he didn't write for mary poppins

This is an oxymoron

It’s wild how this thread is full of the whitest people you know trying to decide who does or doesn’t pass the “hip-hop vibe test” based on whether they like Hamilton or not.

Haus, here's the thing. When you’re white and start telling Black and brown folks what is or isn’t rap or what’s “real” BIPOC art—it’s not the ally move you think it is.

You don’t get to stand at the door and decide what’s authentic in a house that wasn’t built for you.

People get so caught up in the window dressing that they miss how relevant Hamilton still is — especially now, when so many marginalized folks try to align themselves with systems that only harm them, all for the chance to be seen as “truly American.”

Burr, meanwhile, is the model minority centrist — he thinks playing nice will earn him a seat at the table, but it just isolates him from his community and the elites. By the end, both he and Hamilton blame each other instead of the system, and it destroys them both. That's the tragedy of it all

Hamilton’s the radical who thinks he can change the system from within — but the system chews him up. He gets compromised, corrupted, and tossed aside, only to still be branded untrustworthy after all is said and done.

The roles are played by marginalized actors to represent the bodies that actually built this nation. The story’s about assimilation and the plight of BIPOC ambition under a rigid system — something we see clearly in both Hamilton and Burr’s arcs.

I think a lot of people miss that Hamilton is a musical, which means it’s supposed to be abstract and metaphorical by nature — not a literal historical reenactment. Most of the criticism treats it like the latter, and that’s where the disconnect happens.

OP, your original post was you getting upset over casting choices because of your *queer headcanons*—which, if you weren’t serious, would honestly read like a parody of leftist takes. But you *were* serious… and you still found time to mock real, legitimate reasons behind the changes. That's telling

Have you looked outside lately?
Everything I talked about still happens on a daily basis.

No, just a person looking up stuff about the warriors concept album since it's kind of rare to find discussion.
It's that desperate which is why I even came to Blue sky of all places

I think he was just emotional.
However, the entire performance was supposed to be politically charged which is why they were wearing all black and essentially removed all the optimistic buzz words from the songs

Nothing is gained? BIPOC women are scapegoated + terrorized over lies spun by white men. This cycle has played out across US history—relentless, violent, and rarely named. We’ve seen it. We know it. But too many still look away.
The album couldn't be more relevant

I think that's just because most people don't care about musicals that aren't mainstream tbh.
Hamilton blew up because it crossed over into the zeitgeist and it's the reason why is the only Broadway guy people talk about.
It's like how nobody's talking about epic the musical on filmbro Twitter

All of those characters are still tied to Hamilton himself in some way.
Washington is his mentor, Aaron Burr and Jefferson are categorized by being his rivals, and John Lauren's is his friend who's passing encouraged him to double down on his work ethnic.
That's just a byproduct of him being a mc

That's because epic is essentially Hamilton, but set in Greece and was originally going to be another rap concept album.
The only difference is that some people think that LMM and the Hamilton from the musical are one and the same when they couldn't be further apart from one another

I have and I think it's amazing