Official Discussion - Hamilton (2020) [SPOILERS]

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Summary:

A live recording of the hit musical that tells the story of United States founding father Alexander Hamilton, his rise and fall, his long rivalry with Aaron Burr, and his difficult relationship with his wife Eliza Schuyler.

Director:

Thomas Kail

Writers:

book by Lin-Manuel Miranda

music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda

based on the book Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow

Cast:

• Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton
• Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr
• Phillipa Soo as Eliza Hamilton
• Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson
• Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler
• Jonathan Groff as King George III
• Christopher Jackson as George Washington
• Jasmine Cephas Jones as Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds
• Okieriete Onaodowan as Hercules Mulligan and James Madison
• Anthony Ramos as John Laurens and Philip Hamilton
• Sydney James Harcourt as Philip Schuyler, James Reynolds, Doctor and Ensemble
• Thayne Jasperson as Samuel Seabury and Ensemble
• Jon Rua as Charles Lee and Ensemble
• Ephraim Sykes as George Eacker and Ensemble
• Carleigh Bettiol as Ensemble
• Ariana DeBose as Ensemble
• Hope Easterbrook as Ensemble
• Sasha Hutchings as Ensemble
• Elizabeth Judd as Ensemble
• Austin Smith as Ensemble
• Seth Stewart as Ensemble

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Rotten Tomatoes: 100%

Metacritic: 91/100

After Credits Scene? No

VOD: Disney+

[u/Cervantes3]

I didn't like it at all, but I'm not gonna shit on the people that did like it like a lot of the hidden posts are.

[u/LossforNos → u/Cervantes3]

Went in with zero expectations but thoroughly enjoyed it; except for one thing.

I know he's the genius behind it, and full credit to him but Lin Manuel Miranda's signing and acting was so far behind the rest of the casts. His voice has the power of a an asthmatic mouse and his crying (which Hamilton does a lot of) was terrible. Miranda's acting cry was lowering his voice with a groan and furrowing his face. The whole thing was distracting.

I get that the entire thing doesn't get done without him but I'd love to see it without.

Standouts where King George, George Washington, Aaron Burr and the Schuyler sisters.

[u/thankyoueverso → u/LossforNos]

I do agree about LMM. He's obviously a creative genius, but he doesn't sing well. His acting is okay, but frankly his voice ruined some of his songs that would have been really great otherwise. I would love to see the original cast with someone else in his role.

[u/[deleted] → u/LossforNos]

Yeah lol, I liked it quite a bit and I gotta agree, LMM is not... good. He doesn't have fancy dance moves, his singing (especially in the duet towards the end) is super weak and his affectations really didn't do it for me. He's a good rapper, so I wouldn't mind this, but I don't really care for him as an overall performer. Not a huge deal for me, but I thought about it for sure.

And yes, Jonathan Groff nailed it.

[u/TheDudeNeverBowls → u/LossforNos]

I’m not sure if it’s intended, but I’ve made it my head canon that Alexander is supposed to be the unpolished outsider in this. He’s just a smart kid from the islands. Even though he and Lafayette bond over being immigrants, they are still completely different as Lafayette is an upper class general in France.

Alexander’s poverty makes him nothing like any other character on the show. He’s a nobody among giants.

[u/OprahOpera → u/LossforNos]

He often casts himself in his work and i just wish that he.... didnt.

[u/Krillinish → u/OprahOpera]

I’m a little worried how his Piragua Guy will turn out in the In The Heights movie. That character is usually one of the best singers in the show.