It gets foreshadowed earlier as well - in "The Room Where It Happens" (which ignites Burr's long-simmering resentment towards Hamilton), Hamilton tells Burr "I guess I'm gonna fin'ly have to listen to you/Talk less, smile more", and in "The Election Of 1800" (where Hamilton decisively turns against Burr), Burr tells Hamilton "I'm chasing what I want, and you know what?/I learned that from you".
You'll also realise that Eliza is the only character, of the main cast, that doesn't sing at a high speed - this is because she lived to an older age than any of the others...she had more time to tell her story.
Here are 10 fun facts about the lives of the characters: 1. Lafayette named his only son after George Washington, Georges Washington de Lafayette. 2. Hamilton was only 5’6” 3. There were actually 13 Schuyler children not just the 3. Only 8 survived to adulthood several of which were boys. 4. Lafayette was imprisoned for over 5 years in Austria during the French Revolution. 5. Angelica was already married when they met Hamilton. 6. Angelica and her husband hatched a successful escape plan to help Lafayette escape from prison, though he was quickly recaptured. 7. At Phillips funeral it’s said that Hamilton was so distraught he had to have people physically hold him up to keep him from falling 8. Peggy died in 1801 of a cold and Hamilton was the only person at her side when she died. 9. The people in the Caribbean who collected money to send Hamilton to the colonies expected him to become a doctor and return to help them, but as we saw he didn’t do that. 10. The ship that Hamilton was on when he came to the colonies caught fire during the voyage and was in flames when it arrived in the harbor. BONUS fact: Aaron Burrs wife and daughter, both suffered tragic and premature deaths. His wife Theodosia Bartow Burr died from stomach cancer, in 1794 at the age 47. His daughter Theodosia Burr Alston was lost at sea in 1813 at the of 29. Burr was inconsolable.
Another fun fact: Later in life Burr remarried a woman who was at the time the richest in the USA. Things didn't work out and they got divorced. His wife chose Alexander Hamilton JR as her lawyer. Burr died the same day the divorce was finalized.
So Eliza's orphanage still exists today as the org Graham Windham, which is now a family services agency in NYC. Phillipa Soo (the actress who plays Eliza) went and performed for some of the kids, and after she sang "when my time is up, have I done enough, will they tell my story?" the kids sang back to her, "Eliza, you have done enough!" Anyway, every once in a while I'll remember that and make myself cry
Song Stamps 1:21 - What'd I Miss 7:09 - Cabinet Battle #1 11:48 - Take a Break 17:59 - Say No To This 27:55 - The Room Where It Happens 37:50 - Schuyler Defeated 39:44 - Cabinet Battle #2 42:19 - Washington On Your Side 52:19 - One Last Time 59:49 - I Know Him 1:01:45 - The Adams Administration 1:02:41 - We Know 1:05:10 - Hurricane 1:08:46 - The Reynolds Pamphlet 1:10:57 - Burn 1:21:14 - Blow Us All Away 1:24:14 - Stay Alive (Reprise) 1:26:20 - Its Quiet Uptown 1:40:16 - The Election of 1800 1:44:18 - Your Obedient Servant 1:48:49 - Best of Wives and Best of Women 1:49:31 - The World Was Wide Enough 1:58:05 - Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story Enjoy
not only that, but Jefferson was actually a huge asshole in real life. The Founding Fathers have been glorified so much we forget they were real people with real flaws.
A lot of people misunderstand the theater superstition referred to as the Macbeth curse. While inside a theater, one can say the character Macbeth's name, which Hamilton does in the letter to Angelica, but members of the cast of the play can't refer to the play by its name while they're within the walls of the theater. I spent years in theater in NYC and it's a mild annoyance that people keep misstating this particular theater curse. An actor is allowed to tell others he's playing the role of Macbeth and he can be called Macbeth by his cast mates and the crew, but while in the theater no one can say they're in the play Macbeth or are crew members for the play Macbeth. It's the uttering of the play’s name aloud in a theater that supposedly triggers the bad luck. While writing to Angelica, Hamilton was careful to not name the play. His words were, "My dearest, Angelica, tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day. I trust you'll understand the reference to another Scottish tragedy without my having to name the play." The words 'tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow' are the beginnings of the second sentence of one of the most famous soliloquies in William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth. Lin very much followed the rules of the Macbeth superstition/curse. When he uttered the word Macbeth, he did so in reference to the character and not the play. Hamilton's bad luck began when he decided to pursue his ambitions instead of settling into a good life with his wife. His inability to be satisfied with his life was his downfall.
On Twitter, Lin playfully joked that Hamilton's downfall began after he said the name of the play. I honestly didn't understand the joke until I read this comment.
2:00:55 - I like to think this is why the show is called "Hamilton" as opposed to "Alexander Hamilton" - in many ways it's as much Eliza's story as his. Heaven knows she deserves it.
@@abbyf763 disney doesn't owns hamilton just the recording that they made. So unfortunatly we can't have hamilton in the disney parks Ps:sorry for my bad english
Watching his reactions was everything. Maybe that’s why my daughter couldn’t wait for me to see it. I was slightly disappointed that he wasn’t crying on the floor in the fetal position at the end.
I know everyone loves to share facts they learn after joining the fandom, but sometimes you gotta let the man experience things for the first time. Telling him to look at things before it actually happens is a spoiler and takes away from the first viewing. Sometimes what makes these things so great is finding out facts after and appreciating it more then
Totally agree the first time I watched this I knew nothing! Then finding out about the bullet and just rewatching and appreciating her role and all the ways the songs are interlinked makes me appreciate the level of detail so much more
That doesn't bother me so much as him talking over the lyrics/lines; he was missing lyrics to yap kind of torpedoing the impact they have. i'd prefer pauses over talking over the singing.
Because Eliza had such a big role in history that's why the name of the play is Hamilton, after all Eliza's last name after marrying Alexander was Hamilton. So the name is for Alexander AND Eliza. Without her and her parts of his story and of many involved would be lost.
I haven't seen anyone mention that the orphanage that Eliza helped found is still in operation. Known now as Graham Windham, the cause has now been picked up by, of course, Phillipa Soo. It assists over 4,500 children and families every year. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Windham
One short story about Eliza. As an old woman, in her nineties, she hosted dinners in Washington for new young Congressmen who were opposed to slavery. One of those new young Congressmen who went to those dinners (in 1847 and 1848) was Abraham Lincoln.
Yeah, I read about that in another reply string - she must've been among the only people in history to meet both George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, think about that.
Love movie reaction videos but if eliminate comments. Never saw it before & Jason was constantly being told get tissues, it gets sadder. That robs him of watching the video and having an honest reaction.
Fun Fact: for the line "where to put the capital" in the room where it happens the ensemble cast were asked to yell the first city they could think of and hope it was in the 13 colonies. If you listen for it you can hear that one of them yells Toronto... a major Canadian city.
No one actually says Toronto-there’s just so many of them yelling at once, the overlap comes out like that. Total coincidence. Totally hysterical! (Go find The Hamilcast podcast. The one with Gillian Pensavale. She’s interviewed SO MANY cast and backstage people across various versions of the show. The Lin interview covered FIVE episodes.)
There's a saying in English studies that the "hero" is the person who changes and accomplishes things. You have to reach the end to realize that Lin-Manuel has told us. Eliza is the hero. The real hero. The one who rose up and framed it all for a new country.
Exactly, I like the notion that "Hamilton" isn't necessarily the story of just Alexander, rather him and Eliza, the latter being the true protagonist, in spite of her reduced time on stage.
Also just realised, the actors that play Lafyette/Jefferson and Hercules/Madison say in the opening song "We fought with him" and it's again true for both characters, just in different ways. Lafayette and Hercules fought with his a brothers in arms, and Jefferson and Madison fought with him as rivals.... Lin is a serious genius with these lyrics
Yeah, the lyrics in that part work for all the doubles. If I’m not mistaken, all three sisters sing “we loved him”, which is referring to Peggy turning into Maria.
@@jojoh8067 almost every song/líne has 2 or 3 diferent meaning/reference to other plays; songs, moments or history whit other caracters, or things they say or write in real life. Thats way Hamilton is endless watch it 50 times and you will see things new every time
Fun fact: The part where Eliza says "you'll sleep in your office instead" actually happened, but not because she kicked him out of their room. This was because when the Reynolds scandal broke out she was pregnant and decided to take the children to her parents house uptown to get away from it all. Apparently Hamilton felt lonely and ashamed so he would often just stay working overnight in his office.
Alexander wrote the pamphlet while he was away from home, and probably didn’t even tell her it was going to be published. Just...did it, and assumed she would understand his needing to defend his political honor. We don’t actually know what her reaction was. She destroyed most of her own writing before she died. She helped physically write some of Alexander’s works when his hand would get tired. But she considered herself too uneducated in comparison to have written anything of importance.
Many of the people in the credits are the film crew and production staff for the movie. Not all of them were directly involved in the stage production.
Oh and can we just applaud the dancers like, they did AMAZING!! And ANYONE that was behind the stage and in that pit. Basically, everyone that wasn't "lead" *claps*
The absolute *consistency* from the ensemble blows my mind. I can pick out so many differences in all the leads vs the obc soundtrack. But the ensemble holds perfect steady replication night after night. It keeps blowing my mind how perfect the harmonies are everytime I watch, that sometimes I stop watching the plot 😂
The ensemble are astounding. They are pretty much onstage from go to whoa ~ and they have to sing and dance, forward, backwards and all over the place.
Lilly Nichols the hustle they have is impressive. Watching it over u know almost daily I noticed the part of Charles Lee . How he goes from The front of the stage , to having to run up the stairs for the rant verse about Washington...he had already caught my eye but man I was like damn that was impressive
Hamilton trivia for "Burn": the producers searched out all kinds of paper to burn in the bucket, to find one that would burn for the exact remaining length of the song - so that when Eliza left the stage it would be in darkness.
@@newfette4021 I watched the whole thing-thank you so much for the link! My husband is a props master (and I was a director) and this is *exactly* like going backstage with him on any given show. No theater now, of course, so this was a nice treat to be in a theater again, hearing the same sorts of stories I always hear.
Musical theater veteran here. You really think that this was a problem? I guarantee you they hired professionals to make these decisions well before opening night. High school theater departments have this figured out, let alone a sold out a Broadway smash hit.
If you have the chance watch One Last Time when the cast sung it for President Obama at the White House. It was right before Obama left office and the tangerine orangutan took over. The audience was crying, the performers were crying.
The bullet entered over his hip and went through his entrails. So, yeah: "already infected when he arrived" because it was a gut wound, and he'd already have feces spread through his lower abdomen. In those days a gut would was pretty much an automatic death sentence, as was a compound broken bone. They were things you didn't recover from.
Yup. I’m a trauma nurse in a level 1 ICU - even now 250 years later GSWs to the belly can get really bad. Its extremely likely they’re going to get BAD SICK because of bacteria and waste getting into the sterile abdominal cavity 😢
There is one very good thing Burr did after the duel with Hamilton. He was still the Vice-President for a couple of years. He and Jefferson hated one another. But Burr was still in charge of the Senate as the Vice-President. Jefferson tried to impeach a Supreme Court justice because the justice's politics were different to Jefferson's. Burr made absolutely sure that could not happen and set the precedent that a sitting President could impeach a Supreme Court justice just because the justice didn't agree with him. And I think we can all agree that that is a VERY GOOD THING right now.
He did do this which is cool. This is just a not so fun fact that a learned. He was a major helicopter dad to Theadosia and was very critical of her. She was lost at sea and there are so many theories about what happened to her.
@@lillynichols9884 There are a few theories regarding her disappearance. Some say the ship sinked because of a storm, others that pirates attacked the boat... There doesn't seem to be one story standing as truth about what happened. But in the theories I've read she is always considered dead (I mean, no one, at least from what I know, considered her alive living somewhere on an island or something)
Eliza wore a locket with a poem that Alexander wrote her when they were courting. She had it on when she died. How brilliant is Lin that he reads a biography of Hamilton and thinks that's so hip-hop.
While Alexander's dueling advice to his son seems completely ridiculous to us, it *was* relevant and good advice for the time. Duels were at their core a dick-wagging contest, and most people didn't actually want to murder someone. Also I wish there were an easily-accessible recording of Come From Away, because it's criminally under-talked-about (came out the same year as Hamilton and suffered for it) and it's another musical that I think has broad appeal and could be appealing to people who don't usually like musicals.
In Reality, A. Ham didn't send Phillip to the duel. He didn't actually think i was going to happen. Angelica's husband gave Philip the guns and when Hamilton found out he had gone, he fainted.
There were also actually 25 rules in the Code Duello. Agreed upon in Ireland, but mostly followed in America, with a couple "glaring deviations". But 25 rules are a lot harder to rhyme lol and then the Notorious B.I.G. reference wouldn't work.
I love the fact that Lin used the actual words of Washington's farewell address in this. They are so poignant. I don't feel too bad for Burr - he lived on the infamy he got from the duel. He would say, "My dear friend Hamilton, whom I shot." He also tried to create his own country out of parts of the South and Texas (which was owned by Mexico) - which got him charged with treason. The gasp is left up to the actress playing Eliza. It could be her seeing the audience and realizing the story is being told or it could be her last dying breath and seeing Alexander again. This film was created out of 2 live performances and one with no audience to get the closeups. The person who popped his head out of the orchestra pit is Alex Lacamoire - Lin-Manuel Miranda's co-arranger for Hamilton. It's also normal for musicals to acknowledge the conductor at the end of the show because they're extremely important.
I mentioned this in an earlier comment, but George Washington's Farewell Address was co-written by, you guessed it, Alexander Hamilton. Eliza was able to prove it years later, all part of preserving her husband's legacy.
There are a lot of historical inaccuracies in this musical done for the sake of storytelling. For example, Anjelica was already married with a couple of kids when she met Hamilton, and she had brothers. And yes, Alex and Eliza had 8 kids, the last named after his oldest brother. They were also there at his bedside when he finally died. By the way, when Philip was shot, Eliza was already wearing black because her sister, Peggy, died the same year. When they're introduced earlier in the musical, Burr names them in the order they die.
Then there’s the tidbit that Angelica Hamilton, second eldest of the children was driven mad by the death of her brother and receded into a childlike mind. She often spoke of her brother as if he were alive, even late in life, and would ask when he was coming home from boarding school. She was 17 when he passed and she passed at 73 years old. It’s quite uptown was also inspired by witness accounts of the time, which described Alexander as literally collapsing of grief at the funeral and that they had never seen a family so deep in mourning.
I mean it's not that big of a problem. Of course it would have been nice to see it in the musical but that would have been to much. And if you pay attention, it gets mentioned that Philip has at least a sister. You can't just mention everyone who is not that important for the story.
not the chat spamming "omg this next song is so sad" before "Blow Us All Away" I swear yall are the reason I don't interact with the Hamilton fandom. Let the man enjoy the show without spoilers.
I'm reading the Alexander Hamilton biography by Ron Chernow that Lin read on vacation when he came up with this idea. The full, historically accurate story is even crazier than the musical! Lin deserves every single award and nomination that he and the show won. And this video is even better than the first act video! Welcome to the Hamilfans, lol!
A few months back, we went to NY to visit our son. We also went to see a.ham's grave. We were in union square, standing beside of george washington's grave. Some random man was selling the autobiography. I bought the Ron Chernow biography, while standing next to G.W's statue, headed to a.ham's final resting place. Surreal.
For the record, Eliza and Alexander had 8 children of their own, and they also cared for the young daughter of a friend for a few years after the child was orphaned. Eliza also suffered at least one miscarriage. She did forgive Alexander's affair a couple years after the scandal when Philip almost died from typhoid, and they had two of their children after that. She always blamed President James Monroe as the one who actually leaked the information about the affair, and refused to talk to him even years later when he came to visit her to make amends. This was Monroe, not Madison. Monroe was not in the musical.
_WHY DOES CHAT SAY THE NAME OF A SONG EVERY TIME_ and also mention what kind of song it is (emotional, badass, etc)??? like, that's such a spoiler and takes away from the surprise!!!
Guys if he doesn't mind them chating in the chat it's fine plus he was mostly paying attention to the musical and the chat was just excited if he doesn't have problem then it's fine they are all having fun
Honestly idgaf if they spoil Hamilton’s death in the first song, there is NO need to REMIND first time viewers of that. I’m assuming most first time viewers forget anyway, so ugh why remind them, let people be shocked, dammit.
The Real RenRen Exactly, not everyone knows. I mean obviously everyone dies, but not everyone knows how or who. Even though Burr says it in the first song, most people forget. No need to remind them.
I suggest you give "Congratulations" and "First Burn" as well as "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story" animatics a listen. "Congratulations" is slightly different from the shorter cut version shown in the musical. "First Burn" is the first draft for what later becomes "Burn". The third is a very mournful view of the last song with animations, has quite an impact. Here are my video recommendations for each: Congratulations - ua-cam.com/video/le6Lmfj8SsQ/v-deo.html First Burn - ua-cam.com/video/6RT10PoiPvs/v-deo.html Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story - ua-cam.com/video/CzOTqnMCyec/v-deo.html
Also add the cut John Adams rap! If I recall correctly Lin took it out of the show because it didn't make sense to dedicate a whole song to a character you never see. ua-cam.com/video/oUI8b17YGx8/v-deo.html
Christina B I cant begin to tell him how wrong he is about that. “They were calling you a dick back in 76/ and you haven’t done anything new since / you’re a nuisance/ you will die of irrelevance/ go ahead and call me the devil/ you aspire to my level/ you inspire malevolence” is one of the best bars in the unabridged play and I find myself saying it under my breath more than 3 times a day. The best part is that we don’t see him, he is that irrelevant and badly remembered 😂 it makes every line cut a little deeper that the only time he’s mentioned it’s to talk shit
Ok the gasp at the end. In interview, Pippa who played Eliza confirmed it's a combo of 2 theories. 1, Eliza gets to the end of her life and reacts to seeing her loved ones(including Hamilton) on the other side. 2, she is shown the theater audience for the first time, breaking the 4th wall, and is in awe at the realisation that so many years later...her story, and the story of what Hamilton did is still being told today. They made some of of impact in history. After we're gone, we continue to live on in our stories, so this play made me think about my own life too. As it says, we are part of history. History has its eye on us.
I love Jasmine Cephas Jones’s(Peggy/Maria Reynolds) voice. Did you know her and Anthony Ramos(Phillip/Laurens) and her are engaged now? I guess Lin’s musicals have a matchmaking magic because Christopher Jackson met his wife doing In the Heights, and Daveed Diggs(Lafayette/Jefferson) is now dating(they started dating years later) an ensemble member named Emmy Raver Lampman who played Angelica on the first tour, she was Elphaba in Wicked at one point and is now Allison in The Umbrella Academy on Netflix(as well as a few other things)
And just a fun trivia fact: the orchestra is a 10-piece ensemble. Drums, bass guitar, all other guitars played by one person who switches (electric, acoustic, banjo etc.), a second "percussion" guy, 2 keyboard parts (1st keyboard is also the conductor you see taking the bow), and a "classical" string quartet (2 violins, viola, and cello). There's also a lot of "electronically programmed" moments and sound effects that are either controlled by the drummer or the percussionist, done by "hitting" some pad with their sticks. As a professional musician myself who has done his share of pit orchestra work, props to them. They're just as mad talented as the singers. That's the beauty of the theater and live performances, it's all raw energy in the moment. Living art that only exists because we make it so.
Got to the part where you were annoyed that Burr switched parties. YEAH turns out historians conisder Burr as the first politician cuss he would do things like that as well as run a campaign something the founding fathers thought was in bad taste. They believed that the principles and ideas of the candidate should be the defining feature of why you deserved the vote.
But it helps you appreciate the whole thing a lot better. Well, I guess its annoying the first time watching the show since all you wanna do is watch it. But the next few watches, you find new things each time.
"One Last Time" was performed at the Kennedy Center Honors and at the White House right before Obama left office - both very poignant and emotional performances. There's also a recording on youtube with Obama reciting Washington's farewell letter, which also pulls at the heartstrings, especially now, if you're an Obama supporter. (disregard if you're not...ha...not looking for a debate, just putting the info out here)
George Washington's Farewell Address was co-written by, you guessed it, Alexander Hamilton. Eliza was able to prove it later on - another part of the legacy.
@@Spoelstral They convey that in the performance, by having Hamilton start reading it, then he and Washington reciting together, then Washington taking over.
There’s rumors John Lauren’s and Hamilton we’re lovers and his marriage to Eliza was for societal norms purposes... Anjelica and Hamilton’s letters were reversed in the play, Hamilton picked on Anjelicas grammar not the other way around. Also the song Eliza and Philip sing together they always separate at 7,8,9 to go separate musical ways... when Philip dies they go their separate ways and Philip can’t sing past 6, and Eliza continues 7,8,9...7,8,9.... but they are separated. The same when Philip was shot at the count of 7 at the duel. Separating him from his mother forever. There’s a lot of meaning in every single bit of music. Lin-Manuel wrote with a purpose.
yes it's rumored there were feelings between Laurens and Hamilton, and his marriage began as a way for him to climb the social ladder, but Hamilton did love Eliza, she wasn't just a "skirt"
Lauren’s was married with a kid and Hamilton didn’t accidentally have 8 kids. They were very close but people are going overboard with the gay lovers narrative
@@joshuawatts1924just because two men have romantic feelings for each other doesn't mean they can't sire children or love their wives or be sexually attracted to women. Human sexuality is much more complicated than that.
@@tracyroweauthor they were both soldiers. You ever been around people in the military gay innuendos are apart of it. But shippers love to ship so you go ahead I guess none of us were there nobody really knows except for Laurens and Hamilton
1:24:15 If Philip hadn't gone he'd basically have spent the rest of his life wearing a sign that says 'Coward'. Duels of honour were highly regarded back then, if you weren't able to settle this through letters all you really had to do was show up, and a lot of young men would've felt like it was something they had to go. When you were there you could waste your shot or refuse to shoot, then they'd shake hands and go because by showing up you were demonstrating your willingness to defend your honour. Most of the duels that took place didn't even result in death, Hamilton had every reason to assume that this one wouldn't either. I think Eacker died of some kind of fever a few years afterwards.
Also, King George was genuinely hurt by the revolution. When John Adams came to speak with him in 1785, his feelings were so hurt at the whole ordeal that he refused to see him. He refused to discuss it in the years after until his death. Though, "looms quite as large" was true. Washington was a GIANT in comparison to the height averages at the time.
Technically if you say “MacBeth” in reference to the CHARACTER, you’re fine. If you say “MacBeth” in reference to the name of the play “MacBeth” then you’re screwed. Also something I NEVER knew before watching these Hamilton reactions, is that apparently wearing GREEN in the second act is bad luck - which Hamilton DOES. Aaaaand whistling on-stage is apparently also a harbinger of doom, Phillip enters whistling before asking The Bullet (and flirting with her - flirting with Death) about George Eaker.
Hey Jase, this was a DELIGHT to watch with you, my husband and I didn't even need to see the video because we know it inside and out but you brought NEW LIFE into it with your genuine reactions, interest, and respect for the hard work that went into this creation and production! Thank you for sharing! We are enjoying more of your content and so happy we found you! :)
@@jasenyoface7555 So happy to, my dude! Thanks for the reply! We are both so excited to see what musicals or new genre content you choose to see next :) (Special place in our hearts for Les Miserables). There's so much to choose from!
There's a point where chat comments on the Scottish Play curse being broken -- but it doesn't apply to Hamilton because he doesn't count here (speaking as a theatre person myself) because he doesn't name the play. He specifically says "that other Scottish ..." whatever. Then of course he shortly after says "Macbeth" but he's naming the character not the play's title. I mean, it's superstition and not exactly logical to begin with despite how ingrained it gets in theatre, but as long as you're referring to the person and not the title it doesn't matter. If you say the title in reference to the title though it's a problem. There's also an exception for performing the play in question; the title and introduction and such before each performance, the programmes given out for the show, and the name repeatedly being said during the show are all fine. You can't put on the show without naming the show, and even then you're mostly naming the character and not the play. Cast and crew behind the scenes and during rehearsal still never name the production, they say "That Scottish Play" or some variation thereof.
Since this came out I've been thirsty for reactions. Everyone's still sleeping on it. You're ahead of the curve man, I had a blast watching and drinking along.
even if he didn't enjoy the musical, his understanding of music, of the hard work it takes to put on a production, the bars and the hard work the actors go through to do this, to sing this well literally every night for months is enough for me. When he said they were athletes, I instinctively said "YES"
Lin’s acting in that scene is crushing. Also, if you look at portraits of Hamilton you can see how much he ages after Phillip’s death and the toll it took.
According to Lin and Thomas Kail (Director of Hamilton), the gasp is dependent on who plays Eliza that night. Each actress has a different understanding of what that gasp means and they leave it to them on how they play that out. Philippa Soo (Eliza in this run), might play it as surprise. While Julia K. Harriman (another Eliza) might do it differently. We never really know. Take note though. At that last turn of Lin and Philippa in the musical, Eliza doesn't react as if she sees her husband. She was quite formal when she sees Lin. Some theories say that Eliza sees Lin, the playwright and not Hamilton, her husband. This is especially evident when Lin actually says "Hi" to her with a smile. Then, they meet in the middle, Eliza cautiously takes Lin's hand, and then he leads her to the audience where he shows her that Hamilton's story is being told and is being heard by hundreds of people. Again, that's one theory. I really like it though.
Musical trivia: “Sit down, John” in “The Adams Administration” is a callback to a 70s musical about the Declaration of Independence called “1776.” In the first song of that show, all the other members of the Continental Congress are fed up with Adams and singing “Sit down, John!” (In the second song, Adams tells how awful it is to be at the Continental Congress in summer, singing “Piddle, twiddle, and resolve / Nothing's ever solved in / Foul, fetid, fuming, foggy, filthy / Philadelphia.”)
ZariDV The Constitutional Convention lasted one summer. The Continental Congress had already run more than a year by the time “1776” begins. BTW, I live in Philadelphia, and rarely step outside my AC in July unless I have to. Sitting in a stuffy room with no AC, and when you open a window you get mosquitoes and the smell of horse manure in the street? Gah.
1776 is a treasure! I definitely recommend this one to anyone interested in seeing a different perspective of how the Declaration of Independence came to be.
there are a number of musical theater references in the show, which I found delightful to pick out. "you have to be carefully taught" South Pacific "Ces't moi" Camelot (hence the reference to Lancelot) "I am the very model of a modern major general" The Pirates of Penzance "Nobody needs to know" The Last Five Years The "I dos" in Helpless from Abba I do I do I do I do (which I guess would be Mamma Mia?) I think there's more, I just don't remember them all right now.
If i remember correctly Eliza lost both her mother and one of her sisters around the same time Phillip died. Like all within a few months of each other. So basically she was a wreck by that point. And yea, they said hamilton essentially became just a shell of a man after Phillip died. Watching him go from the one whose time is being begged for by Eliza to him having to beg for her time just hurts.
Fun fact: the guy that plays James Reynolds also plays Philip Schuyler(for when he asks for Elizas hand in marriage) , The doctor when Philip dies and the doctor when Hamilton dies. This guy appears at every major point of friction or bad thing that happens to Hamilton.
I had never come across your channel before this, and I saw you reacted to Hamilton because I usually like to watch reactions to it. At first I was just gonna go and see your reactions to different songs, then I ended up putting it on myself and watching along with you. Even tho I wasn’t on the livestream. Basically took up half my day and I’m not even sorry about it. Thank you for the fun and I’m glad you enjoyed the show, you now have a new subscriber.
That made the whole 3 hours worth it for me. Watching him realize in total disbelief that what he watched involved a live orchestra and hundreds of others. Like waking up from the Matrix or something.
Eight shows a week live. Welcome to the world of Broadway my friend! It’s filled with Uber talented artists, and every note of it is live. I really loved watching you become a Hamilton fan. I was the same way...I live in California, and never got to see the show live, so my first time watching it was on Disney+. I was blown away!
1:32:06 Yes, my friend. This is ART. Lin-Manuel Miranda was awarded the Pulitzer Drama Prize for this particular piece of art. It is phenomenal. PHENOMENAL.
Hairline mics are super common in theatre, and double mics are common for lead roles with a huge amount of screen time (think Jean Lavjean in Les Mis, Elphaba In wicked etc). Your mic freaking out mid power balled is like.... devastating, lol
well, not devastating if you're, like, Chris Jackson. I'm sure his voice would project to the back of the theater easily even without a mic. He has some powerful pipes.
I really wish the chat hadn't told you about The Bullet before you watched for the first time.you in my opinion, it spoiled upcoming scenes because you kind of knew to look out for it. over all though, I really enjoyed your reaction and would highly recommend a rewatch, as it gets even better upon multiple viewings.
The bullet is something you pick up On 2nd or 3rd viewing. Not something you know about first time. Then you’re looking to see who she is near & you anticipate who will die.
Hamilton was a genius, but his drive to do just about anything to further his ideals made him incredibly unpopular. He started as a renowned war vet, but found himself being the politician everyone made an example of. It’s one of the main reasons his name was all but forgotten for a lot of history. Funny thing is, most of the people in politics with him at the time were just as “bad” as Hamilton, but because he was so outspoken he put a literal target on himself.
Alisha Spencer So much. I had to start skipping the parts where he paused and talked to the stream, because they were too annoying, and her especially.
Thisssss. Also one of them said Peggy was dead by Take a Break, Peggy didn't die until 1801, same as SPOILERSSSS IF YOU HAVENT SEEN THE SHOW FULLY OR EVEN THIS STREAM FULLYYYYY SPOILERRRRRRRSSS Phillip
The power of telling a story through music. And the ability of that power to evoke emotions in the audience. Not every musical is as exceptional at it beginning to end, top to bottom as Hamilton is, but there are moments in some of them and there are even other whole musicals that can reverberate to your very core. I'm sad I missed these streams, but I look forward to seeing your journey forward. As as a suggestion: Jesus Christ Superstar
Re: the musicians in the pit. Almost all the music is played live in the pit. For this musical, there were a couple of things that were pre-recorded. Obviously, the backwards sounds in "Satisfied". All the record scratches. And in "The Room Where it Happens" the trumpet sounds. Just a few examples...
I also love how "The Room Where it Happens" has so many different meanings, both for the show and in general. For the show, it is about Burr, and ambition, and jealousy, and that big decisions are being made, but we are kept away from what's important. In general, it resonates more with how history is made, which is a huuuge theme in Hamilton ! History, legacy, lasting political changes... People are talking, writing and singing about it. Hamilton is basically telling a part of history. But we'll never truly know what happened or how it happened. Historians only have documents, assumptions, impressions, but everything we know about history is because of reconstitution. We will never know what happened (or what is happening, because that idea is still relevant today) especially when it comes to politics. So, imo, Burr has a dual role in this song: he is himself (ambition, jealousy), but also us, the audience. He doesn't know what happened, he couldn't be there. But that's still pretty ironic because he is... well, a part of history as well. (A lenghty and pretty confusing comment but it is 2am here so... I guess I was inspired)
Maria Reynolds is my favorite side ish character in the whole musical. Her singing is so beautiful! She has such a great voice especially when she says “whatever he wants if you pay you can stayyyyyyy”
I always see the “you, you, you, you...” part of Burn as her being done with Alexander’s self centered actions. All he keeps saying is things about himself for himself.
I'm gonna recommend it here as well: Jesus Christ Superstar. It has so many parallels with Hamilton, and it classic rock! The original company is phenomenal! Highly recommended
David Eads THIS! Anyone that appreciates music has to listen to it, such an epic musical, phenomenal acting and Judas much like Burr here is just unparalleled! I’d watch that reaction video no matter how long it ends up being
if you watch the room where it happens again, when burr jumps on the table, the lights turn from red to blue, to symbolize him going from Republican to democrat, its the little things
A thing that I learned today was that Hamilton and Eliza had 7 children, so when she said "in clearing your name, you ruined our lives 😔 " it means way more than just her and Angelica, it also leads to his first born sons death
I think you misunderstand the "room where it happens". Hamilton gave away the location of the capitol in exchange for one of the best financial systems around (at the time). The financial system he designed for the US was a large reason why we, as a country, have survived. Our commercial economy came about because of him. If it'd been up to Jefferson then we would have been a mostly land and agrarian-based economy, few banks (unregulated) and little manufacturing trade. He also made sure we got out of debt and founded the Coast Guard. (beth's mom)
Philip died in Angelica's house, attended by the same doctor who attended Alexander when he died. You should read the Ron Chernow biography of Alexander, the same book that inspired Lin-Manuel Miranda. He also wrote one about George Washington.
I really need you to react to the alternate version of Elizas song when she finds out about him cheating. It's called "First Burn" also, Angelica has a song as well for the same reason called "Congratulations" that's also really good and tears into him.
Re: Macbeth. From what I know you cant say the name of the play, but you can say the name of the character. So context matters. so if you listen to the line, Hamilton gets it right. So he shouldn't be cursed lol
It's a "grateful" gasp Eliza does at the end. it's like she breaks the 4th wall and realizes that us (the audience) is watching her "tell Alexander's story". Like, after all those years, it's still reaching us today in 2020. And she's overcome with emotion and gratitude.
me telling myself: you’ve watched it 8 times, you surely won’t cry this time my brain: nah, your gonna cry me: i definitely won’t stay alive reprise:😏😏😏 me:😭😭😭😭😭
who doesn't sob their heart out during Burn or when Philip dies and later when Eliza takes Alexander's hand and he breaks down? Just typing that sentence made me tear up.
I highly recommend the biography that inspired Lin-Manuel Miranda to write this over a period of 7 years. It’s an easy and engaging read. So is the biography the author wrote on Washington. There are so many details that will blow your mind. It actually makes it even more amazing that Lin was able to thin it down to 2 hours 40 minutes.
The Real RenRen It’s Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. I actually just bought the unabridged audiobook of George Washington by Ron Chernow. He’s very good at biographies, they’re not boring at all, and the audiobooks are quite nice, actually. I usually struggle to pay attention if I’m not the one reading it, but these audiobooks keep your attention. You can see why Lin-Manuel Miranda was immediately drawn in, even by accident. I hope you give them a chance.
Fun fact. Maria Reynolds later divorced her husband. Her divorce lawyer was... Aaron Burr. 😳
That’s Fudging hilarious. 😂
Small world, I guess 😂
Another FunFact. When Burr and his second wife Eliza Jumel got divorced Jumels lawyer was Alexander Hamilton Jr..
That IS a fun fact!
Even better- When Burr divorced his last wife, his divorce lawyer was Alexander Hamilton Jr.
I loved the way the Duel ended with Burr not "waiting for it", and Hamilton "throwing away his shot"
duuuuude 🤯
Mind blown 🤯🤯🤯🤯
This needs to be a top comment! 🙌🏽
Wooooooowwww! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
It gets foreshadowed earlier as well - in "The Room Where It Happens" (which ignites Burr's long-simmering resentment towards Hamilton), Hamilton tells Burr "I guess I'm gonna fin'ly have to listen to you/Talk less, smile more", and in "The Election Of 1800" (where Hamilton decisively turns against Burr), Burr tells Hamilton "I'm chasing what I want, and you know what?/I learned that from you".
You'll also realise that Eliza is the only character, of the main cast, that doesn't sing at a high speed - this is because she lived to an older age than any of the others...she had more time to tell her story.
🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Yoooooo 🤯🤯🤯🤯
Wow 🤯 all the layers
Nope. It's because she isn't part of the revolution. Peggy doesn't rap either cause she wasn't into the revolution either. Angelica was
Ankita Jose nah i’m pretty sure it’s because she doesn’t have to rush as she lives to such an old age
Here are 10 fun facts about the lives of the characters:
1. Lafayette named his only son after George Washington, Georges Washington de Lafayette.
2. Hamilton was only 5’6”
3. There were actually 13 Schuyler children not just the 3. Only 8 survived to adulthood several of which were boys.
4. Lafayette was imprisoned for over 5 years in Austria during the French Revolution.
5. Angelica was already married when they met Hamilton.
6. Angelica and her husband hatched a successful escape plan to help Lafayette escape from prison, though he was quickly recaptured.
7. At Phillips funeral it’s said that Hamilton was so distraught he had to have people physically hold him up to keep him from falling
8. Peggy died in 1801 of a cold and Hamilton was the only person at her side when she died.
9. The people in the Caribbean who collected money to send Hamilton to the colonies expected him to become a doctor and return to help them, but as we saw he didn’t do that.
10. The ship that Hamilton was on when he came to the colonies caught fire during the voyage and was in flames when it arrived in the harbor.
BONUS fact: Aaron Burrs wife and daughter, both suffered tragic and premature deaths. His wife Theodosia Bartow Burr died from stomach cancer, in 1794 at the age 47. His daughter Theodosia Burr Alston was lost at sea in 1813 at the of 29. Burr was inconsolable.
I knew Lafayette was imprisoned in Austria, but I had no idea Angelica and John (her husband) hatched a plot to rescue him!
I can't take 7. I wanna cry now.
n°7 and n°8 broke my heart.
Another fun fact: Later in life Burr remarried a woman who was at the time the richest in the USA. Things didn't work out and they got divorced. His wife chose Alexander Hamilton JR as her lawyer. Burr died the same day the divorce was finalized.
Considering #9 I wonder how they felt about him as time went on.
So Eliza's orphanage still exists today as the org Graham Windham, which is now a family services agency in NYC. Phillipa Soo (the actress who plays Eliza) went and performed for some of the kids, and after she sang "when my time is up, have I done enough, will they tell my story?" the kids sang back to her, "Eliza, you have done enough!"
Anyway, every once in a while I'll remember that and make myself cry
That is beautiful.
Same here, every time lol. Phillipa organized an arts mentorship program for the kids of Graham Windham too
your comment made me burst into tears. thank you for sharing that.
BRB sobbing 😭
Song Stamps
1:21 - What'd I Miss
7:09 - Cabinet Battle #1
11:48 - Take a Break
17:59 - Say No To This
27:55 - The Room Where It Happens
37:50 - Schuyler Defeated
39:44 - Cabinet Battle #2
42:19 - Washington On Your Side
52:19 - One Last Time
59:49 - I Know Him
1:01:45 - The Adams Administration
1:02:41 - We Know
1:05:10 - Hurricane
1:08:46 - The Reynolds Pamphlet
1:10:57 - Burn
1:21:14 - Blow Us All Away
1:24:14 - Stay Alive (Reprise)
1:26:20 - Its Quiet Uptown
1:40:16 - The Election of 1800
1:44:18 - Your Obedient Servant
1:48:49 - Best of Wives and Best of Women
1:49:31 - The World Was Wide Enough
1:58:05 - Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story
Enjoy
Thank you
Omg you're a lifesaver 🙌
the hero we needed, but did not deserve.
Appreciated
Thankssss
"I didn't know everybody hated each other so much"
I mean. Isn't that how politics work in America? XD and many other countries
Yes, that’s exactly how they work
-an American
@@thetwilightgamer works that way in any fairly free political system.
I Marcus Cicero yep
@@thetwilightgamer exactly! 😂
not only that, but Jefferson was actually a huge asshole in real life. The Founding Fathers have been glorified so much we forget they were real people with real flaws.
A lot of people misunderstand the theater superstition referred to as the Macbeth curse. While inside a theater, one can say the character Macbeth's name, which Hamilton does in the letter to Angelica, but members of the cast of the play can't refer to the play by its name while they're within the walls of the theater.
I spent years in theater in NYC and it's a mild annoyance that people keep misstating this particular theater curse. An actor is allowed to tell others he's playing the role of Macbeth and he can be called Macbeth by his cast mates and the crew, but while in the theater no one can say they're in the play Macbeth or are crew members for the play Macbeth. It's the uttering of the play’s name aloud in a theater that supposedly triggers the bad luck.
While writing to Angelica, Hamilton was careful to not name the play. His words were, "My dearest, Angelica, tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day. I trust you'll understand the reference to another Scottish tragedy without my having to name the play." The words 'tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow' are the beginnings of the second sentence of one of the most famous soliloquies in William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth. Lin very much followed the rules of the Macbeth superstition/curse. When he uttered the word Macbeth, he did so in reference to the character and not the play.
Hamilton's bad luck began when he decided to pursue his ambitions instead of settling into a good life with his wife. His inability to be satisfied with his life was his downfall.
Em E. THIS!!! Thank you for putting this into words I couldn’t have said it better myself.
THANK YOU!
Thank you for this, it was driving me CRAZY!
On Twitter, Lin playfully joked that Hamilton's downfall began after he said the name of the play. I honestly didn't understand the joke until I read this comment.
Thank you for saving me a bunch of typing, lol.
2:00:55 - I like to think this is why the show is called "Hamilton" as opposed to "Alexander Hamilton" - in many ways it's as much Eliza's story as his. Heaven knows she deserves it.
100%
I'm not saying the Schuyler sisters are now Disney princess..... BUT THEY ARE NOW DISNEY PRINCESS. I'm sorry, I make the rules that's that
They so are! There better be some Eliza angelical AND PEGGY
in the Disney parks
.........Jonathan Groff has two characters to his name in the Disney books now lol
Johnathan Groff is a Disney Prince(Frozen 2) and a King(Hamilton). Disney Royalty.
@@abbyf763 disney doesn't owns hamilton just the recording that they made. So unfortunatly we can't have hamilton in the disney parks
Ps:sorry for my bad english
they are not princesses though
I appreciate the journey on display here. At the beginning: “I’m not into musical theater”
During Its Quiet Uptown: “THIS IS ARRRRTTT”
Watching his reactions was everything. Maybe that’s why my daughter couldn’t wait for me to see it. I was slightly disappointed that he wasn’t crying on the floor in the fetal position at the end.
I know everyone loves to share facts they learn after joining the fandom, but sometimes you gotta let the man experience things for the first time. Telling him to look at things before it actually happens is a spoiler and takes away from the first viewing. Sometimes what makes these things so great is finding out facts after and appreciating it more then
Totally agree the first time I watched this I knew nothing! Then finding out about the bullet and just rewatching and appreciating her role and all the ways the songs are interlinked makes me appreciate the level of detail so much more
EXACTLY
YES, thank you! Both these streams I was getting very annoyed at the Twitch stream giving things away before he had a chance to experience them!
Yes.
That doesn't bother me so much as him talking over the lyrics/lines; he was missing lyrics to yap kind of torpedoing the impact they have. i'd prefer pauses over talking over the singing.
Because Eliza had such a big role in history that's why the name of the play is Hamilton, after all Eliza's last name after marrying Alexander was Hamilton. So the name is for Alexander AND Eliza. Without her and her parts of his story and of many involved would be lost.
Right, it’s called Hamilton not Alexander 😃
That's kind of debatable. No one knew who she was before this musical.
Also, the first song of the musical is everyone singing about Alexander and the last one is everyone singing about Eliza
@@GarrettJimmy Untrue and irrelevant.
Ironically lots of parts were lost BECAUSE of Eliza too 😅
I haven't seen anyone mention that the orphanage that Eliza helped found is still in operation. Known now as Graham Windham, the cause has now been picked up by, of course, Phillipa Soo. It assists over 4,500 children and families every year. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Windham
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I would love to work with those children but I don't do well with kids 😅 but that's amazing ❤
Aww that's amazing.
That’s so cool I didn’t know it was still open
One short story about Eliza. As an old woman, in her nineties, she hosted dinners in Washington for new young Congressmen who were opposed to slavery.
One of those new young Congressmen who went to those dinners (in 1847 and 1848) was Abraham Lincoln.
Oh god
That's great!
Wow!
No way! :O
Yeah, I read about that in another reply string - she must've been among the only people in history to meet both George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, think about that.
People recording Hamilton reaction videos is the kind of balance 2020 needs right now. Thank you!!!
Love movie reaction videos but if eliminate comments. Never saw it before & Jason was constantly being told get tissues, it gets sadder. That robs him of watching the video and having an honest reaction.
Fun Fact: for the line "where to put the capital" in the room where it happens the ensemble cast were asked to yell the first city they could think of and hope it was in the 13 colonies. If you listen for it you can hear that one of them yells Toronto... a major Canadian city.
That is a fun fact
You can also here someone say Florida
I heard that LMAO. It wasn't pretty🤣🤣
No one actually says Toronto-there’s just so many of them yelling at once, the overlap comes out like that. Total coincidence. Totally hysterical!
(Go find The Hamilcast podcast. The one with Gillian Pensavale. She’s interviewed SO MANY cast and backstage people across various versions of the show. The Lin interview covered FIVE episodes.)
Lol I hear Chicago every time I listen to it XD
There's a saying in English studies that the "hero" is the person who changes and accomplishes things.
You have to reach the end to realize that Lin-Manuel has told us.
Eliza is the hero. The real hero. The one who rose up and framed it all for a new country.
Exactly, I like the notion that "Hamilton" isn't necessarily the story of just Alexander, rather him and Eliza, the latter being the true protagonist, in spite of her reduced time on stage.
It is called Hamilton. Not Alexander Hamilton. Eliza is the one who lived and told the story.
I was thinking about this, while watching it again, last night.
I absolutely agree. It was like the prologue to her story, as she went on to accomplish a great many things.
Also just realised, the actors that play Lafyette/Jefferson and Hercules/Madison say in the opening song "We fought with him" and it's again true for both characters, just in different ways. Lafayette and Hercules fought with his a brothers in arms, and Jefferson and Madison fought with him as rivals.... Lin is a serious genius with these lyrics
Lin Manuel is a genius
Also Laurens and Philip both "Died for him"
oh daamn- i didnt noticed that : 0
Yeah, the lyrics in that part work for all the doubles. If I’m not mistaken, all three sisters sing “we loved him”, which is referring to Peggy turning into Maria.
@@jojoh8067 almost every song/líne has 2 or 3 diferent meaning/reference to other plays; songs, moments or history whit other caracters, or things they say or write in real life. Thats way Hamilton is endless watch it 50 times and you will see things new every time
Fun fact: The part where Eliza says "you'll sleep in your office instead" actually happened, but not because she kicked him out of their room. This was because when the Reynolds scandal broke out she was pregnant and decided to take the children to her parents house uptown to get away from it all. Apparently Hamilton felt lonely and ashamed so he would often just stay working overnight in his office.
Too bad he didn’t pull a Jefferson and have some weird monstrosity where his bed is IN the doorway to his office
Fidgetelftree Lmao YES what was with Jefferson’s bed srsly
Fidgetelftree I-I’m sorry what
@@fidgetelftree9432 I think that was actually quite a common thing back then lol
Alexander wrote the pamphlet while he was away from home, and probably didn’t even tell her it was going to be published. Just...did it, and assumed she would understand his needing to defend his political honor.
We don’t actually know what her reaction was. She destroyed most of her own writing before she died. She helped physically write some of Alexander’s works when his hand would get tired. But she considered herself too uneducated in comparison to have written anything of importance.
“How many people involved?!” Well there’s 8 minutes of credits.....
Many of the people in the credits are the film crew and production staff for the movie. Not all of them were directly involved in the stage production.
@@Spoelstral they were listing everyone involved in the movie not the stage production. They all played a role
Oh and can we just applaud the dancers like, they did AMAZING!! And ANYONE that was behind the stage and in that pit. Basically, everyone that wasn't "lead" *claps*
The absolute *consistency* from the ensemble blows my mind. I can pick out so many differences in all the leads vs the obc soundtrack. But the ensemble holds perfect steady replication night after night. It keeps blowing my mind how perfect the harmonies are everytime I watch, that sometimes I stop watching the plot 😂
anonnymouses i love the ensemble!!! I’ve always like to notice the ones that aren’t the leads because they do help make the show ..
The ensemble are astounding. They are pretty much onstage from go to whoa ~ and they have to sing and dance, forward, backwards and all over the place.
@@karmen181 ENSEMBLE. That's the word lol
Lilly Nichols the hustle they have is impressive. Watching it over u know almost daily I noticed the part of Charles Lee . How he goes from
The front of the stage , to having to run up the stairs for the rant verse about Washington...he had already caught my eye but man I was like damn that was impressive
Hamilton trivia for "Burn": the producers searched out all kinds of paper to burn in the bucket, to find one that would burn for the exact remaining length of the song - so that when Eliza left the stage it would be in darkness.
Hadn't heard that. Three cheers to the props department!
@@FloraWest GO TO 2:33 ua-cam.com/video/3D7xNAsi0uo/v-deo.html
@@newfette4021 I watched the whole thing-thank you so much for the link! My husband is a props master (and I was a director) and this is *exactly* like going backstage with him on any given show. No theater now, of course, so this was a nice treat to be in a theater again, hearing the same sorts of stories I always hear.
Musical theater veteran here. You really think that this was a problem? I guarantee you they hired professionals to make these decisions well before opening night. High school theater departments have this figured out, let alone a sold out a Broadway smash hit.
“It gets worse?”
“It gets WORSE??!?!?!??”
Oh hon u didn’t even know
I was on this livestream. He was in a mess for several minutes after it was over.
Laughing while crying
I really wish people in the chat didn't tell him what was about to happen. it kinda ruined the reaction for me a bit.
the_nikster agreed. And all the bullet focus was dumb to me. Just let him watch it!
Such a sweet summer child
If you have the chance watch One Last Time when the cast sung it for President Obama at the White House. It was right before Obama left office and the tangerine orangutan took over. The audience was crying, the performers were crying.
No, no. Orangutans are smarter than trump. What about “dorito-dusted worm’s ass”
Autumn the LeafWing very well pull
@@lynxz-studios A little unfair to worms :(
@@lynxz-studios bruh why u gotta be so rude to worms
I watch that video quite often and just noticed the other day that Lin was actually in tears too. And yes i cry every time
The bullet entered over his hip and went through his entrails. So, yeah: "already infected when he arrived" because it was a gut wound, and he'd already have feces spread through his lower abdomen. In those days a gut would was pretty much an automatic death sentence, as was a compound broken bone. They were things you didn't recover from.
Yup. I’m a trauma nurse in a level 1 ICU - even now 250 years later GSWs to the belly can get really bad. Its extremely likely they’re going to get BAD SICK because of bacteria and waste getting into the sterile abdominal cavity 😢
This is the best thing ever. I came across your channel after the Yorktown reaction and this shit is gettin me HYPE AF
SAME!!!! Same song I am now obsessed
Same here ☺️
Same !! I always watch something Hamilton before I go to bed , and you were on my recommendation page. I am now hooked .
Same! Watching Hamilton videos sent me to you!! I’m excited to see you watch more musical theatre!
There is one very good thing Burr did after the duel with Hamilton. He was still the Vice-President for a couple of years. He and Jefferson hated one another. But Burr was still in charge of the Senate as the Vice-President. Jefferson tried to impeach a Supreme Court justice because the justice's politics were different to Jefferson's. Burr made absolutely sure that could not happen and set the precedent that a sitting President could impeach a Supreme Court justice just because the justice didn't agree with him. And I think we can all agree that that is a VERY GOOD THING right now.
Nice! That's actually very cool
Learning a ton of new things on the comment thread
He did do this which is cool. This is just a not so fun fact that a learned. He was a major helicopter dad to Theadosia and was very critical of her. She was lost at sea and there are so many theories about what happened to her.
@@amberburnette8813 oh wow - I heard that she'd been lost at sea, but not other theories.
@@lillynichols9884 There are a few theories regarding her disappearance. Some say the ship sinked because of a storm, others that pirates attacked the boat... There doesn't seem to be one story standing as truth about what happened. But in the theories I've read she is always considered dead (I mean, no one, at least from what I know, considered her alive living somewhere on an island or something)
From the faces he pulls crying on stage, I never want to see Lin-Manuel TRULY sad or upset. It will break my heart.
SAME
he said whenever he got to that part, he would think of what he'd feel if his own son died. Those emotions are REAL.
Him jamming to Say No To This with the face of "Oh god no why is this happening" is a mood
Eliza wore a locket with a poem that Alexander wrote her when they were courting. She had it on when she died. How brilliant is Lin that he reads a biography of Hamilton and thinks that's so hip-hop.
While Alexander's dueling advice to his son seems completely ridiculous to us, it *was* relevant and good advice for the time. Duels were at their core a dick-wagging contest, and most people didn't actually want to murder someone. Also I wish there were an easily-accessible recording of Come From Away, because it's criminally under-talked-about (came out the same year as Hamilton and suffered for it) and it's another musical that I think has broad appeal and could be appealing to people who don't usually like musicals.
In Reality, A. Ham didn't send Phillip to the duel. He didn't actually think i was going to happen. Angelica's husband gave Philip the guns and when Hamilton found out he had gone, he fainted.
@@kimberleyravenswood5287 Oh really? I didn't know that's how it went down.
Come From Away is absolutely amazing!
There were also actually 25 rules in the Code Duello. Agreed upon in Ireland, but mostly followed in America, with a couple "glaring deviations". But 25 rules are a lot harder to rhyme lol and then the Notorious B.I.G. reference wouldn't work.
Come From Away is so badly forgotten. My friend introduced me to the soundtrack and I'm in LOVE
I love the fact that Lin used the actual words of Washington's farewell address in this. They are so poignant.
I don't feel too bad for Burr - he lived on the infamy he got from the duel. He would say, "My dear friend Hamilton, whom I shot." He also tried to create his own country out of parts of the South and Texas (which was owned by Mexico) - which got him charged with treason.
The gasp is left up to the actress playing Eliza. It could be her seeing the audience and realizing the story is being told or it could be her last dying breath and seeing Alexander again.
This film was created out of 2 live performances and one with no audience to get the closeups. The person who popped his head out of the orchestra pit is Alex Lacamoire - Lin-Manuel Miranda's co-arranger for Hamilton. It's also normal for musicals to acknowledge the conductor at the end of the show because they're extremely important.
I mentioned this in an earlier comment, but George Washington's Farewell Address was co-written by, you guessed it, Alexander Hamilton. Eliza was able to prove it years later, all part of preserving her husband's legacy.
I watched this whole thing without stopping. Most entertaining thing I’ve seen in a long time. You sir are excellent company.
Thank you for rocking with me!
Same, I was like why did I just spend so much time watching a dude I've never seen before watch Hamilton 😂 but here I am and I have no regrets ;)
@@Phelie315 me too. I just spent 3 hours watching both parts in a row. I forget what my living room looks like. I think there's a carpet?
Anyway, no regrets
Same…. No regrets!!! 🤪😂😂🙋🏻♀️
There are a lot of historical inaccuracies in this musical done for the sake of storytelling. For example, Anjelica was already married with a couple of kids when she met Hamilton, and she had brothers. And yes, Alex and Eliza had 8 kids, the last named after his oldest brother. They were also there at his bedside when he finally died.
By the way, when Philip was shot, Eliza was already wearing black because her sister, Peggy, died the same year. When they're introduced earlier in the musical, Burr names them in the order they die.
Then there’s the tidbit that Angelica Hamilton, second eldest of the children was driven mad by the death of her brother and receded into a childlike mind. She often spoke of her brother as if he were alive, even late in life, and would ask when he was coming home from boarding school. She was 17 when he passed and she passed at 73 years old.
It’s quite uptown was also inspired by witness accounts of the time, which described Alexander as literally collapsing of grief at the funeral and that they had never seen a family so deep in mourning.
how did peggy die?
@@valkyrie7304im pretty sure it was a cold
@@anonnymouses7134 now I want to cry... More
I mean it's not that big of a problem. Of course it would have been nice to see it in the musical but that would have been to much. And if you pay attention, it gets mentioned that Philip has at least a sister. You can't just mention everyone who is not that important for the story.
The bullet you missed for Phillip was the lady who told him where to find Eaker
not the chat spamming "omg this next song is so sad" before "Blow Us All Away" I swear yall are the reason I don't interact with the Hamilton fandom. Let the man enjoy the show without spoilers.
They spoiled everything from lyrics to surprises to the next songs because they think it makes them quirky or something. Chat made this unbearable
I am literally so invested in this just watching a man and his chat bc I don’t even have Hamilton on haha
I don't either haha
Me either…. Just watching Jase??!! 😂😂😂🤷🏼♀️
@@deannaNnola this must be a sign to rewatch because I was just thinking about doing a watch along lol your comment timing solidified it 🤟 cheers
I'm reading the Alexander Hamilton biography by Ron Chernow that Lin read on vacation when he came up with this idea. The full, historically accurate story is even crazier than the musical! Lin deserves every single award and nomination that he and the show won. And this video is even better than the first act video! Welcome to the Hamilfans, lol!
OMG the book is INSANE. Even if Chernow is clearly biased toward his subject, it’s just completely wild times.
A few months back, we went to NY to visit our son. We also went to see a.ham's grave. We were in union square, standing beside of george washington's grave. Some random man was selling the autobiography. I bought the Ron Chernow biography, while standing next to G.W's statue, headed to a.ham's final resting place. Surreal.
Reading it also and enjoying it. The play reawaken my interest in history.
For the record, Eliza and Alexander had 8 children of their own, and they also cared for the young daughter of a friend for a few years after the child was orphaned. Eliza also suffered at least one miscarriage. She did forgive Alexander's affair a couple years after the scandal when Philip almost died from typhoid, and they had two of their children after that. She always blamed President James Monroe as the one who actually leaked the information about the affair, and refused to talk to him even years later when he came to visit her to make amends. This was Monroe, not Madison. Monroe was not in the musical.
_WHY DOES CHAT SAY THE NAME OF A SONG EVERY TIME_ and also mention what kind of song it is (emotional, badass, etc)??? like, that's such a spoiler and takes away from the surprise!!!
thank you!!!!!!
CAN THEY SHUT UP LMAO
They were all probably excited, having seen it before they were excited to all talk about it together on a stream lol
Yeah chat was dropping lots of annoying spoilers. Just let him enjoy it the first time.
Guys if he doesn't mind them chating in the chat it's fine plus he was mostly paying attention to the musical and the chat was just excited if he doesn't have problem then it's fine they are all having fun
Honestly idgaf if they spoil Hamilton’s death in the first song, there is NO need to REMIND first time viewers of that. I’m assuming most first time viewers forget anyway, so ugh why remind them, let people be shocked, dammit.
I mean this is history...It's not really SPOILING. 🤷🏽♀️
@@idontknowreally2474 But it is spoiling if you don't know.
The Real RenRen Exactly, not everyone knows. I mean obviously everyone dies, but not everyone knows how or who. Even though Burr says it in the first song, most people forget. No need to remind them.
Did Jase ever tell people to not spoil things? You know some people aren't so pissy about spoilers
That’s a very fair point, and I don’t get the impression that Jase cared all that much.
I suggest you give "Congratulations" and "First Burn" as well as "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story" animatics a listen. "Congratulations" is slightly different from the shorter cut version shown in the musical. "First Burn" is the first draft for what later becomes "Burn". The third is a very mournful view of the last song with animations, has quite an impact.
Here are my video recommendations for each:
Congratulations - ua-cam.com/video/le6Lmfj8SsQ/v-deo.html
First Burn - ua-cam.com/video/6RT10PoiPvs/v-deo.html
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story - ua-cam.com/video/CzOTqnMCyec/v-deo.html
I'd add the third cabinet battle to that list.
Also add the cut John Adams rap! If I recall correctly Lin took it out of the show because it didn't make sense to dedicate a whole song to a character you never see. ua-cam.com/video/oUI8b17YGx8/v-deo.html
Christina B I cant begin to tell him how wrong he is about that. “They were calling you a dick back in 76/ and you haven’t done anything new since / you’re a nuisance/ you will die of irrelevance/ go ahead and call me the devil/ you aspire to my level/ you inspire malevolence” is one of the best bars in the unabridged play and I find myself saying it under my breath more than 3 times a day.
The best part is that we don’t see him, he is that irrelevant and badly remembered 😂 it makes every line cut a little deeper that the only time he’s mentioned it’s to talk shit
anonnymouses I would have loved it to be in the show. That smackdown is brutal.
I love the Ham4Ham Congratulations
ua-cam.com/video/d7K7pvJB27w/v-deo.html
Ok the gasp at the end. In interview, Pippa who played Eliza confirmed it's a combo of 2 theories. 1, Eliza gets to the end of her life and reacts to seeing her loved ones(including Hamilton) on the other side. 2, she is shown the theater audience for the first time, breaking the 4th wall, and is in awe at the realisation that so many years later...her story, and the story of what Hamilton did is still being told today. They made some of of impact in history. After we're gone, we continue to live on in our stories, so this play made me think about my own life too. As it says, we are part of history. History has its eye on us.
I love Jasmine Cephas Jones’s(Peggy/Maria Reynolds) voice. Did you know her and Anthony Ramos(Phillip/Laurens) and her are engaged now? I guess Lin’s musicals have a matchmaking magic because Christopher Jackson met his wife doing In the Heights, and Daveed Diggs(Lafayette/Jefferson) is now dating(they started dating years later) an ensemble member named Emmy Raver Lampman who played Angelica on the first tour, she was Elphaba in Wicked at one point and is now Allison in The Umbrella Academy on Netflix(as well as a few other things)
And just a fun trivia fact: the orchestra is a 10-piece ensemble. Drums, bass guitar, all other guitars played by one person who switches (electric, acoustic, banjo etc.), a second "percussion" guy, 2 keyboard parts (1st keyboard is also the conductor you see taking the bow), and a "classical" string quartet (2 violins, viola, and cello). There's also a lot of "electronically programmed" moments and sound effects that are either controlled by the drummer or the percussionist, done by "hitting" some pad with their sticks. As a professional musician myself who has done his share of pit orchestra work, props to them. They're just as mad talented as the singers. That's the beauty of the theater and live performances, it's all raw energy in the moment. Living art that only exists because we make it so.
Got to the part where you were annoyed that Burr switched parties. YEAH turns out historians conisder Burr as the first politician cuss he would do things like that as well as run a campaign something the founding fathers thought was in bad taste. They believed that the principles and ideas of the candidate should be the defining feature of why you deserved the vote.
chat explaining literally every 10 layer deep intricacy of the musical the entire time is so annoying lmao
literally, I wanna bop to a song without knowing what inspired Lin to write a particular line lmao
But it helps you appreciate the whole thing a lot better. Well, I guess its annoying the first time watching the show since all you wanna do is watch it. But the next few watches, you find new things each time.
...Eh? I actually quite enjoy it and find the layers of intricacy cool, idk
"One Last Time" was performed at the Kennedy Center Honors and at the White House right before Obama left office - both very poignant and emotional performances. There's also a recording on youtube with Obama reciting Washington's farewell letter, which also pulls at the heartstrings, especially now, if you're an Obama supporter. (disregard if you're not...ha...not looking for a debate, just putting the info out here)
That was beautiful!
Where can I find that video of him reading the letter ?
@@karmen181 It's the One Last Time 44 Remix: ua-cam.com/video/wFEL_0UFgIs/v-deo.html
George Washington's Farewell Address was co-written by, you guessed it, Alexander Hamilton. Eliza was able to prove it later on - another part of the legacy.
@@Spoelstral They convey that in the performance, by having Hamilton start reading it, then he and Washington reciting together, then Washington taking over.
There’s rumors John Lauren’s and Hamilton we’re lovers and his marriage to Eliza was for societal norms purposes...
Anjelica and Hamilton’s letters were reversed in the play, Hamilton picked on Anjelicas grammar not the other way around.
Also the song Eliza and Philip sing together they always separate at 7,8,9 to go separate musical ways... when Philip dies they go their separate ways and Philip can’t sing past 6, and Eliza continues 7,8,9...7,8,9.... but they are separated. The same when Philip was shot at the count of 7 at the duel. Separating him from his mother forever. There’s a lot of meaning in every single bit of music. Lin-Manuel wrote with a purpose.
Lin is a genius
yes it's rumored there were feelings between Laurens and Hamilton, and his marriage began as a way for him to climb the social ladder, but Hamilton did love Eliza, she wasn't just a "skirt"
Lauren’s was married with a kid and Hamilton didn’t accidentally have 8 kids. They were very close but people are going overboard with the gay lovers narrative
@@joshuawatts1924just because two men have romantic feelings for each other doesn't mean they can't sire children or love their wives or be sexually attracted to women. Human sexuality is much more complicated than that.
@@tracyroweauthor they were both soldiers. You ever been around people in the military gay innuendos are apart of it. But shippers love to ship so you go ahead I guess none of us were there nobody really knows except for Laurens and Hamilton
You don't need to watch the Hamilton episode of Drunk History, you made your own! 🤣
1:24:15 If Philip hadn't gone he'd basically have spent the rest of his life wearing a sign that says 'Coward'. Duels of honour were highly regarded back then, if you weren't able to settle this through letters all you really had to do was show up, and a lot of young men would've felt like it was something they had to go. When you were there you could waste your shot or refuse to shoot, then they'd shake hands and go because by showing up you were demonstrating your willingness to defend your honour. Most of the duels that took place didn't even result in death, Hamilton had every reason to assume that this one wouldn't either.
I think Eacker died of some kind of fever a few years afterwards.
Also, King George was genuinely hurt by the revolution. When John Adams came to speak with him in 1785, his feelings were so hurt at the whole ordeal that he refused to see him. He refused to discuss it in the years after until his death. Though, "looms quite as large" was true. Washington was a GIANT in comparison to the height averages at the time.
Yes BUT Jefferson was taller
@@animefan7883 Washington and Jefferson were the same height (6'2")
especially Adams who was only 5'7"
Technically if you say “MacBeth” in reference to the CHARACTER, you’re fine.
If you say “MacBeth” in reference to the name of the play “MacBeth” then you’re screwed.
Also something I NEVER knew before watching these Hamilton reactions, is that apparently wearing GREEN in the second act is bad luck - which Hamilton DOES.
Aaaaand whistling on-stage is apparently also a harbinger of doom, Phillip enters whistling before asking The Bullet (and flirting with her - flirting with Death) about George Eaker.
The BARS! The BARS! Jase, you need this on a shirt! My money is waiting...
Stay tuned!
Hey Jase, this was a DELIGHT to watch with you, my husband and I didn't even need to see the video because we know it inside and out but you brought NEW LIFE into it with your genuine reactions, interest, and respect for the hard work that went into this creation and production! Thank you for sharing! We are enjoying more of your content and so happy we found you! :)
Thank you for rocking with me!
@@jasenyoface7555 So happy to, my dude! Thanks for the reply! We are both so excited to see what musicals or new genre content you choose to see next :) (Special place in our hearts for Les Miserables). There's so much to choose from!
@@jasenyoface7555 DUDE. My husband just reminded me of and suggested you should watch The Producers (2005) with Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane 😁
@@creativechaos4955 the original producers is sooooo good
There's a point where chat comments on the Scottish Play curse being broken -- but it doesn't apply to Hamilton because he doesn't count here (speaking as a theatre person myself) because he doesn't name the play. He specifically says "that other Scottish ..." whatever. Then of course he shortly after says "Macbeth" but he's naming the character not the play's title.
I mean, it's superstition and not exactly logical to begin with despite how ingrained it gets in theatre, but as long as you're referring to the person and not the title it doesn't matter. If you say the title in reference to the title though it's a problem. There's also an exception for performing the play in question; the title and introduction and such before each performance, the programmes given out for the show, and the name repeatedly being said during the show are all fine. You can't put on the show without naming the show, and even then you're mostly naming the character and not the play. Cast and crew behind the scenes and during rehearsal still never name the production, they say "That Scottish Play" or some variation thereof.
And if it did apply, someone pointed it out on Twitter and Lin said something like “or did everything go to sh*t once he said it?”
Since this came out I've been thirsty for reactions. Everyone's still sleeping on it. You're ahead of the curve man, I had a blast watching and drinking along.
I said, "I'm just going to watch till he sees Satisfied " and here I am starting part 2
Wtf?
hard same
even if he didn't enjoy the musical, his understanding of music, of the hard work it takes to put on a production, the bars and the hard work the actors go through to do this, to sing this well literally every night for months is enough for me. When he said they were athletes, I instinctively said "YES"
Wait... He did enjoy Hamilton
Lin’s acting in that scene is crushing. Also, if you look at portraits of Hamilton you can see how much he ages after Phillip’s death and the toll it took.
it was said his hair turned white overnight (is that possible?)
According to Lin and Thomas Kail (Director of Hamilton), the gasp is dependent on who plays Eliza that night. Each actress has a different understanding of what that gasp means and they leave it to them on how they play that out. Philippa Soo (Eliza in this run), might play it as surprise. While Julia K. Harriman (another Eliza) might do it differently. We never really know.
Take note though. At that last turn of Lin and Philippa in the musical, Eliza doesn't react as if she sees her husband. She was quite formal when she sees Lin. Some theories say that Eliza sees Lin, the playwright and not Hamilton, her husband. This is especially evident when Lin actually says "Hi" to her with a smile. Then, they meet in the middle, Eliza cautiously takes Lin's hand, and then he leads her to the audience where he shows her that Hamilton's story is being told and is being heard by hundreds of people.
Again, that's one theory. I really like it though.
Pretty, but LMM debunked that one because different actors play Hamilton.
@@kimberleyravenswood5287 But in my head canon, the actor playing Hamilton can also be playing Lin.
I got so excited when I saw that this was posted 😂
Musical trivia: “Sit down, John” in “The Adams Administration” is a callback to a 70s musical about the Declaration of Independence called “1776.” In the first song of that show, all the other members of the Continental Congress are fed up with Adams and singing “Sit down, John!”
(In the second song, Adams tells how awful it is to be at the Continental Congress in summer, singing “Piddle, twiddle, and resolve / Nothing's ever solved in / Foul, fetid, fuming, foggy, filthy / Philadelphia.”)
Adam's perspective of the Continental Congress in '1776' is so funny when you compare it Hamilton's excitement over being invited in 'Hamilton'.
ZariDV The Constitutional Convention lasted one summer. The Continental Congress had already run more than a year by the time “1776” begins.
BTW, I live in Philadelphia, and rarely step outside my AC in July unless I have to. Sitting in a stuffy room with no AC, and when you open a window you get mosquitoes and the smell of horse manure in the street? Gah.
1776 is a treasure! I definitely recommend this one to anyone interested in seeing a different perspective of how the Declaration of Independence came to be.
there are a number of musical theater references in the show, which I found delightful to pick out.
"you have to be carefully taught" South Pacific
"Ces't moi" Camelot (hence the reference to Lancelot)
"I am the very model of a modern major general" The Pirates of Penzance
"Nobody needs to know" The Last Five Years
The "I dos" in Helpless from Abba I do I do I do I do (which I guess would be Mamma Mia?)
I think there's more, I just don't remember them all right now.
If i remember correctly Eliza lost both her mother and one of her sisters around the same time Phillip died. Like all within a few months of each other. So basically she was a wreck by that point. And yea, they said hamilton essentially became just a shell of a man after Phillip died. Watching him go from the one whose time is being begged for by Eliza to him having to beg for her time just hurts.
The sister was Pegyg, if anyone wants to know
And he kind of deserved it. Luckily for him Eliza was the kindest person on earth and forgave him.
Fun fact: the guy that plays James Reynolds also plays Philip Schuyler(for when he asks for Elizas hand in marriage) , The doctor when Philip dies and the doctor when Hamilton dies. This guy appears at every major point of friction or bad thing that happens to Hamilton.
I knew the doctor and philip schuyler were the same but isn't Reynolds someone else?
Jenine Van 't Wout nope
I had never come across your channel before this, and I saw you reacted to Hamilton because I usually like to watch reactions to it. At first I was just gonna go and see your reactions to different songs, then I ended up putting it on myself and watching along with you. Even tho I wasn’t on the livestream. Basically took up half my day and I’m not even sorry about it. Thank you for the fun and I’m glad you enjoyed the show, you now have a new subscriber.
Thank you for spending your time with me! 🤘
As did I, it was the best lol
I love how drunk you are at the end LOL! "There's no way that's live! What?!" As though you're not watching a THEATRE performance LOL!
That made the whole 3 hours worth it for me. Watching him realize in total disbelief that what he watched involved a live orchestra and hundreds of others. Like waking up from the Matrix or something.
Eliza: take a break.
Alex: no!!!
Maria: hey.
Alex: lord show me how to say no!
Eight shows a week live. Welcome to the world of Broadway my friend! It’s filled with Uber talented artists, and every note of it is live. I really loved watching you become a Hamilton fan. I was the same way...I live in California, and never got to see the show live, so my first time watching it was on Disney+. I was blown away!
Hamilton deserves to be qualified for the (Oscars??) the movie one...
1:32:06 Yes, my friend. This is ART. Lin-Manuel Miranda was awarded the Pulitzer Drama Prize for this particular piece of art. It is phenomenal. PHENOMENAL.
Hairline mics are super common in theatre, and double mics are common for lead roles with a huge amount of screen time (think Jean Lavjean in Les Mis, Elphaba In wicked etc). Your mic freaking out mid power balled is like.... devastating, lol
Here's a vid of how the Hamilton mics (for the SF production) are made and used : ua-cam.com/video/351DxQghbh0/v-deo.html
well, not devastating if you're, like, Chris Jackson. I'm sure his voice would project to the back of the theater easily even without a mic. He has some powerful pipes.
I really wish the chat hadn't told you about The Bullet before you watched for the first time.you in my opinion, it spoiled upcoming scenes because you kind of knew to look out for it. over all though, I really enjoyed your reaction and would highly recommend a rewatch, as it gets even better upon multiple viewings.
The bullet is something you pick up
On 2nd or 3rd viewing. Not something you know about first time. Then you’re looking to see who she is near & you anticipate who will die.
Hamilton was a genius, but his drive to do just about anything to further his ideals made him incredibly unpopular. He started as a renowned war vet, but found himself being the politician everyone made an example of. It’s one of the main reasons his name was all but forgotten for a lot of history. Funny thing is, most of the people in politics with him at the time were just as “bad” as Hamilton, but because he was so outspoken he put a literal target on himself.
Lord, that chat is everything I don't like about Hamilton fans.
They kept spoiling it and Amanda panda was the worst. So annoying.
FOR REAL
RIGHT!? let the dude enjoy the show ffs. telling him about the bullet as well as lines and outcomes. THE WORST
Alisha Spencer
So much. I had to start skipping the parts where he paused and talked to the stream, because they were too annoying, and her especially.
Thisssss. Also one of them said Peggy was dead by Take a Break, Peggy didn't die until 1801, same as SPOILERSSSS IF YOU HAVENT SEEN THE SHOW FULLY OR EVEN THIS STREAM FULLYYYYY SPOILERRRRRRRSSS Phillip
The power of telling a story through music. And the ability of that power to evoke emotions in the audience.
Not every musical is as exceptional at it beginning to end, top to bottom as Hamilton is, but there are moments in some of them and there are even other whole musicals that can reverberate to your very core.
I'm sad I missed these streams, but I look forward to seeing your journey forward.
As as a suggestion: Jesus Christ Superstar
I really enjoyed both reactions. The only frustration was seeing other people spoil things before you had a chance to react🤬Keep up the good work👍
Re: the musicians in the pit. Almost all the music is played live in the pit. For this musical, there were a couple of things that were pre-recorded. Obviously, the backwards sounds in "Satisfied". All the record scratches. And in "The Room Where it Happens" the trumpet sounds. Just a few examples...
I Hated Chat In This Act, Kept Spoiling Stuff. Just Let Him Have His First Time Reaction To Events As They Happen
I also love how "The Room Where it Happens" has so many different meanings, both for the show and in general. For the show, it is about Burr, and ambition, and jealousy, and that big decisions are being made, but we are kept away from what's important. In general, it resonates more with how history is made, which is a huuuge theme in Hamilton ! History, legacy, lasting political changes... People are talking, writing and singing about it. Hamilton is basically telling a part of history. But we'll never truly know what happened or how it happened. Historians only have documents, assumptions, impressions, but everything we know about history is because of reconstitution. We will never know what happened (or what is happening, because that idea is still relevant today) especially when it comes to politics. So, imo, Burr has a dual role in this song: he is himself (ambition, jealousy), but also us, the audience. He doesn't know what happened, he couldn't be there. But that's still pretty ironic because he is... well, a part of history as well.
(A lenghty and pretty confusing comment but it is 2am here so... I guess I was inspired)
Maria Reynolds is my favorite side ish character in the whole musical. Her singing is so beautiful! She has such a great voice especially when she says “whatever he wants if you pay you can stayyyyyyy”
Next musical? Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog.
oh, that would be awesome!
Yessssss!
I love it.
Oh my god, yes
I love that musical but it's so problematic like he has such incell energy
it must be nice.
it must be niceee
to have a chat who doesn’t spoil the scenes~~
haha you wouldn’t know that although.
Never have I prayed more for someone not to look at chat.
The table hop in "the room where it happened" *chefs kiss*
I always see the “you, you, you, you...” part of Burn as her being done with Alexander’s self centered actions. All he keeps saying is things about himself for himself.
I'm gonna recommend it here as well: Jesus Christ Superstar. It has so many parallels with Hamilton, and it classic rock! The original company is phenomenal! Highly recommended
David Eads THIS! Anyone that appreciates music has to listen to it, such an epic musical, phenomenal acting and Judas much like Burr here is just unparalleled! I’d watch that reaction video no matter how long it ends up being
Ana Marko I believe the actor who played Judas in the live action version (Brandon Victor Dixon) also played Burr (after Leslie Odom Jr).
Which version of Superstar? The movie or the live show with John Legend?
if you watch the room where it happens again, when burr jumps on the table, the lights turn from red to blue, to symbolize him going from Republican to democrat, its the little things
A thing that I learned today was that Hamilton and Eliza had 7 children, so when she said "in clearing your name, you ruined our lives 😔 " it means way more than just her and Angelica, it also leads to his first born sons death
She did eventually forgive him - they had two more children AFTER the scandal.
I think you misunderstand the "room where it happens". Hamilton gave away the location of the capitol in exchange for one of the best financial systems around (at the time). The financial system he designed for the US was a large reason why we, as a country, have survived. Our commercial economy came about because of him. If it'd been up to Jefferson then we would have been a mostly land and agrarian-based economy, few banks (unregulated) and little manufacturing trade. He also made sure we got out of debt and founded the Coast Guard. (beth's mom)
he also founded the New York Post in 1801, America's longest-running newspaper. I wonder what he'd think of it now
Philip died in Angelica's house, attended by the same doctor who attended Alexander when he died.
You should read the Ron Chernow biography of Alexander, the same book that inspired Lin-Manuel Miranda. He also wrote one about George Washington.
I really need you to react to the alternate version of Elizas song when she finds out about him cheating. It's called "First Burn" also, Angelica has a song as well for the same reason called "Congratulations" that's also really good and tears into him.
When he is worried about two sisters loving him.... oh hon just watch the next song
Lmao my words exactly. 😭
Re: Macbeth. From what I know you cant say the name of the play, but you can say the name of the character. So context matters. so if you listen to the line, Hamilton gets it right. So he shouldn't be cursed lol
I thinks that's Lin skirting the curse for his show, but in the context of the show it's a nod to the curse.
It's a "grateful" gasp Eliza does at the end. it's like she breaks the 4th wall and realizes that us (the audience) is watching her "tell Alexander's story". Like, after all those years, it's still reaching us today in 2020. And she's overcome with emotion and gratitude.
The way Leslie Odom slightly stumbles from the shock after losing is phenomenal. It's the smallest of things that makes it huge.
me telling myself: you’ve watched it 8 times, you surely won’t cry this time
my brain: nah, your gonna cry
me: i definitely won’t
stay alive reprise:😏😏😏
me:😭😭😭😭😭
who doesn't sob their heart out during Burn or when Philip dies and later when Eliza takes Alexander's hand and he breaks down? Just typing that sentence made me tear up.
The children in order were Philip, Angelica, Alexander, James, John, William, Elizabeth, and Philip II, the one she was pregnant with at the time.
The reason Peggy isn't present is because....well....she died.
I highly recommend the biography that inspired Lin-Manuel Miranda to write this over a period of 7 years. It’s an easy and engaging read. So is the biography the author wrote on Washington. There are so many details that will blow your mind. It actually makes it even more amazing that Lin was able to thin it down to 2 hours 40 minutes.
What is it called?
The Real RenRen It’s Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. I actually just bought the unabridged audiobook of George Washington by Ron Chernow. He’s very good at biographies, they’re not boring at all, and the audiobooks are quite nice, actually. I usually struggle to pay attention if I’m not the one reading it, but these audiobooks keep your attention. You can see why Lin-Manuel Miranda was immediately drawn in, even by accident. I hope you give them a chance.
This is the Eliza appreciation we deserve, let's be honest.