It's 2022 and I've NEVER Watched HAMILTON (Pt 2)
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Hey y’all!! I hope you enjoy part two of Hamilton and the Chipmunks 😅💙 sorry that I have to edit it so heavily for copyright!
if you're confused about Eliza gasping at the end when hamilton walks off stage he comes back as Lin (the creator of Hamilton) and brings Eliza into the present basically and shows her all the people watching as the story she tried so hard to tell is literally being told. it's so good.
@BANICA»💋 oh my gods they got into the main comment run for the hills
btw the guns were really bad and could miss, that's why he put his gun in the air, and the other guy shot on 7 not 10, plus Hamilton also *supposedly* always put his gun up on duels
Mathew I Beg you to react to the Hadestown Musical ! I think you will absolutely love it and they are so underrated ! the entire production is magnificent ! It's a retelling of Greek myths told through the eye of the new Orelans industrial revolution. The songs are Jazzy and Old rock and swing and absolutely incredible !
@@jdarring48 Lin has confirmed that this isn,'t true as it wouldn't make sense when other actors play Hamilton
The first act is really to make you feel that Hamilton is likeable. The second act is to tell you that he is flawed af
Also, in the second act he says “McBeth” which is somthing that you should never say in a theater because it’s super bad luck, and after he says it, things take a turn for the worst
I like to think that the "Hamilton" the story is about is Eliza.
Aka human. Do you know how many people if he had the temptation would not even have the inner thought. “Say No to This” is one of my favorite songs. He was being chased by a beautiful woman. If less than 60% of the men reading this say then wouldn’t be tempting then stats are way wrong because that’s about how many men cheat and it’s now more for women. The human condition is animalistic. Normally man, like other animals would rape, quite literally the female into submission guaranteeing that the species evolves up. Up in strength. We as humans are the only civilized creatures by nature. That’s what God is to me. Flawed? Yes. Human? See last question.
@@olan13 what?
@@adamjcohn The last song asks "who lives, who dies, who tells your story?" and Eliza is the one asking who will tell her story. Alexander, in the last scene, takes Eliza's hand before handing her off and the show ends with Eliza gasping and looking like she is going to cry. It's because Eliza sees the audience and realizes Lin-Manuel Miranda did tell her story as she is depicted as a saint throughout the show.
A cool note here, Eliza’s line of “Let future historians wonder how Eliza reacted when you broke her heart” is based on the real life fact that we actually don’t have any information on Eliza’s reaction to her husband’s cheating, since she was a woman and most women’s lives were not recorded. We actually don’t know much about her at all, besides her orphanage work and her children.
didn't she really actually destroy all their letters?
@@vickylikesthis That was an unconfirmed liberty that lin approached. because of the lack of information, he created that scene. Which doesn't seem unlikely. As a woman in that time period, that was a powerful act.
It’s likely that she destroyed the letters in some way as almost all of them are lost to time
Just probably not burning
Honestly when your said "I don't really like Alexander" I was just like: Same. Your not really supposed to like hi, at that point at least. Hes a very flawed character. Also Eliza is also my favourite character by far. She's just so incredibly and undeniably good and such an amazing person. She really deserves better than Alexander.
I think Im alone on this one but James Reynolds is my fav idek why he just is but 2nd is def Eliza and 3rd is Jefferson
Burr supremacy
Yeah lin even said like your not supposed to likw hamilton
My favorite was Angelica, I was questioning why she let her sister be a man with a man who is unsatisfied.
I kin Alex
There is actually the character called "The Bullet" besides Hamilton's cousin and his mother, she is the first to die in the musical and from then on resembles an omen of death. After the characters interact with her, they in turn, die. She is also the one that carries the bullet going towards Hamilton right before he dies. I think it's amazing how thought through this musical is. No wonder it took 6 years for Lin-Manuel Miranda to write it!!!
Wow, that is insanely cool
And she flirted with Philip before the duel, essentially saying that Philip was flirting with death
The Bullet is also very pretty (srsly every time I see her I'm like 'holy shit you're so gorgeous')
The Bullet is Ariana DeBose and she's actually also gonna play as Anita in another upcoming West Side Story movie.
@@baguetteboi1652 you said this 2 days ago, the movie came out a month ago lol.
"What's she gonna say?"
Well, unfortunately the full version of that has been cut. There was a whole song in the musical in which she basically just called him the world's biggest dumbass in increasingly lyrical ways.
Are you talking about the song “congratulations”?
Yes its so good. "You have invented a new kind of stupid." Angelica is amazing
@@alyssa2304 yup.
"An 'open all the cages in the ZOO' kind of stupid" is still a brilliant line and I will keep saying it
@@nschannel826 A damage you can never undo kind of stupid
Just wanted to clarify something about dueling. Like they said when it was first brought up, even if both parties show up, most of the time no one actually shoots. They typically don't want to kill each other, it's just to get a point across. So shooting at the sky wasn't uncommon if it didn't get resolved beforehand.
Also, wanted to add that the guy shot before they got to 10! Philip was a goner no matter what Alexander told him
yeap. what he should've teach phillip is to forget about silly pride and not show up in the duel. Eliza is such a gracious person to able forgive alexander after everything
@@Vixubo actually, even though the musical depicts it like that, that's not what actually happened
Eacker and Philip actually just stood there for a whole minute after counting to ten before raising their guns
It’s called a deloppe
two things i wanna add at the end:
1. this musical is called hamilton, not alexander hamilton. it is as much of eliza's story as it is alexander's.
2. eliza's gasp at the end is open for interpretation, with the two main ones being
a) eliza passing away and it being her final breath
b) eliza breaking the fourth wall and seeing the audience. seeing how her and her husband's story is being told and remembered by so many people. i think this is the one that philippa soo had in mind, as it sounds more like a gasp than a final breath. this is also the interpretation that i prefer.
edit: seems like some other people mentioned this, too. i didn't read too far into the comments before commenting haha
i really like these inferences
that always f me up. he is so worried about his legacy when his legacy is the one thing he ignored and treat so badly the whole time (eliza). you really never know "who lives, who wrote your story"
yes i love the implication of the fourth wall breaking so much
When I went to see hamilton she even reached out towards the crowd as if only just realising we were there
i live for the option b
Hamilton ended with Alexander throwing away his shot and Burr not waiting for it
DAMN-
Yo…
Alexander didn't go after Angelica. They had a flirtatious relationship in real life but there is no proof that it went any further. Most of it in the musical was exaggerated for dramatic purposes. Many people also believe that Maria Reynolds was forced to go after Alexander by her husband so he could be blackmailed. And no matter how many times Lin-Manuel Miranda says it isn't true people keep saying the end has LMM himself showing Eliza the audience. He has said time after time when he was on the stage he is Alexander and not himself. As he points out, if he was himself at the end it wouldn't make any sense when someone else is playing Alexander. Also, during the "One Last Time" song they use some of the actual farewell speech that Washington gave, which Alexander Hamilton actually did help write.
Also they neglect to mention that Angelica also corresponded with Jefferson.
yeap, just flirtatious. the dearest comma thing is real.
The way they portrayed King George III is quite accurate since he did, in fact, go mad due to an illness theoriesed to be porphyria, (where he was forced to fast, was bled and given freezing cold baths as a way to “shock” the illness out of him.) Which is why we know him as the “Mad King”.
Horrible Histories is a very good place to learn about him, and loads of other, mostly British, history, while still involving humour.
I love Horrible Histories, particularly their songs! The movie (based on the play) The Madness of King George, written by Alan Bennett, is also very good.
all of the horrible histories songs are just bangers
Daveed played two VASTLY different characters and yet still gave them both such unique charm... I love that man and his ability to turn even a founding father into a lovable energetic dork.
And rapped at insanely fast speeds! Like faster that speed of light kind of fast
something i didn't see mentioned or noticed was that during philip's duel ( alexander's son ) the other man had shot on 7 , when you are supposed to shoot on 10. unsure if it was confirmed or a rumor , but it is said that before philip died , he thought he miscounted his steps due to him shooting on 7
not true, the duel lasted for a few minuets before anyone shot, and its likely when Philip raised his gun up, it shocked him into firing.
@@kinggame40 yep, this is closer to the truth. I believe the ‘he shot on 7’ rumour is either for the show specifically or, as I’ve read, a rumour perpetuated by Alexander himself in an attempt to get philip’s killer into prison.
Man cant count
@@kinggame40 doesnt matter if it was true or not. The way it was in the musical was that he thought he had counted incorrectly because in the song when the gunshot sounds they only reached 7. Thats why hes counting with his mother as he dies.
@@mikayladouglas2503 I was replying to a person who thought in the real historical version he shot early, if someone is saying something like that then yeah I’m gonna say what happened. You bringing up what happened in the show is irrelevant.
8:16 - Don't worry, you're not supposed to like Alexander. He's not really a good person or makes the best decisions (as Burr keeps pointing out to the audience, not that Burr is any better), but that's what makes his character really interesting and human.
Don't be ridiculous, of course he's a good person, just not remotely perfect.
@@TheNotoriousDUDE ehh ok maybe I was a little harsh. I just see his motivations to be incredibly selfish and self-serving. It's always about him and how he wants history to perceive him--- he's the eye of the hurricane.
@@TheCanderemy I think the point is also that he slides from youthful idealism to realism down into a sort of cynicism as he gets too comfortable into the seat of power. For example in the second cabinet battle it's clear that while his position is realistic, his arguments are also pretty in bad faith - he's basically just leveraging a legal loophole (very lawyer-y of him). In spirit, of course they should go help France, not only because of their shared ideals, but because the reason why France was so broke that the Revolution started was that King Louis XVI spent a lot of money on helping the American Revolution. The French people's tax money had paid for the US' freedom to begin with!
That said IMO the reaction of a lot of people to "Say no to this" is a bit excessive. He's just cheating on his wife - not exactly a nice thing, but the affair was consensual (in fact, if anything, he was the one being duped there). People react to it as if he was some kind of sex offender.
@@TheCanderemy Yeah, that's true for most of the play, but he gets better.
I mean, the old selfish Hamilton would have never told his son to shoot into the air because "[Elisa] can't handle another heartbreak". He would have been far more concerned with the potential scandal for him.
I like Hamilton much more in the second act, for this reason.
@@HaganeNoGijutsushi nobody likes a cheater, that's why people reacted to him in that way. plus, you're forgetting that he had a wife and kids at home. whether he was duped or not, doesn't change the fact that he still chose to sleep with another woman that was not his wife.
I think the greatest part of Hamilton is you go into it expecting them to idolize Alexander, but it does the opposite. It shows his humanity; his success, his flaws. It shows at the very end of his life, he understands always chasing his legacy doesn't matter: "what is a legacy? It's planting seeds in a garden you never get to see."
Also 21 Chump Street would be a fun reaction seeing as it's about 15 minutes, also was written by Lin.
It took 6 YEARS for Lin to write Hamilton! He is a musical & lyrical genius! The double use of words like “union” & “satisfied” as in marriage & country were amazing! The turntable floors were fabulous in getting across the motif of time... passing, pausing, spinning, rewinding, running out.... The thread that gives me chills is that Eliza wrote herself into the narrative when marrying Hamilton, wrote herself out of the narrative after his affair, but in the end she WROTE the narrative of his life! Wow! Fun Fact: Jefferson wouldn’t have been able to make the Louisiana Purchase without the financial system Hamilton set up! Lin has introduced Broadway to a whole new generation (youngers) and rap to a whole new generation (olders)!!!
Fun fact, the woman who was the one who showed the bullets moving across the stage was actually a very important character and signalled omen and misfortune (her official name was The Bullet). Whenever she appeared on stage her choreography always had something to do with forewarning a character death and/or legacy impact.
Just for one of the many examples, in the moments before Hamilton died with everyone swirling around Hamilton, the Bullet was always pointed at Hamilton, just being held back by random people/events in the chaos. The Bullet only stopped pointing at hamilton briefly and was actually repulsed during that interlude when Eliza came onto the stage signalling that she had something to do with preserving Hamilton's legacy.
Her role is so fascinating and in-depth maybe even more so than most of the other characters on the stage (aside from Eliza perhaps). I would definitely look into it if you were interested in looking into that type of detail. The choreography of this show was so well thought that all the hidden meanings are just not apparent on the first watch through of the show.
I LOVED ARIANA DEBOSE BRO
Leslie Odom Jr is amazing as Burr, he absolutely deserves the Tony he got for best actor for the role (he even beat out LMM as Hamilton in the same category)
Also, that orphanage Eliza founded? still there. they performed this show there for the kids.
Aiming your gun into the air at a duel was a very common practice, and not showing up to the Duel was seen as dishonorable, so that was the next-best thing to do
Even high pitched I cried at the last song. The emotions in this song are just too much for me.
genuinely. i did not expect to cry today.
other people: calling out the 2021 mistake
me: just really excited that the second part is finally here
@BANICA»💋 bruh, spambot
@BANICA»💋 I'm literally gay
One thing that I noticed when I was obsessed with this musical, was Phillip (Alexander’s son) and the number 7
In the song take a break at the beginning when him and Eliza are counting in French he keeps on messing up at the number 7, then in the duel the other guy shoots him when the count gets to 7, and lastly as Eliza and him are counting as he is dying after the first rotation of counting Eliza starts again and Phillip tries to go again but fades out and dies when Eliza gets to the number 7
Just something interesting the I noticed
Don't know if you realised, but the actress that plays Maria Reynolds is the same as Peggy Schuyler, same as Jefferson and Lafayette, and Philip and Laurens.
And Mulligan and Madison :)
so we've reached Mathew's Daveed Diggs stan arc
plus being a Philipa Soo stan but that was a given
Yeah I don't know if I can trust anyone who doesn't love Philipa or at least her singing
The thing I love about Hamilton is that instead of the title being called Alexander Hamilton, it's simply Hamilton. Which is a really cool detail, because by the last song, Eliza HAMILTON is thrown into the spotlight and it gives the notion that Hamilton is not only about him, but those who share the family name and through Eliza, her sister, Angelica. Soo cool!
YES the choreography is SO good! the choreographers name is andy blankenbuehler i HIGHLY recommended looking up interviews of him talking about how he came up with the choreo and staging of the show. he was on a podcast called "hamilcast" and listening to him explaining the reason for different things in the show for like 3 hours is phenomenal. the choreo and staging is SUCH an underrated part of the show
I read that Andy was going through a horrible phase of his life at that time. His 5-year-old daughter had cancer and was undergoing chemo at that time. Finances were thin. And IIRC, he had sold his house and moved, planning choreography in the basement. The presence of mind to do something as beautiful as Hamilton while going through a personal struggle is truly amazing. Hats off to Andy!
*!HAMILTON SPOILERS!*
Like you said Burr was narrator: because Alexander had no control 'who lived who died who told his story' so...Burr lived. Burr is telling his story.
But in the end it was Eliza who takes over the narrative
Something interesting is to watch Washington's face every time Hamilton mentions slaves (he was for slavery and Hamilton was against it which created conflict)
Hamilton wasn't particularly against slavery, but was rather nonchalant about it (and was willing to compromise his beliefs if it benefited him). The Schuyler family owned slaves and Hamilton inherited them upon marriage. Laurens at least tried to fight for them.
George Washington was indeed a slave owner (some of his dentures were made of teeth from his slaves). He is portrayed as a great hero, but the person playing him knows that he is not without his faults (and that is why the actor - who is a person of color - drops his head in regret when Eliza sings about "talking against slavery").
@@fleur_and_flower okay thankyou!
Thanks for not including Eliza's scream when Phillip dies, It makes me cry every single time.
You seemed a bit confused at the ending gasp by Eliza!!
I just wanted to let you know that (I'm almost certain) that's the fourth wall breaking, and her seeing everyone in the theatre gathered to watch the musical
She dedicated the last years of her life chronicling Hamilton's journey so people wouldn't forget him. So to see a theatre full of people, hundreds of years later, learning about him because of the effort she put in during her life, it would understandably be incredibly emotional for anyone.
“Is he still flirting with Angelica? Bro drop it.” Lmaoooo
also something interesting: when eliza's singing "burn", she is _completely_ blaming alex for it! she only refers to maria reynolds as "that girl", when she could have called her _much worse_
oh, edit: miranda was... much more kind to burr then he probably deserved alsjfdalskdjf. real life burr did get a drink, but then he went to a brothel to celebrate!
To see more songs about the affair, I would recommend listening to first burn and congratulations The first one was Eliza's song that was originally part of it, then was scrapped from the final project. The second is Angelica's song to Hamilton that was also scrapped from the final project
“I think she’s my favorite character, maybe?!”
Best of wives and best of women. 😊
10:30 The "you must be out of your GODDAMN MIND!" with the little jump made me laugh in the original version but the higher pitch makes it that much more hilarious
Thomas jefferson was my favourite character in the musical, although he was a TERRIBLE person irl so uh, lil awkward, but daveed diggs portrayal of him is just *chefs kiss*
The endless number of motifs both musical and lyrical (talk less, smile more; Just you wait; 10 duel commandments; Aaron Burr, sir; look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now; I am not throwing away my shot; Wait for it; Helpless) that all come back multiple times, it's all really astonishing. Then there's the incredible rhymes (for example he rhymes: hesitant; President; Reticent; there isn’t; jettison; Madison; mad as a; hatter son; medicine; debt is in. And that all in lines that are back to back). This is truly incredible writing, that imo never got surpassed by any other musical
The pointing the gun in the air thing was how duels were typically ended when it was an 'honourable' duel. If he had shot it wouldn't have done anything except maybe kill both of them. You're not supposed to completely like Hamilton either, as he was a flawed person, like every human ever. It's waiting to see if they learn from their mistakes, repentance and all that.
Theres a song you should really check out, I'm pretty sure it was ths Alternate version of Angelica's reaction to the Reynolds pamphlet, it's called "Congratulations". It's really good, hate the fact they cut it
Well, I’m pretty sure they cut it because they didn’t want it the attention and effect from Burn be taken away or something along those lines.
getting chills hearing "Take A Break" even chipmunk-ified
(...actually, I'm also... chilly... but the point is you can still tell how damn good it is!)
and "One Last Time"
and (x10) Angelica in ...is it "The Reynolds Pamphlet"? ...
oh, and then of course I'm CRYING at the end even though I'm only seeing snippets and I knew what's coming. Oh man. This show.
Something I find incredibly impressive is that the genres the characters generally sing in clues us in on their personality and their politics. King George's style is very classic musical theatre, to signify he's old-timey and conservative, Jefferson's is jazzy and more modern, but not quite as new and progressive as the Hamilton/revolutionary style.
Fun fact, this orphanage (23:40) is still up to this day :]
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE "The room where it happened" THE BEAT IS JUST AMAZING AND I LOVE IT
Okay but like fun fact: real life letters between him and laurens show they might have ALSO had an affair- So yeah, Hamilton uhh gets around XD
Yeah every once in a while i like to go back and watch videos about people talk about it and laugh
"if i can proove that i never touched my balls-" had me rolling on the ground. Im thankful for this peak comedy during the depressing act 2.
I'm surprised no one else was mentioning it 😂
On pointing in the air, it was standard dueling etiquette at the time when you don't think you're in the wrong, but you don't want to kill anybody, from my understanding.
Although historically it is not at all clear that this happened. Many historians believe that Alexander aimed at Burr and missed.
@@amylynn3821 Fair point when discussing this specific event.
I hope you react to "The Guy who didn't like Musicals" next
It's funny and the songs are great
Also, it's for free on TH-cam
Omg it would be so great
Yas! That's my favorite Starkid production!!
VOUCH
Or Twisted. Tbh either one would be awesome to react
Any starkid gets my vouch
You need to listen to First Burn. It was a draft of Burn that didn’t make it into the show. They released it being sung by different actresses who played Eliza. Its a really different vibe but, its so good
Some context on Jefferson talking to "Sally" in What'd I Miss-- Sally Hemmings was his mistress AND slave. In the cut third rap battle, they make a hit on Jefferson about it: "all this hemming and hee-hawing while you're hee-hawing with Sally Hemmings".
You definitely need to listen to first burn! I believe it was the first draft of burn before it got changed but Lin still released it but it’s sung by other actresses who played Eliza
Another musical you might want to watch is Tick Tick Boom. The movie was Lin Manual Miranda's directorial debut. It's a great musical and movie, I think you'd like it!
i second this!
Yes!! Without Jonathan Larson and Rent there would be no Hamilton, as Lin explained
Wait what? I didn't know he did Tick Tick Boom
The King is purposefully portrayed as crazy because he really was going crazy.
I reccommend watching the First Burn animatic. It was the original version of the Burn song and has all the actresses that were considered for the role of Eliza. I prefer it to the actual Burn son, because it has a bit more punch to it.
One of the best things of this musical is that they present all characters with their flaws. Yes, it’s about Alexander and it does say a lot of great things about him, but they don’t pull back in also showing some of his bad things. The same can be said of every character.
Alexander Hamilton’s ideologies are interesting. I liked learning about him before I even heard of the musical. One of the big things most history classes teach about him is his duel with Aaron Burr. Alexander didn’t believe duels were a good way to settle conflicts after Laurens died. Which is why he raises his pistol to the sky during his duel with Burr, and probably why Phillip Hamilton raised his gun to the sky during the duel that ended his life. I really like how the musical showed Hamilton telling Phillip to do this before Phillip’s duel. It’s a nice touch.
Lin has said that the gasp at the end is up to the interpretation of each Eliza. Some say it’s Alexander welcoming Eliza into death, while others think it’s actually Lin out of character showing Eliza that they’ve told her story.
Christopher Jackson as George Washington is probably my favorite male performer and if you liked him here, I think you would like him as Benny in ‘In the Heights’.
Kinda late. But fun fact; Daveed Diggs (who played Lafayette and Jefferson) plays Sebastian in the new The Little Mermaid.
And Christopher Jackson (who played Washington) voiced Moana’s dad in Moana.
Extra fact: Both of those movies have music by Lin-Manuel.
As they said before, a duel usually didn't ever have shots fired but also the guy fired early at Philip so he wouldn't rlly be able to do anything even if he wanted to.
I love the very end when Lin "grabs" Eliza and and brings her to the front of the stage. It was kind of a nod to telling the story Eliza wanted told and it shows kind of how relieved she would be seeing that it was told and would be told for a longer time. It makes me cry every time.
My favourite thing about Hamilton is how LMM changed the melodies in Helpless/Schuyler Sisters/Take a break just because Angelica (Renee) and Eliza (Philipa) and Peggy (Jasmine) could harmonise better then he thought. He let them have some creative freedom to show off how well they sing together. They really do sound so perfect together, there are some great videos of the three of them singing other songs together on TH-cam!
now how the hell did i manage to cry at philip's death and at who lives who does who tells your story. like. ive lost count of how many times ive seen the scenes and yet.
Who lives: Aaron
Who dies: Alexander
Who tells the story: Eliza
You mentioned the dual scarring Burr for life, it’s funny that you mention that: there are apparently several accounts of him bragging and boasting about killing Hamilton in bars and stuff. I guess he really didn’t care.
When he said “ouhhh I’m so uncomfortable” I was like- yeah, the first time I watched this was with my mom- it was… interesting
Fun fact: ‘Macbeth’ (sung in Take A Break) is not allowed to be said in Broadway because it is seen in the Broadway community as an omen for bad luck
Also: the end is taken to interpretation, the most accepted one is that the ending was Lin showing Eliza the people who are watching the play about her husband and that their story has been told
Doubles down because first Hamilton goes around to avoid naming it directly ("A certain Scottish tragedy")... and then he casually namedrops it anyway.
@@HaganeNoGijutsushi Thats because your not supposed to say the name of the play which is why he describes it that way. He then names the character and not the play. So a portent of doom for the character but not bad luck for Lin.
@@HaganeNoGijutsushi you're allowed to say the name of the character macbeth, but not the name of the play he is in, which happens to have the same name. confusing, but.. yup, that's how it is
It's an omen of bad luck because it was during a Macbeth performance in the Globe, that a canon was set off as a prop and set fire to the entire place.
Philip's death drove his sister Angelica mad, and at the burial, Hamilton could barely stand; one friend wrote that he had never seen "a man so completely overwhelmed with grief." He fell into a depression he never truly recovered from. With his duel with Burr being only 3 years later, I cant help but wonder if this was Alexander's form of suicide.
I just know im gonna be bawling when this is finished 😀
"What the heck am I watching?" A nine-year-old boy rapping, obviously
if anyone is wondering, King George (III) is dribbling because Jonathon Groff(the actor) is always really dribbly when singing. its not part of the character but the producers wanted to keep him because he was too perfect
Actually he did that bc he wanted to represent the king as being mad, so they let it happen, you were right in the first half
I think it's both; iirc he tends to forget to swallow his spit, but he harnessed that for the role of George.
Not only was the spot where Hamiltons dual happened near his sons, he also used the same set of pistols.
matthew @ 5:45 - "is he like straight up planning on cheating?"
me: *cries in the next number*
Would it be too much to recommend animatics of certain hamilton songs? Because there's so many that are So Fucking Amazing and make me tear up each time
...I Have Cried Over People That Died Over 200 Years Ago And I Still Don't Know How I Feel About That
It's Quiet Uptown and Who Lives Who Dies Who Tells Your Story was pitched up and cut and i still cried lmao
15:52 Why is this relatable i should know my history 😭
It was actually seen as dishonoring and you could be jailed if you still shot at someone when they had there gun in the air (unless it was to late of course which wasn’t the case)
Wait-- did you catch that Jefferson and Madison here in act 2 were Lafayette and Hercules Mulligan from act 1? And the guy playing the son Philip was John Laurens before?
There is a theory about Eliza’s gasp and I love it so much. It’s how that’s not actually hamilton and it’s lin taking Eliza somewhere to show her that he told her story.
14:40 hands down, best part of the video
Mathew - "Is he straight up cheating"
Me- Just you wait
I've seen this in theatre in London and as the film, and although the film gives you a better view of the emotions of individual characters it does so by sacrificing the wider view of the choreography which is a pity because the staging is pretty incredible. Also if you enjoyed this one, may I recommend Come From Away - a musical following events in a small remote part of Canada during 9/11, when something like 38 planes were forced to land there because US airspace was closed, stranding thousands of passengers with no warning, and the local people turned out to take them in and look after them. It's beautifully staged with a very small cast who each have multiple roles and spin between them fluidly, and some great music. You can stream the recording of the Broadway performance on Apple TV
"Who lives, who dies, who tells your story" will always bring me to tears. And idk if people have pointed out where Eliza gasps and cries at the very end is supposed to be eliza realizing that their story was told in such and eye catching magnificant way. But also, this song brings me to tears as someone who feels so small in this world and feels like im not doing enough to be recognized as a person, who feels as tho i'm not doing enough to be noticed as anything but a person living a mundane day to day life. Afraid when I inevitably pass, no one will tell stories about me in good light other then the person who lived in their fathers shadow for most their life, only to be a drop out, workinga fast food job with a hobby in art and obssesses over things like kids cartoons and musicals. As it is i live off of people saying my art inspires them, but I can barely even produce content. And to see a character who is considered so small in this story do something so big and recognizable, it almost feels hard to live up to that
I know it's hard to see when someone watches the musical for the first time and is still shocked by the revelation that Hamilton wasn't perfect, but Eliza definitely did the right thing by forgiving him.
They were both shattered by Phillip's death, and it is easier to carry such a burden together, when you have someone to hold you and let you cry your heart out. It helped them both to heal.
Also, by that time, Hamilton definitely changed for the better. She finally got what she deserved from the beginning: Hamilton who truly appreciates her and her love.
Something interesting about the end: when Eliza gasps at the end its because she sees the crowd. The audience. When Lin led her to the front it wasn't as Alexander, but as himself. She saw their legacy, she saw alexanders story being told
Her gasp has always given me shivers in the best way possible. I love that that was added into the musical.
Technically its left up to interpretation. Both for the actress, how she wants to play it, and the audience, how they see it.
Didn't Lin say that's actually not the case?
@@47ratsinahoodie Yes. That theory only holds up if Lin stays in the show forever.
It's annoying how many people will repeat this version as fact, when *Lin himself* has said there is no one interpretation of that moment.
According to another comment, Lin said that it’s Alexander leading her to the front of the stage and it’s not meant to be perceived as he himself leading her.
Because of the colourblind casting, I really easily forget about the racism Hamilton must've experienced as an immigrant in america. It'd be interesting to see how many small acts of oppression were missed in the musical
Ok sorry to burst ur bubble buddy but to my understanding he may have been an immigrant but he was still a white man (British/French mother, Scottish father), with only some unsubstantiated claims his mother may have been of mixed race (according to wikipedia she was listed as white on tax rolls soo), and while we’re here let us not forget that Hamilton still participated in the buying and selling of slaves. He may not have been a staunch advocate of slavery but he was certainly more than complicit.
@@somethingclever5 definitely true, I was writing this after thinking abbout how burr and jefferson call him n immigrant with fuckin fury in their tones when theyre teaming up but i definitely agree lol
The guy who plays Aaron Burr (Leslie odom Jr.)
Actually writes his own music, mostly jazz
And it's actually really good
This is great lol, I just watched part one yesterday 😂
Just got to Say No to tThis and you reaction to this restored my reaction to man. LOVE YOU DUDE and you just won yourself a subscriber dude!!!
i like hamilton alot! Its cool to see you react to it
@BANICA»💋 wat
The women in Hamilton are powerful vocalists. Even Jasmine who plays Peggy/Maria Reynolds is a fantastic performer! The three really steal the show and are on the same level as the men which is really refreshing!
Daveed Diggs is just the best
Love love love getting to experience Hamilton in-full through your perspective! If you want to hear more of Angelica singing, whether for a video or in your own time, I’d highly recommend the new Netflix musical, Centaurworld. Exciting, fantastical animated show with 3+ Broadway-like songs each ep. Also featuring singers like Kimiko Glenn, Megan Hilty, Lea Salonga, and Jessie Mueller if you know them. I feel like you’d vibe with it :)
During The Reynolds’s Pamphlet, if you pay attention you can see Jefferson giving one of the pamphlets to the conductor below stage, it fits in so well with the chaos of the song lmao (though that bit was cut out of this video)
lmaoo, ever since I had my hamilton phase in 2016, the words "there are ten things you need to know" still makes my stomach drop, hearing that on my musical playlist sucked
Hey I'm new to your channel but if you haven't seen or reacted to Over The Moon I recommend it! The woman who played Eliza is in it and she plays a moon goddess named Chang'e and she sings a couple songs. Beautiful voice and a great movie, it's on Netflix.
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HE KNOWS!!!!!! HE KNOWS OF IT 💀💀
Notice the ending:
Hamilton threw away his shot, and
Burr didn't wait for it.
Fun fact! Lin Manuel Miranda wrote some songs for the Encanto movie including “We dont talk about Bruno”. He wrote all of the songs for the Hamilton musical too. He is simply amazing
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*He guesses the entire plot line again*
when I watched Hamilton for the first time I knew absolutely nothing about the story (maybe just a few names like Jefferson and Washington), and I didn't even have much historical context, because I'm Brazilian and those details aren't of interest to us. But the more I learned about the details and everything else, the more and more I love it... My favorite musical for sure.