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re: Did I miss something at HAMILTON?

Posted by:	jero 06:46 am EST 11/03/15
In reply to:	re: Did I miss something at HAMILTON? - Michael_Portantiere 11:43 pm EST 11/02/15

there's a link above by kiernan .. here's one quote. "The greatest hip-hop packs in so much information, allowing the listener to dig into layer upon layer of meaning." I went in unaware Manuel Manuel wrote this with a secondary motive in mind, beyond writing a musical he's exalting the spoken word form. It's taken days of discussion, varying opinions and I'm beginning to listen to the recording (which has NO extras like photos from the show-which is what I was hoping for when I bought it before the show) to come to this realization. It makes me think I was right about In The Heights when I thought Manuel and Blankenbuehler were taking musical theater to a new and different place...and this props up my opinion in my mind and I stand by my initial thoughts. Manuel in Hamilton is majorly concerned with us acquiring layered information through listening, not feeling. That's not a bad thing, but it's a different thing and it really is going to lead us into the next phase of musical theater. And don't underestimate Blankebuehler's contribution. This kind of movement has been around for years on the dance competition circuit but it's new for broadway audiences. Now I'm wondering how shows like So You Think You Can Dance and Dance Moms have softened up the public to appreciate this more?? boy that's an early morning thought.

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