The fact that no ones posted this here is astonishing.
Will Swenson continues to be probably one of the most relatable humans alive.
On a meta level, I think the fact that both Lin Manuel Miranda and Leslie Odom Jr. got nominated for Best Lead Actor in a Musical is fucking hilarious.
Aaron Burr will always have to compete with Alexander Hamilton for his accomplishments.
Cool Subtitles for Hamilton Songs
Alexander Hamilton: hello. It’s me
Aaron Burr, Sir: God is testing me and John Laurens is gay
My Shot: I’m smol but I will fight anyone
Story of Tonight: gay subtext
The Schuyler Sisters: werk werk
Farmer Refuted: shut the fuck up
You’ll be Back: don’t leave me m’lady
Right Hand Man: shaboom
A Winter’s Ball: hey…..( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Helpless: Honey there’s a storm coming
Satisfied: thirst™
The Story of Tonight – Reprise: even more gay subtext
Wait For It: I love a married woman
Stay Alive: I’m a general, wheeeeeee
The Ten Duel Commandments: (ง︡’-‘︠)ง
Meet Me Inside: daddy issues
That Would Be Enough: pure™
Guns And Ships: gunboats
History Has Its Eyes On You: I
fucked up once
Yorktown(the World Turned Upside Down): we won and its lit
What Comes Next: ༼ʘ̚ل͜ʘ̚༽
Dear Theodosia: God I hope I don’t fuck up this kid too badly
Non-Stop: red bull gives you wiiings
What’d I Miss: here he is, the
biggest douche of the universe
Cabinet Battle #1: the roast session
Take a Break: pay attention to your own fucking kid jfc
Say No To This: thirst™ 2.0
Room Where it Happens: fuck you Burr
Schuyler Defeated: you ruined my dream journal
Cabinet Battle #2: daddy’s calling
Washington On Your Side: SOUTHERN MOTHER FUCKIN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICANS
One Last Time: Jefferson, Adams, I’m leaving. And while I’m gone. No parties.
I Know Him: they’re gonna fight in a Denny’s parking lot
The Adams Administration: sit down John you fat motherfucker
We Know: blackmail for fun and profit
Hurricane: yep this is a great idea
The Reynolds Pamphlet: great goggly moggly its all gone to shit
Burn: don’t fuck with Eliza. Ever.
Blow Us All Away: bad conflict resolution
Stay Alive – Reprise: Pain
It’s Quiet Uptown: pain 2.0
The Election of 1800: fuck you Burr 2.0
Your Obedient Servant: Passive aggressive Facebook moms
Best of Wives and Best of Women: gross sobbing
The World Was Wide Enough: wakey wakey big mistakey
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story: more gross sobbing
Some thoughts about @linmanuel and Hamilton: Lin-Manuel is a year younger than me. He and I are part of that ‘bubble generation’ of kids born in the late 70s-early 80s. We’re not really Gen X and we’re not quite Millennial.
Given that, we kind of have a unique view of the world. We’re the last generation to mostly grow up without computers. The Internet came when we were in Junior High and High School. We listened to music on the radio, taping our favorite songs off it, and if we bought music it was on cassette. I know I got my first CD player as a senior in High School.
So we’re adaptable. The way I’ve put it is we’re old enough to appreciate technology but young enough to get it. This applies to music too. We grew up with rap and didn’t have autotune.
So this goes back to Hamilton. It’s a hip hop musical about Alexander Hamilton. On its surface it sounds ridiculous. But people of my generation have learned to be adaptable. We straddle a divide and so we’ve learned to synthesize. We take our experiences and relate it to the world as it is now. A lot of us (including Lin-Manuel) are steeped in Internet culture but we learned it in our 20s and 30s.
So it’s not so crazy an idea. He’s taking the music he grew up with and synthesizing and creating with a story that touched him. And because he straddles that line, Hamilton does too, hence its appeal to young people. And the #ham4ham videos show that he’s connected in a way that someone older wouldn’t understand. It doesn’t come across as pandering because it isn’t.
Anyway, just some thoughts from my point of view. My generation are kinda misfits, but that’s not a bad thing.
