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i'm right there with you. sorry long

Posted by: jero 12:02 pm EST 11/01/15
In reply to: Did I miss something at HAMILTON? - Kerick 04:24 am EST 11/01/15

my theater going cohort and i had 2 things to say in unison before i told her to get out of my head. the first was "heartless" and the second "fierce" in regards to that blonde dancer. the dance style now seems 'slick' to me :frenetic but pointless and didnt come near to creating a mood or futhering the story like in the heights did for me (thats a generalization bcs i liked some of it-the eye of hurricane comes to mind). Hamilton's choreography felt like a step backwards. speaking of in the heights , fr me the musical similarities became grating and annoying and i missed the soaring voices ITH intertwined. for me act one was interminable but things picked up when jefferson got back from france. i liked the rap throwdowns with mics. i thought angelica was awesome. the 30 yearsvof history felt like a history lesson. so much talking at me. im also wondering how much seeing hamilton back to back with Allegiance colored my perceptions. the heart , the crushing acting in that show and the glorious voices are what i prefer. those elements were present in In The Heights but not as evident here. that said im really glad it will draw flocks of people to the theater. but i wont be seeing it again.


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re: i'm right there with you. sorry long

Posted by: MikeR 01:08 pm EST 11/01/15
In reply to: i'm right there with you. sorry long - jero 12:02 pm EST 11/01/15

You are, of course, allowed your opinion. But I simply cannot understand how anyone could sit through "Burn," "It's Quiet Uptown," "The World Was Wide Enough," and "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story" and call the show "heartless." That statement literally makes no sense to me.


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re: i'm right there with you. sorry long

Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 02:46 pm EST 11/01/15
In reply to: re: i'm right there with you. sorry long - MikeR 01:08 pm EST 11/01/15

'You are, of course, allowed your opinion. But I simply cannot understand how anyone could sit through "Burn," "It's Quiet Uptown," "The World Was Wide Enough," and "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story" and call the show "heartless." That statement literally makes no sense to me.'

Nor to me. And it's hard to comprehend how anyone could react to the death of Hamilton's son with laughter.


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Posted by: jero 06:09 pm EST 11/01/15
In reply to: re: i'm right there with you. sorry long - Michael_Portantiere 02:46 pm EST 11/01/15

and I'm sorry but the laugh burst out of me. I was that disengaged. I saw allegiance in the afternoon. SPOILERS... the grandfather's death was devastating in its design and the musical scoring it,, you felt his soul join his ancestors.. It was as powerful as WIT. there's another death that was just as shocking.


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re: i'm right there with you. sorry long

Posted by: jero 05:00 pm EST 11/01/15
In reply to: re: i'm right there with you. sorry long - Michael_Portantiere 02:46 pm EST 11/01/15

maybe my seat was too far away so I may have missed the finer points of the actors.(orchestra row w) .... I went in cold, not knowing songs and while I enjoyed many songs they just didn't snag my heart . maybe I missed the stakes.


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