Hamilton - Is it bad I liked it?

[Cabelaz]

Just want to know your guys consensus on it

 

[Diabeetus]

 

[Boris Blank's glass eye]

It's a horrible piece of pandering shit that started at least two insane fandoms: one for people who could afford to go and watch the showings in Manhattan, and one for those who couldn't.

 

[Y2K Baby]

Fuck you, gay ass.

 

[Zodiac]

I liked it the first time I listened to it but cannot stomach it anymore. Phantom of the Opera is better, listen to that.

 

[Muttnik]

I like the show in general but the fanbase is infuriatingly obnoxious. It's also not nearly as good as Les Mis.

 

[basilosaurus]

it's a great watch if you keep in mind that the real Hamilton would want at least 80% of its fanbase shot or imprisoned.

 

[DecimatedFerret]

Hamilton is for middle class teachers who think they're cool.

 

[TheImportantFart]

I liked it, but I must admit, my favourite song was "You'll Be Back", which is the whitest song in the whole show:

 

[Devilish Jack o Lantern]

I went to see it in newyork . I enjoyed it but I never felt so white in my life and I’m Hispanic. ( didn’t help that everyone in college was raving about the god damn thing )

 

[Michael Jacks0n]

Thanks to Hamilton, an entire generation of kids think the Founding Fathers were non-whites and had rap battles.

 

[Samoyed]

i can't with the people

 

[The Shadow]

I was talking to a former US history prof of mine a couple of years ago and he said with the most resigned sigh I'd ever heard "I am so fucking sick of hearing about Hamilton".

 

[Bland Crumbs]

I found it fairly meh and never understood why people went apeshit over it. I suppose they had to show how woke they were or something.

 

[Henry Bemis]

In retrospect, Hamilton's earnestness was its greatest drawing power, as well as its Achilles heel.

There was a solid stretch of time where musicals were tripping over themselves to make fun of themselves. Amusing for a moment, but there's only so much wide-eyed "Can you believe we're putting on a musical? People are going to sing and dance, unlike real life?!" that one can take before it gets old.

In comes Hamilton, based on a brick of a biography told in an apparently incongruous contemporary fashion, that could afford to laugh at its ridiculous elevator pitch, but doesn't. (The same applies for its cousin, Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812.)

At the same time, I wonder how much of the Hamilton backlash is simply due to Lin-Manuel Miranda's presence being baked into it. Call him genuine, call him a big fat phony; the man exudes goodwill, which is more than a little at odds with the real Hamilton, who (not without cause) didn't have much faith in humanity. I definitely think the musical, textually, can support a more cynical interpretation.

 

[albert chan]

the real life creator of Hamilton is a shill for Puerto Ricans wanting to come to the U.S. illegally on his Twitter account, and he basically ripped off Biggie songs by self-inserting himself, while thinking Alexander Hamilton was black.

 

[trekkor]

Honestly, I don't think the soundtrack is that good. The fanbase creams themselves stupid over it, but I wouldn't even put it in the top 20 best soundtracks, maybe not even top 50.

 

[Golly]

Yes stop liking things.
Actually, I was surprised by how much I liked it. The first act is especially strong. The culture around the show got pretty insufferable though, especially when Lin got enmeshed in Clinton's presidential campaign. Being a major cast member in a show about American history does not qualify you as a great political voice. Dance, monkey, dance.

 

[Billy "the Bot" Bobson]

I don't understand what's up with insecure hispanic nerds mixing their "nerd" interests with hip-hop and cholo culture. It was incredibly embarassing whenever white people did it, like in Romeo + Juliet, and the same with any of the innumerable bad black movies along those lines. That shit doesn't work.

 

[Synthetic Smug]

Postmodern minstrel show.