Ladies and gentlemen and sweet wonderful folks of the Twitter, welcome to the multi-part dissertation of what is a long rant about how Hamilton the Broadway Musical absolutely SUCKS (Hamilton Fans: "I OBJECT! You are in denial!"), and the cases for why the fans of Twitter pleaded with me to give it a second chance, and the fact that I may be strongly persuaded to fall in love with Broadway musicals again.
With lots and lots of journalistic research and studies, of course.
Everything in these posts have been researched well with a fine-toothed comb, going back and forth from YouTube, Google searches, Wikipedia, interviews with Twitter users who are fans of the show, interviews with Lin-Manuel Miranda on YouTube, The Ellen Show, CBS This Morning, and The Wall Street Journal.
Copyright 2021 Rachel Beth Ahrens, All Rights Reserved. Plagiarize these words and you cross dis line, you get madly offended (Lily Aldrin voice:) youuuuu sonofa beeeech.
This opinionated dissertation and review of the Hamilton Broadway cast recording soundtrack CD was inspired by the mad affection of my 1,440 followers on Twittervale (affectionately named after my first idea for a children’s fairy tale called “The Vale of the Bunnies”) -thank you, bunny hons.
Also inspired by my love of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first book he ever wrote and published, compiling all of his tweets and putting them on paper, with gorgeous illustrations drawn by Jonny Sun, former writer and animator of Netflix’s Bojack Horseman. That book was G’morning, G’night!, which I didn’t know it existed until I saw a recorded interview he did with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show, and Miranda was asked about a page in the book that contained a tweet he posted on the day he heard of Anthony Bourdain’s suicide: “You are so loved, and we like having you around… Tug if you need anything.” A week later, I bought it at Barnes and Noble in 2019 while my dad had just finished chemotherapy and radiation treatments for colon cancer, I started reading it avidly (and coloring the pages) since I brought it with me to school at Essex Community College and browsed through it before class in the Honors Lounge.
You can find this book at any Barnes and Noble bookstores, used book shops, Amazon.com, your local library, and anywhere books are sold. Audible also has their audiobook version of G’morning, G’night!, which Lin-Manuel Miranda is narrating the book to you with his own voice, which is more personal, very tender, and sometimes tear-jerking. I highly recommend it.
The archives of my entire dissertation behind Hamilton’s review is written in the series of articles below, documented starting in October, 2020 amid Corona Virus:
WARNING: Please be advised, these words are based on opinion and backed by research. These words do not make the opinions of any of the Mirandas, not Broadway of New York City including the current cast of Miranda’s hit musical, political figures, and no opinions of any of the people of WordPress or Twitter. The opinions are my own and protected by the First Amendment Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution.
Note- the scenes from Hamilton videos I originally shared on WordPress have been removed by YouTube moderators because of copyright issues. The only Hamilton videos I've managed to salvage are the ones that were posted of audio only or videos of the original cast in 2020 during town halls and performances for the 2020 Election of President Biden amid Corona Virus, COVID19. All Rights Reserved to them, used with discretion and upmost respect and regard.
Please be advised, there are swear words and strong themes in these articles. Reader discretion is advised. But if you’re 16+ years or older, RAYOR- read at your own risk…
Part 1- Second (or Third) Chance >>> October 14, 2020
Part 2- A Note on W. A. Mozart >>> October 17, 2020
Part 3- Lizzie Meets Eliza >>> October 19, 2020
Part 4- Love Elyxir Epiphany at Bar Louie >>> October 20, 2020
Part 5- Not Again... (an afterthought) >>> October 30, 2020
Part 6- The Case for Waitress >>> November 26, 2020 (Thanksgiving)
Part 7, Visit to ASMR Again, and Goodnight, unabridged: episode 1- >>> December 3, 2020
Episode 2 >>> December 3, 2020
The Playlist- All Things Considered Hamilton >>> live now!
The Aftermath Afterthought, on the basis of my father's passing on December 31, 2020- Raise a Glass to My Dad, and Freedom >>> April 3, 2021
Another Afterthought, Part 9 of the series- He Walked Into Mine >>> May 11, 2021 -now live
Part TEN- Can we get back to Twitter and NaNoWriMo, please??? "I Want to See Broadway, But Too Damn Broke" >>> August 31, 2021
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