Leslie Odom Jr, Lin Manuel Miranda, and the original cast of the multi Tony award winning musical 'Hamilton' on Broadway performing Room Where it Happens live. Watch Hamilton today on Disney+ DisneyPlus.com
I just saw a RU-vid clip of Lin-Manuel on Stephen Colbert's show 6 years ago, and they talk about how this piece depicts the Compromise of 1790: Hamilton got the national banking system he wanted, and Jefferson/Madison got the US Capital located in the south (Washington DC). What sounds like a dry history lesson, Miranda made so engaging in this song!
@@sueprice3315not only did he make a boring piece of history a masterpiece of a song. He also used it to highlight burr’s objectives and goals and his internal struggles so it’s not just a good ass song it’s also story telling GENIUS!!!
I love 3:58 because they are literally screaming at him "WHAT DO YOU WANT???!!!" because the whole time, he never actually admits what he wants or his true motivation.
I love it too. It really is the whole point. Burr is mad that he doesn't get to be in the room where it happened, but he didn't DESERVE to be. They were there to hammer out a deal. There was no place in that room for someone who was not going to state what he wants and where he stands.
I always think this is the song where Burr really becomes the "villain" of the musical, and you really feel it. Easily one of the best songs in the entire soundtrack, if not The best.
Might be dumb, but I actually never even realized Burr was meant to be a villain (or ig antagonist is the better term) in this song. Especially since it’s an “I want” song, I always thought this song set up that, to Burr, Hamilton is the villain. With the ominous way he speaks throughout and the way he uses Burr’s advice to attain what he wants.
@@gooeybowser9332 Same! I was kinda confused with people referring to Burr becoming a villain before the part he challenges Hamilton to a duel. There's not really anything that sets him up as one prior imo and more than anything it's Hamilton that seems more set up to be the 'villainous' one, at least from Burr's perspective.
@@gooeybowser9332 I agree. I did not read Ron Chernow's biography that inspired Lin-Manuel Miranda, but he said in an interview that Burr comes off worse, as more the villain, in the book. Chernow told Miranda that he (Miranda) was more charitable to Burr. In the musical, Burr is more a counterpoint to Hamilton (wait and don't show what you think vs put it all out there and go for it) than a villain. Even the duel is written to make Burr a tragic figure rather than a villain -- he did not kill Hamilton out of evil, but out of fear of leaving his daughter an orphan. He shot first rather than get shot. Ironically, the one time he did not wait. If he had, he would have seen Hamilton raise his pistol to the sky, and the tragedy could have been averted.
Having both read the book and knowing the show, I don't think either is a villain or a hero. Isn't that the point of studying history? Looking back enables us to see how people are just that: people. A thorough understanding of the past helps us put our present - and, ideally, our future - into context. Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr were both intelligent, driven men during a significant time period, yes, but they were neither evil nor particularly virtuous. They were just men, with all of the foibles implied therein. The same as others portrayed in the show, like Jefferson and Washington. Washington is remembered as being almost the closest thing to a saint as we have in America, but he was a slave owner who passed the buck on doing anything to address what he knew to be an untenable situation because he didn't want to deal with the difficulties it would have required. Jefferson is recalled as being an intellectual giant, yes, but his sins are quite widely known at this point, what with the extremely questionable power dynamics involved. As far as Miranda being kinder to Burr than Chernow, he's also kinder to Hamilton, not so much glossing over as outright misrepresenting Hamilton as a staunch abolitionist when he was, in fact, a slave trader who continued buying and selling people well after the Revolutionary War for both his own family and for and his father-in-law. There are no * *better* * people here: just people. However, hard agree that this is the best song in the show, even if I adore Wait for It just a smidge more for entirely sentimental reasons.
@@sueprice3315it intrigues me a little that Hamilton always said "I'm not going to throw away my shot" and in the end he ended up throwing away his shot, and that Burr always said "Wait for it" and finished killing Hamilton for not having waited for him to raise the gun and not shoot him
"The art of the compromise, hold your nose and close your eyes. We want our leaders to save the day, don't get a say in what they trade away. We dream of a brand new start, but we dream in the dark for the most part." That's my favourite bit. I mean that's poetry. Those words perfectly capture politics and what it means.
You completely missed the point of this whole song this is about a man desperately trying to figure out how the sausage gets made poor man doesn't know how to use a grill truly a tragedy😢
It kinda looks like they were going after one another. Madison T Poses, then Jefferson T Poses after and then after Jefferson, Hamilton T Poses. After the epic T Pose of the Two Virginians and the Immigrant, the both put their arms down and sits
They're actually all supposed to do the T-Pose movement at the same time, but Madison did it too early, so Jefferson saved it by doing it next so that it looks like they did it one after another.
you all seem right. the move in all the time stamps literally looks like the visualization of “click boom”. but the last one actually follows the lyric. there’s only one way to settle this. and that’s searching it up to confirm but that’s boring so FIGHTT
Protagonist is the main character that we follow through the story, wether their intentions are good or bad. Antagonist is the thing stopping the protagonist, and it can be a person, a force of nature, the protagonist’s thoughts…
@@blippity0915 an example of this You, the protagonist, want to sit down and play games and just relax the whole day But the antagonist, your homework+potential bad grades if left undone, stops you from doing so In the case of Aaron Burr, Hamilton is Burr's antagonist While at this part of the story, Hamilton's antagonist is Jefferson
1:59 idk why, but that transition that transition felt so smooth. The lighting and the way Burr says, “But!” just sends chills down my spine when I see/hear it.
I love this recording. It shows so many tiny little differences in just the smallest details of choreography than the Disney one, but that shows the true magic of real theatre, each night is a slightly different experience from the last in its own way.
I've been fortunate enough to see Leslie Odom Jr perform this twice while touring for his music. He does it a lil different, but it's still so good. I'm so glad Leslie got to originate Burr.
Spice girls: so tell me what you want what you really really want! so tell me what you want what you really want! Burr: I wanna be in the room where it happens
Something cool I noticed is that the cover of Hamilton is Hamilton with his arm in the air. At the end of The Room Where It Happens, Aaron Burr puts his arm down(5.20). Not only further showing that Hamiton and Burr are opposites, but also showing their personalities.
@@BreadShowOfficial well, you know some things can represent more than one thing. That's part of enjoying this musical, I think; Learning or seeing how many multiple meanings just one thing can mean.
Fr tho, but i figured about as much from the soundtrack alone, you can hear the playfulness in thier voices. But them acting it out does push it closer to the line between playful and flirty
I came back to watch this after seeing one of MsMojo's videos, (I think the one about 10 things you didn't notice in Hamilton), and throughout the whole show Burr carefully plans his movements and therefore walks in straight lines, while Hamilton is always going in circles. They described this song as Burr's unraveling, and you can see this in his movements- I thought this was really cool and wanted to point it out 😅
If you didn’t know when he does that jump it’s an actual glass table and it somehow got no scratches on it obviously it got marks from his shoes but they can wipe off but it’s surprising how he never managed to scratch it
Yeah the choreographers did an absolutely magical job of using the choreography to show the same scenes happening from different characters perspectives. My favorite is the parallels between Helpless and Satisfied, especially the scene where everything goes in reverse and the choreography is the reverse of the same scene in Helpless. Absolutely unreal what they accomplished.
My daughter introduced me to Hamilton the musical and I have to say that I do not normally like musicals but I absolutely love the whole show. There are so many talented performers and the music, dancing, staging etc is outstanding. Thank you for bringing Hamilton to us.
what a talent!!! WAIT FOR IT, DEAR THEODOSIA, ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS... Lin MANUEL'S EYE FOR SEEING WHO TO SING WHAT IS JUST DIVINE.. EASILY I HAVE 6 BEST SONGS.. I CANT EVEN NUMBER THEM..DANG..LOVE U LESLIE!
Ok confession: I have a crush on Leslie. I saw him live once in 2021 and he was amazing in it. His acting and dancing is beautiful and his charisma is so spot on. His voice is so phenomenal, he could pass for a siren. He’s such a dad too… I love him sm
I feel like these videos really show the talent of the cast, the Disney + movies does too but this is ONE take no cuts: and Leslie, Lin, and everyone else are perfect .
This performance NEVER ceases to give me chills or amaze me! I saw Hamilton on Broadway (after Lin Manuel Miranda and the original cast stopped touring). Was fucking amazing but I was so happy to see their performance on Disney Plus. Even though it wasn't allowed, I am glad this person captured this song - arguably one of my favs from the play!!
It looks so great, it seems surreal, for me, I have known the musical since it came out, so I feel thousands of emotions when I see it from another perspective, I would like to be there and have lived the experience.
