It's 2022 and I've NEVER Watched HAMILTON (Pt 2) 

Hey y’all!! I hope you enjoy part two of Hamilton and the Chipmunks 😅💙 sorry that I have to edit it so heavily for copyright!

The first act is really to make you feel that Hamilton is likeable. The second act is to tell you that he is flawed af

A cool note here, Eliza’s line of “Let future historians wonder how Eliza reacted when you broke her heart” is based on the real life fact that we actually don’t have any information on Eliza’s reaction to her husband’s cheating, since she was a woman and most women’s lives were not recorded. We actually don’t know much about her at all, besides her orphanage work and her children.

Honestly when your said "I don't really like Alexander" I was just like: Same. Your not really supposed to like hi, at that point at least. Hes a very flawed character. Also Eliza is also my favourite character by far. She's just so incredibly and undeniably good and such an amazing person. She really deserves better than Alexander.

There is actually the character called "The Bullet" besides Hamilton's cousin and his mother, she is the first to die in the musical and from then on resembles an omen of death. After the characters interact with her, they in turn, die. She is also the one that carries the bullet going towards Hamilton right before he dies. I think it's amazing how thought through this musical is. No wonder it took 6 years for Lin-Manuel Miranda to write it!!!

"What's she gonna say?" Well, unfortunately the full version of that has been cut. There was a whole song in the musical in which she basically just called him the world's biggest dumbass in increasingly lyrical ways.

Just wanted to clarify something about dueling. Like they said when it was first brought up, even if both parties show up, most of the time no one actually shoots. They typically don't want to kill each other, it's just to get a point across. So shooting at the sky wasn't uncommon if it didn't get resolved beforehand.

Hamilton ended with Alexander throwing away his shot and Burr not waiting for it

two things i wanna add at the end: 1. this musical is called hamilton, not alexander hamilton. it is as much of eliza's story as it is alexander's. 2. eliza's gasp at the end is open for interpretation, with the two main ones being a) eliza passing away and it being her final breath b) eliza breaking the fourth wall and seeing the audience. seeing how her and her husband's story is being told and remembered by so many people. i think this is the one that philippa soo had in mind, as it sounds more like a gasp than a final breath. this is also the interpretation that i prefer. edit: seems like some other people mentioned this, too. i didn't read too far into the comments before commenting haha

The way they portrayed King George III is quite accurate since he did, in fact, go mad due to an illness theoriesed to be porphyria, (where he was forced to fast, was bled and given freezing cold baths as a way to “shock” the illness out of him.) Which is why we know him as the “Mad King”. Horrible Histories is a very good place to learn about him, and loads of other, mostly British, history, while still involving humour.

Daveed played two VASTLY different characters and yet still gave them both such unique charm... I love that man and his ability to turn even a founding father into a lovable energetic dork.

Alexander didn't go after Angelica. They had a flirtatious relationship in real life but there is no proof that it went any further. Most of it in the musical was exaggerated for dramatic purposes. Many people also believe that Maria Reynolds was forced to go after Alexander by her husband so he could be blackmailed. And no matter how many times Lin-Manuel Miranda says it isn't true people keep saying the end has LMM himself showing Eliza the audience. He has said time after time when he was on the stage he is Alexander and not himself. As he points out, if he was himself at the end it wouldn't make any sense when someone else is playing Alexander. Also, during the "One Last Time" song they use some of the actual farewell speech that Washington gave, which Alexander Hamilton actually did help write.

It took 6 YEARS for Lin to write Hamilton! He is a musical & lyrical genius! The double use of words like “union” & “satisfied” as in marriage & country were amazing! The turntable floors were fabulous in getting across the motif of time... passing, pausing, spinning, rewinding, running out.... The thread that gives me chills is that Eliza wrote herself into the narrative when marrying Hamilton, wrote herself out of the narrative after his affair, but in the end she WROTE the narrative of his life! Wow! Fun Fact: Jefferson wouldn’t have been able to make the Louisiana Purchase without the financial system Hamilton set up! Lin has introduced Broadway to a whole new generation (youngers) and rap to a whole new generation (olders)!!!

I think the greatest part of Hamilton is you go into it expecting them to idolize Alexander, but it does the opposite. It shows his humanity; his success, his flaws. It shows at the very end of his life, he understands always chasing his legacy doesn't matter: "what is a legacy? It's planting seeds in a garden you never get to see." Also 21 Chump Street would be a fun reaction seeing as it's about 15 minutes, also was written by Lin.

something i didn't see mentioned or noticed was that during philip's duel ( alexander's son ) the other man had shot on 7 , when you are supposed to shoot on 10. unsure if it was confirmed or a rumor , but it is said that before philip died , he thought he miscounted his steps due to him shooting on 7

8:16 - Don't worry, you're not supposed to like Alexander. He's not really a good person or makes the best decisions (as Burr keeps pointing out to the audience, not that Burr is any better), but that's what makes his character really interesting and human.

Aiming your gun into the air at a duel was a very common practice, and not showing up to the Duel was seen as dishonorable, so that was the next-best thing to do

Leslie Odom Jr is amazing as Burr, he absolutely deserves the Tony he got for best actor for the role (he even beat out LMM as Hamilton in the same category) Also, that orphanage Eliza founded? still there. they performed this show there for the kids.

Fun fact, the woman who was the one who showed the bullets moving across the stage was actually a very important character and signalled omen and misfortune (her official name was The Bullet). Whenever she appeared on stage her choreography always had something to do with forewarning a character death and/or legacy impact. Just for one of the many examples, in the moments before Hamilton died with everyone swirling around Hamilton, the Bullet was always pointed at Hamilton, just being held back by random people/events in the chaos. The Bullet only stopped pointing at hamilton briefly and was actually repulsed during that interlude when Eliza came onto the stage signalling that she had something to do with preserving Hamilton's legacy. Her role is so fascinating and in-depth maybe even more so than most of the other characters on the stage (aside from Eliza perhaps). I would definitely look into it if you were interested in looking into that type of detail. The choreography of this show was so well thought that all the hidden meanings are just not apparent on the first watch through of the show.

Even high pitched I cried at the last song. The emotions in this song are just too much for me.

other people: calling out the 2021 mistake me: just really excited that the second part is finally here

One thing that I noticed when I was obsessed with this musical, was Phillip (Alexander’s son) and the number 7 In the song take a break at the beginning when him and Eliza are counting in French he keeps on messing up at the number 7, then in the duel the other guy shoots him when the count gets to 7, and lastly as Eliza and him are counting as he is dying after the first rotation of counting Eliza starts again and Phillip tries to go again but fades out and dies when Eliza gets to the number 7 Just something interesting the I noticed

so we've reached Mathew's Daveed Diggs stan arc plus being a Philipa Soo stan but that was a given

Don't know if you realised, but the actress that plays Maria Reynolds is the same as Peggy Schuyler, same as Jefferson and Lafayette, and Philip and Laurens.

“Is he still flirting with Angelica? Bro drop it.” Lmaoooo

YES the choreography is SO good! the choreographers name is andy blankenbuehler i HIGHLY recommended looking up interviews of him talking about how he came up with the choreo and staging of the show. he was on a podcast called "hamilcast" and listening to him explaining the reason for different things in the show for like 3 hours is phenomenal. the choreo and staging is SUCH an underrated part of the show

also something interesting: when eliza's singing "burn", she is _completely_ blaming alex for it! she only refers to maria reynolds as "that girl", when she could have called her _much worse_ oh, edit: miranda was... much more kind to burr then he probably deserved alsjfdalskdjf. real life burr did get a drink, but then he went to a brothel to celebrate!

Thanks for not including Eliza's scream when Phillip dies, It makes me cry every single time.

10:30 The "you must be out of your GODDAMN MIND!" with the little jump made me laugh in the original version but the higher pitch makes it that much more hilarious

"What the heck am I watching?" A nine-year-old boy rapping, obviously

"if i can proove that i never touched my balls-" had me rolling on the ground. Im thankful for this peak comedy during the depressing act 2.

“I think she’s my favorite character, maybe?!” Best of wives and best of women. 😊

*!HAMILTON SPOILERS!* Like you said Burr was narrator: because Alexander had no control 'who lived who died who told his story' so...Burr lived. Burr is telling his story.

To see more songs about the affair, I would recommend listening to first burn and congratulations The first one was Eliza's song that was originally part of it, then was scrapped from the final project. The second is Angelica's song to Hamilton that was also scrapped from the final project

You seemed a bit confused at the ending gasp by Eliza!! I just wanted to let you know that (I'm almost certain) that's the fourth wall breaking, and her seeing everyone in the theatre gathered to watch the musical She dedicated the last years of her life chronicling Hamilton's journey so people wouldn't forget him. So to see a theatre full of people, hundreds of years later, learning about him because of the effort she put in during her life, it would understandably be incredibly emotional for anyone.

Some context on Jefferson talking to "Sally" in What'd I Miss-- Sally Hemmings was his mistress AND slave. In the cut third rap battle, they make a hit on Jefferson about it: "all this hemming and hee-hawing while you're hee-hawing with Sally Hemmings".

Kinda late. But fun fact; Daveed Diggs (who played Lafayette and Jefferson) plays Sebastian in the new The Little Mermaid. And Christopher Jackson (who played Washington) voiced Moana’s dad in Moana. Extra fact: Both of those movies have music by Lin-Manuel.

The endless number of motifs both musical and lyrical (talk less, smile more; Just you wait; 10 duel commandments; Aaron Burr, sir; look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now; I am not throwing away my shot; Wait for it; Helpless) that all come back multiple times, it's all really astonishing. Then there's the incredible rhymes (for example he rhymes: hesitant; President; Reticent; there isn’t; jettison; Madison; mad as a; hatter son; medicine; debt is in. And that all in lines that are back to back). This is truly incredible writing, that imo never got surpassed by any other musical

getting chills hearing "Take A Break" even chipmunk-ified (...actually, I'm also... chilly... but the point is you can still tell how damn good it is!) and "One Last Time" and (x10) Angelica in ...is it "The Reynolds Pamphlet"? ... oh, and then of course I'm CRYING at the end even though I'm only seeing snippets and I knew what's coming. Oh man. This show.

Thomas jefferson was my favourite character in the musical, although he was a TERRIBLE person irl so uh, lil awkward, but daveed diggs portrayal of him is just *chefs kiss*

Okay but like fun fact: real life letters between him and laurens show they might have ALSO had an affair- So yeah, Hamilton uhh gets around XD

The pointing the gun in the air thing was how duels were typically ended when it was an 'honourable' duel. If he had shot it wouldn't have done anything except maybe kill both of them. You're not supposed to completely like Hamilton either, as he was a flawed person, like every human ever. It's waiting to see if they learn from their mistakes, repentance and all that.

Fun fact, this orphanage (23:40) is still up to this day :]

Something I find incredibly impressive is that the genres the characters generally sing in clues us in on their personality and their politics. King George's style is very classic musical theatre, to signify he's old-timey and conservative, Jefferson's is jazzy and more modern, but not quite as new and progressive as the Hamilton/revolutionary style.

The King is purposefully portrayed as crazy because he really was going crazy.

I reccommend watching the First Burn animatic. It was the original version of the Burn song and has all the actresses that were considered for the role of Eliza. I prefer it to the actual Burn son, because it has a bit more punch to it.

On pointing in the air, it was standard dueling etiquette at the time when you don't think you're in the wrong, but you don't want to kill anybody, from my understanding.

One of the best things of this musical is that they present all characters with their flaws. Yes, it’s about Alexander and it does say a lot of great things about him, but they don’t pull back in also showing some of his bad things. The same can be said of every character.

Christopher Jackson as George Washington is probably my favorite male performer and if you liked him here, I think you would like him as Benny in ‘In the Heights’.

Alexander Hamilton’s ideologies are interesting. I liked learning about him before I even heard of the musical. One of the big things most history classes teach about him is his duel with Aaron Burr. Alexander didn’t believe duels were a good way to settle conflicts after Laurens died. Which is why he raises his pistol to the sky during his duel with Burr, and probably why Phillip Hamilton raised his gun to the sky during the duel that ended his life. I really like how the musical showed Hamilton telling Phillip to do this before Phillip’s duel. It’s a nice touch.

You need to listen to First Burn. It was a draft of Burn that didn’t make it into the show. They released it being sung by different actresses who played Eliza. Its a really different vibe but, its so good

Lin has said that the gasp at the end is up to the interpretation of each Eliza. Some say it’s Alexander welcoming Eliza into death, while others think it’s actually Lin out of character showing Eliza that they’ve told her story.

When he said “ouhhh I’m so uncomfortable” I was like- yeah, the first time I watched this was with my mom- it was… interesting

Fun fact: ‘Macbeth’ (sung in Take A Break) is not allowed to be said in Broadway because it is seen in the Broadway community as an omen for bad luck Also: the end is taken to interpretation, the most accepted one is that the ending was Lin showing Eliza the people who are watching the play about her husband and that their story has been told

I hope you react to "The Guy who didn't like Musicals" next It's funny and the songs are great Also, it's for free on RU-vid

You definitely need to listen to first burn! I believe it was the first draft of burn before it got changed but Lin still released it but it’s sung by other actresses who played Eliza

Another musical you might want to watch is Tick Tick Boom. The movie was Lin Manual Miranda's directorial debut. It's a great musical and movie, I think you'd like it!

As they said before, a duel usually didn't ever have shots fired but also the guy fired early at Philip so he wouldn't rlly be able to do anything even if he wanted to.

I love the very end when Lin "grabs" Eliza and and brings her to the front of the stage. It was kind of a nod to telling the story Eliza wanted told and it shows kind of how relieved she would be seeing that it was told and would be told for a longer time. It makes me cry every time.

A little bit of explaining about the ending cause it is confusing af: when Hamilton takes Eliza to the front of the stage, it is actually Lin Manuel MIranda breaking the fourth wall and actually bringing Eliza there, she sees that their story is being told, the musical, the audience

You mentioned the dual scarring Burr for life, it’s funny that you mention that: there are apparently several accounts of him bragging and boasting about killing Hamilton in bars and stuff. I guess he really didn’t care.

Who lives: Aaron Who dies: Alexander Who tells the story: Eliza

My favourite thing about Hamilton is how LMM changed the melodies in Helpless/Schuyler Sisters/Take a break just because Angelica (Renee) and Eliza (Philipa) and Peggy (Jasmine) could harmonise better then he thought. He let them have some creative freedom to show off how well they sing together. They really do sound so perfect together, there are some great videos of the three of them singing other songs together on RU-vid!

now how the hell did i manage to cry at philip's death and at who lives who does who tells your story. like. ive lost count of how many times ive seen the scenes and yet.

matthew @ 5:45 - "is he like straight up planning on cheating?" me: *cries in the next number*

Not only was the spot where Hamiltons dual happened near his sons, he also used the same set of pistols.

The thing I love about Hamilton is that instead of the title being called Alexander Hamilton, it's simply Hamilton. Which is a really cool detail, because by the last song, Eliza HAMILTON is thrown into the spotlight and it gives the notion that Hamilton is not only about him, but those who share the family name and through Eliza, her sister, Angelica. Soo cool!

Something interesting about the end: when Eliza gasps at the end its because she sees the crowd. The audience. When Lin led her to the front it wasn't as Alexander, but as himself. She saw their legacy, she saw alexanders story being told

"Who lives, who dies, who tells your story" will always bring me to tears. And idk if people have pointed out where Eliza gasps and cries at the very end is supposed to be eliza realizing that their story was told in such and eye catching magnificant way. But also, this song brings me to tears as someone who feels so small in this world and feels like im not doing enough to be recognized as a person, who feels as tho i'm not doing enough to be noticed as anything but a person living a mundane day to day life. Afraid when I inevitably pass, no one will tell stories about me in good light other then the person who lived in their fathers shadow for most their life, only to be a drop out, workinga fast food job with a hobby in art and obssesses over things like kids cartoons and musicals. As it is i live off of people saying my art inspires them, but I can barely even produce content. And to see a character who is considered so small in this story do something so big and recognizable, it almost feels hard to live up to that

Philip's death drove his sister Angelica mad, and at the burial, Hamilton could barely stand; one friend wrote that he had never seen "a man so completely overwhelmed with grief." He fell into a depression he never truly recovered from. With his duel with Burr being only 3 years later, I cant help but wonder if this was Alexander's form of suicide.

I know it's hard to see when someone watches the musical for the first time and is still shocked by the revelation that Hamilton wasn't perfect, but Eliza definitely did the right thing by forgiving him. They were both shattered by Phillip's death, and it is easier to carry such a burden together, when you have someone to hold you and let you cry your heart out. It helped them both to heal. Also, by that time, Hamilton definitely changed for the better. She finally got what she deserved from the beginning: Hamilton who truly appreciates her and her love.

Even chipmunk Chris Jackson gives me chills. God I love this show

Mathew - "Is he straight up cheating" Me- Just you wait

It's Quiet Uptown and Who Lives Who Dies Who Tells Your Story was pitched up and cut and i still cried lmao

if anyone is wondering, King George (III) is dribbling because Jonathon Groff(the actor) is always really dribbly when singing. its not part of the character but the producers wanted to keep him because he was too perfect

Because of the colourblind casting, I really easily forget about the racism Hamilton must've experienced as an immigrant in america. It'd be interesting to see how many small acts of oppression were missed in the musical

Notice the ending: Hamilton threw away his shot, and Burr didn't wait for it.

I just know im gonna be bawling when this is finished 😀

Fun fact! Lin Manuel Miranda wrote some songs for the Encanto movie including “We dont talk about Bruno”. He wrote all of the songs for the Hamilton musical too. He is simply amazing

There is a theory about Eliza’s gasp and I love it so much. It’s how that’s not actually hamilton and it’s lin taking Eliza somewhere to show her that he told her story.

Would it be too much to recommend animatics of certain hamilton songs? Because there's so many that are So Fucking Amazing and make me tear up each time ...I Have Cried Over People That Died Over 200 Years Ago And I Still Don't Know How I Feel About That

Wait-- did you catch that Jefferson and Madison here in act 2 were Lafayette and Hercules Mulligan from act 1? And the guy playing the son Philip was John Laurens before?

14:40 hands down, best part of the video

It was actually seen as dishonoring and you could be jailed if you still shot at someone when they had there gun in the air (unless it was to late of course which wasn’t the case)

I love how you call them “Characters” when there actually people from history 😂

The women in Hamilton are powerful vocalists. Even Jasmine who plays Peggy/Maria Reynolds is a fantastic performer! The three really steal the show and are on the same level as the men which is really refreshing!

I've seen this in theatre in London and as the film, and although the film gives you a better view of the emotions of individual characters it does so by sacrificing the wider view of the choreography which is a pity because the staging is pretty incredible. Also if you enjoyed this one, may I recommend Come From Away - a musical following events in a small remote part of Canada during 9/11, when something like 38 planes were forced to land there because US airspace was closed, stranding thousands of passengers with no warning, and the local people turned out to take them in and look after them. It's beautifully staged with a very small cast who each have multiple roles and spin between them fluidly, and some great music. You can stream the recording of the Broadway performance on Apple TV

20:13, fun fact, the real Jefferson practically hero worshipped Sir Isaac Newton. That’s why this play has Jefferson quote him.

lmaoo, ever since I had my hamilton phase in 2016, the words "there are ten things you need to know" still makes my stomach drop, hearing that on my musical playlist sucked

14:41 HE KNOWS!!!!!! HE KNOWS OF IT 💀💀

The guy who plays Aaron Burr (Leslie odom Jr.) Actually writes his own music, mostly jazz And it's actually really good

A note on the Reynolds pamphlet - it wasn't just a damage control thing. More specifically the rumours going round were that Hamilton had stolen money from the government and used it to make money for himself (speculation) by using his position as treasury secretary. The more people believed that rumor, the less people would trust the financial system he was trying to set up for the country, and he was very determined that his system should last the test of time, so his personal reputation was a small price to pay to ensure the stability of his "legacy".

Great bid as always and I missed the arch of Hamilton (just as you seemed to or didn’t say) that throughout he was “not gonna throw away my shot” and it ends with him (Ham) because he LITERALLY ‘threw away his shot’ during the dual in the dual with Burr. History said that while vilified for forever as eventually considered an enemy of the very state he freed and they bear around his sympathy for the other side (the Brits/Red Coats). America in its inception (unfortunately it’s going away in front of our faces), King George was a tyrant so the ones who weren’t aristocrats went to America and started to become Aristocratic as they colonized and monetized America and didn’t want to pay the crazy taxes King George’s awesome character and by the way, you picked the right guy to love. He won every acting award. Lin you have to respect even if he wasn’t the best performer but I was upset you didn’t like our protagonist because that’s sort of important in story telling as you know. He never cheated on Eliza with Angelica as I think you thought. They had an emotional affair because famously she was always in love with him and through historical documents there were letters showing this but never any illusion towards a intimate relationship. But back to the end. I was one of those crazy people that saw it non stop in NY (4x, 3 a/ Diggs (Lafayette/Jefferson) and 2 with Lin. The other Lins were technically better but I guess you always remember your first time and the guy that wrote all these wonderful songs and story structure with only some minor political license created a new genre of music and playwriting in one move (not counting In the Heights). This was a once in a generation recording. Sort of like everything the Beatles did but in one play. Speaking of Beatles, the King was supposed to be BRITISH to the point of characature and the songs were supposed to be by color and sound a reminder of British Invasion stuff in the 60s, the colors, the progressions, all of it. That guy (Matt Geoff) is one of the most respected actors on Broadway. He doesn’t do bit rolls but he loved the character and he got his walk from a Beyoncé concert he was at. Anyway, I fu%#cking love your reaction ❤️ and I wanted to see your British (midlands?) reaction to this and I watched it pitched up and all. I’m subbing you and you’re the only “reactor” intake seriously because you’re super smart and get even the hardest source material. It took me 4x or something before I realized I had missed the arc. It was subtle but also in your face. SCREAMING “im not going to throw away my shot” not only stating his goal in a positive way but also ending it in a sad positive one. He’s not throwing away his shot, until he had it: History buffs say he never thought that would shoot each other. He was wrong. Burr still while very likable is a villain in American society. This story might have changed that, for better or worse but everyone is a cumulative complicated amalgamation. Great stuff!

5:45 *He guesses the entire plot line again*

I recommend listening to the cut Addams Administration. Hamilton just destroys Addams Edit: also there's a reprise of Dear Theodosia that's super sad but also good Burr content

Daveed Diggs is just the best

as to the duel with Phillip (the son), he really didn't really have a chance at all because the man he was dueling with shot at 7 instead on 10. I also think it shows an interesting part of Hamilton's character when he decides to raise his pistol to the sky even though that is what he believes killed his son. your comment abt the duel scarring Burr for life was pretty funny since Aaron Burr ends up trying to start his own kingdom/country? thing after his attempts at having power in the US government didnt go according to plan. It is theorized by some ppl that he left partly because Hamilton's death just followed him everywhere

If anyone didn’t know, Eliza cries at the end because she breaks the forth wall and sees all the people, and she is so happy that her story is out to the world and those people are watching it

* Phillip dies* Mat: “HA! KNEW IT!”

Hey I'm new to your channel but if you haven't seen or reacted to Over The Moon I recommend it! The woman who played Eliza is in it and she plays a moon goddess named Chang'e and she sings a couple songs. Beautiful voice and a great movie, it's on Netflix.