It's shocking to me how much I agree with this. So completely it's disturbing.
I absolutely loved Hamilton. I laughed, I cried. I was an experience of feeling and it was gripping throughout.
I watched it on Disney Plus with my daughters because they wanted to and I was a bit curious about it.
Regardless of historical villains or anything else, it was an inspiring and beautifully told story. If there were no historical names attached, it would be a wonderful tale of fiction.
To the casting - I, too, thought it quite annoying that a point was made to make it non-white. Nonetheless, the performances were captivating. Leslie Odom, indeed, has talent flowing from all of his being. Generally, I'm not fond of performers and I find actors to be a dime a dozen and I don't have an appreciation for the craft. It's for this very reason that it's so remarkable that I enjoyed Christopher Jackson so very much.
When they started singing "Here comes the General", it built an anticipation for the appearance of the ultimate legend that was tangible and when Jackson strode onto the scene, his presence, his poise, his authority was exactly what I picture one would see of General Washington. It was remarkable. I don't often credit an actor for a performance, but this is one case where if anyone else were cast in that role, I'm not sure it would have been close to the same experience. I thought he was an absolutely perfect George Washington.
Every concern I had about the production faded away and I was totally immersed into production that was pure class.
I've watched it several times as well and will even listen to the songs now and then.
It's shocking to me how much I agree with this. So completely it's disturbing.
I absolutely loved Hamilton. I laughed, I cried. I was an experience of feeling and it was gripping throughout.
I watched it on Disney Plus with my daughters because they wanted to and I was a bit curious about it.
Regardless of historical villains or anything else, it was an inspiring and beautifully told story. If there were no historical names attached, it would be a wonderful tale of fiction.
To the casting - I, too, thought it quite annoying that a point was made to make it non-white. Nonetheless, the performances were captivating. Leslie Odom, indeed, has talent flowing from all of his being. Generally, I'm not fond of performers and I find actors to be a dime a dozen and I don't have an appreciation for the craft. It's for this very reason that it's so remarkable that I enjoyed Christopher Jackson so very much.
When they started singing "Here comes the General", it built an anticipation for the appearance of the ultimate legend that was tangible and when Jackson strode onto the scene, his presence, his poise, his authority was exactly what I picture one would see of General Washington. It was remarkable. I don't often credit an actor for a performance, but this is one case where if anyone else were cast in that role, I'm not sure it would have been close to the same experience. I thought he was an absolutely perfect George Washington.
Every concern I had about the production faded away and I was totally immersed into production that was pure class.
I've watched it several times as well and will even listen to the songs now and then.
Amen. So glad you agree!
So many of the songs move and inspire me. I have yet to listen to “Wait for it” the whole way through without tearing up.
I can’t even say why, exactly.
No. I gave it a chance. Granted, it was the television version. Everything about it was bad.
Fair enough. At least you gave it a shot.
And you didn’t go into it having heard the music already 10 times because your wife bought the CD.
It grows on ya.
(hope it isn’t fungal)
I am the final arbiter of taste in this culture. It doesn't work for me otherwise.