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Hamilton (2020) · Verbal Diorama

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Hi
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everyone,
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I'm
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Em
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and
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welcome
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to
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Verbal
2:03
Diorama,
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episode
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349
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Hamilton.
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This
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is
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the
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podcast
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that's
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all
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about
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the
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history
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and
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legacy
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of
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movies
2:10
you
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know
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and
2:10
movies
2:11
you
2:11
don't
2:11
that
2:12
wants
2:12
a
2:12
revelation.
2:13
So
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listen
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to
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my
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declaration.
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Welcome
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to
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Verbal
2:17
Diorama.
2:18
Whether
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you're
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a
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brand
2:19
new
2:19
listener,
2:19
whether
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you're
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a
2:20
regular
2:20
returning
2:20
listener,
2:21
thank
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you
2:21
so
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much
2:21
for
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being
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here
2:22
and
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thank
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you
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for
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choosing
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to
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listen
2:24
to
2:24
this
2:24
podcast.
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I
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am
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so
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happy
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to
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have
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you
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here
2:26
for
2:26
the
2:27
history
2:27
and
2:27
legacy
2:28
of
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Hamilton.
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But
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if
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you
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are
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a
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regular
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returning
2:31
listener,
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thank
2:31
you
2:32
so
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much
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for
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continuing
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to
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listen
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and
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support
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this
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podcast
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for
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as
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long
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as
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you
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have.
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Whether
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that's
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the
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whole
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seven
2:37
years,
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whether
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that's
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less
2:39
than
2:39
that,
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thank
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you
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so
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much
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for
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your
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support.
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It
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genuinely
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means
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so
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much
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to
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an
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indie
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podcaster
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who
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does
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everything
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by
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herself.
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This
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episode
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kind
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of
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a
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little
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bit
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different.
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It's
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the
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first
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time
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I've
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done
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a
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stage
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show
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on
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this
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podcast.
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Now
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there
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is
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a
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good
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reason
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why
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I'm
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doing
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a
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stage
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show
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is
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because
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technically
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it
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is
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also
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a
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movie
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that
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was
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released
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in
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2020.
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The
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Kaiju
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of
3:04
Kaiju
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have
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been
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and
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gone
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and
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it's
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time
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to
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talk
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about
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a
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new
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monster.
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A
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250
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year
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old
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monster,
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often
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benevolent,
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but
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sometimes
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the
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starter
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of
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wars.
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I
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am
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of
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course
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Talking
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about
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the
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250th
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anniversary
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of
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the
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founding
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of
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the
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United
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States
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of
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Americ,
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a
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young
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country
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in
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the
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grand
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scheme
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of
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things,
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but
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a
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country
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that's
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achieved
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a
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lot
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in
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that
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time.
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45
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presidents,
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starting
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with
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George
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Washington.
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And
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his
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right
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hand
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man
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was
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the
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$10
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founding
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father,
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Alexander
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Hamilton,
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an
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immigrant
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from
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the
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West
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Indies
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that
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changed
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his
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fortune
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with
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his
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incredible
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brain
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as
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well
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as
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his
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country,
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but
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also
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annoyed
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quite
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a
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few
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people
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along
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the
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way.
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History
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didn't
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really
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remember
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him
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until
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Lin
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Manuel
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Miranda
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picked
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up
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a
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biography.
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Here's
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not
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the
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trailer
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for
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Hamilton,
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but
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a
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word
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from
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President
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Barack
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Obama
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at
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the
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White
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House
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in
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2016.
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Hamilton
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tells
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Alexander
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Hamilton's
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life
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in
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two
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acts
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and
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details,
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among
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other
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things,
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his
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immigrant
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backstory,
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his
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involvement
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in
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the
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American
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Revolutionary
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War
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as
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an
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aide
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de
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camp
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to
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George
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Washington,
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his
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marriage
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to
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Elizabeth
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Schuyler,
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his
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career
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as
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a
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lawyer
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and
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Secretary
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of
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the
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treasury,
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and
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his
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interactions
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with
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Aaron
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Burr,
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which
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culminates
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in
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their
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duel
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that
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ends
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Hamilton's
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life.
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Let's
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run
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through
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the
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cast.
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We
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have
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Lin
10:35
Manuel
10:36
Miranda
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as
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Alexander
10:37
Hamilton,
10:38
Leslie
10:39
Odom
10:39
Jr.
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As
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Aaron
10:40
Burr,
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Philippa
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Soo
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as
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Eliza
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Hamilton,
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Renee
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Elise
10:45
Goldsberry
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as
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Angelica
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Schuyler,
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Christopher
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Jackson
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as
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George
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Washington,
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Daveed
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Diggs
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as
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Marquis
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de
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Lafayette
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and
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Thomas
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Jefferson,
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Anthony
10:55
Ramos
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as
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John
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Laurens
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and
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Philip
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Hamilton.
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Okieriete
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Onaodowan
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as
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Hercules
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Mulligan
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and
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James
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Madison,
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Jonathan
11:05
Groff
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as
11:05
King
11:06
George
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III,
11:07
Jasmine
11:08
Cephas
11:08
Jones
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as
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Peggy
11:09
Schuyler
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and
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Maria
11:10
Reynolds
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and
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Sydney
11:12
James
11:12
Harcourt
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as
11:13
Philip
11:14
Schuyler
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and
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James
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Reynolds.
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Ariana
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DeBose
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also
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appears
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as
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part
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of
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the
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ensemble,
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playing
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the
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very
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real
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biracial
11:21
Sally
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Hemings,
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a
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slave
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owned
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by
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Thomas
11:24
Jefferson,
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as
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well
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as
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playing
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a
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part
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that's
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widely
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seen
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as
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both
11:28
the
11:28
bullet
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and
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the
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personification
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of
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death.
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Hamilton
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was
11:33
written
11:34
by
11:34
Lin
11:34
Manuel
11:35
Miranda,
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was
11:36
directed
11:36
by
11:36
Thomas
11:37
Kael,
11:38
and
11:38
was
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based
11:38
on
11:39
Alexander
11:39
Hamilton
11:40
by
11:40
Ron
11:41
Chernow.
11:42
Let's
11:43
go
11:43
back
11:43
to
11:43
the
11:43
summer
11:44
of
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2020,
11:44
only
11:45
six
11:45
years
11:45
ago
11:46
as
11:46
the
11:46
release
11:46
of
11:47
this
11:47
episode
11:48
and
11:48
yet
11:48
a
11:49
lifetime
11:49
away.
11:50
The
11:51
COVID
11:51
lockdowns,
11:52
the
11:52
anxieties
11:52
before
11:53
the
11:53
vaccine
11:54
rollouts,
11:54
and
11:55
a
11:55
time
11:55
when
11:55
so
11:56
many
11:56
people
11:57
just
11:57
stayed
11:57
at
11:57
home.
11:58
Streaming
11:59
services
11:59
became
12:00
a
12:00
lifeline,
12:01
mostly
12:01
for
12:02
the
12:02
re
12:02
watches
12:03
of
12:03
shows
12:03
like
12:03
Friends,
12:04
Comfort
12:05
Food,
12:05
at
12:05
a
12:05
time
12:06
when
12:06
many
12:06
people
12:06
were
12:07
struggling
12:08
either
12:08
with
12:08
COVID
12:09
symptoms,
12:09
the
12:10
loss
12:10
of
12:10
family
12:10
and
12:11
friends,
12:11
or
12:12
from
12:12
simply
12:12
the
12:13
isolation
12:13
of
12:14
being
12:14
kept
12:14
at
12:14
home.
12:16
And
12:16
it
12:16
wasn't
12:16
just
12:17
the
12:17
COVID
12:17
lockdowns
12:18
going
12:18
on
12:18
at
12:18
the
12:18
time
12:19
either.
12:19
On
12:20
25
12:20
May
12:21
2020,
12:22
George
12:22
Floyd,
12:23
a
12:23
46
12:23
year
12:23
old
12:24
African
12:24
American
12:24
man,
12:25
was
12:25
murdered
12:26
by
12:26
44
12:27
year
12:27
old
12:27
white
12:28
police
12:28
officer
12:28
Derek
12:29
Chauvin.
12:30
The
12:30
officer
12:31
had
12:31
arrested
12:31
Floyd
12:32
for
12:32
allegedly
12:32
using
12:33
counterfeit
12:33
money
12:34
in
12:34
a
12:34
shop
12:34
and
12:35
while
12:35
he
12:35
was
12:35
handcuffed
12:36
and
12:36
lying
12:36
face
12:37
down
12:37
on
12:37
the
12:37
ground,
12:38
knelt
12:38
on
12:38
Floyd's
12:39
neck
12:39
for
12:40
8
12:40
minutes
12:40
and
12:40
45
12:41
seconds,
12:42
asphyxiating
12:43
him,
12:43
leading
12:44
to
12:44
worldwide
12:44
protests
12:45
against
12:45
police
12:46
brutality
12:46
and
12:46
police
12:47
racism.
12:48
Black
12:48
Lives
12:49
Matter
12:49
held
12:49
rallies
12:50
and
12:50
protests
12:51
and
12:51
Chauvin
12:52
was
12:52
arrested
12:53
on
12:53
29
12:53
May
12:54
2020
12:55
for
12:55
the
12:55
murder
12:55
of
12:56
George
12:56
Floyd.
12:57
George
12:58
Floyd
12:58
was
12:58
coincidentally
13:00
born
13:00
in
13:00
Fayetteville,
13:02
was
13:02
named
13:02
after
13:03
the
13:03
Marquis
13:03
de
13:04
Lafayette.
13:05
Two
13:05
months
13:05
after
13:06
Floyd's
13:06
death,
13:06
Walt
13:07
Disney
13:07
Studios
13:08
Motion
13:08
Pictures
13:08
released
13:09
Hamilton
13:09
onto
13:10
Disney
13:10
plus
13:11
mostly
13:11
because
13:11
of
13:12
the
13:12
effects
13:12
of
13:12
the
13:12
pandemic.
13:13
And
13:13
when
13:14
it
13:14
did
13:14
arrive,
13:14
it
13:15
was
13:15
a
13:15
powder
13:16
keg
13:16
lit
13:16
by
13:17
ongoing
13:17
racial
13:18
tensions,
13:19
people
13:19
being
13:19
stuck
13:19
at
13:19
home
13:20
and
13:20
the
13:20
fact
13:21
it
13:21
was
13:21
more
13:21
accessible
13:21
on
13:22
Disney
13:22
plus
13:22
than
13:23
had
13:23
it
13:23
premiered
13:23
in
13:24
cinemas
13:24
like
13:24
it
13:24
was
13:25
supposed
13:25
to.
13:26
So
13:27
our
13:27
story
13:27
starts
13:27
with
13:28
Hamilton
13:28
himself,
13:28
Lin
13:29
Manuel
13:29
Miranda,
13:30
who
13:30
grew
13:30
up
13:30
in
13:31
a
13:31
bilingual
13:31
New
13:32
York
13:32
household
13:32
with
13:33
Puerto
13:33
Rican
13:33
parents
13:34
that
13:34
fostered
13:34
an
13:34
appreciation
13:35
for
13:35
both
13:35
Broadway
13:36
tunes
13:36
and
13:37
Latin
13:37
music,
13:38
an
13:38
early
13:38
exposure
13:39
that
13:39
deeply
13:40
influenced
13:40
his
13:40
creative
13:41
identity
13:42
and
13:42
his
13:42
instinct
13:43
to
13:43
blend
13:43
hip
13:43
hop,
13:44
R
13:44
and
13:44
B
13:44
and
13:45
traditional
13:45
Broadway
13:46
styles.
13:47
He
13:47
drafted
13:47
the
13:48
first
13:48
version
13:48
of
13:48
in
13:49
the
13:49
Heights
13:49
during
13:50
his
13:50
sophomore
13:51
year
13:51
of
13:51
college
13:51
while
13:52
living
13:52
in
13:52
Wesleyan's
13:53
Latino
13:53
Cultural
13:54
Centre
13:55
alongside
13:55
fellow
13:56
first
13:56
generation
13:57
American
13:57
students.
13:58
For
13:58
the
13:58
first
13:59
time,
13:59
he
13:59
didn't
13:59
need
14:00
to
14:00
check
14:00
part
14:00
of
14:00
his
14:01
identity
14:01
at
14:01
the
14:02
door,
14:02
and
14:02
that
14:03
connection
14:03
inspired
14:04
him
14:04
to
14:04
put
14:04
his
14:04
community's
14:05
experience
14:06
on
14:06
stage.
14:07
In
14:07
the
14:07
Heights
14:08
won
14:08
four
14:08
Tony
14:09
Awards,
14:09
including
14:10
Best
14:10
Musical.
14:11
Miranda's
14:12
acceptance
14:12
speech
14:13
for
14:13
Best
14:13
score,
14:13
which
14:14
he
14:14
wrapped,
14:14
included
14:15
both
14:15
a
14:15
nod
14:16
to
14:16
Stephen
14:16
Sondheim
14:17
and
14:17
and
14:17
Miranda
14:18
proudly
14:18
pulling
14:19
a
14:19
Puerto
14:19
Rican
14:19
flag
14:20
from
14:20
his
14:20
tuxedo.
14:22
In
14:22
2008,
14:23
Miranda
14:23
was
14:24
on
14:24
holiday
14:24
in
14:24
Mexico
14:25
when
14:25
he
14:25
picked
14:26
up
14:26
Ron
14:26
Chernow's
14:27
2004
14:28
biography
14:29
Alexander
14:29
Hamilton
14:30
and
14:30
began
14:30
reading
14:31
it.
14:32
Hamilton
14:32
was
14:32
one
14:32
of
14:33
the
14:33
founding
14:33
fathers
14:34
of
14:34
the
14:34
United
14:34
States,
14:35
an
14:35
instrumental
14:36
promoter
14:36
of
14:37
the
14:37
US
14:37
Constitution,
14:38
founder
14:39
of
14:39
the
14:39
nation's
14:39
financial
14:40
system
14:40
and
14:41
its
14:41
first
14:41
Secretary
14:42
of
14:42
the
14:42
Treasury.
14:43
Chernow
14:44
began
14:44
the
14:44
writing
14:45
process
14:45
in
14:45
1998
14:46
by
14:46
going
14:47
through
14:47
more
14:47
than
14:47
22,000
14:48
pages
14:49
of
14:49
Hamilton's
14:50
papers
14:51
and
14:51
archival
14:52
research
14:52
around
14:52
the
14:53
world.
14:53
He
14:53
described
14:54
Hamilton's
14:55
extensive
14:55
writing
14:55
by
14:56
calling
14:56
him
14:56
the
14:57
human
14:57
word
14:57
machine,
14:58
saying
14:59
he
14:59
must
14:59
have
14:59
produced
15:00
the
15:00
maximum
15:00
number
15:01
of
15:01
words
15:01
that
15:02
a
15:02
human
15:02
being
15:02
can
15:03
scratch
15:03
out
15:03
in
15:03
49
15:04
years.
15:05
Over
15:05
the
15:06
course
15:06
of
15:06
his
15:06
writing
15:07
and
15:07
research,
15:07
Chernow
15:08
also
15:08
took
15:09
the
15:09
time
15:09
to
15:09
dive
15:09
deeper
15:10
into
15:10
Hamilton's
15:11
history.
15:12
People
15:12
knew
15:13
him
15:13
as
15:13
the
15:13
ten
15:13
dollar
15:14
founding
15:14
father,
15:15
but
15:15
otherwise
15:15
history
15:16
didn't
15:16
speak
15:16
of
15:17
Hamilton
15:17
as
15:18
much
15:18
as
15:18
it
15:18
did
15:18
of
15:19
Washington
15:19
or
15:19
Jefferson.
15:21
Chernow
15:21
would
15:22
say,
15:22
if
15:22
Washington
15:23
is
15:23
the
15:23
father
15:24
of
15:24
the
15:24
country
15:24
and
15:25
Madison
15:25
the
15:25
father
15:26
of
15:26
the
15:26
Constitution,
15:27
then
15:27
Alexander
15:28
Hamilton
15:28
was
15:29
surely
15:29
the
15:29
father
15:30
of
15:30
the
15:30
American
15:31
government.
15:33
Before
15:34
Miranda
15:34
had
15:34
finished
15:35
the
15:35
second
15:35
chapter
15:35
of
15:36
the
15:36
800
15:36
page
15:37
book,
15:37
he
15:37
began
15:38
to
15:38
think
15:38
of
15:38
Hamilton's
15:39
life
15:39
as
15:39
a
15:39
series
15:40
of
15:40
hip
15:40
hop
15:40
songs
15:41
performed
15:41
by
15:42
people
15:42
of
15:42
colour.
15:43
In
15:43
Hamilton's
15:44
story,
15:44
his
15:45
difficult
15:45
Caribbean
15:46
childhood,
15:47
his
15:47
move
15:47
to
15:47
New
15:48
York,
15:48
his
15:48
role
15:49
in
15:49
the
15:49
revolution,
15:50
Miranda
15:50
saw
15:51
a
15:51
story
15:51
very
15:52
similar
15:52
to
15:52
that
15:52
of
15:53
the
15:53
origins
15:53
of
15:54
many
15:54
famous
15:54
rappers.
15:55
It
15:55
inspired
15:56
him
15:56
to
15:56
write
15:56
a
15:57
rap
15:57
about
15:57
Hamilton.
15:58
The
15:59
immigrant
15:59
who
15:59
writes
16:00
his
16:00
way
16:00
out
16:00
of
16:01
poverty
16:01
narrative
16:02
was
16:02
structurally
16:03
the
16:03
same
16:03
story
16:04
hip
16:04
hop
16:05
had
16:05
been
16:05
telling
16:05
for
16:06
decades.
16:07
Miranda
16:08
met
16:08
with
16:08
Chernow
16:08
at
16:09
a
16:09
performance
16:09
of
16:09
in
16:09
the
16:09
Heights
16:10
to
16:10
sing
16:10
him
16:10
an
16:11
early
16:11
number
16:11
backstage
16:12
in
16:13
2008,
16:13
Chernow
16:14
became
16:14
a
16:15
historical
16:15
consultant
16:16
on
16:16
what
16:16
would
16:17
become
16:17
Hamilton.
16:18
Also
16:19
in
16:19
2008,
16:20
the
16:20
44th
16:20
President
16:21
of
16:21
the
16:21
United
16:22
States
16:22
was
16:22
elected,
16:23
which
16:23
ordinarily
16:24
would
16:24
just
16:24
be
16:25
a
16:25
new
16:25
president.
16:26
However,
16:26
this
16:27
president
16:27
happened
16:28
to
16:28
be
16:28
black.
16:29
Historically,
16:30
the
16:30
first
16:30
time
16:30
a
16:31
man
16:31
of
16:31
color
16:32
was
16:32
given
16:32
the
16:32
highest
16:33
seat
16:33
in
16:33
office.
16:34
The
16:34
most
16:35
powerful
16:35
nation
16:35
on
16:36
earth.
16:37
While
16:37
Barack
16:38
Obama's
16:38
election
16:39
didn't
16:39
inspire
16:40
Hamilton,
16:40
it
16:41
was
16:41
Obama's
16:42
approval
16:42
that
16:42
fanned
16:43
the
16:43
flames.
16:44
Miranda's
16:45
initial
16:45
title
16:46
for
16:46
his
16:46
show
16:46
was
16:47
the
16:47
hamilton
16:47
mixtape.
16:49
On
16:49
12
16:49
May
16:50
2009,
16:50
the
16:51
Obama
16:51
administration
16:52
hosted
16:53
an
16:53
evening
16:53
of
16:54
poetry,
16:54
music
16:55
and
16:55
the
16:55
spoken
16:55
word
16:56
at
16:56
the
16:56
White
16:56
House.
16:57
Miranda
16:58
stepped
16:58
onto
16:58
the
16:59
stage
16:59
in
16:59
front
16:59
of
16:59
the
16:59
Obamas
17:00
and
17:01
said,
17:01
quote,
17:02
I'm
17:02
actually
17:02
working
17:03
on
17:03
a
17:03
hip
17:03
hop
17:03
album.
17:04
It's
17:04
a
17:04
concept
17:05
album
17:05
about
17:06
the
17:06
life
17:06
of
17:06
someone
17:07
I
17:07
think
17:07
embodies
17:07
hip
17:08
hop.
17:08
Alexander
17:09
Hamilton,
17:10
unquote.
17:10
He
17:11
played
17:11
Aaron
17:11
Burr
17:12
singing
17:12
the
17:13
lyrics
17:13
to
17:13
Alexander
17:14
Hamilton
17:14
lyrics
17:15
that
17:15
hardly
17:15
changed
17:16
from
17:16
2009
17:17
to
17:17
the
17:17
musical's
17:18
debut
17:18
in
17:18
2015.
17:19
The
17:20
four
17:20
minute
17:20
performance
17:21
concluded
17:21
with
17:22
a
17:22
standing
17:22
ovation
17:23
led
17:23
by
17:23
President
17:24
Obama.
17:25
Miranda
17:25
has
17:26
since
17:26
revealed
17:26
that
17:26
he
17:27
would
17:27
have
17:27
rethought
17:27
the
17:28
whole
17:28
project
17:28
and
17:28
if
17:29
that
17:29
performance
17:29
had
17:30
bombed.
17:31
But
17:31
the
17:32
Obamas
17:32
loved
17:32
it,
17:33
the
17:33
crowd
17:33
loved
17:33
it,
17:34
and
17:34
Miranda
17:35
set
17:35
out
17:35
to
17:35
find
17:35
if
17:36
anyone
17:36
had
17:36
done
17:37
a
17:37
musical
17:37
based
17:38
on
17:38
the
17:38
life
17:38
of
17:39
Alexander
17:39
Hamilton
17:40
before
17:41
they
17:41
hadn't,
17:42
but
17:42
his
17:42
life
17:43
had
17:43
been
17:43
portrayed
17:44
before
17:44
on
17:44
stage
17:45
and
17:45
screen.
17:46
The
17:47
1917
17:47
Broadway
17:48
play
17:48
Hamilton
17:49
was
17:49
written
17:49
by
17:49
Mary
17:50
P.
17:50
Hamlin
17:50
and
17:51
George
17:51
Arlis,
17:52
directed
17:52
by
17:53
Dudley
17:53
Diggs
17:53
and
17:54
starred
17:54
Arlis
17:55
in
17:55
the
17:55
title
17:55
role.
17:56
It
17:56
follows
17:56
the
17:57
attempts
17:57
of
17:57
Alexander
17:58
Hamilton
17:58
to
17:58
establish
17:59
a
17:59
new
17:59
financial
18:00
structure
18:00
for
18:00
the
18:00
United
18:01
States
18:01
following
18:02
the
18:02
Confederation
18:03
period
18:03
and
18:04
the
18:04
establishment
18:05
of
18:05
a
18:05
new
18:05
constitution
18:06
in
18:06
1787.
18:08
In
18:08
1918
18:09
the
18:10
Hamilton
18:10
Reynolds
18:11
affair
18:11
was
18:11
depicted
18:12
in
18:12
the
18:12
silent
18:13
film
18:13
the
18:13
Beautiful
18:14
Mrs.
18:14
Reynolds
18:15
directed
18:15
by
18:16
Arthur
18:16
Ashley.
18:17
And
18:17
in
18:17
1931
18:18
the
18:18
pre
18:19
code
18:19
film
18:19
Alexander
18:20
Hamilton
18:21
was
18:21
released
18:22
based
18:22
on
18:22
Hamlin's
18:23
play
18:23
with
18:23
Arlis
18:24
reprising
18:24
the
18:24
title
18:25
role
18:25
despite
18:26
him
18:26
being
18:26
in
18:27
his
18:27
60s
18:27
by
18:27
this
18:28
point
18:28
and
18:28
playing
18:29
Hamilton
18:29
in
18:30
his
18:30
20s
18:30
and
18:30
30s,
18:31
this
18:32
time
18:32
directed
18:32
by
18:32
John
18:33
G.
18:33
Adolfi
18:34
and
18:34
depicting
18:35
Hamilton's
18:35
attempts
18:36
to
18:36
establish
18:36
a
18:37
new
18:37
financial
18:37
structure
18:38
for
18:38
the
18:38
United
18:38
States
18:39
following
18:39
the
18:40
Confederation
18:40
period
18:41
and
18:41
the
18:41
establishment
18:42
of
18:42
a
18:42
new
18:43
constitution
18:44
complicated
18:44
by
18:45
the
18:45
scandal
18:45
of
18:46
Hamilton's
18:46
extramarital
18:47
affairs
18:48
with
18:48
Maria
18:48
Reynolds.
18:50
Lin
18:50
Manuel
18:50
Miranda
18:51
took
18:51
seven
18:51
years
18:52
to
18:52
write
18:52
Hamilton
18:53
and
18:53
all
18:53
the
18:53
locations
18:54
he
18:54
wrote
18:54
in
18:55
are
18:55
listed
18:56
in
18:56
the
18:56
special
18:56
thanks
18:57
on
18:57
the
18:57
credits
18:58
for
18:58
the
18:58
movie
18:58
version.
18:59
His
19:00
songwriting
19:00
process
19:01
was
19:01
unconventional
19:02
by
19:02
Broadway
19:02
standards.
19:03
He
19:03
wrote
19:04
alone,
19:04
first
19:05
producing
19:05
rough
19:06
home
19:06
demos
19:06
of
19:06
each
19:07
song,
19:07
essentially
19:07
recording
19:08
himself,
19:08
rapping
19:09
and
19:09
singing
19:10
over
19:10
basic
19:10
tracks.
19:11
These
19:12
demos
19:12
were
19:12
then
19:12
handed
19:13
to
19:13
Alex
19:13
Lacamoire
19:14
to
19:14
orchestrate,
19:15
arrange
19:15
and
19:16
release
19:17
as
19:17
full
19:17
theatrical
19:18
scores.
19:19
Miranda
19:19
has
19:19
been
19:20
clear
19:20
about
19:20
his
19:20
compositional
19:21
instinct.
19:22
Hamilton
19:22
got
19:23
everywhere
19:23
on
19:23
the
19:23
strength
19:24
of
19:24
his
19:24
writing
19:25
and
19:25
Miranda's
19:26
favourite
19:26
MCs
19:27
did
19:27
the
19:27
same.
19:28
The
19:28
lyrical
19:29
density
19:29
of
19:29
the
19:29
show,
19:30
the
19:30
internal
19:30
rhymes,
19:31
the
19:31
syllabic
19:32
compression,
19:32
the
19:32
rapid
19:33
fire
19:33
delivery
19:34
was
19:34
directly
19:34
modelled
19:35
on
19:35
what
19:35
Miranda
19:36
heard
19:36
in
19:36
his
19:37
favourite
19:37
rappers.
19:38
He
19:38
peppered
19:38
in
19:39
references
19:39
to
19:39
the
19:40
Notorious
19:40
BIG,
19:41
Mobb
19:42
Deep
19:42
and
19:42
DMX
19:43
throughout
19:43
the
19:43
musical,
19:44
obtaining
19:45
clearances
19:45
so
19:46
audiences
19:46
understood
19:47
the
19:47
specific
19:47
homages
19:48
being
19:48
paid.
19:49
These
19:49
weren't
19:50
vague
19:50
stylistic
19:51
borrowings,
19:52
they
19:52
were
19:52
deliberate
19:53
credited
19:53
tributes.
19:55
The
19:55
core
19:55
creative
19:56
team
19:56
for
19:56
the
19:56
stage
19:57
musical
19:57
came
19:58
together
19:58
fairly
19:59
quickly
19:59
because
20:00
most
20:00
of
20:00
them
20:00
had
20:00
worked
20:01
together
20:01
before
20:01
on
20:02
in
20:02
the
20:02
Heights,
20:03
including
20:03
Lin
20:04
Manuel
20:04
Miranda,
20:05
director
20:05
Thomas
20:05
Kail,
20:06
choreographer
20:07
Andy
20:07
Blankenbuehler,
20:09
musical
20:09
supervisor
20:10
Alex
20:10
Lacamoire,
20:11
costume
20:12
designer
20:12
Paul
20:12
Tazewell
20:13
and
20:13
lighting
20:14
designer
20:14
Howell
20:15
Binkley.
20:16
Lacamore
20:17
served
20:17
as
20:17
Hamilton's
20:18
orchestrator,
20:19
arranger,
20:19
musical
20:20
director,
20:20
conductor
20:21
and
20:22
keyboard
20:22
player
20:23
and
20:23
also
20:23
produced
20:24
the
20:24
Grammy
20:24
winning
20:25
cast
20:25
album.
20:26
His
20:26
role
20:26
is
20:27
genuinely
20:27
hard
20:27
to
20:28
overstate.
20:29
Miranda
20:29
brought
20:29
the
20:30
songs,
20:30
Lackamore
20:31
built
20:31
the
20:31
sound.
20:32
While
20:32
Miranda
20:33
was
20:33
dropping
20:33
references
20:34
to
20:34
his
20:34
favorite
20:35
rappers
20:35
in
20:36
the
20:36
lyrics
20:36
and
20:36
the
20:36
melodies,
20:37
Lacamore
20:38
was
20:38
crafting
20:38
orchestral
20:39
passages
20:39
that
20:39
paid
20:40
tribute
20:40
to
20:41
everyone
20:41
from
20:41
the
20:42
Beatles
20:42
to
20:42
the
20:42
Beastie
20:43
Boys
20:43
and
20:44
d'.
20:44
Angelo.
20:45
There
20:45
was
20:45
also
20:46
significant
20:46
black
20:46
involvement
20:47
in
20:47
the
20:47
production
20:48
of
20:48
the
20:48
2015
20:49
cast
20:50
album
20:50
recording.
20:51
Ahmir
20:52
Questlove
20:52
Thompson
20:53
and
20:53
Tariq
20:54
Black
20:54
Thought
20:54
Trotter
20:55
of
20:55
the
20:55
Roots,
20:56
the
20:56
influential
20:56
Philadelphia
20:57
hip
20:57
hop
20:58
group
20:58
and
20:58
house
20:59
band
20:59
for
20:59
the
20:59
Tonight
21:00
show,
21:00
saw
21:00
Hamilton
21:01
before
21:01
it
21:01
came
21:02
to
21:02
Broadway
21:02
and
21:03
and
21:03
they
21:03
were
21:03
taken
21:03
with
21:04
it
21:04
and
21:04
chose
21:05
to
21:05
produce
21:05
the
21:05
official
21:06
cast
21:06
album
21:07
purely
21:07
based
21:08
on
21:08
the
21:08
strength
21:08
of
21:09
the
21:09
music.
21:10
Lacrimore
21:10
spent
21:11
around
21:11
a
21:11
month
21:11
and
21:12
a
21:12
half
21:12
working
21:12
with
21:13
Questlove
21:13
and
21:13
Black
21:14
Thought,
21:14
recording
21:15
and
21:15
mixing
21:16
the
21:16
cast
21:16
recording.
21:17
Questlove's
21:18
endorsement
21:19
was
21:19
unequivocal.
21:20
He
21:20
would
21:20
say,
21:21
quote,
21:21
to
21:22
be
21:22
hip
21:22
hop
21:22
is
21:22
much
21:23
more
21:23
than
21:23
just
21:23
rapping
21:24
in
21:24
the
21:24
production,
21:25
it's
21:25
more
21:25
in
21:25
the
21:26
attitude.
21:27
A
21:27
couple
21:27
of
21:27
years
21:27
ago
21:28
when
21:28
the
21:28
musical
21:28
Fella
21:29
was
21:29
first
21:29
out,
21:30
I
21:30
was
21:30
amazed
21:31
that
21:31
something
21:31
that
21:32
raw,
21:32
that
21:32
uncut,
21:33
got
21:33
past
21:33
the
21:34
guard
21:34
and
21:34
actually
21:34
got
21:35
made.
21:35
And
21:36
I
21:36
thought,
21:36
similar
21:36
to
21:37
Obama,
21:37
this
21:38
is
21:38
going
21:38
to
21:38
be
21:39
a
21:39
once
21:39
in
21:39
a
21:39
lifetime
21:40
thing.
21:40
And
21:41
then
21:41
along
21:41
comes
21:41
Hamilton.
21:42
Like
21:43
dude,
21:43
finally
21:44
a
21:44
reason
21:44
to
21:44
come
21:45
to
21:45
Broadway.
21:46
First
21:46
authentic
21:47
hip
21:47
hop
21:47
show.
21:49
Black
21:49
Thought
21:50
was
21:50
interested
21:51
specifically
21:51
in
21:51
how
21:51
Hamilton
21:52
could
21:52
bridge
21:53
generational
21:53
and
21:54
ideological
21:54
divisions
21:55
in
21:55
hip
21:55
hop's
21:56
audience,
21:57
as
21:57
well
21:57
as
21:57
between
21:57
theatre
21:58
goers
21:58
with
21:58
conflicting
21:59
political
21:59
positions.
22:00
Miranda
22:01
is
22:01
Puerto
22:02
Rican.
22:02
Hip
22:02
hop
22:03
was
22:03
created
22:03
by
22:03
black
22:04
artists.
22:05
A
22:05
Latino
22:06
man
22:06
writing
22:06
a
22:07
show
22:07
in
22:07
a
22:08
black
22:08
art
22:08
form
22:09
and
22:09
winning
22:09
enormous
22:10
acclaim
22:10
for
22:10
it
22:11
is
22:11
a
22:11
question
22:11
worth
22:12
asking,
22:12
but
22:13
Miranda
22:13
completely
22:14
acknowledges
22:14
criticisms
22:15
and
22:15
has
22:15
consistently
22:16
credited
22:16
his
22:17
black
22:17
influences
22:18
explicitly
22:19
rather
22:20
than
22:20
obscuring
22:20
them.
22:21
QuestLove
22:22
and
22:22
Black
22:22
Thought's
22:23
involvement
22:24
is
22:24
a
22:24
genuine
22:24
signal
22:25
of
22:25
how
22:25
the
22:25
hip
22:26
hop
22:26
community
22:26
at
22:26
large
22:27
received
22:27
the
22:27
work.
22:28
It's
22:28
two
22:28
of
22:28
the
22:29
most
22:29
respected
22:29
figures
22:30
in
22:30
black
22:30
American
22:31
music
22:31
actively
22:32
choosing
22:32
to
22:33
attach
22:33
themselves
22:34
to
22:34
the
22:34
project.
22:35
One
22:36
person
22:36
who
22:36
was
22:36
new
22:36
to
22:37
the
22:37
team
22:37
for
22:37
Hamilton
22:38
was
22:38
David
22:38
Korins,
22:39
who
22:40
designed
22:40
the
22:40
elaborate
22:41
set,
22:41
which
22:41
included
22:42
wooden
22:42
scaffolding,
22:43
a
22:43
wood
22:43
floor,
22:44
coils
22:44
and
22:45
lengths
22:45
of
22:45
rope.
22:46
The
22:46
most
22:46
complex
22:47
elements
22:47
are
22:48
rising
22:48
walls
22:48
and
22:49
a
22:49
double
22:49
turntable,
22:50
a
22:50
setup
22:51
that
22:51
includes
22:51
a
22:52
ring
22:52
independently
22:53
orbiting
22:53
around
22:53
an
22:54
inner
22:54
rotating
22:55
floor.
22:55
Korins'
22:56
initial
22:57
instinct
22:57
for
22:57
the
22:57
turntable
22:58
came
22:58
from
22:58
the
22:58
show's
22:59
thematic
22:59
DNA.
23:00
He
23:00
was
23:01
struck
23:01
by
23:01
the
23:01
circular
23:02
movement
23:02
inherent
23:03
to
23:03
the
23:03
show,
23:03
from
23:04
the
23:04
literal
23:04
hurricane
23:05
that
23:05
devastated
23:06
Hamilton's
23:06
homeland
23:07
to
23:07
his
23:08
tempestuous
23:08
relationships
23:09
with
23:09
his
23:09
political
23:10
nemeses,
23:11
to
23:11
his
23:11
cyclical
23:12
relationship
23:12
with
23:12
Aaron
23:13
Burr.
23:13
The
23:14
turntable
23:14
physicalises
23:15
both
23:16
the
23:16
same
23:16
cinematic
23:16
nature
23:17
of
23:17
the
23:17
show
23:17
and
23:18
the
23:18
whirling
23:18
nature
23:19
of
23:19
Hamilton's
23:19
story.
23:20
Korins'
23:21
historical
23:22
research
23:22
was
23:22
meticulous.
23:23
He
23:24
visited
23:24
both
23:24
the
23:24
Schuyler
23:25
house
23:25
in
23:25
Albany
23:26
and
23:26
the
23:27
18th
23:27
century
23:28
Fraunces
23:28
Tavern
23:29
in
23:29
Lower
23:29
Manhattan.
23:30
The
23:30
chandelier
23:31
in
23:31
Hamilton's
23:32
tavern
23:32
scene
23:32
is
23:32
inspired
23:33
by
23:33
one
23:33
he
23:34
saw
23:34
there.
23:35
Every
23:35
object
23:36
on
23:36
set,
23:36
including
23:36
quill,
23:37
pens
23:37
and
23:38
inkwells,
23:38
letters,
23:39
candles,
23:40
and
23:40
even
23:40
the
23:40
colour
23:41
of
23:41
the
23:41
champagne
23:42
in
23:42
a
23:42
ballroom
23:42
scene,
23:43
is
23:43
historically
23:44
accurate.
23:45
He
23:45
also
23:45
considered
23:46
33
23:46
different
23:47
shades
23:47
of
23:47
brick
23:48
before
23:48
settling
23:49
on
23:49
the
23:49
right
23:50
one.
23:50
The
23:50
brick
23:51
walls
23:51
actually
23:51
ascend
23:52
eight
23:52
feet.
23:53
Between
23:53
the
23:54
first
23:54
and
23:54
second
23:54
acts
23:55
of
23:55
the
23:55
show,
23:56
a
23:56
few
23:56
carefully
23:57
selected
23:57
props
23:57
change
23:58
from
23:58
rifles
23:58
and
23:59
buckets
23:59
to
24:00
maps
24:00
and
24:00
books
24:01
as
24:01
the
24:01
story
24:01
moves
24:02
from
24:02
revolution
24:03
to
24:03
governance.
24:04
The
24:04
biggest
24:04
design
24:05
challenge
24:05
was
24:05
representing
24:06
each
24:06
of
24:06
the
24:07
many
24:07
locations
24:07
on
24:08
stage
24:08
without
24:08
overloading
24:09
the
24:09
show.
24:09
With
24:09
unnecessary
24:10
necessary
24:10
scenery.
24:11
Across
24:12
nearly
24:12
three
24:12
hours,
24:13
30
24:13
years
24:14
and
24:14
46
24:15
musical
24:15
numbers,
24:16
Hamilton
24:16
takes
24:17
its
24:17
audience
24:17
from
24:18
interior
24:18
spaces
24:19
to
24:19
battlefields
24:20
all
24:20
around
24:20
New
24:21
York
24:21
City.
24:22
Costume
24:23
designer
24:23
Paul
24:24
Tazewell,
24:24
who's
24:24
featured
24:25
on
24:25
this
24:25
podcast
24:25
before
24:26
for
24:26
his
24:26
costume
24:26
work
24:27
on
24:27
Spielberg's
24:27
west
24:28
side
24:28
Story,
24:29
is
24:29
also
24:29
part
24:29
of
24:30
the
24:30
show's
24:30
diverse
24:30
creative
24:31
identity.
24:32
Being
24:32
a
24:33
gay
24:33
black
24:33
man
24:34
Before
24:34
Tazewell
24:35
drew
24:35
a
24:35
single
24:35
scale
24:36
sketch,
24:36
he
24:36
and
24:36
director
24:37
Thomas
24:37
Kail
24:38
wanted
24:38
to
24:38
answer
24:39
a
24:39
fundamental
24:39
question.
24:40
Was
24:41
this
24:41
a
24:41
filmic
24:42
recreation
24:42
of
24:42
the
24:43
American
24:43
Revolution
24:44
with
24:44
period
24:45
accurate
24:45
costuming?
24:46
Or
24:46
did
24:47
the
24:47
contemporary
24:48
sound
24:48
and
24:48
storytelling
24:49
of
24:49
the
24:49
show
24:50
demand
24:50
something
24:51
a
24:51
bit
24:51
more
24:51
modern?
24:52
Street
24:52
clothing,
24:53
contemporary
24:54
fashion?
24:54
And
24:55
in
24:55
reality,
24:55
it
24:56
was
24:56
a
24:56
mixture
24:56
of
24:56
both.
24:58
Tazewell
24:59
collected
24:59
an
24:59
expansive
25:00
array
25:00
of
25:00
images
25:01
of
25:01
18th
25:01
century
25:02
clothing
25:02
appropriate
25:03
for
25:03
the
25:03
characters,
25:04
including
25:05
portraits
25:05
painted
25:06
of
25:06
the
25:06
Founding
25:07
Fathers
25:07
and
25:07
their
25:08
contemporaries.
25:09
He
25:09
also
25:09
pulled
25:10
contemporary
25:11
fashion
25:11
images
25:11
that
25:12
carried
25:12
a
25:12
style
25:13
influence
25:13
inspired
25:14
by
25:14
the
25:14
18th
25:15
century
25:15
while
25:15
maintaining
25:16
a
25:16
modern
25:17
sensibility,
25:18
including
25:18
work
25:18
by
25:19
John
25:19
Galliano
25:20
and
25:20
Alexander
25:20
McQueen
25:21
and
25:21
paintings
25:22
by
25:22
Kehinda
25:23
Wiley.
25:24
The
25:24
breakthrough
25:25
came
25:25
during
25:25
the
25:25
staged
25:26
reading
25:26
at
25:26
the
25:26
Public
25:27
Theatre
25:27
before
25:27
the
25:28
Off
25:28
Broadway
25:28
production.
25:30
Tazewell
25:30
and
25:30
Kale
25:31
decided
25:31
to
25:31
simply
25:31
put
25:32
the
25:32
cast
25:32
in
25:32
period
25:33
costumes
25:34
from
25:34
the
25:34
Public
25:34
Theatre's
25:35
extensive
25:36
costume
25:36
stock
25:37
and
25:37
see
25:37
what
25:37
the
25:38
show
25:38
felt
25:38
like.
25:39
The
25:39
goal
25:40
was
25:40
to
25:40
have
25:40
a
25:40
look
25:40
that
25:40
felt
25:41
clean
25:41
and
25:41
held
25:41
together,
25:42
and
25:42
the
25:43
result
25:43
was
25:43
clarifying.
25:44
A
25:45
period
25:45
silhouette
25:46
felt
25:46
right,
25:46
but
25:46
a
25:47
design
25:47
rule
25:47
was
25:47
agreed.
25:48
Period
25:49
from
25:49
the
25:49
neck
25:49
down,
25:50
contemporary
25:51
from
25:51
the
25:51
neck
25:52
up.
25:52
And
25:53
in
25:53
practice,
25:53
this
25:54
meant
25:54
no
25:54
18th
25:55
century
25:55
wigs.
25:56
The
25:56
cast
25:57
wore
25:57
their
25:57
own
25:57
hair
25:58
or
25:58
hair
25:58
that
25:58
reflected
25:59
their
25:59
natural
26:00
texture
26:00
and
26:00
contemporary
26:01
styling.
26:02
For
26:02
Daveed
26:02
Diggs
26:03
as
26:03
Lafayette,
26:04
his
26:04
hair
26:04
is
26:05
worn
26:05
back
26:05
in
26:05
a
26:05
ponytail,
26:06
mimicking
26:07
the
26:07
style
26:07
of
26:07
the
26:07
18th
26:08
century
26:09
but
26:09
more
26:09
modern.
26:10
With
26:10
his
26:10
curly
26:10
hair
26:11
as
26:11
Jefferson,
26:12
his
26:12
hair
26:13
is
26:13
released
26:13
and
26:13
allowed
26:14
to
26:14
be
26:14
as
26:15
explosive
26:15
and
26:16
fabulous
26:16
as
26:16
the
26:17
way
26:17
he
26:17
plays
26:17
the
26:17
role.
26:18
And
26:18
that
26:19
single
26:19
design
26:19
choice
26:20
does
26:20
enormous
26:21
work.
26:21
It
26:22
makes
26:22
the
26:22
cast
26:22
legible
26:23
as
26:23
themselves
26:24
and
26:24
contemporary
26:25
people,
26:26
even
26:26
as
26:26
they
26:27
inhabit
26:27
18th
26:28
century
26:28
silhouettes.
26:30
One
26:30
of
26:30
the
26:30
most
26:30
conceptually
26:31
rich
26:31
details
26:32
in
26:32
the
26:32
whole
26:32
production
26:33
is
26:33
the
26:33
neutral
26:34
base
26:34
for
26:34
the
26:35
ensemble,
26:35
becoming
26:36
the
26:36
visual
26:36
metaphor
26:37
of
26:37
parchment,
26:38
the
26:38
paper
26:39
that
26:39
Hamilton
26:39
was
26:40
creating
26:40
his
26:41
life
26:41
with.
26:42
That
26:42
then
26:43
provided
26:43
a
26:43
base
26:44
to
26:45
which,
26:45
more
26:45
specifically
26:46
representative
26:46
pieces
26:47
could
26:47
be
26:47
added
26:48
by
26:48
colour
26:48
and
26:48
style.
26:50
And
26:50
it
26:50
meant
26:50
the
26:50
ensemble
26:51
members
26:51
playing
26:52
multiple
26:52
roles
26:53
could
26:53
add
26:53
and
26:53
subtract
26:54
pieces
26:55
from
26:55
the
26:55
base,
26:55
such
26:56
as
26:56
adding
26:56
a
26:57
skirt,
26:57
for
26:57
example.
26:59
The
26:59
fabric
26:59
choices
27:00
are
27:00
all
27:00
of
27:01
the
27:01
period,
27:01
but
27:01
the
27:02
detailing
27:02
is
27:02
stripped
27:03
down
27:03
to
27:03
make
27:03
it
27:03
feel
27:04
more
27:04
modern,
27:04
with
27:05
no
27:05
patterns
27:05
or
27:06
embroidery
27:06
other
27:07
than
27:07
for
27:07
King
27:07
George,
27:08
who
27:08
has
27:08
the
27:09
most
27:09
elaborate
27:09
and
27:10
detailed
27:10
costume.
27:11
His
27:11
over
27:11
decorated
27:12
costume
27:13
visually
27:13
isolates
27:14
himself
27:15
as
27:15
someone
27:15
trapped
27:16
in
27:16
the
27:16
old
27:16
order.
27:17
As
27:17
part
27:17
of
27:17
the
27:18
British
27:18
Empire.
27:19
He
27:19
can't
27:19
move
27:19
the
27:20
way
27:20
the
27:20
rest
27:20
of
27:20
the
27:20
cast
27:21
moves.
27:21
Literally
27:22
and
27:22
figuratively,
27:23
he's
27:23
left
27:24
behind.
27:24
While
27:25
the
27:25
new
27:25
colonies
27:25
flourish
27:26
with
27:26
independence
27:27
and
27:28
the
27:28
period
27:28
costumes
27:29
move
27:29
with
27:29
time.
27:30
Eliza
27:30
goes
27:31
from
27:31
a
27:31
fitted
27:31
bodice,
27:32
which
27:32
would
27:32
have
27:32
been
27:32
popular
27:33
in
27:33
the
27:33
1780s,
27:34
and
27:34
transitions
27:35
to
27:35
an
27:35
empire
27:36
waist
27:36
gown
27:36
for
27:37
scenes
27:37
set
27:37
20
27:38
years
27:38
later.
27:39
Andy
27:40
Blankenbuehler's
27:41
choreography
27:41
was
27:42
so
27:42
physically
27:42
demanding
27:43
that
27:43
Tazewell
27:44
had
27:44
to
27:44
design
27:44
for
27:45
extreme
27:45
movement.
27:46
They
27:46
needed
27:47
to
27:47
be
27:47
in
27:47
coats
27:47
that
27:47
made
27:48
them
27:48
look
27:48
like
27:48
American
27:48
soldiers.
27:49
The
27:49
women
27:50
needed
27:50
to
27:50
be
27:50
in
27:50
ball
27:51
dresses
27:51
that
27:51
are
27:52
really
27:52
just
27:52
a
27:52
skirt
27:52
added
27:53
on
27:53
top
27:53
of
27:53
their
27:53
corset.
27:55
But
27:55
the
27:55
costume
27:55
changes
27:56
needed
27:56
to
27:56
happen
27:57
seamlessly,
27:57
considering
27:58
how
27:58
short
27:59
the
27:59
transitions
27:59
are.
28:00
Tazewell
28:01
couldn't
28:01
use
28:01
authentic
28:02
18th
28:03
century
28:03
construction
28:04
methods
28:04
because
28:05
the
28:05
cast
28:05
had
28:05
to
28:06
change
28:06
in
28:06
seconds,
28:07
dance
28:07
for
28:08
three
28:08
hours
28:08
and
28:08
perform
28:09
eight
28:09
shows
28:10
a
28:10
week.
28:11
Speaking
28:12
of
28:12
the
28:12
cast,
28:12
there
28:12
was
28:13
no
28:13
role
28:13
that
28:13
had
28:14
a
28:14
specific
28:14
look
28:15
or
28:15
type
28:15
attached
28:16
to
28:16
it,
28:16
so
28:17
casting
28:17
directors
28:17
were
28:18
able
28:18
to
28:18
see
28:18
people
28:19
for
28:19
their
28:19
talent,
28:20
figure
28:20
out
28:20
who
28:20
seemed
28:21
right
28:21
for
28:21
the
28:21
different
28:21
characters
28:22
and
28:22
who
28:22
brought
28:23
them
28:23
to
28:23
life.
28:24
The
28:24
team
28:24
came
28:25
from
28:25
a
28:25
place
28:25
of
28:25
finding
28:26
musical
28:26
theatre
28:27
performers
28:27
they
28:27
loved
28:28
and
28:28
seeing
28:28
who
28:28
could
28:28
rap,
28:29
then
28:29
going
28:30
in
28:30
the
28:30
other
28:30
direction
28:30
and
28:31
finding
28:31
rappers
28:32
and
28:32
seeing
28:32
who
28:32
could
28:32
sing
28:33
and
28:33
act.
28:34
Leslie
28:35
Odom
28:35
Jr.
28:36
Was
28:36
deeply
28:36
attached
28:37
to
28:37
the
28:37
material,
28:38
having
28:38
attended
28:38
an
28:38
early
28:39
informal
28:39
reading
28:40
of
28:40
the
28:40
show's
28:40
first
28:40
act
28:41
and
28:41
aggressively
28:42
pursued
28:42
the
28:42
role
28:43
of
28:43
Aaron
28:43
Burr.
28:44
Daveed
28:45
Diggs
28:45
could
28:45
rap
28:46
at
28:46
a
28:46
blistering
28:47
pace
28:47
and
28:47
was
28:47
invited
28:48
to
28:48
participate
28:49
in
28:49
the
28:49
early
28:49
Hamilton
28:50
Mixtape
28:50
workshops,
28:51
which
28:51
ended
28:52
him
28:52
landing
28:52
the
28:52
roles
28:53
of
28:53
Lafayette
28:54
and
28:54
Jefferson.
28:55
Philippa
28:56
Soo
28:56
wa
28:56
starring
28:56
in
28:57
an
28:57
Off
28:57
Broadway
28:57
production
28:58
of
28:58
Natasha,
28:59
Pierre
28:59
and
29:00
the
29:00
great
29:00
comet
29:00
of
29:00
1812
29:01
when
29:02
she
29:02
was
29:02
asked
29:02
by
29:03
Kail
29:03
and
29:03
Miranda
29:04
to
29:04
read
29:04
for
29:04
Eliza.
29:05
Renee
29:06
Elise
29:06
Goldsberry
29:07
was
29:07
an
29:07
established
29:08
Broadway
29:08
veteran
29:08
from
29:09
the
29:09
Colour
29:09
Purple
29:09
and
29:10
Rent
29:10
who
29:10
auditioned
29:11
during
29:11
the
29:11
workshop
29:12
phase
29:12
for
29:13
Angelica.
29:14
Jonathan
29:14
Groff
29:15
didn't
29:15
originate
29:16
the
29:16
role
29:16
of
29:16
King
29:17
George
29:17
III
29:17
off
29:18
Broadway.
29:19
Brian
29:19
d'
29:19
Arcy
29:20
James
29:20
played
29:20
the
29:20
King
29:21
at
29:21
the
29:21
Public
29:21
Theatre,
29:22
but
29:22
he
29:22
had
29:23
other
29:23
commitments,
29:23
so
29:24
Groff,
29:24
a
29:25
close
29:25
friend
29:25
of
29:25
the
29:25
creators,
29:26
stepped
29:27
in
29:27
as
29:27
a
29:27
last
29:27
minute
29:28
replacement
29:28
for
29:28
the
29:28
original
29:29
Broadway
29:30
run.
29:30
By
29:31
the
29:31
time
29:31
Hamilton
29:32
finished
29:32
its
29:32
wildly
29:33
successful
29:33
initial
29:33
run
29:34
at
29:34
the
29:34
Public
29:34
Theatre
29:35
in
29:35
early
29:35
2015,
29:36
the
29:36
principal
29:37
cast
29:37
was
29:37
cemented
29:38
in
29:38
place.
29:39
When
29:39
the
29:39
show
29:39
officially
29:40
transferred
29:40
to
29:40
the
29:40
Richard
29:41
Rogers
29:41
Theatre
29:42
on
29:42
Broadway
29:42
in
29:43
July
29:43
2015,
29:44
the
29:44
Off
29:45
Broadway
29:45
company
29:46
moved
29:46
with
29:46
it,
29:47
except
29:47
the
29:48
aforementioned
29:49
King
29:49
George
29:49
iii,
29:50
and
29:51
the
29:51
casting
29:51
of
29:51
King
29:52
George
29:52
is
29:52
a
29:52
deliberate
29:53
exception
29:53
to
29:54
the
29:54
casting
29:54
rule.
29:55
A
29:55
leading
29:55
cast
29:56
comprised
29:56
entirely
29:57
of
29:57
people
29:57
of
29:57
colour,
29:58
except
29:58
for
29:58
the
29:59
role
29:59
of
29:59
King
29:59
George
29:59
iii,
30:00
who
30:00
is
30:00
purposely
30:01
played
30:01
by
30:02
a
30:02
white
30:02
man.
30:03
Jonathan
30:03
Groff's
30:04
King
30:04
George
30:05
Camp
30:05
petulant
30:06
imperial
30:07
being
30:07
the
30:08
only
30:08
white
30:08
principle
30:09
is
30:09
not
30:09
accidental.
30:11
Director
30:11
Thomas
30:11
Kail
30:12
was
30:12
unambiguous
30:13
about
30:13
authorial
30:14
intent,
30:15
stating
30:16
it
30:16
is
30:16
essential
30:17
to
30:17
the
30:17
storytelling
30:18
of
30:18
Hamilton
30:19
that
30:19
the
30:19
principal
30:20
roles
30:20
which
30:20
were
30:20
written
30:21
for
30:21
non
30:21
white
30:21
characters
30:22
be
30:23
performed
30:23
by
30:23
non
30:24
white
30:24
actors.
30:25
Unquote.
30:25
And
30:26
it's
30:26
a
30:26
rule
30:26
every
30:27
performance
30:27
of
30:27
Hamilton
30:28
has
30:28
followed.
30:30
But
30:30
there
30:31
is
30:31
a
30:31
direct
30:31
criticism
30:32
of
30:32
the
30:32
casting
30:33
in
30:33
Hamilton.
30:34
Historian
30:34
Lyra
30:35
Monteiro
30:36
points
30:36
out
30:36
that
30:36
despite
30:37
the
30:37
predominant
30:38
cast
30:38
of
30:38
colour,
30:39
it's
30:39
still
30:39
white
30:40
history,
30:41
and
30:41
that
30:41
no
30:41
amount
30:41
of
30:42
casting
30:42
people
30:42
of
30:42
colour
30:43
disguises
30:43
the
30:44
fact
30:44
that
30:44
they're
30:45
erasing
30:45
people
30:45
of
30:46
colour
30:46
from
30:46
the
30:46
actual
30:47
narrative.
30:48
As
30:48
I
30:48
mentioned,
30:48
the
30:49
only
30:49
character
30:49
of
30:50
colour
30:50
in
30:50
the
30:50
narrative
30:51
is
30:51
the
30:51
blink
30:52
and
30:52
you'll
30:52
miss
30:52
it.
30:53
Inclusion
30:53
of
30:53
Sally
30:54
Hemings,
30:54
who
30:55
was
30:55
a
30:55
slave
30:55
owned
30:56
by
30:56
Thomas
30:56
Jefferson.
30:57
True
30:58
fact.
30:58
Her
30:58
brother
30:59
James
30:59
Hemings,
31:00
who
31:00
was
31:00
a
31:00
chef
31:01
also
31:01
owned
31:01
by
31:02
Jefferson,
31:02
introduced
31:03
macaroni
31:04
and
31:04
cheese
31:04
to
31:04
the
31:05
US.
31:06
James
31:06
Hemings
31:06
was
31:07
eventually
31:07
freed
31:07
by
31:08
Jefferson
31:08
in
31:08
1796
31:10
after
31:10
his
31:10
younger
31:11
brother
31:11
Peter
31:11
Hemings
31:12
replaced
31:12
him
31:13
as
31:13
Jefferson's
31:14
enslaved
31:14
chef.
31:15
Sally
31:16
Hemings
31:16
was
31:16
named
31:17
never
31:17
freed,
31:17
but
31:18
her
31:18
four
31:18
surviving
31:19
children,
31:19
allegedly
31:20
fathered
31:20
by
31:20
Jefferson,
31:21
were
31:22
all
31:22
freed.
31:23
In
31:23
reality,
31:23
thousands
31:24
of
31:24
people
31:24
of
31:25
colour
31:25
participated
31:26
in
31:26
the
31:26
Revolutionary
31:27
War
31:28
either
31:28
as
31:28
soldiers,
31:29
groomsmen
31:30
or
31:30
spies.
31:31
Hercules
31:32
Mulligan's
31:32
slave
31:33
Cato
31:34
gathered
31:34
intelligence
31:35
through
31:35
his
31:35
connections
31:36
as
31:36
well
31:36
as
31:36
clients
31:37
at
31:37
his
31:37
tailoring
31:38
shop.
31:38
He
31:39
carried
31:39
the
31:39
information
31:39
to
31:40
Continental
31:40
army
31:41
officers
31:41
and
31:42
other
31:42
revolutionaries,
31:43
including
31:43
Alexander
31:44
Hamilton
31:45
and
31:45
George
31:45
Washington.
31:46
Cato's
31:46
messages
31:47
are
31:47
credited
31:47
with
31:48
saving
31:48
Washington's
31:49
life
31:49
on
31:50
at
31:50
least
31:50
two
31:50
occasions
31:51
after
31:52
the
31:52
war.
31:52
Cato
31:53
was
31:53
granted
31:53
his
31:53
freedom
31:54
in
31:54
return
31:54
for
31:55
his
31:55
service.
31:56
The
31:56
lives
31:57
of
31:57
the
31:57
people
31:57
of
31:57
color
31:58
who
31:58
existed
31:59
at
31:59
the
31:59
time
31:59
aren't
32:00
featured
32:00
at
32:01
all.
32:02
Hamilton
32:02
premiered
32:03
off
32:03
Broadway
32:04
on
32:04
17
32:04
February
32:05
2015
32:06
at
32:06
the
32:06
Public
32:07
Theatre
32:07
in
32:07
Lower
32:07
Manhattan
32:08
with
32:09
Miranda
32:09
Playing
32:09
the
32:09
role
32:10
of
32:10
Alexander
32:10
Hamilton,
32:11
where
32:12
its
32:12
several
32:12
month
32:12
engagement
32:13
was
32:13
sold
32:13
out.
32:14
It
32:14
won
32:15
eight
32:15
Drama
32:15
Desk
32:16
Awards
32:16
including
32:17
Outstanding
32:17
Musical.
32:18
It
32:18
then
32:19
transferred
32:19
to
32:19
the
32:19
Richard
32:20
Rogers
32:20
Theater
32:20
on
32:21
Broadway,
32:21
opening
32:21
on
32:21
6
32:22
August
32:22
2015
32:23
where
32:23
it
32:24
received
32:24
uniformly
32:25
positive
32:25
reviews
32:26
and
32:26
high
32:26
box
32:27
office
32:27
sales.
32:28
At
32:28
the
32:28
70th
32:29
Tony
32:29
Awards,
32:30
Hamilton
32:31
received
32:31
a
32:31
record
32:31
breaking
32:32
16
32:33
nominations
32:33
and
32:34
won
32:34
11
32:34
awards
32:35
including
32:36
Best
32:36
Musical.
32:37
It
32:37
also
32:37
received
32:38
the
32:38
2016
32:39
Pulitzer
32:39
Prize
32:40
for
32:40
Drama.
32:41
And
32:41
much
32:42
of
32:42
what
32:42
the
32:42
musical
32:43
tells
32:43
us
32:43
is
32:43
indeed
32:44
true.
32:45
Alexander
32:45
Hamilton
32:46
was
32:46
born
32:46
out
32:46
of
32:46
wedlock
32:47
on
32:47
the
32:47
Caribbean
32:48
island
32:48
of
32:48
Nevis
32:49
around
32:49
1755
32:50
or
32:51
possibly
32:51
1757.
32:52
His
32:53
birth
32:53
year
32:53
is
32:53
questioned
32:54
and
32:54
rose
32:55
from
32:55
humble
32:55
beginnings
32:56
to
32:56
become
32:56
one
32:56
of
32:57
the
32:57
most
32:57
influential
32:58
figures
32:58
in
32:58
American
32:59
history.
33:00
He
33:00
was
33:00
the
33:00
illegitimate
33:01
son
33:01
of
33:01
a
33:02
Scottish
33:02
immigrant
33:02
physician
33:03
father
33:03
and
33:03
a
33:04
British
33:04
West
33:04
Indian
33:05
mother.
33:05
He
33:06
was
33:06
raised
33:06
in
33:06
poverty
33:07
in
33:07
the
33:07
Caribbean
33:08
and
33:08
orphaned
33:09
at
33:09
a
33:09
young
33:09
age.
33:10
He
33:10
was
33:10
sent
33:10
by
33:11
sponsors
33:11
to
33:11
New
33:11
York
33:12
to
33:12
receive
33:12
an
33:12
education.
33:13
In
33:13
1772
33:15
when
33:15
he
33:15
enrolled
33:16
at
33:16
King's
33:16
College,
33:17
which
33:17
is
33:17
now
33:17
Columbia
33:18
University,
33:19
his
33:19
intellectual
33:20
gifts
33:21
were
33:21
immediately
33:22
apparent
33:22
and
33:22
his
33:23
later
33:23
contributions
33:24
to
33:24
the
33:24
American
33:24
republic
33:25
are
33:25
staggering
33:26
in
33:26
scope
33:26
for
33:27
a
33:27
man
33:27
who
33:27
died
33:28
at
33:28
47
33:29
or
33:29
or
33:29
49.
33:30
He
33:30
was
33:31
a
33:31
delegate
33:31
to
33:31
the
33:31
Constitutional
33:32
Convention
33:33
and
33:33
the
33:33
only
33:34
original
33:34
signer
33:35
of
33:35
the
33:35
Constitution.
33:35
From
33:36
New
33:36
York,
33:36
he
33:37
co
33:37
wrote
33:37
the
33:37
Federalist
33:38
Papers
33:38
in
33:38
support
33:39
of
33:39
the
33:39
Constitution
33:40
and
33:40
became
33:41
the
33:41
first
33:41
Secretary
33:42
of
33:42
the
33:42
treasury
33:43
during
33:43
President
33:43
Washington's
33:44
administration.
33:45
As
33:46
Secretary
33:46
he
33:47
organized
33:47
the
33:47
national
33:47
bank,
33:48
the
33:48
first
33:49
US
33:49
Monetary
33:50
system,
33:50
the
33:50
tax
33:51
system
33:51
and
33:52
the
33:52
Customs
33:52
Service
33:53
and
33:53
established
33:54
the
33:54
national
33:54
debt.
33:55
The
33:55
Federalist
33:56
Papers
33:56
alone
33:57
are
33:57
an
33:57
extraordinary
33:58
achievement.
33:58
Hamilton
33:59
co
33:59
authored
34:00
them
34:00
along
34:00
with
34:00
James
34:01
Madison
34:01
and
34:01
John
34:02
Jay,
34:02
writing
34:03
51
34:03
of
34:03
the
34:04
85
34:04
essays
34:05
himself.
34:06
They
34:06
remain
34:06
a
34:06
cornerstone
34:07
of
34:07
American
34:08
political
34:08
and
34:08
constitutional
34:09
thought.
34:10
He
34:10
was
34:10
an
34:10
immigrant.
34:11
He
34:11
came
34:11
from
34:12
nothing.
34:12
And
34:12
yet
34:13
in
34:13
this
34:13
United
34:14
States
34:14
of
34:14
America
34:15
he
34:15
could
34:16
become
34:16
someone
34:17
the
34:17
ultimate
34:18
American
34:18
dream.
34:19
But
34:19
the
34:20
musical
34:20
omits
34:20
certain
34:21
key
34:21
information
34:21
on
34:21
Hamilton's
34:22
very
34:22
character.
34:23
It
34:23
portrays
34:24
him
34:24
as
34:24
essentially
34:25
abolitionist,
34:26
and
34:26
that
34:27
reading
34:27
largely
34:27
follows
34:28
Chernow's
34:29
biography.
34:29
But
34:30
the
34:30
historical
34:30
picture
34:31
is
34:31
considerably
34:32
more
34:32
complicated.
34:33
Whatever
34:34
distaste
34:34
of
34:34
slavery
34:35
Hamilton
34:35
may
34:36
have
34:36
had,
34:36
and
34:36
he
34:37
may
34:37
very
34:37
well
34:37
have
34:37
called
34:38
out
34:38
Thomas
34:38
Jefferson
34:39
for
34:39
his
34:39
slave
34:39
ownership,
34:40
Hamilton
34:41
himself
34:41
proved
34:42
capable
34:42
of
34:43
overlooking
34:44
his
34:44
own
34:44
personal
34:45
links
34:45
to
34:45
the
34:45
slave
34:46
trade.
34:47
In
34:47
1780
34:48
he
34:48
married
34:48
into
34:49
the
34:49
wealthy
34:50
slaveholding
34:50
Schuyler
34:51
family.
34:52
General
34:52
Philip
34:53
Schuyler,
34:53
father
34:54
of
34:54
Hamilton's
34:55
wife
34:55
Eliza,
34:56
enslaved
34:56
as
34:57
many
34:57
as
34:57
27
34:58
people.
34:59
He
34:59
was
34:59
the
34:59
largest
35:00
owner
35:00
of
35:00
enslaved
35:01
people
35:01
in
35:01
the
35:01
city
35:02
during
35:02
this
35:02
time.
35:03
So
35:03
much
35:04
so
35:04
that
35:04
in
35:04
2020
35:05
Albany
35:06
Mayor
35:06
Kathy
35:06
Sheehan
35:07
signed
35:08
an
35:08
executive
35:08
order
35:08
for
35:09
the
35:09
bronze
35:09
statue
35:10
of
35:10
Schuyler
35:10
outside
35:11
Albany
35:12
City
35:12
hall
35:12
to
35:13
be
35:13
removed
35:13
because
35:14
of
35:14
Skyler's
35:15
links
35:15
to
35:15
slavery.
35:16
It
35:16
was
35:16
removed
35:17
in
35:17
2023
35:18
and
35:18
is
35:18
currently
35:18
in
35:19
an
35:19
undisclosed
35:20
storage
35:20
location.
35:22
Research
35:22
by
35:22
Albany
35:23
writer
35:23
and
35:23
historian
35:24
Jesse
35:24
Serfillipi
35:25
challenges
35:26
the
35:26
often
35:26
repeated
35:27
claim
35:27
that
35:27
Hamilton's
35:28
exposure
35:29
to
35:29
the
35:29
brutalities
35:29
of
35:30
slavery
35:30
during
35:31
his
35:31
childhood
35:31
on
35:32
St.
35:32
Croix
35:33
instilled
35:33
a
35:33
hatred
35:34
of
35:34
slavery,
35:35
saying
35:35
no
35:35
primary
35:36
sources
35:36
have
35:36
ever
35:36
been
35:37
found
35:37
to
35:37
corroborate
35:38
this.
35:38
Serfilippi's
35:39
paper
35:40
argues
35:40
that
35:40
not
35:41
only
35:41
did
35:41
Alexander
35:42
Hamilton
35:42
instead
35:42
enslaved
35:43
people,
35:43
but
35:44
his
35:44
involvement
35:44
in
35:45
the
35:45
institution
35:45
of
35:45
slavery
35:46
was
35:46
essential
35:47
to
35:47
his
35:47
identity,
35:48
both
35:48
personally
35:49
and
35:49
professionally.
35:51
Evidence
35:51
from
35:51
his
35:51
own
35:52
accounts
35:52
suggests
35:53
he
35:53
paid
35:53
$250
35:54
to
35:55
his
35:55
father
35:55
in
35:55
law,
35:55
Philip
35:56
Schuyler,
35:56
for,
35:57
quote,
35:57
two
35:58
Negro
35:58
servants
35:59
purchased
35:59
by
36:00
him
36:00
for
36:00
me,
36:00
unquote.
36:02
Hamilton
36:03
was
36:03
indeed
36:03
a
36:03
founding
36:04
member
36:04
of
36:04
the
36:04
New
36:05
York
36:05
Manumission
36:06
Society,
36:06
which
36:07
advocated
36:07
for
36:07
the
36:08
emancipation
36:08
participation
36:08
of
36:09
the
36:09
enslaved.
36:10
However,
36:10
he
36:10
often
36:11
acted
36:11
as
36:11
a
36:11
legal
36:12
arbiter
36:12
for
36:12
others
36:13
in
36:13
the
36:13
transactions
36:14
of
36:14
people
36:14
in
36:15
bondage,
36:16
meaning
36:16
he
36:16
was
36:17
in
36:17
effect
36:17
a
36:17
slave
36:18
trader,
36:18
a
36:19
fact
36:19
overlooked
36:20
by
36:20
some
36:20
historians.
36:21
The
36:22
fact
36:22
is
36:22
that
36:22
most
36:23
of
36:23
the
36:23
founding
36:23
fathers
36:24
owned
36:24
slaves.
36:25
Thomas
36:25
Jefferson
36:26
was
36:26
a
36:26
slaver.
36:27
George
36:27
Washington
36:28
and
36:28
Lafayette
36:29
also
36:29
were.
36:30
Even
36:30
Abraham
36:30
Lincoln,
36:31
the
36:31
president
36:31
who
36:32
abolished
36:32
slavery
36:33
and
36:33
won
36:33
the
36:33
Civil
36:33
War,
36:34
and
36:34
Ulysses
36:35
S.
36:35
Grant,
36:35
the
36:35
general
36:36
who
36:36
fought
36:36
it,
36:37
have
36:37
also
36:37
come
36:37
under
36:38
renewed
36:38
scrutiny
36:39
due
36:39
to
36:39
the
36:40
ubiquitous
36:40
nature
36:41
of
36:41
slavery
36:42
during
36:42
the
36:42
colonial
36:43
period
36:43
and
36:43
the
36:44
early
36:44
American
36:44
republic.
36:46
For
36:46
his
36:46
part,
36:46
Lin
36:47
Manuel
36:47
Miranda
36:47
acknowledges
36:48
the
36:48
criticism
36:49
of
36:49
his
36:49
musical
36:50
and
36:50
that
36:50
Alexander
36:51
Hamilton
36:51
was
36:52
complicit
36:52
in
36:52
the
36:52
system
36:53
and
36:53
didn't
36:54
do
36:54
enough
36:54
to
36:54
fight
36:54
slavery
36:55
despite
36:56
voicing
36:56
anti
36:57
slavery
36:57
beliefs.
36:58
Miranda
36:59
responded
37:00
to
37:00
Tracy
37:00
Clayton,
37:01
host
37:01
of
37:01
Netflix's
37:02
Strong
37:02
Black
37:03
Legends
37:03
podcast,
37:04
tweets
37:04
about
37:05
the
37:05
subject
37:05
in
37:06
2020.
37:07
Clayton
37:07
acknowledged
37:08
the
37:08
complicated
37:08
nature
37:09
of
37:09
the
37:09
debate,
37:10
which
37:10
highlights
37:11
a
37:11
story
37:11
told
37:11
by
37:11
people
37:12
of
37:12
color
37:12
but
37:13
focuses
37:13
on
37:13
real
37:14
historical
37:14
figures
37:15
who
37:15
enslaved
37:16
black
37:16
people
37:16
or
37:17
benefited
37:17
from
37:17
the
37:18
system
37:18
in
37:18
some
37:18
way.
37:19
Her
37:19
post
37:20
read,
37:20
quote,
37:21
I
37:21
really
37:21
like
37:21
that
37:22
this
37:22
conversation
37:22
is
37:23
happening.
37:23
Hamilton,
37:24
the
37:24
play
37:24
and
37:24
the
37:25
movie
37:25
were
37:25
given
37:25
to
37:25
us
37:26
in
37:26
two
37:26
different
37:26
worlds
37:27
and
37:27
are
37:27
willing
37:28
to
37:28
kindness.
37:28
To
37:28
interrogate
37:29
things
37:29
in
37:29
this
37:29
way
37:30
feels
37:30
like
37:30
a
37:31
clear
37:31
sign
37:31
of
37:31
change.
37:32
Unquote.
37:33
Miranda
37:34
replied,
37:34
quote
37:35
all
37:35
the
37:35
criticisms
37:36
are
37:36
valid.
37:36
The
37:37
sheer
37:37
tonnage
37:37
of
37:38
complexities
37:38
and
37:38
failings
37:39
of
37:39
these
37:39
people
37:40
I
37:40
couldn't
37:40
get
37:41
or
37:41
wrestled
37:41
with.
37:42
But
37:42
cut.
37:42
I
37:43
took
37:43
six
37:43
years
37:43
and
37:44
fit
37:44
as
37:44
much
37:44
as
37:44
I
37:45
could
37:45
in
37:45
a
37:45
2.5
37:46
hour
37:46
musical.
37:47
Did
37:47
my
37:48
best.
37:48
It's
37:48
all
37:48
fair
37:49
game.
37:49
Unquote.
37:51
So
37:51
Hamilton
37:52
was
37:52
possibly
37:52
a
37:52
slave
37:53
owner
37:53
and
37:54
he
37:54
was
37:54
also
37:54
an
37:54
adulterer
37:55
and
37:55
a
37:56
public
37:56
one.
37:57
Many
37:57
powerful
37:58
men
37:58
had
37:58
mistresses,
37:59
but
37:59
few
38:00
openly
38:00
admitted
38:00
their
38:01
infidelities
38:02
Hamilton's
38:03
decision
38:03
to
38:03
publish
38:03
an
38:04
explainer
38:04
detailing
38:05
his
38:05
affair
38:06
with
38:06
Mariah
38:06
Reynolds
38:07
is
38:07
based
38:07
on
38:07
a
38:08
real
38:08
historical
38:08
event
38:09
and
38:09
likely
38:10
the
38:10
first
38:11
political
38:11
sex
38:12
scandal
38:12
in
38:12
the
38:12
us.
38:13
The
38:13
musical
38:14
quotes
38:14
directly
38:15
from
38:15
the
38:15
actual
38:16
Reynolds
38:16
pamphlet,
38:17
with
38:17
some
38:18
language
38:18
updated
38:18
for
38:19
clarity.
38:20
As
38:20
in
38:20
the
38:20
musical
38:21
the
38:21
Real
38:21
Life
38:21
Hamilton
38:22
confessed
38:22
to
38:23
three
38:23
men
38:23
that
38:24
he
38:24
was
38:24
guilty
38:24
not
38:25
of
38:25
illegal
38:25
financial
38:26
speculation,
38:27
but
38:27
of
38:27
paying
38:28
hush
38:28
money
38:28
to
38:28
James
38:29
Reynolds,
38:29
who
38:30
extorted
38:30
Hamilton
38:31
under
38:31
threat
38:32
of
38:32
publicising
38:33
the
38:33
affair
38:33
with
38:33
his
38:33
wife
38:34
Mariah.
38:35
But
38:35
in
38:35
reality,
38:36
it
38:36
wasn't
38:36
Thomas
38:37
Jefferson,
38:37
Aaron
38:37
Burr
38:38
and
38:38
James
38:38
Madison
38:39
who
38:39
confronted
38:39
Hamilton.
38:40
It
38:40
was
38:41
House
38:41
Speaker
38:41
Frederick
38:42
Muhlenberg,
38:43
Representative
38:44
Abraham
38:44
Venable
38:45
of
38:45
Virginia,
38:46
and
38:46
future
38:46
President
38:47
James
38:47
Monroe.
38:48
Eliza
38:49
Hamilton
38:50
really
38:50
did
38:50
burn
38:50
all
38:51
of
38:51
his
38:51
letters.
38:52
No
38:52
one
38:52
knows
38:52
what
38:53
she
38:53
thought
38:53
of
38:53
his
38:53
affair
38:54
or
38:54
the
38:54
Reynolds
38:54
pamphlet,
38:55
but
38:55
she
38:56
really
38:56
did
38:56
remove
38:56
herself
38:57
from
38:57
the
38:57
narrative.
38:58
The
38:58
letters
38:59
Eliza
38:59
burns
39:00
during
39:00
Burn
39:01
on
39:01
Stage
39:01
are
39:01
actually
39:02
cursive
39:02
transcripts
39:03
of
39:03
the
39:03
real
39:03
letters
39:04
between
39:04
Eliza
39:05
and
39:05
Alexander.
39:06
They're
39:06
on
39:06
a
39:07
type
39:07
of
39:07
paper
39:07
that
39:08
burns
39:08
for
39:08
around
39:08
2
39:09
minutes
39:09
and
39:09
9
39:09
seconds.
39:10
This
39:10
is
39:11
so
39:11
the
39:11
flame
39:11
is
39:11
not
39:12
noticeable
39:12
while
39:12
Eliza
39:13
is
39:13
on
39:13
stage,
39:14
but
39:14
extinguishes
39:15
so
39:15
she
39:15
can
39:15
exit
39:16
in
39:16
a
39:16
blackout
39:16
at
39:17
the
39:17
end
39:17
of
39:17
the
39:17
song.
39:18
The
39:18
letters
39:19
between
39:19
Angelica
39:20
Schuyler
39:20
Church
39:21
and
39:21
Alexander
39:22
Hamilton
39:22
remained,
39:23
and
39:23
while
39:23
they
39:24
weren't
39:24
romantically
39:24
infatuated
39:25
with
39:25
each
39:26
other,
39:26
as
39:26
the
39:26
show
39:26
suggests,
39:27
they
39:28
were
39:28
close
39:28
and
39:28
wrote
39:29
to
39:29
each
39:29
other
39:29
regularly.
39:31
Angelica
39:31
married
39:32
British
39:32
born
39:32
John
39:33
barker
39:33
Church
39:34
in
39:34
1777
39:35
before
39:36
Hamilton
39:36
met
39:36
Eliza
39:37
in
39:37
late
39:38
1779
39:39
or
39:39
early
39:40
1780.
39:41
We
39:41
know
39:42
Angelica
39:42
was
39:42
important
39:43
to
39:43
the
39:43
Revolution.
39:44
She
39:44
was
39:44
celebrated
39:45
in
39:45
Federalist
39:46
circles
39:46
on
39:47
both
39:47
sides
39:47
of
39:47
the
39:47
Atlantic.
39:48
She
39:49
was
39:49
close
39:49
friends
39:49
with
39:49
Thomas
39:50
Jefferson
39:50
and
39:50
corresponded
39:51
with
39:51
him
39:51
extensively,
39:52
and
39:53
her
39:53
salon
39:53
in
39:53
London
39:54
was
39:54
a
39:54
gathering
39:54
point
39:55
for
39:55
American
39:55
and
39:55
European
39:56
elites.
39:57
Her
39:57
relationship
39:58
with
39:58
Hamilton
39:58
was
39:59
genuinely
39:59
warm
40:00
and
40:00
possibly
40:00
flirtatious,
40:01
though
40:02
historians
40:02
debate
40:03
how
40:03
far
40:03
that
40:03
went.
40:05
She
40:05
operated
40:05
at
40:05
the
40:06
edges
40:06
of
40:06
political
40:06
power
40:07
at
40:07
a
40:08
time
40:08
when
40:08
women
40:08
had
40:09
no
40:09
formal
40:09
access
40:10
to
40:10
it.
40:11
The
40:11
Schuyler
40:11
sisters
40:12
also
40:12
did
40:12
have
40:13
brothers,
40:13
a
40:13
fact
40:14
that
40:14
Miranda
40:14
said
40:14
he
40:15
forgot
40:16
and
40:17
the
40:17
defining
40:17
moment
40:17
that
40:18
seals
40:18
Alexander's
40:19
fate.
40:19
The
40:19
endorsement
40:20
of
40:20
Thomas
40:20
Jefferson
40:21
over
40:21
Aaron
40:22
Burr
40:22
was
40:22
very
40:23
real
40:23
in
40:23
that
40:23
Hamilton
40:24
lobbied
40:24
the
40:24
House
40:25
of
40:25
Representatives
40:25
to
40:26
back
40:26
Jefferson,
40:27
but
40:27
he
40:27
wasn't
40:28
the
40:28
deciding
40:28
vote.
40:29
Jefferson
40:30
didn't
40:30
win
40:30
solely
40:31
because
40:31
of
40:31
Hamilton,
40:32
nor
40:32
was
40:32
it
40:32
a
40:33
landslide.
40:33
It
40:34
also
40:34
wasn't
40:34
the
40:35
so
40:35
called
40:35
endorsement
40:36
that
40:36
inspired
40:36
the
40:36
Hamilton
40:37
bird
40:37
duel.
40:38
According
40:38
to
40:39
the
40:39
National
40:39
Archives,
40:40
Burr
40:40
challenged
40:41
Hamilton
40:41
after
40:42
Hamilton
40:42
campaigned
40:43
and
40:43
allegedly
40:44
made
40:44
disparaging
40:45
remarks
40:45
against
40:45
him
40:46
during
40:46
Burr's
40:47
run
40:47
to
40:47
become
40:47
New
40:47
York's
40:48
governor
40:48
in
40:48
1804.
40:50
But
40:50
this
40:50
is
40:50
a
40:51
movie
40:51
podcast
40:52
I'm
40:52
not
40:53
going
40:53
to
40:53
forget
40:53
that,
40:53
honestly.
40:54
And
40:54
I
40:55
would
40:55
be
40:55
remiss
40:55
if
40:55
I
40:55
didn't
40:56
actually
40:56
mention
40:56
the
40:56
movie
40:57
part
40:57
of
40:57
Hamilton
40:58
and
40:58
why
40:58
it
40:59
went
40:59
from
40:59
a
40:59
Broadway
41:00
hit
41:00
to
41:00
a
41:01
movie
41:01
version,
41:01
or
41:02
at
41:02
least
41:02
a
41:02
filmed
41:03
version
41:03
of
41:03
the
41:03
show.
41:04
And
41:04
there's
41:04
a
41:04
very
41:04
simple
41:05
reason
41:05
for
41:05
it,
41:06
but
41:06
it's
41:06
probably
41:06
not
41:07
the
41:07
reason
41:07
you
41:07
think.
41:08
By
41:09
the
41:09
summer
41:09
of
41:09
2016,
41:10
Hamilton
41:11
was
41:11
a
41:11
massive
41:12
Broadway
41:12
hit,
41:13
breaking
41:13
the
41:14
record
41:14
for
41:14
Tony
41:15
nominations
41:15
and
41:16
pulling
41:16
in
41:16
more
41:16
than
41:17
$2
41:17
million
41:18
a
41:18
week.
41:18
But
41:19
the
41:19
relentless
41:19
pace
41:20
of
41:20
eight
41:20
performances
41:21
a
41:21
week
41:21
was
41:21
taking
41:22
its
41:22
toll,
41:22
and
41:23
in
41:23
June,
41:24
Lin
41:24
Manuel
41:24
Miranda,
41:25
Philippa
41:26
Soo,
41:26
Leslie
41:26
Odom
41:27
Jr.
41:27
And
41:28
most
41:28
of
41:28
the
41:28
other
41:28
major
41:29
cast
41:29
members
41:30
announced
41:30
they
41:30
would
41:31
be
41:31
leaving
41:31
the
41:31
show
41:32
the
41:32
following
41:32
month.
41:33
Thomas
41:34
Kail
41:34
realized
41:35
that
41:35
the
41:35
original
41:36
cast
41:36
leaving
41:36
the
41:37
show
41:37
was
41:37
a
41:38
catalyst
41:38
to
41:38
preserve
41:39
them
41:39
in
41:39
these
41:40
roles,
41:40
so
41:41
he
41:41
decided
41:41
to
41:42
shoot
41:42
them
41:42
over
41:43
three
41:43
dates
41:44
between
41:44
the
41:44
26th
41:45
and
41:45
28th
41:45
June
41:46
2016.
41:48
Filming
41:48
featured
41:48
the
41:49
majority
41:49
of
41:49
the
41:49
original
41:50
Broadway
41:50
cast,
41:51
minus
41:51
ensemble
41:52
members
41:52
Betsy
41:53
Struxness
41:54
and
41:54
Emmy
41:54
Raver
41:54
Lampman,
41:55
who
41:55
departed
41:56
in
41:56
March
41:56
and
41:56
April
41:57
2016
41:57
respectively.
41:59
Their
41:59
roles
41:59
are
41:59
performed
42:00
by
42:00
Hope
42:00
Easterbrook
42:01
and
42:01
Elizabeth
42:02
Judd.
42:03
Jonathan
42:03
Groff,
42:04
who
42:04
departed
42:05
the
42:05
role
42:05
of
42:05
King
42:05
George
42:05
III
42:06
in
42:06
April
42:07
and
42:07
was
42:07
replaced
42:08
by
42:08
Rory
42:08
o',
42:08
Malley,
42:09
returned
42:10
to
42:10
reprise
42:10
his
42:10
role
42:11
for
42:11
the
42:11
June
42:11
shoot.
42:12
There
42:12
were
42:12
no
42:13
reshoots
42:13
of
42:13
the
42:14
material,
42:14
there
42:14
was
42:15
no
42:15
going
42:15
back,
42:16
and
42:16
it
42:16
inspired
42:17
a
42:17
certain
42:17
kind
42:18
of
42:18
creativity.
42:19
The
42:19
cast
42:20
also
42:20
wanted
42:21
to
42:21
preserve
42:21
the
42:22
original
42:22
Hamilton
42:23
cast.
42:24
The
42:24
footage
42:25
shot
42:25
by
42:25
Radical
42:25
Media
42:26
was
42:26
originally
42:27
filmed
42:27
for
42:27
a
42:27
2016
42:28
PBS
42:28
documentary
42:29
called
42:30
Hamilton's
42:30
America.
42:31
That
42:32
quickly
42:32
changed.
42:33
Kael
42:33
and
42:34
editor
42:34
Jonah
42:34
Moran
42:35
began
42:35
editing
42:35
the
42:36
footage
42:36
in
42:36
autumn
42:37
2016,
42:38
editing
42:38
on
42:39
and
42:39
off
42:39
for
42:39
18
42:39
months,
42:40
and
42:40
developed
42:41
a
42:41
rough
42:41
cut
42:41
by
42:41
summer
42:42
2018.
42:44
At
42:44
that
42:44
point,
42:44
however,
42:45
productions
42:46
of
42:46
Hamilton
42:46
were
42:47
flourishing
42:47
around
42:47
the
42:48
world.
42:48
Kayla
42:49
Miranda
42:49
didn't
42:50
want
42:50
to
42:50
decrease
42:51
the
42:51
value
42:51
of
42:51
those
42:52
productions
42:52
by
42:53
releasing
42:53
a
42:54
filmed
42:54
version,
42:55
so
42:55
they
42:55
decided
42:56
to
42:56
put
42:56
it
42:56
on
42:56
hold.
42:57
They
42:57
literally
42:58
said,
42:58
wait
42:58
for
42:59
it,
42:59
wait
42:59
for
42:59
it.
43:00
They
43:00
still
43:01
shopped
43:01
the
43:01
film
43:01
around
43:02
Hollywood
43:02
at
43:02
the
43:02
time,
43:03
and
43:03
the
43:03
reaction
43:04
was
43:04
overwhelming
43:05
from
43:05
major
43:05
studios,
43:06
but
43:06
they
43:07
turned
43:07
everyone
43:07
down.
43:08
They
43:08
said
43:08
no
43:09
to
43:09
every
43:09
offer
43:10
to
43:10
protect
43:10
the
43:10
theatrical
43:11
performance
43:11
performances,
43:12
not
43:12
rushing
43:13
to
43:13
monetize
43:13
the
43:14
film.
43:14
It
43:14
wasn't
43:15
until
43:15
2019
43:16
that
43:16
they
43:16
felt
43:17
ready
43:17
to
43:17
move
43:17
forward.
43:19
In
43:19
2019,
43:20
Disney
43:20
CEO
43:21
Bob
43:21
Iger
43:22
personally
43:22
approached
43:23
them
43:23
with
43:23
interest
43:24
in
43:24
acquiring
43:25
the
43:25
rights,
43:25
and
43:26
what's
43:26
most
43:26
interesting
43:27
here
43:27
is
43:27
normally
43:28
someone
43:28
like
43:29
Bob
43:29
Iger
43:29
would
43:30
send
43:30
an
43:30
executive
43:31
to
43:31
do
43:31
the
43:31
negotiations,
43:33
but
43:33
he
43:33
flew
43:34
from
43:34
California
43:35
to
43:35
New
43:35
York
43:35
and
43:36
personally
43:37
met
43:37
with
43:37
them,
43:38
promising
43:38
to
43:38
do
43:38
the
43:39
film
43:39
real
43:39
justice.
43:41
A
43:41
deal
43:41
was
43:41
negotiated
43:42
between
43:43
Endeavour
43:43
content,
43:43
and
43:44
Walt
43:44
Disney
43:44
Pictures
43:45
president
43:45
Sean
43:46
Bailey
43:46
and
43:46
the
43:47
show's
43:47
producers
43:47
and
43:48
creators
43:48
agreed
43:49
to
43:49
sell
43:49
the
43:49
film
43:50
rights
43:50
to
43:50
Disney
43:51
for
43:51
$75
43:52
million.
43:53
Disney
43:53
successfully
43:54
outbid
43:55
multiple
43:55
competitors,
43:56
including
43:56
Warner
43:57
Brothers,
43:58
20th
43:58
Century
43:59
Fox,
43:59
which
43:59
Disney
44:00
had
44:00
acquired
44:00
in
44:00
March
44:01
2019,
44:02
and
44:02
Netflix,
44:03
who
44:03
had
44:03
all
44:03
expressed
44:04
interest
44:04
in
44:04
the
44:04
film
44:05
rights.
44:06
The
44:06
money,
44:06
although
44:07
sizeable,
44:07
meant
44:08
little
44:08
for
44:09
Miranda.
44:09
It
44:09
was
44:10
simple.
44:10
This
44:11
would
44:11
be
44:11
a
44:11
live
44:12
theatrical
44:12
experience,
44:13
bringing
44:14
the
44:14
original
44:14
Broadway
44:15
company
44:15
of
44:15
Hamilton
44:16
to
44:16
the
44:16
largest
44:17
audience
44:17
possible.
44:18
Not
44:18
everyone
44:19
could
44:19
afford
44:19
$500
44:20
theatre
44:21
tickets,
44:21
the
44:22
sort
44:22
of
44:22
prices
44:22
Hamilton
44:23
was
44:23
commanding
44:24
on
44:24
Broadway.
44:25
Access
44:26
was
44:26
the
44:26
explicit
44:27
priority
44:27
here,
44:28
not
44:28
prestige,
44:29
not
44:29
profit.
44:30
Although
44:31
of
44:31
course
44:31
the
44:32
profit
44:32
was
44:32
nice.
44:33
Deadline
44:34
reported
44:34
the
44:35
deal
44:35
as
44:35
potentially
44:36
the
44:36
most
44:36
expensive
44:36
single
44:37
film
44:37
acquisition
44:38
in
44:38
Hollywood
44:38
history.
44:39
It's
44:40
worth
44:40
adding
44:40
that
44:40
Disney
44:41
paid
44:41
for
44:41
the
44:41
theatrical
44:42
distribution
44:42
rights
44:43
to
44:43
the
44:44
filmed
44:44
Broadway
44:45
play,
44:45
not
44:46
the
44:46
film
44:46
rights
44:46
to
44:47
the
44:47
musical
44:47
itself.
44:48
Disney
44:49
owns
44:49
the
44:49
movie
44:50
Hamilton
44:50
2020,
44:52
not
44:52
Hamilton
44:52
as
44:53
a
44:53
franchise,
44:54
and
44:54
those
44:54
rights
44:55
were
44:55
purely
44:55
for
44:56
a
44:56
theatrical
44:57
release
44:57
of
44:57
Hamilton
44:58
only.
44:59
But
44:59
then
45:00
2020
45:01
happened.
45:03
The
45:03
original
45:03
plan
45:04
was
45:04
a
45:04
wide
45:04
global
45:05
theatrical
45:05
release
45:06
on
45:06
15th
45:07
October
45:08
2021.
45:09
Bob
45:10
Iger
45:10
emailed
45:11
Thomas
45:11
Kail
45:11
and
45:11
Lin
45:12
manuel
45:12
Miranda
45:13
in
45:13
2020
45:14
to
45:14
ask
45:14
if
45:15
they'd
45:15
consider
45:15
renegotiating
45:16
their
45:17
deal
45:17
to
45:17
allow
45:18
Hamilton
45:18
to
45:18
premiere
45:19
on
45:19
Disney,
45:20
and
45:20
the
45:21
pair
45:21
responded
45:21
with
45:22
a
45:22
flat
45:22
no.
45:24
As
45:24
the
45:24
COVID
45:24
19
45:25
crisis
45:25
worsened,
45:26
the
45:26
the
45:26
team
45:26
behind
45:27
Hamilton
45:27
reconsidered
45:28
and
45:29
agreed
45:29
to
45:29
the
45:30
early
45:30
Disney
45:30
plus
45:31
release
45:31
moved
45:32
to
45:32
3
45:33
July
45:33
2020,
45:34
a
45:34
full
45:35
15
45:35
months
45:35
ahead
45:36
of
45:36
the
45:36
original
45:37
planned
45:37
theatrical
45:38
date.
45:39
To
45:39
accommodate
45:39
the
45:40
change,
45:40
a
45:40
percentage
45:41
of
45:41
the
45:41
profits
45:41
were
45:41
restructured
45:42
to
45:42
benefit
45:43
not
45:43
just
45:43
Miranda
45:44
and
45:44
the
45:44
cast,
45:45
but
45:45
the
45:45
institution
45:46
that
45:46
first
45:46
developed
45:47
the
45:47
show,
45:48
the
45:48
non
45:48
profit
45:49
public
45:49
theatre
45:50
where
45:50
Hamilton
45:50
was
45:51
developed.
45:52
It
45:52
was
45:52
released
45:52
on
45:52
3
45:53
July
45:53
to
45:54
fully
45:54
benefit
45:54
from
45:55
the
45:55
US's
45:56
244th
45:57
anniversary
45:58
of
45:58
independence
45:59
and
45:59
4
46:00
July
46:00
weekend.
46:02
On
46:02
the
46:02
weekend
46:03
of
46:03
Hamilton's
46:03
release,
46:04
the
46:04
Disney
46:04
plus
46:05
app
46:05
was
46:05
downloaded
46:06
over
46:06
266,000
46:08
times,
46:09
a
46:09
72%
46:10
increase
46:10
from
46:11
the
46:11
past
46:11
four
46:11
weeks.
46:12
Total
46:13
analytics
46:13
provider
46:14
Samba
46:14
TV
46:15
reported
46:15
that
46:15
2.7
46:16
million
46:17
US
46:17
household
46:17
households
46:18
streamed
46:19
Hamilton
46:19
in
46:19
its
46:19
first
46:20
10
46:20
days
46:20
on
46:20
Disney
46:21
Plus.
46:22
In
46:22
August
46:23
2020,
46:23
it
46:23
was
46:23
reported
46:24
that
46:24
37.1%
46:25
of
46:26
subscribers,
46:27
about
46:27
22
46:28
million,
46:28
had
46:29
watched
46:29
the
46:29
film
46:29
over
46:30
its
46:30
first
46:30
month
46:31
and
46:31
in
46:31
November,
46:32
Variety
46:33
reported
46:33
the
46:34
film
46:34
was
46:34
the
46:34
most
46:34
watched
46:35
straight
46:35
to
46:36
streaming
46:36
title
46:36
of
46:37
2020
46:37
up
46:38
to
46:38
that
46:38
point.
46:39
Disney
46:40
announced
46:40
that
46:40
Hamilton
46:41
would
46:41
receive
46:41
a
46:41
theatrical
46:42
release
46:42
on
46:43
5th
46:43
September
46:44
September
46:44
2025
46:45
in
46:45
cinemas
46:46
across
46:46
the
46:46
US,
46:47
Canada
46:47
and
46:47
Puerto
46:48
Rico,
46:49
expanding
46:49
on
46:49
the
46:49
Disney
46:50
plus
46:50
version
46:50
with
46:50
a
46:51
special
46:51
prologue
46:51
titled
46:52
Reuniting
46:53
The
46:53
Revolution,
46:54
featuring
46:54
new
46:55
interviews
46:55
with
46:55
the
46:55
original
46:56
cast
46:56
and
46:56
creators
46:57
reflecting
46:58
on
46:58
the
46:58
show's
46:59
impact
46:59
on
46:59
their
47:00
lives
47:00
and
47:00
careers.
47:03
But
47:03
I
47:03
guess
47:03
now
47:03
is
47:04
the
47:04
perfect
47:04
time
47:04
to
47:04
segue
47:05
into
47:05
the
47:05
obligatory
47:06
Keanu
47:06
reference
47:07
of
47:07
this
47:07
episode,
47:08
and
47:08
if
47:08
you
47:08
don't
47:08
know
47:08
what
47:08
that
47:09
is,
47:09
it's
47:09
where
47:09
I
47:10
try
47:10
and
47:10
link
47:10
every
47:10
movie
47:11
or
47:11
every
47:11
stage
47:12
show.
47:12
This
47:12
is
47:12
the
47:13
first
47:13
one
47:13
to
47:13
Keanu
47:14
Reeves
47:14
for
47:15
no
47:15
reason
47:15
other
47:15
than
47:16
he
47:16
is
47:16
the
47:16
best
47:16
of
47:17
men
47:17
and
47:17
probably
47:18
also
47:18
the
47:18
best
47:18
of
47:18
wives
47:19
and
47:19
best
47:19
of
47:19
women
47:19
too.
47:20
Now,
47:20
while
47:21
Keanu
47:21
isn't
47:22
in
47:22
the
47:22
musical
47:22
Hamilton,
47:23
he
47:23
made
47:24
headlines
47:24
when
47:24
he
47:25
was
47:25
spotted
47:25
in
47:26
the
47:26
audience.
47:27
Jonathan
47:27
Groff
47:28
chose
47:28
Reeves
47:29
out
47:29
of
47:29
the
47:30
front
47:30
row
47:30
to
47:30
straddle
47:31
during
47:32
his
47:32
performance
47:32
at
47:32
the
47:33
2025
47:34
Tony
47:34
Awards,
47:35
and
47:35
they'd
47:36
starred
47:36
in
47:36
the
47:36
Matrix
47:36
4
47:37
together
47:37
and
47:38
so
47:38
Groff
47:38
picked
47:39
him
47:39
specifically.
47:40
And
47:40
the
47:40
image
47:40
of
47:41
Groff
47:41
straddling
47:42
him
47:42
in
47:42
his
47:42
seat
47:43
is
47:43
a
47:43
very
47:44
funny
47:44
image.
47:44
I
47:44
would
47:44
highly
47:45
recommend
47:45
finding
47:46
that
47:46
on
47:46
the
47:46
Internet
47:48
On
47:48
Rotten
47:48
Tomatoes,
47:49
Hamilton
47:50
has
47:50
a
47:50
rating
47:50
of
47:51
98%
47:52
with
47:52
a
47:52
consensus
47:53
of
47:53
look
47:53
around,
47:54
look
47:54
around
47:54
at
47:55
how
47:55
beautifully
47:55
Hamilton
47:56
shines
47:56
beyond
47:57
Broadway
47:57
and
47:58
how
47:58
marvelously
47:59
Thomas
47:59
Kail
47:59
captures
48:00
the
48:00
scene.
48:00
Stage
48:01
Shows
48:01
infectious
48:02
energy
48:03
despite
48:04
speculation
48:04
to
48:05
the
48:05
contrary,
48:05
on
48:06
6th
48:06
July
48:07
2020
48:07
the
48:07
Academy
48:08
of
48:08
Motion
48:08
Picture
48:09
Arts
48:09
and
48:09
Sciences
48:10
disqualified
48:11
Hamilton
48:11
for
48:12
the
48:12
93rd
48:12
Academy
48:13
Awards,
48:14
citing
48:14
a
48:14
rule
48:15
implemented
48:15
in
48:15
1997
48:17
that
48:17
states
48:18
recorded
48:18
stage
48:19
productions
48:19
are
48:19
not
48:20
eligible
48:20
for
48:21
consideration.
48:22
Disney
48:23
included
48:23
Hamilton
48:24
in
48:24
its
48:24
awards
48:25
consideration
48:25
campaign
48:26
and
48:26
submitted
48:27
the
48:27
film
48:27
to
48:27
every
48:28
organisation
48:28
and
48:29
award
48:29
guild,
48:29
regardless
48:30
of
48:30
apparent
48:31
eligibility.
48:32
Unlike
48:33
the
48:33
Academy,
48:33
the
48:33
Golden
48:34
Globe
48:34
Awards
48:34
and
48:35
the
48:35
SAG
48:35
Awards
48:36
have
48:36
no
48:36
specific
48:37
restrictions
48:37
against
48:38
film
48:38
theatre
48:39
and
48:39
thus
48:40
recognize
48:41
the
48:41
film.
48:42
Hamilton
48:43
was
48:43
nominated
48:43
for
48:43
two
48:44
Golden
48:44
Globe
48:44
Awards
48:45
for
48:45
Best
48:46
Motion
48:46
Picture,
48:46
Musical
48:47
or
48:47
Comedy
48:48
and
48:48
Best
48:48
Actor,
48:49
Musical
48:49
or
48:49
Comedy
48:50
for
48:50
Lin
48:50
Manuel
48:51
Miranda.
48:52
The
48:52
movie
48:52
lost
48:52
to
48:52
Borat's
48:53
subsequent
48:53
movie
48:54
film
48:54
and
48:54
Miranda
48:55
lost
48:55
to
48:55
Sacha
48:56
Baron
48:56
Cohen.
48:57
Daveed
48:58
Diggs
48:58
was
48:58
nominated
48:59
for
48:59
a
48:59
SAG
48:59
Award
49:00
for
49:00
Outstanding
49:00
Performance
49:01
by
49:01
a
49:01
Male
49:02
Actor
49:02
in
49:02
a
49:02
Television
49:03
movie
49:03
or
49:03
limited
49:04
series.
49:04
He
49:05
would
49:05
lose
49:05
to
49:05
Mark
49:05
Ruffalo
49:06
for
49:06
I
49:06
Know
49:06
this
49:07
Much
49:07
Is
49:07
True.
49:08
Hamilton
49:08
was
49:09
also
49:09
nominated
49:09
for
49:10
nine
49:10
Primetime
49:11
Emmys
49:11
winning
49:12
Outstanding
49:12
Variety
49:13
Special
49:13
pre
49:13
recorded
49:14
and
49:14
it
49:15
was
49:15
nominated
49:15
for
49:15
three
49:16
Primetime
49:16
Creative
49:17
Arts
49:17
semis
49:18
winning
49:18
for
49:18
Outstanding
49:19
Technical
49:20
Direction
49:20
and
49:20
Camera
49:21
Work
49:21
for
49:21
a
49:21
special
49:23
250
49:24
years
49:24
ago,
49:24
immigrants
49:25
created
49:26
America.
49:26
250
49:27
years
49:28
sounds
49:28
like
49:28
a
49:28
long
49:28
time,
49:29
but
49:29
it's
49:29
actually
49:29
not.
49:30
The
49:30
United
49:31
States
49:31
at
49:31
250is
49:33
younger
49:33
than
49:33
many
49:33
of
49:34
the
49:34
world's
49:34
universities,
49:35
younger
49:36
than
49:36
the
49:36
construction
49:36
of
49:37
St.
49:37
Paul's
49:37
Cathedral.
49:38
Rome
49:38
was
49:39
a
49:39
republic
49:39
for
49:39
500
49:40
years
49:40
before
49:40
it
49:41
became
49:41
an
49:41
empire.
49:42
China's
49:43
Imperial
49:43
history
49:44
spans
49:44
millennia.
49:45
Even
49:45
within
49:46
the
49:46
Americas,
49:47
indigenous
49:47
civilizations
49:48
predate
49:49
the
49:49
Republic
49:49
by
49:50
thousands
49:50
of
49:50
years,
49:51
a
49:51
fact
49:52
the
49:52
anniversary
49:52
celebrations
49:53
largely
49:54
struggle
49:54
to
49:55
accommodate.
49:56
And
49:56
yet,
49:57
in
49:57
250
49:57
years,
49:58
the
49:58
United
49:59
States
49:59
has
49:59
produced
50:00
the
50:00
world's
50:01
dominant
50:01
economy,
50:02
military
50:02
and
50:03
cultural
50:03
export
50:04
machine,
50:04
Hamilton.
50:05
The
50:05
show
50:06
is
50:06
itself
50:06
a
50:07
part
50:07
of
50:07
that
50:07
cultural
50:08
export.
50:09
Performed
50:09
in
50:09
Broadway
50:10
and
50:10
the
50:10
West
50:10
End,
50:11
toured
50:11
globally,
50:12
streamed
50:12
in
50:13
190
50:13
countries
50:14
on
50:14
Disney
50:14
Plus.
50:15
The
50:15
story
50:16
of
50:16
a
50:16
Caribbean
50:17
immigrant
50:17
who
50:18
helped
50:18
build
50:18
America
50:19
is
50:19
now
50:20
an
50:20
American
50:20
product
50:21
sold
50:21
back
50:21
to
50:22
the
50:22
world.
50:23
It's
50:23
especially
50:23
poignant
50:24
when
50:24
we
50:24
look
50:24
at
50:25
America
50:25
250
50:26
years
50:26
later
50:27
and
50:27
see
50:27
immigrants
50:28
being
50:28
vilified
50:29
just
50:29
for
50:29
being
50:29
immigrants.
50:31
That's
50:31
what
50:31
happens
50:31
when
50:32
you
50:32
have
50:32
a
50:32
president
50:32
who
50:33
cares
50:33
more
50:33
about
50:33
his
50:33
own
50:34
self
50:34
interests
50:35
over
50:35
the
50:35
best
50:35
interests
50:36
of
50:36
the
50:36
nation
50:36
he's
50:37
supposed
50:37
to
50:37
be
50:37
serving.
50:38
You
50:38
could
50:39
argue
50:39
that
50:39
America
50:40
has
50:40
come
50:40
a
50:40
long
50:40
way
50:40
in
50:40
250
50:41
years,
50:42
but
50:42
it's
50:42
also
50:42
regressed
50:43
over
50:43
recent
50:44
years.
50:44
And
50:45
the
50:45
250th
50:46
anniversary
50:46
celebrations
50:47
reflect
50:48
the
50:48
partisan
50:49
nature
50:49
of
50:49
America
50:50
today.
50:51
Less
50:51
about
50:51
the
50:51
250
50:52
years
50:52
of
50:52
the
50:53
country's
50:53
independence
50:54
and
50:54
more
50:54
about
50:55
placating
50:55
one
50:55
man's
50:56
desire
50:56
to
50:56
have
50:56
a
50:57
blue
50:57
pool
50:57
and
50:58
watch
50:58
grown
50:58
men
50:59
get
50:59
sweaty
50:59
in
50:59
a
51:00
ring.
51:00
The
51:01
world
51:01
was
51:01
wide
51:01
enough
51:02
for
51:02
Hamilton's
51:03
story
51:03
once,
51:03
and
51:04
whether
51:04
it
51:04
is
51:04
still
51:04
depends
51:05
entirely
51:06
on
51:06
who
51:06
tells
51:07
your
51:07
story
51:07
and
51:08
who
51:08
gets
51:08
to
51:08
be
51:08
in
51:09
the
51:09
room
51:09
where
51:09
it
51:09
happens.
51:10
Hamilton
51:11
was
51:11
scheduled
51:11
to
51:11
run
51:12
at
51:12
the
51:12
Kennedy
51:12
center
51:13
from
51:13
3
51:13
March
51:13
to
51:14
26
51:14
April
51:15
2026
51:16
as
51:16
part
51:17
of
51:17
the
51:17
Center's
51:17
celebration
51:18
of
51:18
the
51:18
250th
51:19
anniversary.
51:20
Donald
51:21
Trump
51:21
fired
51:21
the
51:22
center's
51:22
president,
51:23
replaced
51:23
the
51:24
board
51:24
of
51:24
trustees
51:25
and
51:25
named
51:25
himself
51:26
chairman,
51:26
and
51:27
the
51:27
newly
51:27
appointed
51:28
Trump
51:28
board
51:29
renamed
51:29
it
51:29
the
51:29
Trump
51:30
Kennedy
51:30
Center.
51:31
In
51:32
response,
51:32
Miranda
51:33
and
51:33
lead
51:33
producer
51:34
Jeffrey
51:34
Cellar
51:35
announced
51:35
that
51:35
Hamilton
51:36
would
51:36
not
51:36
perform.
51:37
Miranda
51:38
said
51:39
in
51:39
response,
51:39
quote,
51:40
this
51:40
latest
51:41
action
51:41
by
51:41
Trump
51:42
means
51:42
it's
51:42
not
51:42
the
51:43
Kennedy
51:43
center
51:44
as
51:44
we
51:44
knew
51:44
it.
51:45
The
51:45
Kennedy
51:45
center
51:46
was
51:46
not
51:46
created
51:47
in
51:47
this
51:47
spirit
51:47
and
51:48
we're
51:48
not
51:48
going
51:48
to
51:48
be
51:49
a
51:49
part
51:49
of
51:49
it.
51:49
While
51:49
it
51:50
is
51:50
the
51:50
Trump
51:50
Kennedy
51:51
Center,
51:52
a
51:53
court
51:53
has
51:53
since
51:53
ordered
51:54
it
51:54
cannot
51:54
be
51:54
named
51:55
after
51:55
Donald
51:55
Trump,
51:56
and
51:56
it
51:56
is
51:56
now
51:56
back
51:57
to
51:57
the
51:57
Kennedy
51:57
Center.
51:58
But
51:58
Hamilton,
51:59
a
51:59
story
52:00
about
52:00
the
52:00
founding
52:01
of
52:01
America
52:01
and
52:01
the
52:02
celebration
52:02
of
52:02
immigrant
52:03
exceptionalism
52:04
isn't
52:05
in
52:05
it.
52:06
I
52:06
chose
52:07
Hamilton
52:07
for
52:07
this
52:07
episode
52:08
on
52:08
purpose.
52:08
This
52:09
was
52:09
no
52:09
accident.
52:10
It
52:10
was
52:10
the
52:10
only
52:10
time
52:11
I
52:11
could
52:11
legitimately
52:12
get
52:12
away
52:12
with
52:12
talking
52:13
about
52:13
a
52:13
movie,
52:14
about
52:14
a
52:14
stage
52:15
show,
52:15
and
52:15
it's
52:16
the
52:16
only
52:16
time
52:16
I
52:16
can't
52:17
include
52:17
a
52:17
single
52:17
cast
52:18
performed
52:18
clip
52:19
because
52:19
music
52:19
from
52:19
a
52:20
recorded
52:20
cast
52:20
album
52:21
is
52:21
a
52:21
guaranteed
52:22
copyright
52:22
strike.
52:23
I've
52:24
tried
52:24
to
52:24
get
52:24
round
52:24
it
52:25
as
52:25
best
52:25
I
52:25
can.
52:26
There's
52:27
an
52:27
irony
52:27
about
52:28
Hamilton,
52:28
the
52:29
stage
52:29
show,
52:29
how
52:30
it
52:30
focuses
52:31
on
52:31
a
52:31
penniless
52:31
orphan's
52:32
opportunity
52:33
to
52:33
succeed.
52:34
And
52:34
yet
52:35
you
52:35
had
52:35
to
52:35
have
52:36
plenty
52:36
of
52:36
disposable
52:37
income
52:37
to
52:37
buy
52:37
even
52:38
the
52:38
cheapest
52:38
tickets.
52:39
That's
52:40
why
52:40
the
52:40
Disney
52:40
plus
52:40
release
52:41
was
52:41
so
52:41
important
52:42
to
52:42
its
52:42
visibility.
52:43
Suddenly
52:44
those
52:44
who
52:44
don't
52:45
have
52:45
a
52:45
dollar
52:45
to
52:46
their
52:46
name
52:46
can
52:46
see
52:47
it.
52:47
Having
52:48
a
52:48
theatrical
52:48
performance,
52:49
performance
52:49
like
52:49
this,
52:50
made
52:50
available
52:51
to
52:51
the
52:51
majority
52:52
of
52:52
people
52:52
is
52:53
a
52:53
great
52:53
thing.
52:54
But
52:55
to
52:55
talk
52:55
about
52:55
Hamilton
52:56
is
52:56
to
52:56
talk
52:56
about
52:57
its
52:57
many,
52:57
many
52:57
positives.
52:58
It
52:59
is
52:59
musically
52:59
and
52:59
lyrically
53:00
incredibly
53:01
well
53:01
made.
53:01
The
53:02
cast
53:02
is
53:02
phenomenally
53:03
talented.
53:04
How
53:04
they
53:04
all
53:04
memorize
53:05
the
53:05
complex
53:05
raps
53:06
and
53:06
songs
53:06
over
53:06
the
53:07
runtime
53:07
is
53:07
incredible.
53:08
And
53:08
it
53:08
gives
53:09
a
53:09
good
53:09
rounded
53:09
history
53:10
of
53:10
the
53:10
creation
53:10
of
53:11
the
53:11
United
53:11
States,
53:12
what
53:12
that
53:12
took
53:13
and
53:13
what
53:13
it
53:13
cost
53:14
and
53:14
the
53:14
fundamentals.
53:15
Italy.
53:15
This
53:15
was
53:16
a
53:16
young,
53:16
scrappy
53:17
and
53:17
hungry
53:17
country
53:18
full
53:18
of
53:19
opportunists,
53:20
mostly
53:20
immigrants
53:21
wanting
53:21
a
53:21
better
53:22
life.
53:23
Hamilton's
53:23
father,
53:24
James
53:24
Hamilton,
53:25
was
53:25
the
53:25
fourth
53:26
son
53:26
of
53:26
the
53:26
Laird
53:26
of
53:27
Grange
53:27
and
53:27
was
53:28
of
53:28
Scottish
53:28
descent.
53:29
His
53:29
mother,
53:30
Rachel
53:30
Fawcett,
53:31
was
53:31
of
53:31
French
53:31
Huguenot
53:32
and
53:32
English
53:33
descent.
53:33
Alexander
53:34
Hamilton
53:35
may
53:35
not
53:35
have
53:35
been
53:35
a
53:35
person
53:36
of
53:36
color
53:36
in
53:36
real
53:36
life,
53:37
despite
53:37
some
53:38
speculation
53:38
to
53:38
the
53:39
contrary
53:39
due
53:40
to
53:40
his
53:40
illegitimate
53:40
birth.
53:41
But.
53:41
But
53:42
there
53:42
are
53:42
rumours
53:42
that
53:43
likely
53:43
stem
53:43
from
53:44
the
53:44
one
53:45
drop
53:45
rule,
53:45
which
53:46
was
53:46
a
53:46
racial
53:46
classification
53:47
from
53:47
the
53:48
20th
53:48
century,
53:49
that
53:49
any
53:49
African
53:50
ancestry,
53:51
even
53:51
generations
53:51
back,
53:52
meant
53:52
a
53:53
person
53:53
was
53:53
considered
53:54
black.
53:54
But
53:54
this
53:55
classification
53:55
didn't
53:56
exist
53:56
in
53:56
18th
53:57
century
53:57
America.
53:58
So
53:59
Hamilton
53:59
is
54:00
considered
54:00
to
54:00
be
54:00
a
54:01
white
54:01
immigrant
54:02
born
54:02
in
54:02
the
54:03
West
54:03
Indies.
54:03
And
54:04
immigrants,
54:05
they
54:05
get
54:05
the
54:05
job
54:06
done.
54:07
The
54:07
founding
54:08
fathers,
54:08
the
54:08
leaders,
54:09
the
54:09
commanders,
54:09
the
54:10
high
54:10
class
54:10
citizens
54:11
were
54:11
all
54:11
white
54:12
men.
54:12
But
54:12
the
54:12
story
54:13
of
54:13
America's
54:14
founding
54:14
belongs
54:14
to
54:14
everyone
54:15
and
54:15
not
54:16
just
54:16
the
54:16
white
54:16
men
54:17
who
54:17
were
54:17
historically
54:18
in
54:18
power.
54:19
In
54:20
the
54:20
late
54:20
18th
54:21
century,
54:21
women
54:22
also
54:22
had
54:22
very
54:23
few
54:23
rights.
54:24
They
54:24
truly
54:24
did
54:25
live
54:25
in
54:25
a
54:25
world
54:25
where
54:26
their
54:26
only
54:26
job
54:26
was
54:27
to
54:27
marry
54:27
rich.
54:28
But
54:28
Alexander
54:29
Hamilton
54:29
died
54:29
when
54:30
he
54:30
was
54:30
either
54:30
47
54:31
or
54:31
49.
54:32
As
54:32
I
54:32
said,
54:32
because
54:32
he
54:33
his
54:33
birth
54:33
date
54:33
was
54:33
disputed.
54:34
So
54:35
Eliza
54:35
and
54:35
Angelica
54:36
were
54:36
essentially
54:37
the
54:37
ones
54:37
who
54:38
told
54:38
his
54:38
story.
54:39
His
54:40
many
54:40
accomplishments
54:41
would
54:41
not
54:41
be
54:41
in
54:41
the
54:42
history
54:42
books
54:42
if
54:43
not
54:43
for
54:43
the
54:43
important
54:44
women
54:44
in
54:45
his
54:45
life.
54:46
Elizabeth
54:47
Schuyler
54:47
Hamilton
54:48
was
54:48
an
54:48
early
54:49
American
54:49
philanthropist.
54:50
She
54:51
co
54:51
founded
54:51
the
54:51
Orphan
54:52
asylum
54:52
Society
54:53
in
54:53
1806.
54:54
The
54:55
New
54:55
York
54:55
Orphan
54:56
Asylum
54:56
Society
54:57
continues
54:57
to
54:57
exist
54:58
as
54:58
a
54:59
social
54:59
service
54:59
agency
55:00
for
55:00
children
55:01
today.
55:01
Called
55:01
Graham
55:02
Wyndham
55:03
despite
55:04
his
55:04
infidelities,
55:05
she
55:05
defended
55:05
her
55:06
late
55:06
husband
55:06
against
55:07
his
55:07
critics
55:08
in
55:08
a
55:08
variety
55:08
of
55:09
ways
55:09
following
55:09
his
55:09
death,
55:10
including
55:10
by
55:11
supporting
55:11
his
55:12
claim
55:12
of
55:12
authorship
55:13
of
55:13
George
55:13
Washington's
55:14
Farewell
55:15
Address
55:15
and
55:15
by
55:16
requesting
55:16
an
55:16
apology
55:17
from
55:17
James
55:17
Monroe
55:18
over
55:18
his
55:19
accusations
55:19
of
55:20
financial
55:20
improprietaries.
55:22
She
55:22
reorganized
55:23
all
55:23
of
55:23
his
55:23
letters,
55:24
papers
55:24
and
55:25
writings
55:25
with
55:25
the
55:25
help
55:26
of
55:26
her
55:26
son
55:26
John
55:27
Church
55:27
Hamilton,
55:28
and
55:29
persevered
55:29
through
55:29
many
55:30
setbacks
55:30
in
55:30
getting
55:31
his
55:31
biography
55:32
published.
55:33
With
55:33
his
55:33
mother's
55:34
help,
55:34
John
55:34
C.
55:35
Hamilton
55:35
would
55:35
go
55:36
on
55:36
to
55:36
publish
55:37
History
55:37
of
55:37
the
55:37
Republic
55:38
of
55:38
the
55:38
United
55:39
States
55:39
of
55:39
America
55:40
as
55:40
traced
55:40
in
55:41
the
55:41
writings
55:41
of
55:41
Alexander
55:42
Hamilton
55:42
and
55:43
his
55:43
contemporaries.
55:44
That's
55:44
a
55:45
mouthful.
55:45
History
55:46
of
55:46
the
55:46
Republic
55:47
would
55:47
set
55:47
the
55:47
bar
55:47
for
55:48
multiple
55:48
future
55:49
biographies
55:49
of
55:49
Alexander
55:50
Hamilton
55:51
that
55:51
were
55:51
written
55:51
over
55:52
time.
55:53
In
55:53
June
55:54
1848,
55:55
when
55:55
Eliza
55:56
was
55:56
in
55:56
her
55:56
90s,
55:57
she
55:57
sought
55:57
to
55:57
persuade
55:58
the
55:58
US
55:58
Congress
55:59
to
55:59
purchase
55:59
and
56:00
publish
56:00
her
56:00
late
56:00
husband's
56:01
works.
56:02
That
56:02
August,
56:03
her
56:03
request
56:03
was
56:04
granted
56:04
and
56:04
Congress
56:05
bought
56:05
and
56:05
published
56:06
Alexander's
56:07
works,
56:07
adding
56:08
them
56:08
to
56:08
the
56:08
Library
56:09
of
56:09
Congress,
56:10
along
56:10
with
56:10
ensuring
56:11
that
56:11
his
56:11
works
56:12
were
56:12
maintained
56:12
and
56:12
stored
56:13
by
56:13
the
56:13
federal
56:13
government.
56:14
She
56:15
remained
56:15
dedicated
56:15
to
56:16
charity
56:16
work.
56:17
After
56:17
Moving
56:18
to
56:18
Washington
56:18
D.C.
56:19
she
56:19
helped
56:20
former
56:20
First
56:20
Ladies
56:21
Dolly
56:21
Madison
56:21
and
56:22
Louisa
56:22
Adams
56:23
raise
56:23
money
56:24
to
56:24
build
56:24
the
56:24
Washington
56:25
Monument.
56:26
Elizabeth
56:27
Skyler
56:27
Hamilton
56:28
died
56:28
in
56:28
1854
56:29
at
56:30
the
56:30
age
56:30
of
56:30
97.
56:31
She
56:32
outlived
56:32
her
56:32
husband
56:33
by
56:33
50
56:33
years
56:33
and
56:34
also
56:34
outlived
56:35
all
56:35
but
56:35
one
56:35
of
56:35
her
56:36
siblings.
56:37
I
56:37
don't
56:37
know
56:37
if
56:38
you've
56:38
realized,
56:38
but
56:38
I'm
56:38
not
56:39
American.
56:39
But
56:40
Hamilton
56:40
makes
56:40
me
56:41
think
56:41
about
56:41
what
56:41
it
56:41
must
56:42
be
56:42
be
56:42
like
56:42
to
56:42
be
56:42
American
56:43
and
56:44
more
56:44
importantly,
56:44
what
56:45
it
56:45
means.
56:46
The
56:46
anti
56:46
racist
56:47
protests
56:47
for
56:47
Black
56:48
Lives
56:48
Matter
56:48
prove
56:49
that
56:49
America,
56:50
but
56:50
not
56:50
just
56:51
America,
56:52
has
56:52
a
56:52
long
56:52
way
56:52
to
56:53
go
56:53
to
56:53
truly
56:53
eradicate
56:54
racism.
56:55
Alexander
56:56
Hamilton
56:56
as
56:57
an
56:57
immigrant,
56:57
believed
56:58
in
56:58
his
56:58
own
56:58
voice
56:58
and
56:59
his
56:59
own
56:59
words
56:59
and
57:00
was
57:00
given
57:00
a
57:00
platform
57:01
by
57:01
which
57:01
to
57:02
speak.
57:02
Today's
57:03
immigrants
57:03
may
57:04
have
57:04
more
57:04
representation
57:05
in
57:05
power,
57:05
but
57:06
their
57:06
fate
57:06
remains
57:07
unclear.
57:08
Especially
57:08
when
57:08
you
57:09
can
57:09
be
57:09
arrested
57:09
now
57:10
for
57:10
just
57:10
being
57:10
the
57:10
wrong
57:11
colour,
57:11
even
57:12
if
57:12
you're
57:12
an
57:12
American
57:13
citizen
57:13
or
57:13
not.
57:15
But
57:15
even
57:15
the
57:15
British
57:16
representation
57:16
we
57:17
get
57:17
speaks
57:17
to
57:17
the
57:18
power
57:18
and
57:18
politics
57:19
associated
57:19
with
57:20
colonialism.
57:21
And
57:21
what
57:21
happens
57:22
when
57:22
you're
57:22
just
57:22
a
57:23
king
57:23
whose
57:23
favourite
57:24
colony
57:24
decides
57:25
to
57:25
up
57:25
and
57:25
leave.
57:26
Everyone
57:27
shines
57:27
in
57:27
this
57:28
musical,
57:28
but
57:28
I
57:28
adore
57:29
Daveed
57:29
Diggs
57:30
as
57:30
Jefferson,
57:31
Philippa
57:31
sue
57:31
as
57:32
Eliza
57:32
and
57:32
Renee
57:33
Elise
57:33
Goldsberry
57:33
as
57:34
Angelica.
57:35
Side
57:35
note,
57:35
if
57:36
you
57:36
haven't
57:36
seen
57:36
Girls
57:37
5
57:37
ever,
57:38
it's
57:38
on
57:38
Netflix.
57:39
That
57:39
series
57:39
is
57:40
so
57:40
much
57:40
fun
57:40
and
57:41
Goldsberry
57:41
is
57:42
brilliant
57:42
in
57:42
it.
57:43
You
57:44
can
57:44
love
57:44
something
57:45
and
57:45
critique
57:45
it.
57:46
It
57:46
can
57:46
be
57:46
artistically
57:47
brilliant
57:47
and
57:47
problematic.
57:48
The
57:49
two
57:49
aren't
57:49
mutually
57:49
exclusive.
57:51
Hamilton
57:51
the
57:51
show,
57:52
much
57:52
like
57:52
Hamilton
57:53
the
57:53
Man
57:53
was
57:53
a
57:54
product
57:54
of
57:54
his
57:54
time
57:55
of
57:55
capitalism,
57:56
of
57:56
racism,
57:57
of
57:57
misogyny.
57:58
Hamilton
57:58
the
57:59
Show
57:59
Much
57:59
like
57:59
Hamilton
58:00
the
58:00
man
58:01
was
58:01
a
58:01
revolution
58:02
and
58:02
a
58:02
revelation.
58:03
There
58:03
are
58:03
shades
58:04
of
58:04
grey
58:04
and
58:05
subtle
58:05
nuances.
58:06
I've
58:07
seen
58:07
many
58:07
a
58:07
discussion
58:08
thread
58:08
that
58:08
suggests
58:08
the
58:09
show
58:09
should
58:09
never
58:09
have
58:10
been
58:10
made,
58:10
as
58:11
well
58:11
as
58:11
seeing
58:11
others
58:12
state
58:12
it's
58:12
the
58:12
greatest
58:13
show
58:13
ever
58:13
produced.
58:14
Both
58:14
opinions
58:15
matter
58:15
when
58:15
we're
58:16
talking
58:16
about
58:16
a
58:16
man
58:17
who
58:17
did
58:17
much
58:17
to
58:18
create
58:18
the
58:18
USA
58:19
of
58:19
today,
58:19
as
58:20
well
58:20
as
58:20
being
58:20
a
58:20
man
58:21
who
58:21
was
58:21
problematic
58:22
and
58:22
lived
58:23
during
58:23
problematic
58:23
times.
58:25
And
58:25
so,
58:26
in
58:26
a
58:26
podcast
58:26
episode
58:27
of
58:27
all
58:27
about
58:27
the
58:28
history
58:28
and
58:28
Legacy
58:28
of
58:29
Hamilton,
58:29
it's
58:30
not
58:30
just
58:30
the
58:30
legacy
58:31
of
58:31
the
58:31
2020
58:32
movie
58:33
or
58:33
the
58:33
2016
58:34
Broadway
58:34
spectacle,
58:35
but
58:35
the
58:35
legacy
58:36
of
58:36
Hamilton
58:36
the
58:37
Man
58:37
and
58:37
the
58:37
legacy
58:38
of
58:38
the
58:38
United
58:39
States
58:39
of
58:39
America.
58:40
The
58:41
country
58:41
is
58:41
at
58:41
a
58:42
particular
58:42
political
58:42
point
58:43
of
58:43
no
58:43
return
58:43
in
58:44
many
58:44
ways.
58:44
With
58:45
the
58:45
midterm
58:45
elections
58:46
looming
58:46
and
58:47
250
58:47
years
58:48
of
58:48
a
58:48
country
58:48
that
58:49
at
58:49
one
58:49
point
58:50
literally
58:51
was
58:51
the
58:51
dream
58:52
of
58:52
many
58:52
immigrants,
58:53
it's
58:54
slowly
58:54
but
58:54
surely
58:54
becoming
58:55
a
58:55
nightmare
58:56
if
58:56
you're
58:56
black
58:57
or
58:57
brown,
58:57
if
58:58
you're
58:58
lgbtq,
58:59
if
58:59
you're
59:00
a
59:00
woman
59:00
who
59:00
wants
59:00
autonomy
59:01
over
59:01
her
59:01
body.
59:02
Against
59:03
Today's
59:03
backdrop,
59:04
the
59:04
250th
59:05
celebrations
59:06
come
59:06
with
59:06
the
59:07
normalising
59:07
of
59:07
white
59:08
supremacist
59:08
rhetoric,
59:09
the
59:09
gutting
59:10
of
59:10
the
59:10
Voting
59:10
Rights
59:11
act,
59:11
and
59:11
the
59:11
threat
59:12
of
59:12
removing
59:13
birthright
59:13
citizenship.
59:15
So
59:15
to
59:16
America,
59:17
if
59:17
history
59:17
is
59:17
written
59:18
by
59:18
the
59:18
Victoria
59:19
250
59:20
years
59:20
after
59:20
the
59:20
Declaration
59:21
of
59:21
Independence,
59:22
who
59:23
lives,
59:23
who
59:24
dies?
59:24
Who
59:25
tells
59:25
your
59:25
story?
59:27
Thank
59:28
you
59:28
for
59:28
listening.
59:28
As
59:28
always,
59:29
I
59:29
would
59:29
love
59:29
to
59:29
hear
59:29
your
59:29
thoughts
59:30
on
59:30
Hamilton
59:31
and
59:31
thank
59:31
you
59:31
for
59:32
your
59:32
continued
59:32
support
59:33
of
59:33
this
59:33
podcast.
59:35
Next
59:35
episode
59:36
from
59:36
the
59:36
250th
59:37
anniversary
59:38
of
59:38
independence
59:38
in
59:39
the
59:39
US
59:39
to
59:40
the
59:40
350th
59:41
episode
59:41
of
59:41
this
59:42
podcast.
59:43
Damn,
59:43
that
59:43
went
59:44
quickly.
59:45
Help
59:45
me
59:45
listeners.
59:46
You're
59:46
my
59:46
only
59:46
hope
59:47
in
59:48
a
59:48
couple
59:48
of
59:48
weeks.
59:49
Thank
59:50
you
59:50
for
59:50
listening
59:50
to
59:50
Verbal
59:51
Diorama,
59:51
a
59:52
totally
59:52
free
59:52
and
59:53
independent
59:53
podcast
59:54
that
59:54
relies
59:55
on
59:55
listener
59:55
support.
59:56
If
59:57
you
59:57
want
59:57
to
59:57
show
59:57
your
59:57
support
59:58
in
59:58
multiple
59:58
different
59:59
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59:59
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1:00:00
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1:00:40
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And
1:01:44
finally,
1:01:45
happy
1:01:45
250th
1:01:46
year
1:01:46
of
1:01:47
independence,
1:01:48
United
1:01:48
States
1:01:49
of
1:01:49
America
1:01:50
from
1:01:50
me
1:01:51
and
1:01:51
from
1:01:51
my
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cats,
1:01:52
Evie.
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Bye.
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Movie
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Movie
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