fun fact! during the entire play, eliza never raps. there’s a theory going around that this is because she lived longer than everyone else, so while everyone else so rushing to get everything they want to say out in time, she knows she has all the time she needs.
@@ridethecyclonearchive spoiler for the play, some people might wanna catch things like that themselves unless they mean the fact that eliza lives longer which then BRUH
Eliza's line "paranoid in every paragraph how they perceive you," is referencing the Reynold's Pamphlet itself, not the personal letters she received from Alexander. Basically, the point is that she's accusing him of prioritizing himself and his own reputation above his family, which he was absolutely doing.
Yes, that is true. Hamilton wrote a letter to his father in Scotland describing everything that had happened during the hurricane and its aftermath. Someone read it and was so impressed by what a talented writer he was and how smart he was that they raised money for him to go to school in New York
I know it's true but especially with it being a letter to his father in scotland I've never known - Was the money raised in the UK and sent to him to get him to the Mainland, or was it (as I think is implied here) raised from the community on the island, to give one of their own a better life?
@@saber1epee0 The money was raised by his community. As he got older, Hamilton started to write back and forth with his father, but never really got close with him. His father never sent any financial help or support, even though his family in Scotland was wealthy. Since he anx Hamilton's mom had him out of wedlock, it would have been a scandal. He pretty much abandoned Hamilton, his mom and his younger brother.
It's been a while since I read Ron Chernow's book but as I recall, the letter was published and that lead to the community raising money to send him to the mainland to get an education. They expected him to come back & use that education to help back home but we all know he didn't return. One person who was supposedly one of his biggest benefactors was a cousin on his mother's side. She had married well and was kind to young Hamilton. In the letter he left for Eliza before he met Burr at the dueling grounds, Hamilton mentioned the debt owed to his cousin.
Basically, they raised money for him so that he could go to New York, study medicine and COME BACK to his island and help people there. Guess what he never did :D
Before he wrote the letter he published poems in the newspaper and then the letter to his father that he wrote about the storm was published. Money was then raised for him to study and come back but he ended up trying to fight for a reputation instead
Interesting thing about the letter burning on stage, they said it in a behind the scenes video that they tested all kinds of paper to see how long they burn to find one which stops burning right at the end of the song so she could leave the stage in darkness.
In the continuing trend of Eliza's shifting lyrics over the course of the play: in "That Would Be Enough" she asks "let me be a part of the narrative," eager and hopeful that she can be involved in the history her husband is making, but she is relying on Alexander and whether he'll let her even be in that story. Now she says, "I'm erasing myself from the narrative," angry and defiant and tired of waiting for him to make room for her. She's no longer interested in being in the story, the legacy Alexander is so obsessed with. She's sick of existing on his terms.
SPOILER And then at the end of the show she sings "I put myself back in the narrative" after he's died to continue the work he started as she saw he was trying to be better but it was already to late for him. She wanted to continue trying to make the country better just like he did, no matter what he did to her and their family she loved him dearly and whole heartedly
publishing the reynolds's pamphlet absolutely did clear hamiltons name- back then affairs were very common but it was something you just don't talk about publicly. by clearing himself from any treason charges and being honest about his affair people actually respected that choice and it was a great political move for him, just destroyed his personal life
But it did still make him *unelectable* because it was still a major public scandal, and while affairs were common, the fact nobody talked about them made the reveal *shocking* and meant he no longer had the shield of plausible deniability most men of power and privilege had that they were rich and powerful because of their supposed--and fake--moral superiority.
@@IONATVS oh yeah a hundred percent this is true but it's still good context going into the end of the play that the constituents still care a lot about hamiltons opinion regarding politics going forward, he couldn't have been seated in that position but it kept him having a day and being a major player as opposed to what rumors of embezzlement could have done
Literally no one knew about Hamilton's treason charges the subject would've never come to light but Hamilton himself speaking out brought it into the public eye, despite Hamilton thinking he was just clearing his name
@@arjungupta9181 would it never have come to light, though? James Reynolds was saying the speculation scam he was charged with was all Hamiltons doing, right? And Jefferson’s hatchet man who was writing articles dissing the government while working for the State Department under Jefferson had learned of it. So surely it would have come out eventually.
In the original cut hurricane song, one of the lines is “The friend who’d tell me not to do it is in the ground.” And I just can’t get that out of my head
@@StoryMing Yes. In the final product Burr says "wait for it" but in the workshop, is Laurens who talks, saying "Or you coud let it go" wich is a reference to the cut out song "Let it go"
@@StoryMing Lauren’s would tell Hamilton to not publish the Reynolds pamphlet. That is what is meant with the line “The only friend who’d tell me not to do it is in the ground.”
fun fact for The Reynolds Pamphlet, the people behind making all the props knew some of the pamphlets would fly off stage, so they printed them in Latin or some other language so that the people would pick it up and notice that they couldn't read it so they could focus on the musical.
There's a LOT more to Eliza. She was an amazing woman. Some of her contributions to our country come up later in the musical. Also, the Hamiltons had 8 children so she definitely had her hands full at home.
For the next set, I highly recommend you do Blow Us All Away, Stay Alive Reprise, AND It's Quiet Uptown. some people think the last one can stand on its own (and it can, musically) but these 3 songs are all connected like the ones in this video and I think for impact it's important that you see all three of them at once. I think if you want, you could separate them into two videos with It's Quiet Uptown in its own video, but you should watch them all in one sitting, or at least without too long of a break between them. That's my personal opinion, anyway.
@ YoBGS Surprisingly, King George III was extremely faithful towards his wife and 15 kids in his lifetime, so he actually has the right to gock at Alexander Hamilton.
Well from what I've heard from some historians, Eliza was so in love with Alexander to the point of being naive. Yes, she left him after the Raynolds Pamphlet, but she just couldn't stay away for long. Alex's skill with writing made him arrogant and ignorant. He thought that he could write his way out of everything. You can see that when Angelica returns and he believes she returns for him. "Oh look, the sister of the woman I married and completely betrayed. She must be here to help me."
I highly recommend that you also listen to "Congratulations" which is basically a full song of Angelicas part in Reynolds Pamphlet and "First Burn" which is the first version of Burn that Lin wote (sung by 5 different women who played Eliza, not Philippa). They are way more savage and angrier.
This comment needs to be higher. I would say now is the best time for both, considering that they both would have happened around this point in the musical
In the same way as The Room Where It Happens, Burn is rather loose on details for the exact reason you may think of. Very few if any letters between Alexander and Eliza still exist, but we know that there were plenty more than the few we have. They've all been burned. And although we can guess what she may have felt after the Reynold's Pamphlet, we'll never know for sure, she has been erased from the narrative. Blow Us All Away and Stay Alive next. Go until Angelica comes on stage. No further context needed.
Also, no the bucket was not full of water. They had paper made explicitly to burn the correct length of time. You can even see large flames licking up from the rim during the second chorus.
They were definitely burned, and it was either Alex, Eliza, or The...OTHER Philip Hamilton who did it but importantly, we don't (and never will) know WHY. LMM's interpretation seems Eliza doing so in a fit of rage after the publication of the Reynolds pamphlet, which gives her some much needed agency in the story, but it WAS also just standard practice at the time among rich families to burn any papers that might make the family look bad after their owner died, and love letters with more...amorous details would certainly count.
I don't agree with the song placements actually. i think that the next 3 should be together, since they tell a single, consecutive story. I know that it would be a long video, but there's no world where I'd choose to split them apart.
These songs definitely hit pretty hard… I 100% rev I end checking out first burn (the first version of the song, sung by 5 actresses who played her in different productions) and Congratulations (a cut song of Angelica singing to Hamilton after the Reynolds pamphlet)
Take note of Eliza’s line, “I’m erasing myself from the narrative.” Then go back to “That Would Be Enough”, where one of her lines is “Let me be apart of the narrative.” Lin Manuel Miranda did such an amazing job connecting phrases and lyrics through all the songs, and I think this is one of the best callbacks. Keep an eye on the rest of the songs, cause that phrase is going to come up once more before the end.
In "Hurricane" Alexander says: "I couldn't seem to die" And right after Aaron Burr says: "Wait For It" Also if you remember in the beginning of "Say No to This" Aaron Burr said: "There's trouble in the air, you can smell it, And Alexander's by himself, *I'll let him tell it* " Now after "The Reynolds Pamphlet" it makes a lot more sense. As for what you said about Hamilton becoming president, I think you forgot a detail. The person who said that lyric was Thomas Jefferson, who saw Hamilton as a threat, so he would be scared of him getting more power. About Burn, up to this day historians are not sure how Eliza reacted. There is a small possibility Eliza knew about the affair. There were even rumors that some of the letters Alexander published as Maria's were written by Eliza. But nobody really knows what happened then.
I love how every song ties to lyrics from another, such genius writing. In Dear Theodosia, Hamilton says "I'll do whatever it takes" while Burr says "I'll make a million mistakes"...serious foreshadowing there.
The Reynolds Pamphlet is underrated in its emotionality I think. You just see Hamilton there in the middle, the chaos swirling around him, and he's sinking in shame and embarrassment, feeling like the whole world was laughing at him. But in the end he knows he deserves it.
I think Hurricane is a really underrated song because it gives you all the reasoning and motivations behind Hamilton's terrible decision to make his affair public. I also think the instrumentation is beautiful. And Maria Reynolds being the one to hand him the pen he uses to write the Reynolds pamphlet is just the cherry on top.
Oh man. The second round is coming fast. Wait until the next few songs. Also I see the relationship between Hamilton and Angelica as a mutual respect and love for each other’s minds. Angelica was smart and she was taken seriously by Hamilton. It is meeting your soulmate but not necessarily being right for each other.
Another thing is that she did burn her letter from that time. We actually don’t have her side of the story. So Lin took that and made it into a statement.
Phillipa Soo makes me cry like 22 times in the second half. The songs are beautiful but it's specifically her. Her voice when she goes for sad just breaks me 😭
The bucket isn't full of water, they specifically found a kind of paper that would burn for the right amount of time that Eliza sang. Also, Eliza never raps in the entire musical - think back and you'll notice it!
I noticed that the bundle of letters doesn't actually drop into the bucket, they get dropped slightly behind - probably into a special attachment to the bucket. I saw somewhere that there's text on the papers she burned and that it's a copy of one of the surviving letters from Alexander to Eliza.
The bucket likely had sand they could bury the paper in as an emergency fire control method, but yeah, unless something goes wrong the bucket is just a firepit to let the paper burn safely in, not a fire extinguisher. And the paper is a standard stage magic/showbiz prop, so they just had to order it, not "find" it. Half the page starting at the corner she put in the fire was flammable and the other half wasn't, and coated in a specific formulation of a few different chemicals they can vary the proportions of to control exactly how long it will burn. The ones for Hamilton are designed to be the same length as the song--if she lit them at the beginning they'd burn until the end of her song (give or take a bit of variation in the tempo) and leave the part she was holding still safely non-firey.
@@IONATVS Lauren is 100% correct. They tested a bunch of different weights of paper to find one that would completely go out in the amount of time Eliza sings the rest of Burn (I think they said it was 19 seconds) It's documented in several "behind the scenes" documentary pieces. They wanted her to walk off in darkness. Also, those letters are copies of real letters Alexander wrote to Eliza. They wanted the emotion to be felt by whoever played Eliza in any of the productions. So they have Alexander's real words to see during the scene.
Another great reaction! Hurricane is one of my favorite songs and I think it is one that isn’t given enough credit. It is the first moment where we see Hamilton actually slow down and really put emotion behind his thoughts instead of just “go, go, go” like he has the whole show. This really shows how much he has been affected but suppressed the emotions behind he has been through. The next three songs: Blow Us All Away, Stay Alive - Reprise, and It’s Quiet Uptown are are triple threat powerhouse. They need to be all watched together!
Hamilton distinguished himself by being a congruent person writing, that's why Washington made him write the decrees, it was always like that. At that time, he was already obsessed with his legacy and his reputation, which is why Eliza says that she no longer recognizes him, in the Pamphlet his writings sound paranoid. Alexander did not mind being a cheating husband, he was known as a flirtatious man and the affairs were very common, for him it was more important that his reputation as a man who does nothing illegal remain intact. Maybe Eliza knew about their affair, maybe not, but for me Burn represents Eliza's pain due to the public humiliation of knowing that the whole nation knows that she is the wife of a cheater.
What I love about both "Burn" and "The Room Where It Happens" is that some playwrights would just ignore any topic that they couldn't get good information about, but LMM actually made songs about the fact that we don't have the information. Very cool.
9:50 When you said "Lord knows none of the other guys who were ragging on him did anything wrong." the first thing that came to mind was a line from Alex in the cut song Cabinet Battle 3, which was the debate of slavery, and Alex at one point says "All your hemming and hawing, while you're heehawing with Sally Hemings." The song feels odd to think about where in the order of songs it was meant to be, since at one point, Washington seems to reference the Reynolds Pamphlet, but he had resigned by then in the final version. Anybody know where it would've been?
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She puts the first bit of paper in the bucket and then the rest is put in a little compartment in the bucket so only the first one is actually burning. Also, when she says ‘…in clearing your name, you have ruined our lives’ she’s not speaking about Eliza and Hamilton, she’s talking about Eliza and Mariah Reynolds.
Apparently, the paper choice for the fire was complicated, it had to stay burning, and show it was burning in the bucket (not full of water) and extinguish and not smoke so much that it was out by the end of the song…it was in a documentary on the show. Pretty cool.
For the real history side of the story it was James Monroe and Abraham Venable who confronted Hamilton but right afterwards did send a copy of what Hamilton showed to them to Thomas Jefferson. If I recall correctly all they really had was Hamiltons words since Jefferson said something like "The love letters look like something a really smart guy thinks an uneducated woman would say." So we honestly do not know if the affair really happened since it is possible that Hamilton made it up cause he was stealing money from the goverment and saw a public affair scandal as a much better choice then ya know getting in trouble for stealing from the goverment.
I just learned about a really intersting moment in history. Apparently, while campaigning, Theodore Roosevelt wrote a fifty-page speech, folded it, put it in his pocket, was walking towards his ride from the hotel, and was shot. That absolute essay of a campaign speech that was folded in half saved his life. The only damage was of the speech. He ended up having to improvise some of the speech. If only Alexander's final jab at Burr had been as long or wordy as literally everything else that he wrote. Maybe he would've survived the duel.
This has been an absolute delight. I never expected to love Hamilton as much as I do, so I truly enjoy watching others experience and "get" it for the first time. It's always better when someone has a good grasp of history and can also pick up on the nuance, the callbacks, and the character development. Well done,, sir. This has been a fun ride. Buckle up, buttercup. It's about to get wild. In all seriousness, thank you for doing this and reacting so genuinely.
I really wish the closed captions showed not just the "wait for it" but also Eliza and co.'s "History has its eyes on you". The two mix into each other, and when I first caught the "history has its eyes on you", it gave me chills.
oh man i was waiting for this! I listened to burn way too much when I watched hamilton for the first time. i also recommended listening to first burn (it was an early draft of burn before the song we got in the play now.) You could listen to it after u finish watching hamilton.
Your reference to the theme from People’s Court was surprising. And fascinating. I don’t think anyone else has mentioned. It’s fun how you ask the questions right before the play answers them. Another sign of how well written this is. Having the audience catch on a split second before the characters in TV or film do is prized, as it keeps the audience invested in the story. Not much left to come. Most questions are answered. Except maybe for the very last.
You should react to first burn, congratulations, the original Schuyler defeated, and let it go! All of them were eliminated from the musical and are SOOO good
"When my prayers were met with indifference, I wrote my own deliverance" (shortened) is one of my favourite sentences in theatre. It hits me like a truck every time, though depending on the day, in a completely different way than before.
4:15 Alexander Hamilton's story of making it to the mainland is proof that fact is stranger than fiction. It is easier to believe a story about someone cutting down a tree than it is to imagine an immigrant from an island in the Caribbean having someone in his community see how eloquent of a writer he is and then the town raising money to get him off the island to build a life. There is no actual evidence that the story about Washington cutting down a tree is true, and yet it is the one American legend that a lot of people know about and believe.
4:06 -- not sure if it could be legend, but they do reference this in the opening song. “…Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain, And he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain. Well, the word got around, they said, this kid is insane, man Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland...” 10:12 - I believe this counts as America's first sex scandal, so it was kind of a big deal. And I don't think it was the fact of his having the affair itself, but the fact that he openly spoke about it. I think there is or was some unwritten rule- you pretend it didn't happen, and it can be conveniently ignored. And Hamilton broke it. 10:30 also 12:33 - ..........um. Yeah. Sorry to tell you, but-- it gets worse.
7:29 there is a video from an audience member where Daveed misses his timing-mark to turn out of the way, so Anthony dives between his legs and pops up in front of him. (Also when they dance around handing out the flyers he hands one to the conductor)
6:09 another BRILLIANT bit of staging in that Maria Reynolds hands him the quill (pen), and this is his downfall. Just like when the chorus was yelling at him "Say no to this!" when she was onstage with him the first time, now they are crying out "Wait for it!" But Hamilton was convinced he could get ahead of the whole thing by not waiting for someone to possibly spill his secret first, he would be the one to break the story. And then he wrote *37 pages* worth of a first-person account of the affair.
Did you notice that the melody for "You forfeit all right to my heart" is the same melody that "Eliza" is always sung in? THIS is where her theme comes to fruition; at a time of great personal sorrow.
When Eliza says “I’m erasing myself from the narrative,” that’s Lin sorta hedging his portrayal of her character by alluding to how there isn’t much record of what Eliza was doing or how she was feeling from this point on. Until the end of the play at least.
I was so excited all day because I knew it was Hamilton Day! Thanks for that! Still a lot of heavy numbers to get through...Keep some tissues handy, HamFam.
Thanks a lot for pointing out "the town had its eyes on me" refering back to "history has its eyes on you". Never seen that one before and was not even certain because it is such a loose connection. That's why I went to check the translation in the German adaptation (no literal but very thought through 3 year work of translating that with concerved rap structure and meaning) and there it also matched :o It is "die Stadt sollte Zeuge sein" (the town should be the witness) and "die Geschichte soll Zeuge sein" (History should be the witness). So absolutely confims what you spotted and pointed out. Thanks man!
When you finish, you’ll probably enjoy Lin’s Drunk History episode on Hamilton if you haven’t already seen it. Reynolds Pamphlet gets a decent amount of time in the rundown and reenactment of sorts
Others have mentioned that he really did write his way out of the hell that was his hometown after the hurricane. The way I read it was that he sent a letter to the newspaper, acting as a man on the street reporter and as a letter to the editor combined, describing the immense damage and toll that it took on everyone. The article was so good, that the local worthys took up a collection to send him to the mainland for his education (the internet's GoFundMe is nothing new, only the reach is).
hurricane makes me s o b. every time I listen to it. "I was 12 when my mother died were, she was holding me, we were sick and she was holding me.. I couldn't seem to die.." I lose it every time. The Reynolds Pamphlet is hilarious. all the chaos? it's mocking hamiltons affair and how the sex would've looked. I love how daveed hands the Pamphlet to the MUSIC DIRECTOR- "Have you read this, person who directs all the music here?" also, daveeds table bounce dance. i learned Angelicas verse first because it's the quickest pft. AND FUN fact! Preforming TRP live once, there was a moment where daveed forgot to move to let Anthony, Laurens' And Philips actor, through. so Anthony proceeded to crawl through daveeds legs and pop up infront of him. there's a TH-cam video of it! Burn.. theres.. so much to say about it I can't even speak about it and do it justice. it's amazing. please be careful with the next three. do Blow Us All Away, Stay Alive (Reprise), and It's Quiet Uptown all together. they're all heartbreaking but they all are directly linked to eachother.
Fun facts: In the workshop version of hurricane, Hamilton mentions Laurens, he says: The friend who would tell me not to do it is in the ground. And you can hear Anthony Ramos saying “or you can let it go” in reference to a song cut from the musical. After the reynolds pamphlet, Maria had to change her name and move to england, as her name as well as James's were super tarnished. There is an earlier version of Burn that hurts more in my opinion, you can search for it as first burn, only that one isn't sung by Phillipa Soo. Eliza don't say Helpless anymore, because Hamilton messed up its meaning by using it with Maria. At 10:12, Jefferson hands the pamphlet to the guy who's directing the music. 13:42 Alexander also published the threatening letters sent to him by James Reynolds. although it is believed that Maria's letters to him never existed and it was he (Alex) who forged them. This is OBVIOUS: Eliza didn't deserve all that shit. The dress Phillipa Soo wears was fireproof, in case there was an accident. I would have liked to see more of Philip's reaction. It gives enormous courage when Alex mentions that he wrote to Eliza until she fell. I love how Hamilton goes so badly in the Reynolds pamphlet, he deserves it.
It’s so subtle but I love the moment at 10:12 when Jefferson hands a copy of the pamphlet so someone in the orchestra, presumably the conductor. 😂 when I saw it live (on tour) at some point during the song, while referencing the fact that everyone had read it, the conductor himself pulled out a copy hidden behind his score and held it up for everyone to see 😂 I got a bigger kick outta that than anything else in the show
I have been waiting for you to react to these songs! Hurricane is actually my personal favorite song. I really want to get tattooed the lines, "I'll write my way out, overwhelm them with honesty." I can't wait to see and hear your thoughts as we continue to the end of Hamilton! I think the next three songs should be in one video, but at the very least the next two should be in one video! You'll understand why when you get to them!
An interesting thing is that Eliza actually knew about the betrayal way before he even published it, and what she was upset at is the amount of detail that he published.
It is mind-blowing to think that Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the ENTIRE thing. Hamilton’s struggle as well as Eliza’s. He has an incredible depth to him. He is extremely humble. I found out about it on James Corden. Carpool Karaoke.
Behind some of the greatest founding fathers... there were some amazing founding women. Abigale Adams, Dolly Madison, and Eliza Hamilton were all equally a match for their amazing husbands... but in my mind, Eliza is a head above the others in her direct impact to the raising of this country.
5:19 to 5:27 The cliff note in the book: "And here's the crack in the foundation: Here's the trauma to end all traumas. Surviving this must have felt like an even worse punishment than death."
now that you’ve seen “Burn,” i recommend that you listen to “First Burn.” it’s another version of the song featuring several singers and it is SO GOOD.
Something to keep in mind is that Peggy dies between these songs and the next ones. They don't explicitly say it, but one song lyric makes a reference that Eliza recently had a tragedy and her next appearance is in mourning clothes, which are for Peggy.
fun fact the prop design spent months figuring out the correct amounts of paper and wax for the bucket to stop burning afer 2:30mins and for the lantern to go out when she left
It’s very hard to say how Eliza actually felt or how much she knew about the affair as most of their letters were burnt and some of the earliest sources on Alexander Hamilton’s life were written by her and their remaining children so tend to be mute on the subject.
YESSSSS!!!! More Hamilton material! I do LOOOOVE when you review songs from Hamilton! This is gonna be GREAT! Okay, let me "shut up" and start watching!!! I'm bummed that this one's ending, as well!
I higly recomend that the next songs: "Blow us all away/Stay alive (reprise)/It's quiet uptown" have to be reacted all together. They're a part of act2 that only work if they stick together, just like the ones in this video
I can't remember who I heard talk about it, I think it was the TH-camr Social Stud, but apparently, since none of the Founding Fathers or Framers were born in The United States of America (colonies), the main requirement was being born in a territory, or something, so Alexander could technically have run, despite being born and growing up on Nevis.
The bucket is full of sand, not water. You can actually see some flames rising above the top of the bucket as the paper burns. The trick is that the rest of the song is enough time for the paper to burn up before tossing the rest of the letters in. This is actually a very risky scene, having live flames on stage (in the lantern and in the bucket) which is why she's carrying the candle in a closed lantern so the only time the flame is uncontrolled is when she's holding the burning page. Also a lot of testing went in to find the right type of paper that wouldn't burn too quickly or too slowly to risk burning the actress or catch the stack of letters tossed in later.
The song "First Burn," which is the original "Burn" song, is a lot more detailed and powerful and the animatics of it usually have Eliza confronting Alex about how much his actions have hurt not only her, but their family as well. "And when the time comes, explain to the children the pain and the embarrassment you put their mother through. When will you learn that they are your legacy? WE are your legacy!" It is just SO good!
I agree with everyone that you should watch Congratulations and First Burn too. I recommend the animatics by Ziksua; not only is the art BREATHTAKING in them but they also add to the story and make the emotion, particularly the anger, so much sharper and more poignant
I personally prefer First Burn. It was the original version of the song, and a really popular version of First Burn now exists that is sung by all the people considered for Eliza before Phillipa Soo. I would especially recommend the animatic version of First Burn, as it is SO GOOD!!
@@Tues48 Ik, regular Burn works better for the musical, but I like First Burn better. I think Eliza in First Burn comes off as stronger than Eliza in Burn, because she's more angry and vindictive
@@CJCroen1393 the one by...Ziksua, I think? I believe Ziksua is the creator of the one I'm thinking of. Each drawing has so much detail and the transitions are SO COOL!!
Since we're on a Philippa Soo solo now seems like the perfect time to recommend the movie Over The Moon on Netflix. It's actually how I discovered her voice and lead me to Hamilton.
When the hurricane/tornado choreo started and Maria Reynolds came into view, I had a flashback of when Jaiden Animations met a capturable froslass in her SoulLink Nuzlocke video (which I know you watched). "You!"
That’s so funny because the only song I knew any of was Cabinet Battle #1. I had a friend who loved it and bc I had no context for any of it the little I heard made me think it was like the most pointless musical ever
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fun fact! during the entire play, eliza never raps. there’s a theory going around that this is because she lived longer than everyone else, so while everyone else so rushing to get everything they want to say out in time, she knows she has all the time she needs.
Spoiler alert
@@V_4_Versace how can you add a spoiler alert for literal history? 😭
@@V_4_Versace what? it's literally history??
@@ridethecyclonearchiveI'm dead💀💀💀
@@ridethecyclonearchive spoiler for the play, some people might wanna catch things like that themselves
unless they mean the fact that eliza lives longer which then BRUH
Eliza's line "paranoid in every paragraph how they perceive you," is referencing the Reynold's Pamphlet itself, not the personal letters she received from Alexander. Basically, the point is that she's accusing him of prioritizing himself and his own reputation above his family, which he was absolutely doing.
I think First Burn makes that point very clear 😬
@@V_4_Versace yes! Which i hope he reacts to. Such raw emotion
👍🏻 Hence the repetition of the word “you” - such bitterness and anger
Yes, that is true. Hamilton wrote a letter to his father in Scotland describing everything that had happened during the hurricane and its aftermath. Someone read it and was so impressed by what a talented writer he was and how smart he was that they raised money for him to go to school in New York
I know it's true but especially with it being a letter to his father in scotland I've never known -
Was the money raised in the UK and sent to him to get him to the Mainland, or was it (as I think is implied here) raised from the community on the island, to give one of their own a better life?
@@saber1epee0 The money was raised by his community. As he got older, Hamilton started to write back and forth with his father, but never really got close with him. His father never sent any financial help or support, even though his family in Scotland was wealthy. Since he anx Hamilton's mom had him out of wedlock, it would have been a scandal. He pretty much abandoned Hamilton, his mom and his younger brother.
It's been a while since I read Ron Chernow's book but as I recall, the letter was published and that lead to the community raising money to send him to the mainland to get an education. They expected him to come back & use that education to help back home but we all know he didn't return. One person who was supposedly one of his biggest benefactors was a cousin on his mother's side. She had married well and was kind to young Hamilton. In the letter he left for Eliza before he met Burr at the dueling grounds, Hamilton mentioned the debt owed to his cousin.
Basically, they raised money for him so that he could go to New York, study medicine and COME BACK to his island and help people there. Guess what he never did :D
Before he wrote the letter he published poems in the newspaper and then the letter to his father that he wrote about the storm was published. Money was then raised for him to study and come back but he ended up trying to fight for a reputation instead
Interesting thing about the letter burning on stage, they said it in a behind the scenes video that they tested all kinds of paper to see how long they burn to find one which stops burning right at the end of the song so she could leave the stage in darkness.
In the continuing trend of Eliza's shifting lyrics over the course of the play: in "That Would Be Enough" she asks "let me be a part of the narrative," eager and hopeful that she can be involved in the history her husband is making, but she is relying on Alexander and whether he'll let her even be in that story. Now she says, "I'm erasing myself from the narrative," angry and defiant and tired of waiting for him to make room for her. She's no longer interested in being in the story, the legacy Alexander is so obsessed with. She's sick of existing on his terms.
SPOILER
And then at the end of the show she sings "I put myself back in the narrative" after he's died to continue the work he started as she saw he was trying to be better but it was already to late for him. She wanted to continue trying to make the country better just like he did, no matter what he did to her and their family she loved him dearly and whole heartedly
publishing the reynolds's pamphlet absolutely did clear hamiltons name- back then affairs were very common but it was something you just don't talk about publicly. by clearing himself from any treason charges and being honest about his affair people actually respected that choice and it was a great political move for him, just destroyed his personal life
But it did still make him *unelectable* because it was still a major public scandal, and while affairs were common, the fact nobody talked about them made the reveal *shocking* and meant he no longer had the shield of plausible deniability most men of power and privilege had that they were rich and powerful because of their supposed--and fake--moral superiority.
@@IONATVS oh yeah a hundred percent this is true but it's still good context going into the end of the play that the constituents still care a lot about hamiltons opinion regarding politics going forward, he couldn't have been seated in that position but it kept him having a day and being a major player as opposed to what rumors of embezzlement could have done
Literally no one knew about Hamilton's treason charges the subject would've never come to light but Hamilton himself speaking out brought it into the public eye, despite Hamilton thinking he was just clearing his name
@@arjungupta9181 true lol he was just paranoid about it being released
@@arjungupta9181 would it never have come to light, though? James Reynolds was saying the speculation scam he was charged with was all Hamiltons doing, right? And Jefferson’s hatchet man who was writing articles dissing the government while working for the State Department under Jefferson had learned of it. So surely it would have come out eventually.
In the original cut hurricane song, one of the lines is “The friend who’d tell me not to do it is in the ground.” And I just can’t get that out of my head
He means Laurens?
@@StoryMing Yes. In the final product Burr says "wait for it" but in the workshop, is Laurens who talks, saying "Or you coud let it go" wich is a reference to the cut out song "Let it go"
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I wonder why Laurens would tell him not to do it?
@@StoryMing Lauren’s would tell Hamilton to not publish the Reynolds pamphlet. That is what is meant with the line “The only friend who’d tell me not to do it is in the ground.”
Is there a produced version of that song? Same with Let it Go?
fun fact for The Reynolds Pamphlet, the people behind making all the props knew some of the pamphlets would fly off stage, so they printed them in Latin or some other language so that the people would pick it up and notice that they couldn't read it so they could focus on the musical.
There's a LOT more to Eliza. She was an amazing woman. Some of her contributions to our country come up later in the musical.
Also, the Hamiltons had 8 children so she definitely had her hands full at home.
EIGHT CHILDREN??
“Damn!!”
For the next set, I highly recommend you do Blow Us All Away, Stay Alive Reprise, AND It's Quiet Uptown. some people think the last one can stand on its own (and it can, musically) but these 3 songs are all connected like the ones in this video and I think for impact it's important that you see all three of them at once. I think if you want, you could separate them into two videos with It's Quiet Uptown in its own video, but you should watch them all in one sitting, or at least without too long of a break between them. That's my personal opinion, anyway.
Yes, these three songs definitly belong together.
@ YoBGS Surprisingly, King George III was extremely faithful towards his wife and 15 kids in his lifetime, so he actually has the right to gock at Alexander Hamilton.
King George was made fun of at the time for NOT having a mistress or two.
Well... I don't think any woman could want to be the "mistress" of a mad man, doesn't matter a title or tons of money... just sayin
Well from what I've heard from some historians, Eliza was so in love with Alexander to the point of being naive.
Yes, she left him after the Raynolds Pamphlet, but she just couldn't stay away for long.
Alex's skill with writing made him arrogant and ignorant. He thought that he could write his way out of everything.
You can see that when Angelica returns and he believes she returns for him.
"Oh look, the sister of the woman I married and completely betrayed. She must be here to help me."
Right. Very arrogant. Glad I didn’t write the play because I would have had Angelica punch or slap him
@@charlottecunningham2141 FACTSSSS mans deserves that
I highly recommend that you also listen to "Congratulations" which is basically a full song of Angelicas part in Reynolds Pamphlet and "First Burn" which is the first version of Burn that Lin wote (sung by 5 different women who played Eliza, not Philippa). They are way more savage and angrier.
these are the two cut songs i think are most important to check out. and they're just really damn good haha
I second that! Amazing
Oh, whoops. Here I am commenting the same and you'd beat me to it! Seconded!
This comment needs to be higher. I would say now is the best time for both, considering that they both would have happened around this point in the musical
In the same way as The Room Where It Happens, Burn is rather loose on details for the exact reason you may think of. Very few if any letters between Alexander and Eliza still exist, but we know that there were plenty more than the few we have. They've all been burned. And although we can guess what she may have felt after the Reynold's Pamphlet, we'll never know for sure, she has been erased from the narrative.
Blow Us All Away and Stay Alive next. Go until Angelica comes on stage. No further context needed.
Also, no the bucket was not full of water. They had paper made explicitly to burn the correct length of time. You can even see large flames licking up from the rim during the second chorus.
They were definitely burned, and it was either Alex, Eliza, or The...OTHER Philip Hamilton who did it but importantly, we don't (and never will) know WHY. LMM's interpretation seems Eliza doing so in a fit of rage after the publication of the Reynolds pamphlet, which gives her some much needed agency in the story, but it WAS also just standard practice at the time among rich families to burn any papers that might make the family look bad after their owner died, and love letters with more...amorous details would certainly count.
I don't agree with the song placements actually. i think that the next 3 should be together, since they tell a single, consecutive story. I know that it would be a long video, but there's no world where I'd choose to split them apart.
No! He can't break up those and It's Quiet Uptown!
@@prophet_of_troy I agree, you can't split It's Quiet Uptown from Blow Us All Away and Stay Alive.
I love how Jefferson hands a Reynolds Pamphlet to the orchestra lol
These songs definitely hit pretty hard… I 100% rev I end checking out first burn (the first version of the song, sung by 5 actresses who played her in different productions) and Congratulations (a cut song of Angelica singing to Hamilton after the Reynolds pamphlet)
Yes! The song "First Burn" is so amazing! Definitely check it out YoBGS
Take note of Eliza’s line, “I’m erasing myself from the narrative.”
Then go back to “That Would Be Enough”, where one of her lines is “Let me be apart of the narrative.”
Lin Manuel Miranda did such an amazing job connecting phrases and lyrics through all the songs, and I think this is one of the best callbacks. Keep an eye on the rest of the songs, cause that phrase is going to come up once more before the end.
In "Hurricane" Alexander says: "I couldn't seem to die"
And right after Aaron Burr says: "Wait For It"
Also if you remember in the beginning of "Say No to This" Aaron Burr said: "There's trouble in the air, you can smell it, And Alexander's by himself, *I'll let him tell it* "
Now after "The Reynolds Pamphlet" it makes a lot more sense.
As for what you said about Hamilton becoming president, I think you forgot a detail. The person who said that lyric was Thomas Jefferson, who saw Hamilton as a threat, so he would be scared of him getting more power.
About Burn, up to this day historians are not sure how Eliza reacted. There is a small possibility Eliza knew about the affair. There were even rumors that some of the letters Alexander published as Maria's were written by Eliza. But nobody really knows what happened then.
Yep, and some speculate the affair is really a cover up for embezzlement
I love how every song ties to lyrics from another, such genius writing. In Dear Theodosia, Hamilton says "I'll do whatever it takes" while Burr says "I'll make a million mistakes"...serious foreshadowing there.
The Reynolds Pamphlet is underrated in its emotionality I think. You just see Hamilton there in the middle, the chaos swirling around him, and he's sinking in shame and embarrassment, feeling like the whole world was laughing at him. But in the end he knows he deserves it.
The next three songs all go together, but if it has to be split I’d recommend at least keeping the next two together as a unit
I think Hurricane is a really underrated song because it gives you all the reasoning and motivations behind Hamilton's terrible decision to make his affair public. I also think the instrumentation is beautiful. And Maria Reynolds being the one to hand him the pen he uses to write the Reynolds pamphlet is just the cherry on top.
The slomo part of Hurricane is actually so sick. It was amazing to see live
Oh man. The second round is coming fast. Wait until the next few songs. Also I see the relationship between Hamilton and Angelica as a mutual respect and love for each other’s minds. Angelica was smart and she was taken seriously by Hamilton. It is meeting your soulmate but not necessarily being right for each other.
Another thing is that she did burn her letter from that time. We actually don’t have her side of the story. So Lin took that and made it into a statement.
Phillipa Soo makes me cry like 22 times in the second half. The songs are beautiful but it's specifically her. Her voice when she goes for sad just breaks me 😭
The bucket isn't full of water, they specifically found a kind of paper that would burn for the right amount of time that Eliza sang.
Also, Eliza never raps in the entire musical - think back and you'll notice it!
She does beatbox for young Phillip though, and it's adorable.
I noticed that the bundle of letters doesn't actually drop into the bucket, they get dropped slightly behind - probably into a special attachment to the bucket. I saw somewhere that there's text on the papers she burned and that it's a copy of one of the surviving letters from Alexander to Eliza.
The bucket likely had sand they could bury the paper in as an emergency fire control method, but yeah, unless something goes wrong the bucket is just a firepit to let the paper burn safely in, not a fire extinguisher. And the paper is a standard stage magic/showbiz prop, so they just had to order it, not "find" it. Half the page starting at the corner she put in the fire was flammable and the other half wasn't, and coated in a specific formulation of a few different chemicals they can vary the proportions of to control exactly how long it will burn. The ones for Hamilton are designed to be the same length as the song--if she lit them at the beginning they'd burn until the end of her song (give or take a bit of variation in the tempo) and leave the part she was holding still safely non-firey.
@@IONATVS Lauren is 100% correct. They tested a bunch of different weights of paper to find one that would completely go out in the amount of time Eliza sings the rest of Burn (I think they said it was 19 seconds) It's documented in several "behind the scenes" documentary pieces. They wanted her to walk off in darkness. Also, those letters are copies of real letters Alexander wrote to Eliza. They wanted the emotion to be felt by whoever played Eliza in any of the productions. So they have Alexander's real words to see during the scene.
Another great reaction! Hurricane is one of my favorite songs and I think it is one that isn’t given enough credit. It is the first moment where we see Hamilton actually slow down and really put emotion behind his thoughts instead of just “go, go, go” like he has the whole show. This really shows how much he has been affected but suppressed the emotions behind he has been through.
The next three songs: Blow Us All Away, Stay Alive - Reprise, and It’s Quiet Uptown are are triple threat powerhouse. They need to be all watched together!
Hamilton distinguished himself by being a congruent person writing, that's why Washington made him write the decrees, it was always like that. At that time, he was already obsessed with his legacy and his reputation, which is why Eliza says that she no longer recognizes him, in the Pamphlet his writings sound paranoid. Alexander did not mind being a cheating husband, he was known as a flirtatious man and the affairs were very common, for him it was more important that his reputation as a man who does nothing illegal remain intact. Maybe Eliza knew about their affair, maybe not, but for me Burn represents Eliza's pain due to the public humiliation of knowing that the whole nation knows that she is the wife of a cheater.
What I love about both "Burn" and "The Room Where It Happens" is that some playwrights would just ignore any topic that they couldn't get good information about, but LMM actually made songs about the fact that we don't have the information. Very cool.
9:50 When you said "Lord knows none of the other guys who were ragging on him did anything wrong." the first thing that came to mind was a line from Alex in the cut song Cabinet Battle 3, which was the debate of slavery, and Alex at one point says "All your hemming and hawing, while you're heehawing with Sally Hemings." The song feels odd to think about where in the order of songs it was meant to be, since at one point, Washington seems to reference the Reynolds Pamphlet, but he had resigned by then in the final version. Anybody know where it would've been?
I love these songs! I’m glad you chose to listen to them together, it’s a special experience!
The Reynolds Pamphlet is the best! You can watch it over and over focusing on different cast members and see something new every time.
I love the musical, and I am so glad you like it too! Be prepared for the next few songs, it will be a trip.
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The emo roller coaster ain't over yet.
Just saying.
I’ve watched ALL the YT reactions to Hamilton. I really anticipate yours. Very fun.
Flashback- YoGBS saying everything was swirling around Hamilton.
Told ya’ to file it away!😁👍🏾
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Make sure to listen to some cut-off or changed songs like "First Burn" and "Congratulations"
You'll find out everything Eliza did in the last song of the musical.
by the way if you didn't already know it's best you watch blow us all away, stay alive reprise, and it's quiet uptown together!
She puts the first bit of paper in the bucket and then the rest is put in a little compartment in the bucket so only the first one is actually burning.
Also, when she says ‘…in clearing your name, you have ruined our lives’ she’s not speaking about Eliza and Hamilton, she’s talking about Eliza and Mariah Reynolds.
And both women's children
Apparently, the paper choice for the fire was complicated, it had to stay burning, and show it was burning in the bucket (not full of water) and extinguish and not smoke so much that it was out by the end of the song…it was in a documentary on the show. Pretty cool.
For the real history side of the story it was James Monroe and Abraham Venable who confronted Hamilton but right afterwards did send a copy of what Hamilton showed to them to Thomas Jefferson. If I recall correctly all they really had was Hamiltons words since Jefferson said something like "The love letters look like something a really smart guy thinks an uneducated woman would say."
So we honestly do not know if the affair really happened since it is possible that Hamilton made it up cause he was stealing money from the goverment and saw a public affair scandal as a much better choice then ya know getting in trouble for stealing from the goverment.
I hear they also killed a reporter who was getting close to the truth so we would never know what really happened
I just learned about a really intersting moment in history. Apparently, while campaigning, Theodore Roosevelt wrote a fifty-page speech, folded it, put it in his pocket, was walking towards his ride from the hotel, and was shot. That absolute essay of a campaign speech that was folded in half saved his life. The only damage was of the speech. He ended up having to improvise some of the speech. If only Alexander's final jab at Burr had been as long or wordy as literally everything else that he wrote. Maybe he would've survived the duel.
This has been an absolute delight. I never expected to love Hamilton as much as I do, so I truly enjoy watching others experience and "get" it for the first time. It's always better when someone has a good grasp of history and can also pick up on the nuance, the callbacks, and the character development. Well done,, sir. This has been a fun ride. Buckle up, buttercup. It's about to get wild.
In all seriousness, thank you for doing this and reacting so genuinely.
Eliza was a far better wife than Alex deserved. Even after the duel, she constantly talked about him and she truly loved him.
I really wish the closed captions showed not just the "wait for it" but also Eliza and co.'s "History has its eyes on you". The two mix into each other, and when I first caught the "history has its eyes on you", it gave me chills.
oh man i was waiting for this! I listened to burn way too much when I watched hamilton for the first time. i also recommended listening to first burn (it was an early draft of burn before the song we got in the play now.) You could listen to it after u finish watching hamilton.
Your reference to the theme from People’s Court was surprising. And fascinating. I don’t think anyone else has mentioned.
It’s fun how you ask the questions right before the play answers them. Another sign of how well written this is. Having the audience catch on a split second before the characters in TV or film do is prized, as it keeps the audience invested in the story.
Not much left to come. Most questions are answered.
Except maybe for the very last.
I had never noticed the peoples court thing, but gotta be intentional.
You should react to first burn, congratulations, the original Schuyler defeated, and let it go! All of them were eliminated from the musical and are SOOO good
Also… please please PLEASE do Its Quiet Uptown by itself. If That Would Be Enough got it’s own video, It’s Quiet Uptown needs its own video too
Yess, I agree
"When my prayers were met with indifference, I wrote my own deliverance" (shortened) is one of my favourite sentences in theatre. It hits me like a truck every time, though depending on the day, in a completely different way than before.
You really need to watch Howard Ho's videos on Hamilton to really grasp how insane the writing in this musical is.
4:15 Alexander Hamilton's story of making it to the mainland is proof that fact is stranger than fiction. It is easier to believe a story about someone cutting down a tree than it is to imagine an immigrant from an island in the Caribbean having someone in his community see how eloquent of a writer he is and then the town raising money to get him off the island to build a life. There is no actual evidence that the story about Washington cutting down a tree is true, and yet it is the one American legend that a lot of people know about and believe.
4:06 -- not sure if it could be legend, but they do reference this in the opening song.
“…Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain,
And he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain.
Well, the word got around, they said, this kid is insane, man
Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland...”
10:12 - I believe this counts as America's first sex scandal, so it was kind of a big deal. And I don't think it was the fact of his having the affair itself, but the fact that he openly spoke about it. I think there is or was some unwritten rule- you pretend it didn't happen, and it can be conveniently ignored. And Hamilton broke it.
10:30 also 12:33 - ..........um. Yeah. Sorry to tell you, but-- it gets worse.
7:29
there is a video from an audience member where Daveed misses his timing-mark to turn out of the way, so Anthony dives between his legs and pops up in front of him.
(Also when they dance around handing out the flyers he hands one to the conductor)
These are all so good songs and for more Lin manual Miranda once you’re done I recommend checking out in the heights.
Btw loved the reactions to burn
There is an actual Reynolds pamphlet written by Hamilton and you can find it if you look it up online.
6:09 another BRILLIANT bit of staging in that Maria Reynolds hands him the quill (pen), and this is his downfall. Just like when the chorus was yelling at him "Say no to this!" when she was onstage with him the first time, now they are crying out "Wait for it!" But Hamilton was convinced he could get ahead of the whole thing by not waiting for someone to possibly spill his secret first, he would be the one to break the story.
And then he wrote *37 pages* worth of a first-person account of the affair.
Did you notice that the melody for "You forfeit all right to my heart" is the same melody that "Eliza" is always sung in? THIS is where her theme comes to fruition; at a time of great personal sorrow.
I think it should go the next three, just under 10 minute mark together, then the next three, then the final two.
When Eliza says “I’m erasing myself from the narrative,” that’s Lin sorta hedging his portrayal of her character by alluding to how there isn’t much record of what Eliza was doing or how she was feeling from this point on. Until the end of the play at least.
There's also the "Let me be a part of the narrative" in act 1 and the "I put myself back in the narrative" in the last song.
I was so excited all day because I knew it was Hamilton Day! Thanks for that! Still a lot of heavy numbers to get through...Keep some tissues handy, HamFam.
Another great reaction. Keep it up, and I can't wait for next week with more of my favorite songs.
Please note that Mariah Reynolds is the person who hands AH the quill with which he will write his Pamphlet.
Hamilton did in fact write a letter that got him to the US that was not a myth
Thanks a lot for pointing out "the town had its eyes on me" refering back to "history has its eyes on you". Never seen that one before and was not even certain because it is such a loose connection. That's why I went to check the translation in the German adaptation (no literal but very thought through 3 year work of translating that with concerved rap structure and meaning) and there it also matched :o
It is "die Stadt sollte Zeuge sein" (the town should be the witness) and "die Geschichte soll Zeuge sein" (History should be the witness). So absolutely confims what you spotted and pointed out. Thanks man!
As someone who also knows Hamilton in bits and pieces, this is an amazing and heart-wrenching thing to watch.
When you finish, you’ll probably enjoy Lin’s Drunk History episode on Hamilton if you haven’t already seen it. Reynolds Pamphlet gets a decent amount of time in the rundown and reenactment of sorts
Others have mentioned that he really did write his way out of the hell that was his hometown after the hurricane. The way I read it was that he sent a letter to the newspaper, acting as a man on the street reporter and as a letter to the editor combined, describing the immense damage and toll that it took on everyone. The article was so good, that the local worthys took up a collection to send him to the mainland for his education (the internet's GoFundMe is nothing new, only the reach is).
hurricane makes me s o b. every time I listen to it. "I was 12 when my mother died were, she was holding me, we were sick and she was holding me.. I couldn't seem to die.." I lose it every time.
The Reynolds Pamphlet is hilarious. all the chaos? it's mocking hamiltons affair and how the sex would've looked. I love how daveed hands the Pamphlet to the MUSIC DIRECTOR- "Have you read this, person who directs all the music here?" also, daveeds table bounce dance. i learned Angelicas verse first because it's the quickest pft. AND FUN fact! Preforming TRP live once, there was a moment where daveed forgot to move to let Anthony, Laurens' And Philips actor, through. so Anthony proceeded to crawl through daveeds legs and pop up infront of him. there's a TH-cam video of it!
Burn.. theres.. so much to say about it I can't even speak about it and do it justice. it's amazing. please be careful with the next three. do Blow Us All Away, Stay Alive (Reprise), and It's Quiet Uptown all together. they're all heartbreaking but they all are directly linked to eachother.
Fun facts:
In the workshop version of hurricane, Hamilton mentions Laurens, he says: The friend who would tell me not to do it is in the ground. And you can hear Anthony Ramos saying “or you can let it go” in reference to a song cut from the musical.
After the reynolds pamphlet, Maria had to change her name and move to england, as her name as well as James's were super tarnished.
There is an earlier version of Burn that hurts more in my opinion, you can search for it as first burn, only that one isn't sung by Phillipa Soo.
Eliza don't say Helpless anymore, because Hamilton messed up its meaning by using it with Maria.
At 10:12, Jefferson hands the pamphlet to the guy who's directing the music.
13:42 Alexander also published the threatening letters sent to him by James Reynolds. although it is believed that Maria's letters to him never existed and it was he (Alex) who forged them.
This is OBVIOUS: Eliza didn't deserve all that shit.
The dress Phillipa Soo wears was fireproof, in case there was an accident.
I would have liked to see more of Philip's reaction.
It gives enormous courage when Alex mentions that he wrote to Eliza until she fell.
I love how Hamilton goes so badly in the Reynolds pamphlet, he deserves it.
It’s so subtle but I love the moment at 10:12 when Jefferson hands a copy of the pamphlet so someone in the orchestra, presumably the conductor. 😂 when I saw it live (on tour) at some point during the song, while referencing the fact that everyone had read it, the conductor himself pulled out a copy hidden behind his score and held it up for everyone to see 😂 I got a bigger kick outta that than anything else in the show
9:30 Daveed making it rain with the papers is honestly impressive to me.
I have been waiting for you to react to these songs! Hurricane is actually my personal favorite song. I really want to get tattooed the lines, "I'll write my way out, overwhelm them with honesty." I can't wait to see and hear your thoughts as we continue to the end of Hamilton! I think the next three songs should be in one video, but at the very least the next two should be in one video! You'll understand why when you get to them!
An interesting thing is that Eliza actually knew about the betrayal way before he even published it, and what she was upset at is the amount of detail that he published.
It is mind-blowing to think that Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the ENTIRE thing. Hamilton’s struggle as well as Eliza’s. He has an incredible depth to him. He is extremely humble. I found out about it on James Corden. Carpool Karaoke.
You absolutely have to watch First Burn, it goes way harder into the emotions that Eliza must have felt, and it's also such a good song
Behind some of the greatest founding fathers... there were some amazing founding women. Abigale Adams, Dolly Madison, and Eliza Hamilton were all equally a match for their amazing husbands... but in my mind, Eliza is a head above the others in her direct impact to the raising of this country.
I've been looking forward to this, but also dreading it.
Me just getting over my Hamilton obsession
Him: oh hahaha looks like it’s time to get you singing again
5:19 to 5:27 The cliff note in the book: "And here's the crack in the foundation: Here's the trauma to end all traumas. Surviving this must have felt like an even worse punishment than death."
now that you’ve seen “Burn,” i recommend that you listen to “First Burn.” it’s another version of the song featuring several singers and it is SO GOOD.
Something to keep in mind is that Peggy dies between these songs and the next ones. They don't explicitly say it, but one song lyric makes a reference that Eliza recently had a tragedy and her next appearance is in mourning clothes, which are for Peggy.
fun fact the prop design spent months figuring out the correct amounts of paper and wax for the bucket to stop burning afer 2:30mins and for the lantern to go out when she left
It’s very hard to say how Eliza actually felt or how much she knew about the affair as most of their letters were burnt and some of the earliest sources on Alexander Hamilton’s life were written by her and their remaining children so tend to be mute on the subject.
YESSSSS!!!! More Hamilton material! I do LOOOOVE when you review songs from Hamilton! This is gonna be GREAT! Okay, let me "shut up" and start watching!!! I'm bummed that this one's ending, as well!
I higly recomend that the next songs: "Blow us all away/Stay alive (reprise)/It's quiet uptown" have to be reacted all together. They're a part of act2 that only work if they stick together, just like the ones in this video
I can't remember who I heard talk about it, I think it was the TH-camr Social Stud, but apparently, since none of the Founding Fathers or Framers were born in The United States of America (colonies), the main requirement was being born in a territory, or something, so Alexander could technically have run, despite being born and growing up on Nevis.
The bucket is full of sand, not water. You can actually see some flames rising above the top of the bucket as the paper burns. The trick is that the rest of the song is enough time for the paper to burn up before tossing the rest of the letters in.
This is actually a very risky scene, having live flames on stage (in the lantern and in the bucket) which is why she's carrying the candle in a closed lantern so the only time the flame is uncontrolled is when she's holding the burning page. Also a lot of testing went in to find the right type of paper that wouldn't burn too quickly or too slowly to risk burning the actress or catch the stack of letters tossed in later.
You should watch the Guns and Ships joke animatic lmao
I’ve listened to the soundtrack way way way more times than I’ve seen the movie…always surprises me how different it is.
Love Hamilton days! I hope you react to First Burn
Dang I’m late to the party! I even checked earlier today! Another great reaction.
I agree the next should be a threefer!
9:25 I just noticed that Alex just stands there and takes it. He knows he deserves even worse than the scolding by Angelica.
hurricane might have been my favorite Hamilton song if I was capable of picking a favorite. very powerful.
And on the fire… it was special paper that they used that burned real flames and then dissipated on their own. They’re wasn’t water in the bucket
The next 3 songs absolutely have to go together!!!!
The song "First Burn," which is the original "Burn" song, is a lot more detailed and powerful and the animatics of it usually have Eliza confronting Alex about how much his actions have hurt not only her, but their family as well.
"And when the time comes,
explain to the children
the pain and the embarrassment
you put their mother through.
When will you learn that they are your legacy?
WE are your legacy!"
It is just SO good!
I agree with everyone that you should watch Congratulations and First Burn too. I recommend the animatics by Ziksua; not only is the art BREATHTAKING in them but they also add to the story and make the emotion, particularly the anger, so much sharper and more poignant
I personally prefer First Burn. It was the original version of the song, and a really popular version of First Burn now exists that is sung by all the people considered for Eliza before Phillipa Soo. I would especially recommend the animatic version of First Burn, as it is SO GOOD!!
As much as First Burn works for the story, it doesn't work with Eliza's character at this point.
Okay but like… _which_ animatic?
@@Tues48 Ik, regular Burn works better for the musical, but I like First Burn better. I think Eliza in First Burn comes off as stronger than Eliza in Burn, because she's more angry and vindictive
@@CJCroen1393 the one by...Ziksua, I think? I believe Ziksua is the creator of the one I'm thinking of. Each drawing has so much detail and the transitions are SO COOL!!
Ah. Alright then, thanks!
I'm honestly surprised Phillip Schuyler didn't go after Alex. I just checked if he was still alive at the time, and he apparently was.
Since we're on a Philippa Soo solo now seems like the perfect time to recommend the movie Over The Moon on Netflix. It's actually how I discovered her voice and lead me to Hamilton.
Once you finish this series, definitely check out First Burn. It's the first draft lyrics of Burn. So good!
When the hurricane/tornado choreo started and Maria Reynolds came into view, I had a flashback of when Jaiden Animations met a capturable froslass in her SoulLink Nuzlocke video (which I know you watched).
"You!"
Burn is the only song I knew for years until I actually watched hamilton
That’s so funny because the only song I knew any of was Cabinet Battle #1. I had a friend who loved it and bc I had no context for any of it the little I heard made me think it was like the most pointless musical ever