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In this video Musical Theatre Coach Marc Daniel Patrick discusses the opening number of the hit musical Hamilton: An American Musical. Featuring Lin Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odum Jr, Christopher Jackson and the cast of Hamilton.
You can clearly see Lin’s intelligence in lyric writing in the lines: “We fought with him”, (Sung by Daveed and Oak) both Lafayette and Mulligan fought with Hamilton on his side while Jefferson and Madison fought against him. The same goes with Anthony when he sings “Me, I died for him”, both characters he plays died for Hamilton (Laurens and Philip). Lin-Manuel Miranda, what a genius!
Oooh, good observation! You could say Jones who plays both Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds loved him in different ways too.
I never thought about that! Oh, wow. Thank you for that observation. That makes a lot of sense.
I'm glad this post was near the top so I didn't repeat it.
I had that conversation with my daughter. We were talking about things you notice that you can't believe you missed the first twenty times...
She was really pleased she'd spotted the Philip/John Laurens death connection, but she flipped out when I pointed out the double meaning of "...fought WITH him...".
I KNOW SUCH A MUSICAL GENIUS
Not only can he write good lyrics, a coherent plot and gripping music, he also can act and sing. What an all round talent that man is.
I really hope the royalties of this show have him set for the rest of his days and from now on he can just pick his gigs based on passion and artistic merrit, rather than financial necessity.
He deserves it.
Chernow said in an interview that he was impressed that Lin was able to condense 40 pages or more of his book in 1 song
His book took me 6 months to read, and I consider myself a fast reader.
I'm about that far in reading his book (49 pages in so far). And yup, that pretty much sums it up! Chronologically, i am probably at the beginning of the "Aaron Burr, Sir" song with my reading.
Definitely impressive that he was able to condense so much into only so many stanzas/one song. (:
@@emilyhennessey8294 I never finished it. Still slogging through.
@@rmcmariusable my suggestion if you can is to listen to the audiobook.
@@rmcmariusable, yes to the audiobook!
One of my favorite things about the whole show is the way Leslie switches back and forth between this absolutely nasty narrative voice to this super delicate beautiful tone like in Dear Theodosia
I don't really think it's nasty throughout - in fact, one of the things that makes both the writing and Leslie Odom Jr's performance remarkable is how (roughly) the same sentence slowly changes meaning over the course of the show. At the beginning, Leslie is the narrator, the Greek chorus; he tells us about Hamilton in a way that is fairly neutral relative to Burr's character. We haven't even met Burr yet, so all we know is that this narrator is describing to us the public perception of Hamilton's humble beginnings; how impressive it was for someone born into such circumstances to rise to the very heights of society. But as the show progresses, the character of Burr begins to bleed into these narrative interludes; they slowly become meaner, more personal, more spiteful, until by the end, Leslie is no longer describing the rise of a 'son of a whore', but instead is positively spitting the word 'whoreson'. He's calling Hamilton not just a bastard, but a *bastard*. It's an incredible progression that tells an entire story in and of itself, and one of my favourite elements of the show.
@@-just-so- ...I meant nasty in tone. Like sharp, guttural, nasally, whiny, in contrast to a beautiful smooth light falsetto later
Leslie is just everything. The guy just commands your attention and pulls you in completely to whatever he's doing.
I love how King George lll claims the show as his when it's about a nation that rose from his folly
And the storytelling trough Andy Blackenbueler choreography. Fun advice: every time you watch it, try to follow one castmember or ensemble member, its a way to notice all the details of the show
100% on point! I don’t know if it’s my own perceptions of ensembles as I’ve gotten older, or if the Hamilton ensemble is just that damn good, but since the first watch, I’m entranced by the ensemble. MDP’s point about being on a stage and telling a story…they succeed every second.
Oh! And even noticing that members of the ensemble who have brief singing and named roles throughout the play! This musical literally gets better with every view!
@@JakeSezz If you want to know more listen to Hamilcast podcast, there are interviews with castmembers and ensemble
I followed angelicas character and your right 😮
@@iam_zaak now you have a reason to watch it 20 plus times
That beat after Leslie says "I'm the damn fool that shot him". I've never noticed before. You can see his face change. Almost like in that moment, all the things he realizes in the World Was Wide Enough cross his mind. So brilliant.
Exactly. Just the look of introspection that comes across his face in those brief moments. Leslie is..... so incredible. Any moment he is on stage, he shows his brilliance. He is just outstanding!
That’s literally my favorite part. You can see how haunted he is. It was some incredible acting he did there
@@msdevotedtiffMine too!
My favourite is King George saying enjoy to my show, in all his gloriousness, still makes it about him.
I also love this number
It tells the whole story, but still leaves it so you become invested in the show and characters
Leslie is so brilliant. He is to this role what Joel Grey was to the master of ceremonies in Cabaret. You can't look away and you kinda wish the whole show was about him.
Perfectly said. When Leslie is not on stage, you just want him there!
@@mckenna8663 The only thing that makes that feeling better is knowing that when he's not on stage, he gets a break to keep up the energy and voice for the parts when he is!
HONESTLY, I found him the most engaging character and i'm not an obsessed fan lmao
Omg I meant to say *I am NOW an obsessed fan. haha
I LOVE watching Leslie move. His movements are so fluid. Maybe it’s just be, but my eyes always go to him when he is on stage. I love watching his mannerisms.
Me too! the first time i watched hamilton i didnt love it (bc i didnt get what it was about haha) but I immediately loved Leslie in it
LOJ's "What's your name man?" right at the end before the final "Alexander Hamilton" is just so amazing, so full and wholesome but antagonistic at the same time 🥰😍👀
My husband came with me to see Hamilton in the west end, not knowing anything about it or any of the songs. He was so skeptical but knew how much I wanted to see it. After this one song, he turned to me and said “this is amazing”
"There's a million things I haven't done. But just you wait, just you wait."
“We fought with him”, said by Oak and Daveed has dual meanings. They fought with him (along side him) in the war as Lafayette and mulligan, but they also fought (butted heads) with him politically as Jefferson and Madison.
That's a great observation.
“I died for him” from Mr Anthony Ramos saying that Lauren’s died for that same original cause that brought him and Hamilton together and also Philip dying for his fathers honor💔
The thing I love about watching the intro multiple times is simply hearing Leslie's first words. The way that refrain changes throughout the musical, reflecting Burr's devolvement, is genius writing and acting.
To me, the choreography, the staging, THE LIGHTING!!
These three are just as brilliant as the acting and singing.
And with the camera placement.... this movie musical is a total triumph!!
This song just sets up a show that keeps me on the edge of my seat the whole time, no matter how many times I watch it. It gives me chills.
I love the choreo and the symbolism. Hamilton is wearing white and he takes off his white coat and hands it to Burr. And then Eliza helps him put on the colored jacket, which put him in direct comparison to Burr who is the only other person wearing a color. Just the act of handing his jacket to Burr comes to make it seem as though Hamilton maybe never took Burr seriously and always saw him as someone to take advantage of.
amykahthleen - The characters dressed in white for the first number were all dead by the time of the last number. The white coat going from Hamilton to Burr, I felt, was Hamilton acknowledging that his death belonged to Burr so it must be handed to Burr and Hamilton put on the coat of life - color - to join Burr at the beginning of their journey together.
@@wendyweaver8749 interesting
“And I’m the damn fool that shot him” never fails to give me goosebumps! Even after the 1000th time!! - Also, 10 sleeps to go until I see the show live!! (Sydney, Australia!)
Lucky! Have a great time!
Lucky Ducky!! Enjoy EVERY minute!!!
Speaking of how Leslie Odom Jr glides across the stage.. there's a video of the closing of the Tony awards year Hamilton swept everything up. And the cast of Hamilton came back and saying the Skyler sister song. But the first thing you see is Leslie Odom Jr gliding 3/4 of the way across the stage.. it's so amazing. The man was walking on air!!!!
I've watched Hamilton a number of times, and it's amazing to see aspects of it in a different way. This song really does encapsulate what's going to happen during the course of the show - especially in the way the spotlight lands on particular characters as they sing what their relationship to Hamilton WAS, past tense. It's the genius of Lin Manuel Miranda that you've referenced before to give the audience an overview, then go back and let the story unfold from the characters' perspectives.
For real!! Everyone in this show is so incredible. But Leslie Odom Jr.!!! Seriously!!! Every time I watch this show he is even more amazing. What an incredible talent.
I'm listening to this song at least once a day, have been for the last four months. Can't help but getting goosebumps every single time!
I am so in awe of everyone on that stage, but honestly, Leslie Odom Jr. is on his own level.
The choreography for this song is my favorite of the show. The dancers move in and out of the scene so subtly. They just add to the scene, like a full orchestra that just sort of makes the music swell and then backs off again for the melody to shine. It’s just perfect.
I love how the song says “a *forgotten* plot in the middle of the Caribbean” and then says “don’t *forget* from whence you came”
Seems like Alexander Hamilton got a bit full of himself and forgot where he came from.
Although the "from whence" makes me cringe every time.
I love how Anthony Ramos says "I died for him" and it works for both of his characters, Laurens and Philip. and all 3 of the Schuyler sisters said they loved him, cuz obviously both Angelica and Eliza did, but it hints Miss And Peggy also fell for him as Reynolds in act II. Think it's just a clever lil touch.
After seeing Hamilton xxx times I noticed how graceful LOJ movements were and how he blends in with the ensemble in several acts. Other performers of Burr may have beautiful voices and their own interpretation of the role but I have yet to see them move as smoothly and expressively across the stage. LOJ really put his❤️ into that role
no matter how many times i see this, i get chills every time that first note hits 💜 also i can’t be the only one who wants to see chris jackson, leslie odom jr, anthony ramos, or Oak cast in every leading man role from here on out 🥰
I love this and thank you. I noticed while you were saying about Chris Jackson appearing presidential that there also is some symbolism with the items that Eliza, Angelica and Laurens/Phillip hand him that implies their future connections. Also one point that has stuck with me all along is that Hamilton likely wouldn’t have been considered an immigrant, Nevis was a British colony just like New York
Neither was Lafayette, a Frenchman who never wanted to be anything else. Immigrant is used as a synonym for outsider.
I absolutely love how this song highlights the duality of some actors playing multiple roles. with the lines like “we fought with him” and “me, I died for him” just absolutely perfect lines.
I love your comments, it is the reason I watch you .. please stop apologising for interrupting as your comments are gold.if I want to watch the shows, it easy to find them.. Your comments are your value - put them out there and know that we are happy to hear them ... thank you .. good work ..
I love this opening number. The more I hear and watch Chris Jackson the more I love his movements and singing. If Phillipa Soo is a violin, Chris Jackson is the cello. So much talent on the stage from so many, but Chris Jackson’s smooth, full voice is stunning.
"We fought with him, I died for him, I trusted him, I loved him".
It took me far too many re-watches to realise how amazing that line is...
Lafayette and Mulligan did fight with him, but so did Jefferson and Madison.
Laurens died for him, but Phillip did too, defending his honour.
Peggy loved him as a brother but so did Maria.
One of my favorite songs, so amazing. Also, want to give a shout out to how the costuming was done…when they’re all in beige, they’re dead, they switch coats, and you are going back in time, from this song, to hear the story, brilliant how they would do the changing of coats throughout the show.
what i love most here is that the lines
"we fought with him" could fit both Lafayette and Hercules AND Jefferson and Madison
and the line
"me I died for him" works for both Laurens and Philip
when I realized this my mind was BLOWN
I cannot wait until you finish all the songs so that I can sit down and watch Hamilton again from beginning to end. It will be like you sitting next to me in the theater providing commentary except I will have a glass of skrewball in hand!
Was so excited when I saw you did the first number I screamed like a 15 year old at a Beatles concert! The ensemble is amazing and the choreography is the best. Thank you!
The actress who plays the bullet always steals the stage for me lol
Every time i see her ingo oh shit there she is! 😅
And now she has an Oscar 🥰
The title on the playbill may be Hamilton, but it could just as easily be Burr. In this musical, and history itself, it’s like they’re this weird, Gordian Knot, ever entwined and impossible to separate. And LMM showcases that shared history with Burr as the narrator. Absolutely freaking genius!
Jake Calder - And it was just as much the story of Eliza, who was the one instrumental in actually telling the story of Hamilton, Washington, etc., because she lived another fifty years.
I love these videos. Don't apologize for stopping the video. This channel is a wonder! Please, keep going.
Marc: "Ich like the fluidity"
Also Marc: pause the vid every 2seconds... LOL
I love the way you organize your reactions to the various Hamilton pieces. Really adds a lot of good value. Wonderful introduction piece, for sure.
Mark don't apologize for stopping!!! We are here (or I am at least) because we find your insight interesting. 😁
Every time Oak or Chris Jackson starts speaking/singing, I get chills. Their timbre is so .
And I love L-MM and the “every man” sound he has in his voice, but when I close my eyes all I picture is Gizmo Duck from DuckTales (he’s the voice actor for the character).
I know this is a year old but here’s a little trivia Leslie Odom Jr who played burr acted as a crossroads demon in supernatural season seven back in 2011 the episode was named “time for a wedding” it’s so cool to see him in that show and here on Hamilton
What I appreciate most about this number is the build. It started very slow almost dragging and I feel like that matched the mood of the beginning of Hamilton‘s life. It also created an opportunity for the audience to get acclimated with this being a hip-hop musical. It began with rapping but at the dragging tempo was slowed down and it sounded more like spoken word and allowed people to understand the lyrics before they are thrown into the tempo of something like guns and ships. So thoughtful.
Thanks for your commentary. I always enjoy it. Shout out to Jonathan Groff as King George for that opening voiceover. Like Okieriete Onaodowan (& others), Groff's brilliant performance is sometimes lost in the conversation about the NUMEROUS brilliant "Hamilton" original cast performances. 💛
I can't believe you haven't done "My Shot" yet. That is the one that really shows Lin's brilliance as a performer, as well as a writer and composer.
That theater with that stage design was definitely a bonus that worked in their favor! It was perfect in moving characters seamlessly!
I just realized that the fireworks and the beat were in sync... what the heck?! Does anyone know if that's a coincidence or if Disney changed it for the show?
Me: I don't have time to watch Hamilton right now.
Also Me:***watches Hamilton related content for 4 and a half hours***
I also notice how Aaron Burr is the only one wearing his coat, signifying how he is the one telling the story from his opinion while everyone is wearing the off white outfits. Really cool I’m just now realizing that!
So happy you did this song! It’s so underappreciated. So is Right Hand Man; can you do that one please???
Great video!! I love hearing your commentary. Keep it up! Please do Take A Break next.
Just connected the "we are waiting in the wings for you" being sung by an ensemble composed of all the main players.
I never get tired of this!🔥
The Disney showing was my first viewing of the show. I knew nothing about it beforehand other than it’s acclaim. Laurens’s line that starts with “the ten dollar founding father..” was the moment that it hit me Hamilton was going to be an experience unlike any other. Lin’s writing brilliance is evident from the very beginning and doesn’t let up.
I read that the change of Hamilton coats had symbolism’s throughout the play
Hang on: Micheal Jackson? A musical or a movie? And which cast member is playing in the musical / movie?
Not sure which, but the cast member is Abraham Sykes - the one who shot Phillip.
I just love your videos. Would be great to hear your take on the whole show however both 'Yorktown' or 'Hurricane' are up there for me!
I'm so obsessed with Hamilton! And Leslie's book, Failing Up, is so good. Y’all should check it out. Very interesting read
I agree about OAK. I think he is AMAZING and underrated in this performance
Love the little detail of how everyone is in white but Burr is wearing a black coat !
That moment when you realize that the guy who plays John Lawrence and Phillip Hamilton says "I died for him." and they both did
What is the story behind the white costumes? They don't appear anywhere else in the show, and the costume changes is one of the main ways we can see the story progress. Hamilton goes from brown (student) to blue (soldier) to black (cabinet member). Washington goes from blue (soldier) to black (president), Lafayette and Mulligan go from blue (soldier) to purple and gray respectively once they become Madison and Jefferson. Eliza goes from corset and hoops (single) to empire waist (married). What then is the white costume doing? I will note though, that Burr is wearing the same costume as he wears throughout the show.
White costumes are present throughout the show. White costumes represent a ensemble member & ghostly (dead) characters.
If I could make a recommendation, put time stamps in the description. Personally I don't want to watch the comments from the last video part and it would be nice to know where I can skip to to get to watching the performance. Don't take that the wrong way as I am sure many love that part, but it would be nice to have the option to easily skip it as well. Thanks!
The Story of Tonight next, please!
I don't know if I'm late to the party, but I just noticed that the opening music that plays during the Disney logo is the beginning of "10 duel commandments". I wonder if that was done on purpose.
How about a video of ‘Way Down Hades Town’? That would be great!
Interesting how Hamilton hands the ghost coat (all the dead characters wear white coats) to Burr....who put him in the ghost coat to begin with.
If you have the full musical, please re-react to the animatic ones you did. They deserve to be heard & seen in their original form.
I love how in there are only two characters in this scene - Burr and Hamilton. Eliza, Angelica, Washington etc. are really ensemble members at this point. This is punctuated by the costuming with the white
Unrelated, but I note that you have not yet completed your Jonathan Groff set. You’ve reviewed two of the three songs, sir!
You gotta react to Leslie singing A Change Is Gonna Come from when he was playing Sam cook
Could u react also to the original west end cast of hamilton singing alexander hamilton? i wanna know if there's a difference
God I LOVE that so much!
why can't i find the dvd any where? not amazon.
My Shot should be next!
Heck yes!!! Doing some of the rap songs! Thank you sir
Can you do a video explaining why Emmy Raver-Lampman pipped Phillipa Soo to the tony award? I personally couldn’t chooseso would lovesome professional insight
Please comment on Carol Woods as Mama Morton in Chicago
Hi, i love your videos, ive been waiting for this one for a while.. =]
Can you critic Helpless...I'm a "helpless" romantic and I love the number
I love this song is amazing!! But spare a few words for poor Lin 😂 wanna know what you think of him!! Please please please do My Shot next!!
Leslie Odom Jr. Is ahmazing!
This reminds me of elements of Jesus Christ Superstar. I can't think of another show that lets the antagonist speak first, Also the dynamic is very much like Burr/Judas and Hamilton/Jesus
Please do guns and ships next!!! It's honestly one of my favorite please!
You should react to Non-Stop
When talking about his time as a kid, you REALLY need to read at least the first few chapters of Chernow's book. SOOOOO much happened. His mom was amazing, the counsin that "committed suicide" was found in a pool of blood in his bed with several stab wounds. The ship he was on coming to America literally caught fire right outside of Boston harbor. There's SO much of his background story that (understandably) never made it into the musical
Interesting “suicide” Just kept on stabbing him self huh? Wow great police work there. Well we still get a lot of that today. I’ve been wanting to read the book.
@@mbgal7758 exactly. I was surprised Chernow didn't try to dive more into it. With everything else, when there's an inkling of doubt or "rumours" that something else might've gone on, he's talked about it, but with this, he also said suicide.
@@TheEliKaulitz solving cases today seem to be hard sometimes. Solving one from 300 years ago into what’s now a foreign country may be impossible. (It bothers me they call AH an immigrant, Nevis and New York were both British colonies so I dare say they all felt they were British at first.)You can’t talk to witnesses, all you have is the accounts that are written and apparently this guy was very unpopular if no one suspected anything amiss with the “suicide” claim. Most intelligent people in the US wouldn’t consider a Puerto Rican to be an immigrant. 🤦🏼♀️ If someone from PR goes to the US Virgin Islands are they an immigrant? No, they’re all US subjects.
8:21 pause. Who’s playing Michael Jackson?
Do whichever one is left
I’m praying you’ll do commentary on every freakin’ song from Hamilton, and join them all together (in order of appearance) into one long video. Then we can enjoy the entire play “together” with your narration. Sigh.
I’m ready for you to review hurricane just to see what you say 🙃
I’m hamilton nerd-
Great commentary, other than referring to Daveed Diggs, a grown man of color, as "boy." You should know better, and it belies the depth of your insights.
I have been reading comments looking for someone to point this out. Daveed Diggs is a full-grown MAN. Referring to him as "the boy" is not good.
How is he getting pension from Disney to post these showing the actual video?
First
My favorite bit: Phillipa (she's in all white attire, she hasn't fully become Eliza yet) helping Lin into the brown coat that denotes Alexander's student attire. She assists him with coat changes throughout the show, and each one denotes something different, a major shift in Hamilton's life. But this first change, where Lin becomes the only other cast member who has his role defined at the moment. Burr is the other, and he's in Burr's clothing from the get go, removing him from the story enough that his role as narrator becomes apparent, and other choices Leslie makes tell us the show is a flashback, even before the rest of the ensemble confirms it in the lyrics. Thus our two leading players become beautifully defined.
I've had an epiphany after listening to you talk about that opening line. Burr and Hamilton were polar opposites in their upbringing, but despite his humble beginnings, Hamilton always came out on top- until the end, that is. It's almost as if Burr couldn't get past someone who came from nothing having greater success than he had- hence that opening line being repeated at several points throughout the show.
I might even contend that Hamilton came out on top in the end because Burr has always been reviled for killing him. Burr may have been Vice President, but most of us only remember him for killing Hamilton.
Lin has described Hamilton and Burr as twins/ two sides of the same coin. Both were orphaned* as children, both faught in the Revolutionary War, both became lawyers, then they both became politicians, both outlived one of their children.
* In my opinion Hamilton wasn't an orphan until 1799, 5 years before his death, when his father died.
From the first moment Hamilton set the theme: who tells your story. Every character tells some part of his story, Hamilton just introduce himself.