I know everybody’s losing their mind over the possibility of a female Burr and I am too but can we please stop for a second and imagine a lady Washington
the intro of “Right Hand Man” and the “here comes the general”/”RISE UP” repetition giving way to A BADASS WOMAN TURNING AROUND. SWORD IN HAND. “WE ARE OUTGUNNED! OUTMANNED!” the cannons! the sheer visual of seeing that kind of pure intense MILITARY RESPECT directed at a woman! when have we ever seen this onstage?
all of “Meet Me Inside” with a woman as Washington – the sort of narrative justice of seeing Hamilton’s mom die in the opening and then “Your wife needs you alive, son, I need you alive” coming from a father figure played by a woman – the textual layers, my friends….
honestly, everything about it – “young man, I’m from Virginia, so watch your mouth,” “winning was easy, young man, governing’s harder,” literally everything. I love this. where is the prospective Lady George Washington art. where is the meta on this. why aren’t we talking about this
