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Have you seen Hamilton?
by unknownkadath 8y ago
Have you seen Hamilton?
- emmelaich 8y agoHe died some time ago. Oh, you mean the play? Could you expand on your response and show how the play is accurate and inaccurate?
- MrEldritch 8y agoI think he was referring more to the idea {in the grandparent comment) that Hamilton presented the founding fathers as "whitewashed heroes", not it's historical accuracy. One could say many things about Hamilton's characters. "Whitewashed heroes" is not one of them.
- wl 8y agoHamilton the person was a deeply elitist, anti-immigration slave owner who was incredibly suspicious of democracy. Hamilton the musical is misleading, portraying a hero in the mold of modern sensibilities. And that's not even getting to the other characters. It's historical fan fiction.
- moosamus 8y agoI don’t think you have this right. Even if the purity of his motives could be the subject of discussion, Hamilton was one of comparstively few active abolitionists and a member of the Manumission Society. I also believe you are strongly misrepresenting his stance on democracy as generalized, as opposed to direct democracy.
- matt4077 8y agoNext you’ll be saying they didn’t even speakesth in rhyme!
- WalterBright 8y agohttps://fox28spokane.com/historians-irked-by-musical-hamilton-escalate-their-duel/ https://fox28spokane.com/historians-irked-by-musical-hamilto... https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/issue-table-hamilton-good-history-180969192/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/issue-table-hamilton-...
- unknownkadath 8y agoSorry that I haven't had a chance to get back for a while. I pretty much agree with MrEldrich and moosamus and feel that they have stated the point adequately.