You want to get ahead? Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead Aaron Burr, Sir lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda Years ago someone (and I wish I could remember who) said America is the kind of place where people cheer you as you enter the triumphant gates, and then throw rocks at you when […]
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In New York you can be a new man (just you wait) In New York you can be a new man (just you wait) The song Alexander Hamilton written by LIn-Manuel Miranda Before I get into the first song of Hamilton, I wanted to sneak in a post about the show’s creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda, going […]
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Lin-Manuel Miranda wastes no time hooking the audience in his musical Hamilton. Not only do the first first beats of the opening song “Alexander Hamilton” grab your attention, but there is no wasting time jumping into the story: How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore And a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of […]
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Before Hamilton my knowledge of Alexander Hamilton was as thin as a $10 bill. Where was Lin-Manuel Miranda when I was struggling through American History my junior year of high school? Oh, that’s right, he wasn’t born yet. Back in 1979 I was much more interested in movies, music, playing football and baseball, and girls […]
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I am not throwin’ away my shot! I am not throwin’ away my shot! Hey yo, I’m just like my country I’m young scrappy and hungry Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) Singer/songwriter Paul Simon preceded Hamilton—the play, not the person. And I sure hope he knows it. I just learned over the weekend how […]
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There are moments that the words don’t reach There is suffering too terrible to name “It’s Quiet Uptown” from Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda Today I’ll start a run of posts on Hamilton that began running on Disney+ last month. I was not fortunate enough to see the Broadway or touring versions of the musical, so […]
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