Point is, I feel like a lot of Discourse comes purely from folks who are familiar with it as a (roundly mocked) concept bu& maybe have heard the soundtrack but not actually seen it performed, where the air of artifice & anachronism is unavoidable and profound
I think it's worth remembering that there's also Chernow's Hamilton between historical Hamilton and Miranda's Hamilton
Sure but that's not really that abnormal for any historical figure (and in the case of Chernow, something he also did for Grant tbqh)
yeah, just saying that some of the aspects people criticize Miranda for that weren't just a result of transposing the historical figures anachronistically onto PoCs do stem from how Chernow presented the story and which parts he chose to focus on and which to omit
Well also, Hamilton is a historic figure and contrary to the expectations of activists who are looking for a simple narrative one way or the other historiography even of our heroes is almost always complicated & hotly disputed! History is not for simplistic contemporary heroes & villains
My closest connection to Hamilton is that on my mom's side, we're supposedly distantly related to Aaron Burr, the vice president most known for having shot & killed Hamilton in that infamous duel. My mom used to say it was a source of shame to multiple members in her family in that regard.
He had it coming