It was originally a five-star good show

Jorge 2022-10-05 08:54:23

It is indeed a wonderful drama. From all angles ( too many advantages, not one by one ), including the professionalism of each performer of different skin color, they deserve a lot of applause.

Mixed with political correctness , this is my personal reason for deducting two stars. I personally think that historical dramas are historical dramas. It is not necessary to add minorities to the stories performed by pure white people (for example, three sisters in a white family should also be composed of three actors with different skin colors). Common sense concepts will be more or less easily denied People play. From this drama, plus the political correctness in the recent blm movement (for example, the black list, the black list, the white list, and the white list have to be replaced by a company)... it can be seen that American society is actively providing support to minorities (especially blacks). ) Looking for some psychological comfort , but putting a fig leaf on social system problems (ignoring problems and transferring contradictions) can really solve the problems of unfairness and racial discrimination itself?

Speaking of the drama itself, the presence of minorities and even starring in historical stories of white people, does it mean that minorities have truly participated in the "great" history that dominates the United States? How many opportunities do they have to participate in the future? Politically correct description may be just a kind of self-hypnosis.

By the way, Hamilton described the French Revolution: "It was just a people's riot." The American double standard is indeed a fine tradition in history.

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Hamilton quotes

  • Marquis de Lafayette: I dream of France without a monarchy/The unrest in France will lead to "onarchy"/Onarchy? How you say? How you... oh, anarchy!

  • Hercules Mulligan: Yo, I'm a tailor's apprentice/And I got y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis/I'm joining the rebellion 'cause I know it's my chance to socially advance/Instead of sewing some pants. I'm gonna take a...

    John LaurensAlexander HamiltonHercules Mulligan: Shot!

    John Laurens: But we'll never be truly free/Until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me/You and I, do or die/Wait 'til I sally in on a stallion/With the first black battalion. Have another...

    John LaurensAlexander HamiltonHercules Mulligan: Shot!

    Aaron Burr: Geniuses, lower your voices/You keep out of trouble and you double your choices/I'm with you, but the situation is fraught/You've got to be carefully taught/If you talk, you're gonna get shot.

    Alexander Hamilton: Burr, check what we got/Mr. Lafayette, hard rock like Lancelot/I think your pants look hot/Laurens, I like you a lot/Let's hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin' the pot/What are the odds the gods would put us all in one spot/Poppin' a squat on conventional wisdom, like it or not/A bunch of revolutionary Manumission abolitionists/Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is/Oh, am I talking too loud? Sometimes I get overexcited, shoot off at the mouth/I never had a group of friends before/I promise that I'll make y'all proud.

    John Laurens: Let's get this guy in front of a crowd.