tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post7750500542344935973..comments2024-03-29T09:13:52.064-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: HamiltonBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-52024890306821163032020-08-31T05:11:29.915-04:002020-08-31T05:11:29.915-04:00"We studied and we fought and we killed for a..."We studied and we fought and we killed for a notion of a nation we now get to build. For once in your life take a stand with pride. I don't understand why you stand to the side."<br /><br />Those lines always stick in my mind.<br /><br /><br />Burr: It's full of contradictions. <br />Hamilton: So is independence.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-82213891615772096422020-08-24T21:20:28.786-04:002020-08-24T21:20:28.786-04:00Thanks so much, you guys. I think my anxiety about...Thanks so much, you guys. I think my anxiety about this particular review might have been a bit obvious. :)Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-28306782053187224302020-08-24T10:52:08.472-04:002020-08-24T10:52:08.472-04:00Great review Billie!
One other perk of them never...Great review Billie!<br /><br />One other perk of them never doing a glitzy hollywood version of Hamilton is that we'll never have to deal with the likes of this...<br /><br />Although it's funny to imagine.<br /><br />(I'm sorry, you can't unsee this.)<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx0NLGcL6pI<br />Mikey Heinrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053287699381988084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-32404273394342411032020-08-24T09:44:50.702-04:002020-08-24T09:44:50.702-04:00Billie, this is such an enjoyable review. It is a ...Billie, this is such an enjoyable review. It is a challenge to review something that has had, as you said, a profound effect on your psyche and I think you did a wonderful job! Hamilton had its way with me too, and it even motivated me to read the source material which is a very long book! :) I just wanted to see some inkling of LMM's vision, I think. <br /><br />If anyone has HULU, the improv rap troupe that LMM and others were in, in college, in the early mid 2000s is the subject of a documentary called We Are Freestyle Love Supreme. You better understand LMM's origins and brilliance and learn about other key figures in both In The Heights and Hamilton's creation, including meeting the kid who LMM wrote Aaron Burr for, who did not end up playing him. Really interesting stuff.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953652907115935895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-16131440491418682192020-08-24T09:41:34.511-04:002020-08-24T09:41:34.511-04:00What an amazing review! I'm obsessed with the...What an amazing review! I'm obsessed with the show and I've been lucky enough to see it live 3 times so there's no way for me to be objective. But I felt like you read my mind and put it down in words. <br /><br />Thanks. Sharihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06565608197467529595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-56595089458317174942020-08-24T08:49:17.433-04:002020-08-24T08:49:17.433-04:00They're not done shooting In the Heights, if I...They're not done shooting In the Heights, if I'm recalling info from Lin's Twitter right. And Josie, that wasn't his first big musical, that was his FIRST MUSICAL. He wrote it in college. It won Tonys including Best Musical. Do we all feel inferior yet? The movie will star Anthony Ramos (Laurens/Philip).<br /><br />He's a brilliant guy. I HIGHLY suggest following him on Twitter which he uses on and off (he'll tweet a ton for days and then delete the app for a few weeks to spend time with his young family). He costarred in Mary Poppins Returns and in His Dark Materials. He did the music for the Disney movie Moana and is working on their upcoming adaptation of The Little Mermaid (Daveed is reportedly going to play Sebastian). The man is non stop.sunbunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08553429350476841139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-79236634124635111752020-08-23T23:59:05.870-04:002020-08-23T23:59:05.870-04:00John Adams is the lead character in 1776, so there...John Adams is the lead character in <i>1776</i>, so there's that. It's a wonderful musical. <br /><br />I certainly would be interested in seeing <i>In the Heights</i>, too. <br /><br />Thanks, Josie. :)Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-63036130262406417682020-08-23T23:47:02.738-04:002020-08-23T23:47:02.738-04:00Billie, what a wonderful review!
I hadn't hea...Billie, what a wonderful review!<br /><br />I hadn't heard of 1776 until just this moment. <br /><br />Something that's been on my mind recently: There's an upcoming movie version of In the Hights, Miranda's first big musical. I saw a preview for it back when theaters were open, but according to Google the new release date is next summer. I wonder if Disney would be willing to release it on Disney+, too? That'd be nice.<br /><br />CoramDeo, I think my dad read a biography of John Adams. So there's at least one person who appreciates him still. My father has a memory like a vise, so there's someone who remembers him, too.Josie Kafkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17892717530356699008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-61947874259537722272020-08-23T22:44:04.193-04:002020-08-23T22:44:04.193-04:00Of course they cut John Adams' part. Nobody ap...Of course they cut John Adams' part. Nobody appreciates John Adams these days. *sigh*CoramDeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14510669006452859585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-51077742904939554172020-08-23T21:54:51.846-04:002020-08-23T21:54:51.846-04:00Did you catch the reference to 1776? "Sit dow...Did you catch the reference to 1776? "Sit down John.." There was a whole Adams rap but it got cut from the show. Here it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUI8b17YGx8.<br /><br />I was also reared on 1776 (we watched it every Fourth of July) and I couldn't believe John Adams was Mr. Feeney!<br /><br />Hamilton is technically perfect, brilliant, deserving of every praise lavished upon it. I'm also glad that they're not (yet) going to give Hamilton the movie treatment. It's just too good on stage. Usually I'm the first saying "yes, give us a slick Hollywood version of this" (WICKED, I'M STILL WAITING) but I honestly don't believe Hamilton would work.sunbunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08553429350476841139noreply@blogger.com