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The whole second act of the musical puts Hamilton's worse qualities on display: his over-consideration with his legacy, his centralization of banking power to f
by drhayes9 11y ago
The whole second act of the musical puts Hamilton's worse qualities on display: his over-consideration with his legacy, his centralization of banking power to further his own rise to power, his hot temper and fondness for duels. I think there are some necessary summarizations and a lot of it gets condensed, but I also think Miranda went to great pains to ensure he got the spirit of the narrative down right. Ron Chernow, the guy who wrote the biography that inspired the musical in the first place, as an historical advisor to the musical.
Slightly off-topic, but the genius community is really great at annotating and calling out the details here: http://genius.com/albums/Lin-manuel-miranda/Hamilton-original-broadway-cast-recording http://genius.com/albums/Lin-manuel-miranda/Hamilton-origina...
- sixo 11y agoL-M-M himself comments on the lyrics on Genius fairly often, too.