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| Posted by: | kieran 11:34 pm EST 11/02/15 |
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| Link | Lin-Manuel Miranda |
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| Posted by: | jero 06:28 am EST 11/03/15 |
| In reply to: | The annotated "Hamilton" - kieran 11:34 pm EST 11/02/15 |
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| well that helps put things in perspective a bit for me. thank you. I wasn't aware of an ulterior motive when I was watching this. it's getting clearer | |
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| Posted by: | SuzanneR 05:32 pm EST 11/03/15 |
| In reply to: | re: The annotated "Hamilton" - jero 06:28 am EST 11/03/15 |
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| What do you mean by an ulterior motive? | |
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| Posted by: | jero 06:15 pm EST 11/03/15 |
| In reply to: | re: The annotated "Hamilton" - SuzanneR 05:32 pm EST 11/03/15 |
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| part of his goal was to celebrate, promote and honor the rap/spoken word form... not just create a broadway musical as I'd assumed | |
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| Posted by: | SuzanneR 07:42 pm EST 11/03/15 |
| In reply to: | re: The annotated "Hamilton" - jero 06:15 pm EST 11/03/15 |
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| I don't see that as an ulterior motive. I think most composers want to celebrate/promote/honor their musical style.... | |
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| Posted by: | MikeR 06:46 pm EST 11/03/15 |
| In reply to: | re: The annotated "Hamilton" - jero 06:15 pm EST 11/03/15 |
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| Is there a composer who has written a musical whose goals don't include celebrating, promoting, and honoring the form in which he/she chooses to write? | |
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| Posted by: | jero (jrossmrv@comcast.net) 08:09 pm EST 11/03/15 |
| In reply to: | re: The annotated "Hamilton" - MikeR 06:46 pm EST 11/03/15 |
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| this is getting tedious. if anyone would like to go more in depth my email is below. my name is jerry | |
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| Posted by: | 2hrsOfJustPow 01:15 am EST 11/03/15 |
| In reply to: | The annotated "Hamilton" - kieran 11:34 pm EST 11/02/15 |
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| Why not just engrave every word he writes on Stone Tablets? :) | |
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| "Why not just engrave every word he writes on Stone Tablets?" | |
| Posted by: | NeoAdamite 10:18 am EST 11/03/15 |
| In reply to: | re: The annotated "Hamilton" - 2hrsOfJustPow 01:15 am EST 11/03/15 |
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| Be careful what you wish for. | |
| Link | Why not just engrave every word he writes on Stone Tablets? :) |
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| Posted by: | simbo 05:27 am EST 11/03/15 |
| In reply to: | re: The annotated "Hamilton" - 2hrsOfJustPow 01:15 am EST 11/03/15 |
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| Why not just enjoy that a musical theatre person is having mainstream success for the first time in ages? Incidentally, have a look at the other annotations. It's a fairly wide-ranging bunch of modern performers who get them, it's not a uniquely Miranda phenomenon. Or alternatively, you can much on the sour grapes a bit more. | |
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| Posted by: | EveryLittleChore 01:23 pm EST 11/03/15 |
| In reply to: | re: The annotated "Hamilton" - simbo 05:27 am EST 11/03/15 |
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| Thank you, simbo. I cannot fathom what is feeding this Hamilton and Miranda bashing, but it speaks so poorly of the bashers. Perhaps they need a 12-step group to help rid them of their gushing resentment. Celebrate someone's success, for Pete's sake, and then go make your own so we can celebrate you. | |
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| The backlash was inevitable, perhaps, but still... | |
| Posted by: | Delvino 05:25 pm EST 11/03/15 |
| In reply to: | re: The annotated "Hamilton" - EveryLittleChore 01:23 pm EST 11/03/15 |
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| ..sometimes oddly sour. Baffling. I certainly remember similar responses to other works, in particular (I'm picking but examples) RENT, SPRING AWAKENING, and to a certain extent FUN HOME this past summer. All employ contemporary musical lexicon/idiom; yet all are solid theater pieces, conceived for the stage from the ground up. To members of the naysaying theatrical chatterati, vocally weary of the recycled and re-tooled: all four shows took compelling source material and radically transformed it. After all the kvetching about the juke-boxing of B'way, the need for old school musical theater values, I would hope that HAMILTON would be embraced for being in a grand tradition, even among those less passionate about its brilliant nooks and crannies. If Leonard Bernstein were alive, I will go out on limb and say he might be the first in line to cheer Miranda's masterwork. Certainly it's a worthy descendant of WEST SIDE STORY, to name but one distinctly American piece of musical storytelling among its influences. Of course, I believe a percentage of people buying tickets are racing to get the next big thing, not necessarily invested in the the subject, the musical style, or the advancement of the art form; it doesn't matter, most of them are thrilled and moved. I saw an elderly couple wiping tears after "It's Quiet Uptown." Somebody will always experience any entertainment phenom du jour -- particularly at $600 a pop purchased months in advance -- as overrated. | |
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| re: The backlash was inevitable, perhaps, but still... | |
| Posted by: | Ann 05:34 pm EST 11/03/15 |
| In reply to: | The backlash was inevitable, perhaps, but still... - Delvino 05:25 pm EST 11/03/15 |
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| What difference does it make? Nothing and no one gets universal praise. Even Angela Lansbury has her "naysayers." Enjoy what you enjoy. | |
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