The pursuit of value across borders

Dallin 2022-12-31 23:50:24

I thought it was just a political show, but the results far exceeded expectations. Facing the actors' different skin tones and a lot of rap, Ben had a kind of unprepared disgust. It wasn't until women's rights were mentioned incidentally in the lyrics that I realized that everything was in our interests. When people of different skin colors finally appear on the Broadway and Hollywood stages, and receive praise from the audience for their abilities and beauty under the lights, maybe we can truly be relieved of our skin color, instead of shouting diversity, turning around and then saying "Remarkable" When people accept actors with different face shapes, heights, and widths as protagonists, and girls with "big faces" can shine with confidence, will we also let go of the Internet? The pursuit of a red face, no longer emphasizing "modifying the face with hairstyle"? It not only spreads multiple aesthetic concepts, but also narrates life quite comprehensively: sometimes struggle, sometimes frustration; sometimes glory, sometimes pain; sometimes betrayal, sometimes looking back... As a musical, while commemorating the founding fathers, it shows respect for the value and beauty of individual life by way of example rather than words. Perhaps it is the charm of its ability to move audiences across national borders. [PS: The application of rap in it is perfect, expanding the content to three times, which is used to express the strong sense of position conflict, and it is intertwined with other gentle lyrical melodies. PPS: As the only harlequin in the show, Joe, who plays King George, is so cute :-D

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Hamilton quotes

  • Aaron Burr: How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman/Dropped in the middle/Of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean/By providence, impoverished, in squalor/Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?

    John Laurens: The ten-dollar Founding Father/Without a father/Got a lot farther/By working a lot harder/By being a lot smarter/By being a self-starter/By 14, they placed him in charge of a trading charter.

    Marquis de Lafayette: And every day, while slaves were being slaughtered/And carted away across the waves/He struggled and kept his guard up/Inside, he was longing for something to be a part of/The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or barter.

    Hercules Mulligan: Then a hurricane came/And devastation reigned/Our man saw his future/Drip-dripping down the drain/Put a pencil to his temple/Connected it to his brain/And he wrote his first refrain/A testament to his pain.

    Aaron Burr: Well, the word got around/They said, "This kid is insane, man"/Took up a collection/Just to send him to the mainland/Get your education/Don't forget from whence you came/And the world's gonna know your name/What's your name, man?

    Alexander Hamilton: Alexander Hamilton/My name is Alexander Hamilton/And there's a million things I haven't done/But just you wait/Just you wait.

  • Aaron Burr: The ship is in the harbor now/See if you can spot him/Another immigrant coming up from the bottom/His enemies destroyed his rep/America forgot him.

    Marquis de LafayetteHercules Mulligan: We fought with him.

    John Laurens: Me, I died for him.

    George Washington: Me, I trusted him.

    Peggy SchuylerAngelica SchuylerEliza Hamilton: Me, I loved him.

    Aaron Burr: And me/I'm the damn fool that shot him.