I had no intention of getting yet another streaming service, especially a Disney one, but then Disney offered the filmed Broadway production of Hamilton on Independence Day.
I had concerns. “What if they sing too fast for me to understand the words? What if I’m the only person alive who doesn’t love Hamilton? What if I don’t ‘get’ it? What if I’m the old lady who doesn’t like change?”
(That last concern was because yesterday morning we watched Sweeney Todd. I complained that back in my day musicals had chords that progressed, not this rambling Sondheim nonsense, then Gary asked, “isn’t that just like an opera?” So now I have to accept Stephen Sondheim musicals, and now I was forced to accept yet another musical format in the same day.)
Of course, I loved it, just like everyone else in the world. I understood almost every line, even without the closed captioning I rely on for The Pallisers. King George was my favorite character, Lin Manuel Miranda is a genius, it deserved all the Tonys, I share all the popular opinions.
2 responses to “Review: Hamilton”
Same! We borrowed the account of a friend specifically to watch Hamilton and nothing else. It was worth the danger of arrest and jail. I tend to follow the same pattern with anything super successful: a) hear about it everywhere, b) express total disinterest at becoming a pop culture sheep, c) five years later, “discover” it, fall in love with it, watch a million behind-the-scenes YouTube videos about it, and talk about nothing else on my social media streams.
So it is with Hamilton.
We did watch it with the closed captioning on, though, and I think that was worth it. Now I am kind of bitter that we don’t actually own our own account so I can’t watch it six more times this week, as I would usually do with a new obsession. Sigh.
Lynn – oh, my, you are like Gary. He stubbornly sets himself against anything popular. It took years to get him to watch Breaking Bad. He hasn’t seen Mad Men. I do still have my Disney subscription for the rest of the month, but I haven’t used it. I’ve just watched King George’s songs on repeat on YouTube.