I watched "Hamilton" on the recommendation of a friend. The show tells the story of how Alexander Hamilton went from a poor immigrant to one of the founding fathers of the United States, and left an indelible mark in American history. The clue to the plot is Hamilton's life. He came to the United States from the Caribbean at a young age, studied in the North, and made many friends, all of whom played an important role in Hamilton's post-Hamilton life. Later, he joined the army in the Revolutionary War, became Washington's secretary, and eventually led his own troops to fight, and made credit for the victory of the Revolutionary War. Later, he became the Treasury Secretary of the US government, responsible for formulating the constitution of the new country, especially the fiscal policy, which laid the financial foundation of the United States for more than two hundred years. In the end, under the blow of political enemies, such a founding father was shot and killed in a duel, ending his legendary life. As a relatively "modern" musical, this play has many characteristics in terms of performance. The first is the music part. The songs of this musical are expressed in a large number of modern rap styles, and the melody has many repetitions, resulting in an expression similar to the movement of the "Book of Songs", which makes the music more "brainwashed" and more attractive to the audience. This kind of processing can also use the song itself to reflect the plot. For example, the music of King George III of England is consistent every time he appears, or multiple melodies are mixed together to express the confusion of Hamilton's thinking, and so on. The second is the arrangement of the actors. There are as few actors as possible in the play. There is even a situation where one actor is compatible with the two main characters (Lafayette and Jefferson), and the actor also acts as an announcer. These are all part of the play. a unique feature. This play adds a lot of thinking and rhetorical questions to the plot, and tries to make the arguments of both sides in several debates attractive, so that the audience can think more. For example, if Lawrence hadn't died young and succeeded in raising a black army, would the conditions of the southern slaves have changed enough to avoid a civil war? Was Hamilton's "Debt Collection Commonwealth" a violation of the "liberties" claimed in the Declaration of Independence? These all reflect the reflections of screenwriters and others on American history, and similar topics are worth thinking about by each of us.
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