. Defeats the purpose of the entire musical. Any other musical will do because the musical has nothing to do with race.
Idk but the Broadway show had a policy of all non-white main cast (minus 1) so maybe. it is obviously somewhat intentional in that having a white actor portray a character support slavery IN A LIGHT HEARTED WAY is too close to home
@@sweetcinnamonpnchkinthe show was made to give people of color a chance to represent history instead of displaying how whitewashed history is. it’s giving people of color a voice.
It’s so dumb. It’s irrelevant if it “looks good or bad” fact is that Hamilton was in fact white and he was pro slavery. Obviously that view is horrible but that’s simply what it was. Why twist the facts?
This ain’t Hamilton this is scamilton💀 (Also the fact that they want that one black kid on the poster to save the play from copyright and racism is so real😔)
Yikes. It is not problematic to perform a race-neutral work with people who happen to be mostly 1 particular race. It doesn't matter WHICH race it is, because again, the work is race-neutral.
NO WAY- that should be a hate crime, who thought that was a good idea 😭 like you can’t take a autobiographical play about a queer black woman and make it white 😭
Is there really anything wrong with producing Hamilton with a mostly white cast if it’s at a mostly white school or a school with a mostly white theater department? Race has nothing to do with the story, its just a a show that happens to have an extremely diverse original cast. It’s not like they’re producing The Color Purple.
“$60!!”
wow that’s the whole drama club budget right there
That's so true & I hate it.
Too real
@catlyn1327 it's so weird because my school has crappy sports teams and the drama club is number 1 in some sort of drama thing and they legit built a multi million dollar add on to to the school just for the drama club.
We had ONE year with a good budget and it's because football was literally shut down for that year. Anymore details and y'all'd find my hometown. Damn we had nice sets that year though
@@Joesolo13 Like 6ish years ago was our best selling musical we've ever done, & even then it wasn't that much profit, but it's just been downhill from that. It doesn't help that last year's musical's rights cost $3000, so while that musical might've actually beaten the previous best seller or at least gotten close in terms or raw money, we lost money because of how costly it was. It also doesn't help that the student council decided they wanted to take our concessions & run them so now we get practically nothing from those.
“and don’t forget, auditions for hairspray are the week after opening night”
foul.
o h m y g o d
THATS WHAT HAPPENED TO MY DRAMA GROUP BUT IT GOT CANCELLED 💀
“and for the jr classes we have auditions for lion king”
OH NO-
No one else was in the room where it happened
Imagine some kid accidentally sings the sus version of it
If I can prove that I never touched my balls would you promise not to tell another soul!
@@flarie7853if i could prove
@@flarie7853if I can prove that I never touched my balls, would you promise not to tell another soul what you saw 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥
@@flarie7853would you promise not to tell a soul?
Lin Manuel Miranda literally said he's okay with anyone playing any part, regardless of race or gender. He just wanted the first production to reflect his own heritage.
We know it’s a joke
Just googled the guy, to me as a non-American he just looks like a white person?
@@lost1headhe’s Latino. Latino folks can often pass for white depending on their features.
@@lost1headHis parents are Puerto Rican.
@@lost1headhe's Latino
"NO IM NOT THROWING AWAY MY.... GUN-" I'm weak bro😂😂😂
I think you commented on the wrong video
@@42sunflowersi think you replied to the wrong comment
@@ayzn..I think I laughed at and liked the wrong video
aaron burr be like :
Bruh that’s the part that got me💀😂
i think the funniest part is that the rights aren't even out for hamilton so this would be highly illegal
But she paid $60 for the rights
illegal -heathers- _hamilton_
Yea it’ll be like another 10 years before the rights might possible come out
*Vietnam war flashbacks to Scamilton*
And the right would be waaaaay more than $60.
“I don’t know what I can say” is the most relatable quote here 😭💀
oh my god i have a friend she is mixed x3 like her father is black and hispanic and her mother is east asian and she literally has EVERY RACE CARD EVER ITS SO COOL BUT SO HORRIFIC
It really isn't that hard to learn what's appropriate and isn't. There's a reason this whole video is a joke
bro it's a joke yes but it's also a jab at people who take everything too serious and get overly offended
@@usagibun77 its quite literally the opposite 💀the whole point is that the teacher is problematic ??
Wow
“Death threats for this show”😭😭
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@@bodyboarder_0073 Don't. Just don't.
“I won’t die for this, *not again*”
Can any of u explain this whole thing here what is the prblm cuz am not American or even a westerner and I usually get these jokes but am a bit lost here
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Ok but all i could focus on was how good her earrings look on her. Like they compliment her so well and i just love her with them
“They were actually white…I’m being authentic.” 😂
really??
@@SenkaBandit really what??? That Hamilton and the founding tatters were white??? Omg we are doomed
@@Berryations omg I thought they were British
@@SenkaBandit whos gonna tell them
Lol it's not whitewashing if all the kids auditioning are white
"AND YOURE NOT THROWING AWAY MY- GUN!"
You don't sensor the show
I loved that part
I’m just like my country I’m young scrappy so wait for it.
That caught me so off guard!!!
@@redgaming2357America is young compared to who? Joe Brandon?
“I wOnT dIe FoR tHiS oK? nOt AgAiN!”
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“I don’t what I can say…”
I don’t know what he was going to say
@@terianaturner9473cause she's a person of color.
@@terianaturner9473because shes BLACK
@@Tues48AND MY ASS THINKING IT WAS THAT SHE IS GAY
@@Tues48Every person has colors, JUST SAY IT LUKE
[Lin Manuel-Miranda voice] AND NO IM NOT THROWING AWAY MY *GUN*
“Not again” i think the teacher might be a undead soul with unfinished business
Fr
she's a dead girl walking
Carol got sick after writing 5 bad reviews. Susan wrote 29.
KAREN WROTE THE OTHER 51!!!!!!
underrated comment! 😂
"Why do you assume you're most entitled in the room?"
Why does Karen whine like she’s running out of time… WHINES DAY AND NIGHT LIKE SHE’S RUNNING OUT OF TIME. How does she whine every second she’s alive?
I LOVE THIS
OMG I NEED MORE OF THIS!!
“I WON'T DIE FOR THIS OK? NOT AGAIN!”
NOT AGAIN??? MISS GIRL WDYM AGAIN??
she faked her death and fled across the country. she has deep lore
@@CaymenEditzafter producing Hairspray at her old high school
@@CoLoJePabecause she needed money for a pink dinosaur costume
@@St4r_Sp1k3z that she wanted to wear at her wedding
Sis is secretly jesus
“Don’t forget we have auditions in 2 months for The Color Purple!”
That show would NOT WORK WITH A WHITE CAST
wait i commented something almost just like this ten minutes before i read your comment! i’m scared ppl are gonna come after me for saying the same thing, now. should i delete it?😭😭😭
Yes it would, every cope you come up with is just racism and could be applied to deny a minority a role in theater
And don’t forget to vote on next years production! The options are hairspray or the princess and the frog!
@@kimbrulee_the_musical nah you’re chill bro. This sorta thing happens all the time it’s no big deal
54 reasons i love Hamilton:
1- it’s amazing music
2- it’s funny
3- it’s history
Hamilton wrote the other 51
That was one of the more creative jokes I’ve seen😂😂
Best comment in the comment section 😭
OH THATS GENIUSSS 😭❤️
Under rated comment 😂😂😂
"They were actually white, though. I'm being authentic." 😂😂😂 Never truer words spoken 😂😂😂
"IM NOT THROWING AWAY MY- GUN!"
Very American
“I’m being authentic”🤣🤣🤣
I mean she’s not wrong
“🎵my name is Alexander Hamilton🎵” THE TWO STEP HAS ME CRYING 😭🤣🤣🤣
“And I am not throwin' away my GUN” JAJAJJAAJ 😂 BEST LINE
my all white theater group did bring it on 💀
Ahh noooooo 💀
Why is that an issue?
@@FiftyStates5 part of the show is that she moves from an all white rich school to the “ghetto”. the girl she meets there is black and that’s part of her character. another girl is hispanic and trans. then she meets 2 other guys who are also black and it’s relevant to the story
@FiftyStates5 the movie comments on black ppl interlatual property is stolen by white ppl mostly cause they have the money and power in the situation. It also takes comments on white saviour mentaly but this is a gross simplification.
@@tyler439omg did they do blaccent??
Opposite of us doing Tarzan at our predominantly black school...
they made yall do that for a reason js
@@the13thwardsadam92nah
That’s….certainly a choice. 😅
Omg 😂
As a person who has never seen Hamilton im genuinely confused lol
I believe it’s because many characters in Hamilton are black.
The characters in the Hamilton musical are often black (diverse?) Idk how many Hispanics, Asians, etc there are although kinda weird to not differentiate black people.
Maybe it isnt diverse, either way it is apparently a bad thing they are white
The cast is specifically non-white. I believe the only white cast members in the original production were playing the British
the musical had blind casting so a lot, if not most, of the cast was poc.
even tho of the historical event was just white people
They cast black and brown people in it so the white people who pay to watch it or produce it can feel good about themselves while they watch it. Modern hollywood and broadway is all about whotes hating themselves for being white and trying to virtue signal that they're one of the "good whites" by trying to signal to the world that they're not racist and that they hate white people.
Its cringe. Just forget about it and do something productive instead of having these racial power fantasies that college-aged kids obsess over these days.
Teacher: **sighs** luke get the dark brown face paint
julia looks so freaking pretty here omg
“Say it luke!” 😂
Hamilton is honestly my favorite musical ever so like I,ll take the place
Cool but shutup
Yeah like give me a role, Hamilton is the best
Fr I know the entire soundtrack by heart
Yea, I’ll take a place thanks
@@Orchid_123 shutup
Lukes giveing real 2007 david tennant vibes with that cut right there
that's so specific but also intensely accurate 😭😭
I'm wheezing. You're right though.
“I WONT DIE FOR THIS. Not again.”
"im not dying, again..." Wait what!!!😂😂😂
“AND NAU IEM NOT THEROWIN AWEIGH MEI-🕺🏽!!!”
scamilton 2: electric boogaloo
This was so funny bro
Literally this happened at my school, except the musical was hairspray.
My brother’s high school put on “The Wiz” with a cast of about 60 people with only 3 of them being not white and only 2 being black
@@morphcreatureWhy didn’t they just do the orignal wizard of Oz 😭 it was right there
Im confused again, our school did hairspray (i wish i could have auditioned) and I dont remember any problems with it...
LMAOO that’s even worse cause the whole musical is ABOUT race and segregation💀💀💀
@@_kikizaman_ ohhhhhhhhhh
ALEXANDER HAMILTON WAS WHITE LOL
the “say it, luke!” was so personal, i’n dying
I actually once had a some what similar experience. My college’s theatre professor/director who was very toxic and socially oblivious secured a license for Shrek the musical. She then proceeded to email every African American student on campus, including my roommate, asking them to audition for the roll of Donkey since he was voiced by Eddy Murphy. While we were a fairly diverse college with a large African American attendance, my roommate informed me that not only were most of the African American students not interested in theatre at all, but most if not all of them were at the least very uncomfortable if not outright offended at the email that showed only an interest in their race instead of actually acting skills. The ironic part is that this professor was known to rant on and on about her progressive mind set and how tolerant and supportive she was to minorities.😅
bruuuuh donkey doesnt gotta be Black though lmaoo
at my high school, the person who played Donkey was Muslim and nonbinary
You just gotta have that best friend energy and you deserve the role wtf thats icky ¤~¤
@@nicomoist5336 Ya totally dude. That was the irony of all of it.😂
@@nicomoist5336Muslim isn’t a race and Black Muslims exist (and are in fact extremely common). I think you mean Arab?
It's always those people. If you gotta talk about how progressive you are, you aren't.
I feel like that would be enough to get a person fired.
Tbh I hate shit like this when it comes to theater. Like theatrical productions have a much smaller base to pull from so you're likely to get actors/actresses that don't look the part. I hate when they black wash or white wash a movie because there were so many other options but when it comes to theater come in expecting the best actors for the role not the ones who look the best. I watched an amazing rendition of frozen recently where child Elsa and the king were both black. Sure it "doesn't make sense" that a black Elsa turned white when she got older but that's what you have to expect from theaterm
That's not exactly the problem
Except most of the cast here looked the part. The people were white
The point of acting is pretending to be something you're not, so I don't get why people care so much about "the right actors for the right roles".
@@demetriam2408That is exactly the problem tho
@@_Amarin okay, you pretend to be black and post that online. Maybe even do makeup for it, I mean go all the way and say the n-word. It's just pretend right?
We did hairspray as a very white rural British school a few years ago so I imagine it was similar, luckily there’s a bit more cultural diversity now
✨My theatre teacher would do this and that’s not a good thing✨
"I WON'T *DIE* FOR THIS, OKAY?! Not again!"
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“I Won’t DIE for this, NOT AGAIN”. Got me.
“I don’t know what I can say” real
As a european I have no clue whats going on. I googled Alexander Hamilton and it's a withe man who was one of the founding fathers
The original cast of "Hamilton" is mostly non-white because Lin-Manuel Miranda wanted to make a musical reflecting America's modern diversty while telling the story of Hamilton and show the world that it's also black and brown americans history too.
So the whole video joke is that by making this theater class which is majorly white play Hamilton, you're removing one of the musical main identity.
@@xlife.lightx ah, thank you
Yes, historically Hamilton was white, but as a symbolic thing, all the actors in the production are non-white, save for the king.
It's a play
@@xlife.lightx That is so stupid that people get mad over that.
I did Moana in a nearly all white cast😂😅
My brothers elementary did too. I try not to think too hard about it
@@Harryellison988 why, we can't appreciate other cultures?
@@10thletter40 no, I just didn’t overthink the fact that Moana had an almost all white cast because they’re elementary schoolers and 90% of the school is white. I love seeing and appreciating other cultures.
@@10thletter40that's not appreciation.
yeah my school did too
i didn ' t have to worry too much because i was tamatoa ( a literal fucking crab ) but still both girls who played moana were white 🗿
and the non white people in the cast weren ' t even samoan
so uhh yeah
"I don't know what I can say..." he sounded so scared 😂😂
I was so confused as to how they could perform Hamilton if it hasn’t been licensed yet. 💀
I love yall’s channel
54 reasons I like this video:
1- it’s funny
2- I like Hamilton
3- I like theater
Hamilton wrote the other 51
In one of the drama classes at my school (im in a different drama class) a student needed an instructional aid and someone asked “can we do this musical” (I forgot what the musical was) and my teacher said “oh we cant do it cuz we dont have enough people of color” and the fukin audacity of the aid. She literally said to grab a fukin paint bucket (implying that we should do bl@ckface) and everyone just went fukin silent and my teacher had to explain that we dont do that. The same aid also shouted at the student they where aiding bc they didnt get the assignment. I hope that aid gets fired.
If black people can play white characters why can't white people play black characters? I personally don't prefer either, but it should be all or nothing.
@@walnutelm7365Because black people don’t cover themselves in white paint and act like buffoons
@@walnutelm7365because it literally used to be illegal for black peoples to be in shows and movies, they have little representation where as white people don’t lack representation
@@walnutelm7365I can’t tell whether you’re asking in good faith or not, but look into the history of minstrel shows.
They were white people who were doing black face to mock and belittle black people. It was taking the worst stereotypes of black people and amplifying them to entertain white audiences.
Black performers have also had their art and performances stolen by white folks and made popular due to the white performer being white.
The woman who inspired Betty Boop actually stole her act from a black woman called Esther Lee Jones who went by the stage name Baby Esther. She never got recognised in her time due to her performance being stolen.
Elvis Presley is another example. While he wasn’t the one who directly stole black performances and music, his managers modelled his image and sound after black artists.
A rather famous quote from his producer, Sam Phillips, was “If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel, I could make a billion dollars.” His art was directly based on black musicians to appeal to white audiences.
This has been done thousands of time over, with the black artists fading into obscurity. Shakira got popular for her song Waka Waka (This time for Africa), that was originally a song by Golden Sounds, a group from Cameron, called Zamina mina (Zangaléwa) made in 1986.
She gave no credit for the song and didn’t simply sample it, the parts in the Doula language are entirely copied and stolen.
The theft of black music and performance has been happening ever since white people met black people, they have copied their dances and songs and performances for popularity and fame. Black folks have never been able to profit off of copying white songs and dance in a way at all similar to how white folks have off of black songs and dance.
It’s frankly inappropriate to say your comment about “why can’t white people play black people?” but I can understand the confusion if you don’t have the context.
I hope this helps and I suggest looking into the history of black songs and dances and performances being stolen and mocked by white audiences.
@@astoroidea6502 I understand that there have been people profiting from things they shouldn't be profiting from, but I did say in my comment that I didn't want white people to play black characters. I was pointing out the hypocrisy of white characters being "blackwashed." I don't mind seeing more poc representation in art, but taking preexisting white characters and making them black isn't doing any good either. I will be expecting an answer involving something about historical discrimination, like you talked about in your last comment, but all I see it as is fighting fire with fire. You can't solve discrimination against black people with discrimination against whites. Racism towards black Americans is pretty underground and hard to find now, but many people openly express their hatred towards white Americans.
That “I don’t know what i can say” is so accurate unfortunately.
I think the main thing is people don't understand that the musics isn't about diversity, but about equal opportunity. The blind casting used for the production is the selling point. That ANYONE can play ANY ROLE regardless of skin color or their looks! It made it so people with wonderful voices and talent for dancing and choreography get to shine, rather than people who "look the part". Type casting is a huge issues in movies and Broadway. People who just think, because a person doesn't look the way I want them to they shouldn't play that role. Are legitimately the exact reason this musical exists.
Was funny to explain that Hamilton was actually white irl to my niece though. She was like n-no that's not what the movie said, so she googled it and was like wtf... and I had to explain why to her, and that his voice is the role, not his appearance.
Also I've been rejected from stuff and put into things because of type casting. My mom taught our drama class for year though and stopped allowing type casting. The kids that usually got all the roles hates her. And because their parents had money she ended up having to quit. But she told me "if you can't hit the notes, I'm not going to let you into the production just because you're my daughter." But I had bronchitis and she was like "you think I care? Suck it up and hit the F sharp" needless to say, I was stage crew that production.
your mom said it rudely but if you can't hit notes you probably shouldn't be in a production. It's also hurt your throat so i kinda get where she was coming from
@@snowfire321 no I completely agree, if you can't hit the notes you shouldn't be in the production. I didn't mean that I thought that was wrong. I would prefer it if the person with the best voice for the role got the role. The voice. Not the face. The dancing not the face. Everything in a musical should be about the voice, not any features of the person.
@@OneWeekRainisu :)
finally someone said it 🙏
So your cool with actors playing people they aren't?
I looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove the musical Hamilton its one of my faves 😊
FIRST OFF EVERYONE IS WRONG ALEXANDER HAMILTON WAS PUERTO RICAN!
Her screaming is actually very accurate of my time in drama club- my little brother was due to be born any day and she had a fit because they called me to say he was JUST BORN. That's what ended the play from going to stage. Because she couldn't trust that I wouldnt get a phone call during the play and answer it.
1: I wasn't even on set.
2: my phone buzzed so I stepped out.
3: she immediately after I left started screaming.
She just threw away her shot shot
in middle school we did hairspray and it put nonwhite and nonblack kids in uncomfortable situations where their drama teacher was racializing them on the spot for casting. there was a white girl who got put with the “colored” cast bc she had a tan. there was ‘controversy’ over the girl who got the main (white) role bc she was italian. insane dynamics to knowingly put kids through
Keeps them on their toes
The star earrings are such a good Easter egg
Any talented actor could re-do Hamilton.
It’s not a PR or black thing.
Besides… by far the most talented and best thing to come outta that show was Jonathon Groff.
He’s like one of the best singers I’ve ever heard.
(He plays George III)
The producer turned around so they can have deniability
Well, Black girl became European Little Mermaid. So white can play Hamilton. Why not?
Exactly! Why is everyone so focused on race all the time, life would be so much simpler if people just stopped caring.
Well race & colour has a lot to do with the plot of Hamilton. Race & colour has absolutely nothing to do with little mermaid... she's only white in the original show is cuz every other disney princess was white at the time. The one that weren't white it's bc it was important for the plot/characters background. Little mermaid is a... mermaid. Doesnt make a difference if she is darker or lighter skinned. Hamilton on the other hands - the characters races should stay as they are since it's actully relevant for the characters background
They were originally white 🤦🏿♀️@@dontpanic6349
@@dontpanic6349 as a European I actually think it is very important that the little mermaid is white not just because it’s just the original, but also because you can see European cultural references in it. The story was written in Western Europe by a European and they shouldn’t change the character without the authors approval, it’s actually very disrespectful to his work and since he’s not here anymore I would just say that the best solution would have been not making a real life movie in the first place and just create another POC princess instead of changing the old ones. I would love to see a new Disney princess of color but trying to erase all the white ones is really not that nice. I also think if Lin Manuel Miranda wanted only POC actors they should stick with that, because you should follow the will of the creator, you know what I mean?
@@dontpanic6349thank u
Genuine question here: are people actually getting angry of all white productions of Hamilton? Like every single character was white 😭 they just did color blind casting for the original musical
“I WON’T DIE FOR THIS”
*after show*
Police Officer: Where is she!?
Killer: No one else was in the room where it happened 😂
It’s even better now that I’ve watched the video! Great job! :D
Why does it matter tho lol🤷♀️
Because Hamilton is an intentionally diverse musical because it's supposed to partly represent how American should've been. Non racist ☠️
@@jojohairee9987 Hamilton is intentionally diverse. Making it with an only white cast DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF THE PLAY.
@jojohairee9987 You can do literally any other play. But doing Hamilton, is like doing Hairspray with an all white cast. Defeats the purpose of the entire musical. Any other musical will do because the musical has nothing to do with race.
@jojohairee9987 Nobody said all black cast, where'd you get that from?
@@jojohairee9987 Just because YOU don't care doesn't mean it doesn't matter. You're entitled to your opinion, but that doesn't make you right.
"Don't worry guys, if we still want to do something problematic, there's always Dear Evan Hansen."
I'M PUTTING THIS ON MY WALL I SWEAR-
I love this comment so much lol
My (nearly) all white theatre group did Once on this Island one year. Really *great* “island” accents too 😭 that director was a peach
"And what do we have in common? The whole school is really broke!"
"$60!"
uhh i didn't know it was 6 Alexanders.
Im genuinely confused. Would people actually be upset if majority white people did Hamilton?
Because this video is trying to guilt trip white people
Idk but the Broadway show had a policy of all non-white main cast (minus 1) so maybe. it is obviously somewhat intentional in that having a white actor portray a character support slavery IN A LIGHT HEARTED WAY is too close to home
@@baintreachaspolicy sounds pretty racist to me.
@@sweetcinnamonpnchkinthe show was made to give people of color a chance to represent history instead of displaying how whitewashed history is. it’s giving people of color a voice.
It’s so dumb. It’s irrelevant if it “looks good or bad” fact is that Hamilton was in fact white and he was pro slavery. Obviously that view is horrible but that’s simply what it was. Why twist the facts?
I was desperately hoping Luke would whisper “vampire”
pinkoid quiet.
“i won’t die for this! not again!”
again?? 😭
fr😭😭💀💀
My theater teacher was gonna go the oz before deciding on freaky Friday🙏🏽
Dang!? 60!?! That’s the theaters whole damn budget 😊(😢)
girl at least your senior show wasn't "and a child shall lead" 😭😭😭
“I’m not dying for this…Not again”
💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
Historically all the characters were white So an all white cast isn't that bad
the musical was written with the idea of a diverse cast in mind. the only white character is king george
@@simplymarvelouslivinghe was written as the bad guy
@@simplymarvelouslivingBut it doesnt matter in the least
@@Paul_Emil_von_Lettow-Vorbeckcorrect, any other questions?
@@Paul_Emil_von_Lettow-VorbeckKing George IS the bad guy in a story about America's freedom. Him being white does not matter ☠️☠️
I don't think the teacher is the problematic one here
This ain’t Hamilton this is scamilton💀
(Also the fact that they want that one black kid on the poster to save the play from copyright and racism is so real😔)
Yikes. It is not problematic to perform a race-neutral work with people who happen to be mostly 1 particular race. It doesn't matter WHICH race it is, because again, the work is race-neutral.
The point is Hamilton is very much not race-neutral. The only principal role that white people can be cast as is King George.
It’s literally not race neutral. At all. What
*”Say it Luke.”*
“…I don’t know what I’m allowed to say….”
"I don't know what I can say" 😂
your shorts are so good, have fun
Lin would be so so proud of the hard work and dedication 😂
Remember when people got offended that Hamilton was inaccurate due to the race-swapping? Funny how the roles are basically switches now.
Teacher’s like: I’m not throwing away my shot! (To do a musical that I don’t have rights to)
I don’t get it, why would them producing it be problematic?
what but i love hamilton 😭
Julia outfit is outstanding here 👌🏻
Do people actually care if white actors are in Hamilton? That sounds like the opposite of promoting diversity
Nahhh, why you gotta hit so hard
So it's more problematic to *not* bar productions of a historically based play because your students aren't diverse enough?
The star earrings are a nice touch!
I appreciate the layered levels of self awareness that kept being added as this skit continued lmao.
I mean they were white……
As someone who had to go to an all white Raisin in the Sun for a grade I feel this.
NO WAY- that should be a hate crime, who thought that was a good idea 😭 like you can’t take a autobiographical play about a queer black woman and make it white 😭
Is there really anything wrong with producing Hamilton with a mostly white cast if it’s at a mostly white school or a school with a mostly white theater department? Race has nothing to do with the story, its just a a show that happens to have an extremely diverse original cast. It’s not like they’re producing The Color Purple.