jayelbee said:

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Oh, yeah, this has to win a couple of Oscars this year, right? Between the hype and the weird year for movie releases with COVID. That would put him an Emmy away from EGOT.

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Already has an Emmy for SNL. He got an Oscar nom for Moana but didn't win it, only a matter of time till he wins Best Original Song (In the Heights might be up for something as well whenever it releases) or something else.

I wanted to dislike it, I was sure it would be crap.....

It was good

jayelbee said:

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I wasn't aware of his Emmy, but it looks like he didn't win the SNL one. Wikipedia says it came from a performance at the Tony Awards.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Lin-Manuel_Miranda

I'll have to check out the SNL episode though.

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Ah, the way this is phrased is really confusing but looks like you're right:
https://www.emmys.com/bios/:~:text=Miranda's%20awards%20include%20a%20Pulitzer,Actor%20in%20a%20Comedy%20Series.

Cynic said:

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I wanted to dislike it, I was sure it would be crap.....

It was good

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Sorry?

Cynic said:

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I wanted to dislike it, I was sure it would be crap.....

It was good

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Username checks out.

Whos Juan said:

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Just because I need an excuse to post this

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Dave Grohl cameo for the win.

While I enjoyed Hamilton, I would totally watch a play of Miranda telling half-drunk stories about America's founding.

CDub06 said:

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I congratulate you on such sweeping generalizations from 5 minutes of viewing. I'm sorry the bad rap man scared you. I hope you had some Glenn Miller records handy to unwind.

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I'm stunned, STUNNED, that you would say something like this!

cbr said:

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Oh, so the first 5 minutes sucked, but the rest is great? If that is really the consensus, maybe i'll continue it someday

lol, as far as glen miller goes, i made good money as a dj; rap is generally not my favorite, but i know good rap from bad

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cbr said:

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cbr said:

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Oh, so the first 5 minutes sucked, but the rest is great? If that is really the consensus, maybe i'll continue it someday

lol, as far as glen miller goes, i made good money as a dj; rap is generally not my favorite, but i know good rap from bad

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name some examples and why

Finally watched this. I loved the beginning. I may be alone but I became a little disinterested towards the end, mainly during the affair plot. Not saying they should have omitted it, but just kind of got bored. My wife says I have a short attention span, so it may have just been that. But I did notice she got on her phone around this time of the musical as well.

But still thought it was great overall. A couple scenes really kind of gave me goosebumps. The first George Washington song, the guns and ships, and when they were outlining the federalists papers.

Another thing, I thought the production was great but did have some trouble understanding some of the lyrics. Made a road trip today and listened to the soundtrack, may have enjoyed it more than the musical.

My recommendation to people is to watch the movie and then go to soundtrack for a while and then back to movie. I only picked up half of what was going on the first time I watched it. Soundtrack is much clearer to understand and is basically a full audio version of the entire play. Going back to watch it after listening to the soundtrack for a while was great. Picked up so much more the second time.

My whole family is into it. Ages 11, 8 and 5.

(Supposed to be thumbs up!)

Figured I'd go back and watch the movie again like 5 minutes into the soundtrack.

Gig-Em2003 said:

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My recommendation to people is to watch the movie and then go to soundtrack for a while and then back to movie. I only picked up half of what was going on the first time I watched it. Soundtrack is much clearer to understand and is basically a full audio version of the entire play. Going back to watch it after listening to the soundtrack for a while was great. Picked up so much more the second time.

My whole family is into it. Ages 11, 8 and 5.

(Supposed to be thumbs up!)

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I absolutely wish I had listened to the soundtrack before going to see it in person. So, so hard for me to make out what they were saying on stage. Conversely the film version was fantastic now that I had listened to the soundtrack and knew what they were saying.

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Holy hell what a sack of garbage.

I saw 98% and figured it had to be good. Well, it sucked so hard we struggled to gve it 5 minutes, and then decided masochism isnt really our thing.

I could find no evidence of talent whatsoever. What a waste of a great story.

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Troll, troll, troll your boat, gently down the stream....

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Dead ****ing serious. Dont know what you people were watching but IMO a pack of no talent idiots in bad costumes bangin dud - ass, flat, lame rap (that misreps history too) does not qualify as a 'musical'

I was STUNNED by how bad it was.

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lol thanks for the laugh.

i don't really even care to give you any airtime certainly not about this musical. but i'm genuinely curious. Please tell me the really good musicals you have made it at least 10 minutes into. And how many you've actually seen on stage.

I hate musicals, liberals, people who try to displace whites from history and Disney. Of course all of those things are collapsing into one big ball of *****

Zombie Jon Snow said:

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cbr said:

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Stive said:

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cbr said:

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Holy hell what a sack of garbage.

I saw 98% and figured it had to be good. Well, it sucked so hard we struggled to gve it 5 minutes, and then decided masochism isnt really our thing.

I could find no evidence of talent whatsoever. What a waste of a great story.

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Troll, troll, troll your boat, gently down the stream....

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Dead ****ing serious. Dont know what you people were watching but IMO a pack of no talent idiots in bad costumes bangin dud - ass, flat, lame rap (that misreps history too) does not qualify as a 'musical'

I was STUNNED by how bad it was.

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lol thanks for the laugh.

i don't really even care to give you any airtime certainly not about this musical. but i'm genuinely curious. Please tell me the really good musicals you have made it at least 10 minutes into. And how many you've actually seen on stage.

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This is hilarious!!! Funny thing is, it may not be perfect historically speaking, but it is actually really close, and there was an effort to keep it fairly historically accurate.

To each his own, I guess, but I am an ultra conservAtive white guy, and I absolutely love Hamilton and will go see it live any chance I get!!!

mslags97 said:

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Zombie Jon Snow said:

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cbr said:

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Stive said:

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cbr said:

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Holy hell what a sack of garbage.

I saw 98% and figured it had to be good. Well, it sucked so hard we struggled to gve it 5 minutes, and then decided masochism isnt really our thing.

I could find no evidence of talent whatsoever. What a waste of a great story.

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Troll, troll, troll your boat, gently down the stream....

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Dead ****ing serious. Dont know what you people were watching but IMO a pack of no talent idiots in bad costumes bangin dud - ass, flat, lame rap (that misreps history too) does not qualify as a 'musical'

I was STUNNED by how bad it was.

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lol thanks for the laugh.

i don't really even care to give you any airtime certainly not about this musical. but i'm genuinely curious. Please tell me the really good musicals you have made it at least 10 minutes into. And how many you've actually seen on stage.

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This is hilarious!!! Funny thing is, it may not be perfect historically speaking, but it is actually really close, and there was an effort to keep it fairly historically accurate.

To each his own, I guess, but I am an ultra conservAtive white guy, and I absolutely love Hamilton and will go see it live any chance I get!!!

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Ditto - and I guess you weren't responding to me. I've seen a lot of musicals - probably 50 or more on stage - it's one of the best easily. But not my favorite. Top 10 for sure.


And I'm as white and conservative as they get. There were only 1 or 2 inaccuracies that bugged me a bit. But there are in nearly every historical dramatic retelling in any format. Most of it can be chalked up to Hamilton's perspective on things which wasn't always in line with Washington's or Jefferson's or Adams'.

It's also not overly preachy except with regard to the immigrant angle. That was a little exaggerated for effect and the times. In late 1700s the fact that you were not born here would not have been an issue. It is definitely something writer LM Miranda emphasized but would not have been much of an issue then.



Immigrants among our founding fathers:

Seven of the 39 men who signed the Constitution were immigrants.

When George Washington chose Justices of the Supreme Court to interpret the Constitution, three of his choices were immigrants. James Wilson of Scotland, James Iredell of England, and William Patterson from Ireland were on the original of the Supreme Court.

Four of the first six Secretaries of the Treasury were immigrants, one each from Switzerland and Scotland, and two from the West Indies.

President Washington appointed an Irish immigrant, James McHenry, as Secretary of War in 1796.

Of the 81 Congressmen in the first Congress, eight were immigrants.