ladytwice: blatterpussbunnyfromhell: double-b-ass: petitrhino: caramovienerd: cameoamalthea: caramov
ladytwice:blatterpussbunnyfromhell:double-b-ass:petitrhino:caramovienerd:cameoamalthea:caramovienerd:cameoamalthea:caramovienerd:cameoamalthea:elphabaforpresidentofgallifrey:thefederalistfreestyle:a tiny island across the sea…there is so much irony in thisI’m really interested to see what British people think of the show vs the what American people think Also jealous of people who live in small countries where you can actually travel to see a show (I live in AZ, so far from anything).The show does have a lot of British fans already, so it will probably be a big hit :)How do British fans feel watching it. It’s so American patriotism, like yeah, go America! I love this country! And then coming into it knowing the story somewhat and knowing the players. “The moment you’ve been waiting for” when George Washington is introduced for Americans waiting to see him, their legendary hero. I imagine it’s a different experience coming into it as someone who isn’t American. Who might not have been taught the same history or taught it the same way.For me personally, it was actually a rather exciting experience story wise, because I had heard about the show on Tumblr, but I had never heard of Alexander HamiltonI genuinely did not even know his name until the first song, - listening to it all unfold through Lin Manuel Miranda’s storytelling was an amazing experience- In terms of the patriotism, even if it doesn’t affect me, I still appreciate how exciting the idea of building a nation is and get sort of swept up in that- and I got the jokes about King George being mad and stepping down hahahahaha (when he says about Washington stepping down and how he ‘wasn’t aware that was something a person could do’ it’s funny because democracy, but also because his son George the Fourth was the Regent King when he was drifting in and out of madness and incapable of ruling, but even then he had to wait for his father’s record breaking 60 year reign to end become King officially, although to be fair George the Third did agree to make his son Regent) As for George Washington, that part might not have the same emotional relevance, but British audiences would still be kind of waiting for him to show up, mostly because we know how significant he was to American history - and to be honest he would be the only person we would have heard of at this point in the story lolFor me personally it was less about seeing history through fresh eyes and more about seeing it unfold for the first time, in a fresh and innovative way :) sorry if this post was a bit long :/Oh no, don’t be sorry! Thank you so much for taking the time to respond and for sharing your thoughts on it. I really appreciate your perspective!That’s cool- I always find stuff like this really interesting, so it was good to write lol and I’m soooo excited for Hamilton coming to London Putting in my two cents as someone from France. I agree with most of the above although King George the Third obviously doesn’t have the same resonance in France.“and to be honest he would be the only person we would have heard of at this point in the story lol”Lafayette, Washington and Jefferson are about the only people I had heard of before listening to Hamilton.It was fun to hear about Lafayette from an American POV because his role there is not overly emphasized in history classes, since we mostly focus on his role in the French revolution.Also Jefferson is presented waaaaaaaaay differently from what I heard in class.Gonna add to this as an Australian even if no one cares lol.Personally, I hadn’t heard of literally anyone. No one. Like, okay, I had heard a couple of names thrown around, but who they were? It was beyond me.Apparently most people did know who George Washington was, but to me he was a name I had heard once in an economics class by this guy fascinated with politics.So yeah, it was fresh.I heard about it for months non-stop from one of my friends, and I was getting sick of their terrible white attempts at rapping out ‘Guns and Ships’. So finally I booted up my computer, when I was home alone, and blasted the soundtrack around the house.And god was it an experience.The story wasn’t what got me interested at first. It was the music. The first chord had me and the lyrics took me the rest of the way. If I’m completely honest, I didn’t even know the entire plot until I listened to it 3 times through, simply because I was so intrigued by the rhythms and harmonies and the music was just so new! (also bc i was confused as to why lafayette was talking about himself and how laurens had suddenly gone from boyfriend to son and why on earth was peggy going into Ham when she knew both her sisters where pining for him?! I had 0 idea about the double casting)The story always came in last for me. The music was the hook and the characters where the reel. The fact that its based on history also helped. It meant I could look up the actual people, find out who they were from multiple sources. They were, unlike a lot of musicals, so human. They were real and complex and relatable.Even now, the story is important, but not what keeps me interested. In all honesty, its the lack of story that keeps me there. The things Lin left out, the hints to events that are scattered through lyrics.Also speaking as a French, Lafayette, Jefferson, Washington were also the only names I heard before, and the first time I heard them was not even in history class… (I knew about England being “the center of the world” back then though)Jefferson and Washington ? A f*ck*ng FUTURAMA episode… The day the Earth stoop stupid… Everyone is stupid except for the usually stupid guy. So he takes G.Wash’s head and shows it to his coworkers like “Who was the first president of the USA ?” and Washington’s head answers “Thomas Jefferson ?” (of course I heard about them after, but that’s it) Lafayette ? Aside from The Galeries Lafayette, Madame de Lafayette homonymes, the only time I heard Marquis de Lafayette’s name was when a biology teacher was talking about a huge garden in Paris and how it started with him (Lafayette) bringing a plant he kept in a hat (or something) when he went from USA to France. Like, I thought he was American until 2011 or something. I went through all of the characters’ wikipedia pages (verified the sources, also), and really, Lafayette’s is HUGE, and has like… SO MANY ARTICLES, it took 23 hours straight to read it… Guns and Ships really give credit to what a badass he was.As for the music itself, I’ve always loved rap, didn’t know it was rap, (I got into the musical because some gifs got me like “WOW people of color in fancy 1700-1800 clothes ? I’m in !”) so it was such nice a nice suprise when I heard Alexander Hamilton.So yep, this musical helped indeed. And it’s coming to London and this city is only 2h30 from where I live !! I might actually be able to see it when it comes out.Brazilian who took American Curriculum for three years would like to add up!You see, because I took your curriculum for a while (and bc I’m a fucking history nerd), I’d heard of like one character. And yes, that would be George Washington. No, for real. Actually, I’d heard of GWash because of Percy Jackson (say what) and a bit of Thomas Jefferson because whoa major historical asshole gotta know gotta hate. Anyways. Listening to Hamilton was a historical ride for me. I /needed/ to know what the lyrics meant, I just did, and I was very frustrated when the musical came up with what sounded like American History inside jokes. It made comprehension a lot harder. I remember that the first time I got slightly confused was when Anthony said ‘the ten dollar founding father’, because I’d read a thing or two on the Founding Fathers for the American curriculum, but that? That didn’t make any freaking sense. Ten dollar founding father?? I mean, wtf?? It was specially confusing because like historical figures have been banned from Brazilian bills (reais) on the beginning of this century (so we don’t have y'know slavers on our money), so it just didn’t fit. This was a point where Genius came in handy, because the sidenotes answered pretty much all my questions. And, as someone up there said, because the characters were real people, I could just look people up and BAM. Believe me, that was very frequent. I particularly loved every single part of it, and, looking from where I am (a Latin American country where the Independence was imposed and not granted by popular insurgence), it means much. Like, My Shot? Sign me the shit up. The one thing that bothers me the most about Hamilton is that, y'know, no offence, but God. So much US. Yeah, I know it’s a musical about American History, but the United States are already overrated enough in the world. Don’t even get me started on cultural imposition, because I can go on a rant about it all day. So, yeah. I get that’s kinda the show’s point, it just generally sucks that too much is over the US nowadays. This made me look for a closer way to relate to Hamilton, a way to see it in Brazilian History, which has been a pretty fun experience. I mean, I dreamt about Tiradentes (a guy from my state, Minas, who tried to get Brazil’s Independence and guess what I’m going to the historical city (Ouro Preto) where he was HUNG and CUT IN SEVEN DIFFERENT PIECES next week with school) singing Farmer Refuted with Samuel Seabury, and, then Dom João IV (last Portuguese King to rule Brazil) singing You’ll Be Back. It’s insane. And, honestly, so amusing. Idk if I’m still making sense and woo no one cares but yup. This is how it feels. (Don’t get me started on In The Heights from a Brazilian perspective though I WILL go on an hour rant about it) -- source link
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