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If y'all got time. Peep our hour long break down/review of each and every track from the musical ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Mm4LXuuAhZE.html

“This guy barely moves” King George: My crown weighs 50 pounds how do you expect me to dance?

Hamilton himself wasn't a slaveowner and publicly spoke against it, but at the same time he was kind of hypocritical because he married into one of the biggest slaveowning families in New York.

"Isn't there gay fan fiction about this?" That caught me so off guard haha he's right though

actually i don't believe Disney "owns Hamilton". they simply acquired the exclusive distribution rights to this particular filmed version of the show. they don't own the show itself.

The first musical he saw was CATS. I'm so sorry.

Drugs are cool but have you ever watched rap fans/musical theater virgins watch Hamilton for the first time? Great video! Made me smile!

Oh it's so funny how EVERYONE (myself included) tries to stunt on Hamilton when they first hear about it. The musical theater nerds are like "There's rapping in my showtunes? No thanks." The hip hop heads are like "Why you trying to ruin bars with corny history and shit?" And the history teachers are just happy it exists at all. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO is give it 4 minutes and you're fucking hooked. It's so crazy how we all think we know better before just giving something a chance.

It's so wholesome that you guys are enjoying this with someone who loves and knows about the show

You forgot to tell him about the woman playing, "the bullet"! She's basically a death omen. It's BRILLIANT once you actually see it

To your question about Lin-Manuel making money: Not only it was a hit musical worldwide in Broadway and in many other countries, but Disney payed $75M for the rights to show on its channel. Lin-Manuel wrote the lyrics, the script, the music, and starred in the musical. "Talented" is an understatement...and, by the way, he is boricua!

When you mention the background people being so good, i want to point out its because they all have specific roles. One background dancer is known as The Bullet. She acts as death foreshadowing the whole musical its insane, until you see her carry the final bullet that kills Hamilton. Its so good

When Lin Manuel told president Obama about his idea to the musical, he laughed into he realized that he was serious then he (Obama) said It sounded like a terrible idea, so he should do it

If I remember correctly, the guy playing King George barely moved because the crown was heavy as hell, and it was really hard to keep it from falling off.

"isn't there gay fanfictions about this-" "Yes." You did not even hesitate 😭😂😂

Best comment: "I see why white people love this so much." 2nd Best Comment: "This sounds like Panic at the Disco's second album." 3rd Best Comment: "It's about to get moody. Sound like some Linkin Park's about to bust in."

The guy who plays King George III does have a spitting problem. The fact that the spit/drool happened to go with King George's madness was absolute serendipity.

The Schyler sisters are supposed to remind you of Destiny's child. And Helpless is an homage to Jah Rule and Ashanti-

Hamilton and Laurens both spoke out against slavery, and so did Hamilton's wife (Even if her dad did own slaves).

Fun Fact: Back in 2009 (6 years before Hamilton opened on Broadway), Lin Manuel - at the time 29 yrs old - was all the buzz after having just won Tonys for his musical "In the Heights," so the Obamas invited him to perform at their first White House Poetry Jam. Standing under portraits of George and Martha Washington, Lin informed the crowd (which included an array of guests like Spike Lee, Zach Braff, George Stephanopoulos and James Earl Jones) that, instead of performing something from "In the Heights," he was going to give them a taste of a new project he's been working on: a new musical about "the life of somebody who truly embodies hip-hop: Treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton.” It's a great video - a must-watch. It's fun to see the crowd awkwardly laugh and look at him like he's crazy. Afterwards, Lin claimed that he figured that if it didn't play well with that crowd, full of artists and politicians, he was going to throw out the idea and work on something new. But, of course, it was an instant sensation here in DC. I remember all the buzz the next day; everyone was sharing the video. The Obamas became huge fans, and saw the show on Broadway. (I believe Michelle saw it more than once.) Then they made a special video to introduce the musical for the Tony Awards and invited the cast back to the White House in 2017 for a workshop with High School kids. Hamilton the Musical has so many fun stories surrounding it, but this is one of my favorites.

Lol let's not pretend that there aren't black people that like musical theatre. I am one of them.

I personally love ELIZA! She kills it! Also she has the voice of a disney princess too (which i get since most disney princesses songs were sung by broadway stars) !

“This was filmed pre-corona” “Before the dark times”

When you said "Shout out to these outfits", it made me so happy. My sister pointed out that you can tell the era they're in by the clothes, specifically Eliza's. Fashion history is a real thing, and the costumers/dramaturg worked hard on this.

I avoided the Hamilton hype like the plague when it first came out and given lockdown figured I'd finally watch. My mind was blown the level of talent with this cast and I seriously hope it has helped to show that rap is a legitimate form of music and expression.

It’s not rlly watched by old white ppl that’s the thing Hamilton breached out of stereotypical theatre audiences and transcended into modern people, the fan base includes a lot more young people than older people and the diversity is more than any other musical, The actor who plays Burr said that’s the reason he joined and continued to do Hamilton to inspire more young ppl and becauze it’s the one musical he saw where a men of colour sing about brotherhood (story of tonight), the musical was so big the one night Lin couldn’t perform for example Beyoncé came to the show so it was rlly revolutionary for theatre everyone sees it lol

Y'all talked through Lafayette's Busta Rhymes rap...dissapointing...

I totally forgot that the guy who played Aaron Burr also played Guy, the fake Wiccan crossroads demon, in Supernatural "Season Seven, Time for a Wedding"

"I see why my white friends have saw this 8 times in a row." This black woman paid whatever I needed to get a seat to the live performance. I have both albums and know each song by heart. This beats Fiddler on the Roof for Broadway entertainment for me. Next would be Cats, Rent, Color Purple, Miss Saigon, Jersey Boys, Wicked....shall I continue. Do not use RACE to define what you should enjoy. Doing so causes you to miss out on great music and talent.

Fun fact. There were actually 20 rules in duel etiquette, but Miranda changed it to the 10 Duel commandments so it would hearken back to Biggie. Plus no one wants to sit through 20 commandments lol

Fun fact: Alexander wrote a letter to John that there was a British solider that was handsome, and John got jealous. READ THE LETTERS, ITS jUiCy!

"I love that entire song man" as Satisfied literally begins to play. JUST YOU WAIT!

But Hamilton wouldn’t be gay, he’d be bisexual if there was a relationship with Laurens. #bipridestandup

I COMPLETELY get the surprise over the quality of this musical - everything about it screams a potential disaster and yet it all somehow magically works without ever letting up the pace or getting corny. AND almost every single song is amazing despite it being entirely sung through. Can't wait to see reactions to Act 2!

“I see why white people love this so much.” Well yeah, but when I saw it live (twice!) the audience was delightfully mixed. Made me happy it was embraced by people of different races & cultures. (Although I did joke the non-white people dressed better )

Older white guy here. This show is beyond anything I had ever expected. Simply incredible. And I kind of despise Hamilton the person. But the greatness of this show is the performance and execution by this great cast of very well written material. Diggs, Odom, Jackson, these guys carry the show for me and if these parts had been handled differently I don't think I could have bought in. Jackson as Washington was the final piece of the puzzle for me. He had me on the verge of tears twice in this show. Powerful performance.

Possibly my favorite comment : “I wonder what Hamilton is thinking about this in the after life, just looking down like “well.. I didn’t know they’d do this” 🤣 I’ve thought about that too lmfao

I was waiting for the reaction to Hercules Mulligan in Yorktown and it was skipped. :(

I can’t wait until you guys watch act 2!!!

King George doesn't have lip gloss he just spits a lot.

Fun Facts: One of the biggest irony’s of the musical is that Hercules Mulligan is actually a white twig, but they purposely made him (and his songs) savage The actor for King George actually doesn’t move much because his cape and crown are actually *extremely* heavy, his walk when he’s first going on stage looks funny but he’s actually just trying not to fall down

A lot of these characters were slave owners, and the musical doesn’t address it too much (although they do a BIT more in act 2), but the fact that it is told by modern America and primarily by POC is really interesting. The fact is that we can celebrate the good in these people while acknowledging and disapproving of the bad, because there are parts of these historical figures worth taking pride in and even admiring. They are still problematic though.

13:10 Disney only owns the distribution rights to this movie version of the play... the stage play and all the lyrics and music are still owned by Lin Manuel.

Seeing a lot of comments defending the historical figures in this show on the basis of not owning slaves. I get that y’all wanna look up to these people but glorifying them and erasing the bad is harmful. Yes Alexander Hamilton himself was not a slave owner and yes he called himself an abolitionist but he definitely traded slaves for Eliza’s father. He did a lot of good but we can’t erase the bad. (Also not to mention that Federalists are modern-day libertarians, they were also elitist, promoters of industrial capitalism and also the party of the Alien & Sedition Acts c. Adams Administration.)

I’m black and I love Hamilton! I’ve seen it so many times I can’t count. But I’m a theatre geek at heart. Lol

Disney doesn't "own" Hamilton - they paid him and the cast handsomely to show it on Disney+, but this film is one (technically three) showing of a show - he still has those royalties...that's not how show business works.

Yo Act 2 is even better! I'm glad y'all are enjoying it.

There's gay fanfic about everything.

I can’t over “Lin Manual Miranda”

I am a 35 year old white woman, and I adore Hamilton. i have made it a personal goal to learn (and spit) every lyric before I did haha.

When Lin-Manuel Miranda showed an early version of the intro song at the white house, to a room full of old white people and the Obamas, people were having nervous laughter because they thought it was going to be corny af. Even old white people though that at the start lmao

*try memorising the whole play but not the things you studied for the exams*

I just watched it on Disney+ and I'm literally obsessed now. And the costumes are my favorite part about it

Honestly nothing makes me happier than new people getting proven wrong about Hamilton. It always lives up to the hype!

“this music makes me feel like just throwin a spear, dude.”

“If they made this even a little wrong” *cuts to Lin’s first drafts of the songs*

The King wasn’t wearing lip gloss lol he’s just a spitter when he on stage. He doesn’t try to stop it lol

Them clapping everytime a song ends is a big mood

Fun fact: Lin Manuel Miranda has another underrated musicals called ‘In the Heights’ and ‘21 Chump Streets’ and he also made the music and songs for the movie Moana

whether you like the music or not, the lyricism in Hamilton is genius.

Me, watching other people react to Hamilton, because it doesn't come to Finland until November and i can't watch it myself: *this is fine.*

Interestingly enough Hamilton was against slavery (didn't own slaves) but didn't do anything to stop it other than writing some essays against it (he believed in forming a nation first and ending slavery later), Burr actually fought for abolition of slavery and womens right to vote, George Washing owned slaves but wrote letters to congress that slavery needed to end and that all men are created equal, Laurence was very much an abolitionist though his father owned slaves he never endorsed it, Thomas Jefferson would not give up his slaves but wanted to abolish slavery importation to the United States.

Were they talking about Leslie when she said someone wasn’t the strongest singer? Because if so I disagree

Great reactions. I'm slightly gutted there wasn't one for Hercules during Battle of Yorktown. His entrance in that is straight fire

"I keep going this one is my favourite. No this one is my favourite. No this one." Every person who watches it😂😂😂

My son became a fan of the show and my wife has taken us all over the US on Hamilton historical trips. He loves it and it has been a real bonding work of art for my family. From a middle-aged white person. 😊

Thanks for watching y'all. We gonna do a review of the Hamilton soundtrack. Been listening non stop and a reaction to the mixtape soon

I love how Dani B is tryin SO hard to keep the broadway geekery under control but it's still comin' out. :D That's me if I ever saw this with someone... :D haha

"I see why white people love this so much" I'm dead 😂

WHEN HE SAID “Lin manUel Miranda” I FLIPPING DIED

I love watching skeptics become pleasantly surprised by this show 🥰 my fiancé was the same and now he LOVES Hamilton

Disney does NOT own Hamilton. They only own the DISTRIBUTION of Hamilton.

I think you guys would enjoy watching some lin manuel miranda interviews about hamilton 'cause there are A LOT of references to hiphop artists and others that can blow your mind. And watching him fanboying over other artists while talkin' about the references and stuff is just so wholesome! I suggest, as a starter, the one interview where he talks about the song helpless being an homage to jah rule and ashanti and how they came to the show. Trust me it is good.

I’m so impressed by how many of the rap references you knew off the top of your head!

Immigrants, we get the job done. Hispanic over here.

"Nonstop" is probably my favorite song in my musical. Not the one that hits me the hardest/the one I find most emotional. But it's just so energetic & quick & FUN! I still sometimes just randomly sing it while making my bed or doing the dishes

no teenage girls are obsessing over Lafayette and Jefferson because of daveed

"Wait for it" is an amazing track

I like how the girl pointed out the reference to South Pacific. My personal favourite reference is the one to Pirates of Penzance when Washington talks about being a modern major general.

I feel like before this show was first preformed, everybody thought it would become one of those cheesy songs that teachers would play in the classroom.

I’m learning so many of the modern references in Hamilton that I never caught before

I lol'd when you called out Leslie Odom Jr. for being on Supernatural.

Y'all need to react to Daveed Diggs he was one of the characters in hamilton and he made some tracks absolutely ripping into donald trump

Trust me there are many teenagers and kids who love this... And of different races like me (who is Mexican)

Hamilton did not own slaves, but Eliza Schulyer's family did.

This was the most enjoyable reaction videos to this show I’ve seen

Some of the best YT commentary on the musical.

Act one and act two are both so amazing, but act two does go to another level, can’t wait to see y’all’s reactions.

omg this is by far my favorite reaction I've seen!!! Please post act 2!! I loved seeing you change your mind about it hahaha

“i was expecting school house rock” it’s broadway... 😂😂😂

I went down a rabbit trail of Hamilton Reaction videos yesterday and found your two Hamilton videos today. Our teenage daughter became obsessed with the soundtrack when it first came out (she's almost 20 now), listened to it all the time, and could sing it, even the rap stuff. Then her now 10-yo sister started listening to it, too. I listened to it, kind of, when they were, but didn't really pay attention to it. I'm that 52-yo white woman you're talking about LOL. I'm a music geek, grew up watching musicals with my parents, was a music ed major in college, played in pit orchestras for shows. I was BLOWN AWAY when I finally got to see it, thanks to Disney (friends of ours had a party for the 4th of July and projected it on a giant outdoor screen in their front yard - it was awesome!). I'm not a fan of rap (grew up as mostly a country music fan, but enjoy other things, too), but even I can appreciate and totally admire all the musical ability that went into this show, from the writing to singing/rapping. Simply blown away. While it wasn't 100% historically accurate (he didn't have an emotional affair with the one sister, but he did have an affair with the other woman.... many of the founding fathers were total dogs lol. Politicians haven't changed much :D ) I didn't watch it as a documentary, I enjoyed it for the amazing show that it is.

Wait For It is my favorite song too. This was so entertaining. Loved that you clapped after every song! 😂 I'm glad you guys liked it.

can’t wait for you to see p2! that is just filled with songs that always make me cry

I just replayed that 2 second insert of you watching Cats so many times, I'm crying lmao same here

I'm very happy this was able to be seen by many that can't normally afford a quality theater ticket or able to have the option to travel to see a Broadway show or traveling company production. When this cast was preforming it was very hard to get tickets unless you took the gamble of buying before reviews and soundtrack came out. The last part about having one angle of the full stage would be similar to a theater goer that is able to see the full cast and stage effects. I however get why they shot and edited this as it is. But even if they did only have one camera allowing to see the full cast and stage as it was made for the quality of actually being there can't be matched as cameras shoot flat and reality has more depth, details, audio of a theater and love actors, fun and wonders that can't yet be properly captured on a camera and equipment yet.

When people who've never seen this before start talking about how good the songs are at the beginning, I just sit there waiting for "satisfied"

Ok - so this may be one of my fave full musical highlight reactions simply because at the beginning of Act 1 you were what a good portion of people felt when they heard about Hamilton back in 2015: "WTF are you talking about?!? Founding Father Hip Hop Musical"?!? but in just 3 songs you are converted to a "believer" THANK YOU for sharing your reaction - I've watched your reactions 3x - no joke!!!

I love that the musical references resonate with these dudes so much.

Great reaction! I’m glad you are enjoying it! I watched this with my parents who are in their 60’s and wasn’t sure if they would get it because rap music is definitely beyond them, but they ended up loving it. I think it’s so well done that it just allows everyone to just get enraptured. It also lets Americans in particular to feel a bit of ownership for our collective history regardless of background because the American Revolution belongs to all of us. On a side note, if you like that song by Leslie Odom Jr. who plays Aaron Burr, you should check out some of his recorded music - he has sort of a smooth, jazzy style and absolutely one of the most beautiful voices.

This is one of my favorite reactions to anything of all time. Thank you for breathing life and joy into a dismal week.