EPISODE · Aug 17, 2020 · 42 MIN
S3 E4: Hamilton (dir. Kail, 2020 )
from Crow Talk: Film Squawk · host Cassidy Brooks
In a live capture adaptation, this Broadway phenomenon reenvisions the epoch of America’s Founding Fathers with hip-hop, diversity, and optimism. Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and directed by Thomas Kail Talent: Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton Leslie Odom, Jr. as Aaron Burr Renee Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schulyer Phillipa Soo as Eliza Hamilton Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson Christopher Jackson as George Washington Jasmine Cephas Jones as Peggy Schulyer/Maria Reynolds Okieriete Onaodowan as Hercules Mulligan/James Madison Anthony Ramos as John Laurens/Philip Hamilton Jonathan Groff as King George III Articles/References: Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow Hamilton Soundtrack Cinderella (1997) Blindspotting (2018) Waves (2019) In the Heights (2021) “Love doesn’t discriminate between the sinners and the saints, it takes and it takes and it takes and we keep loving anyway.”
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Check out this SPOILER FILLED review of Hamilton wherein we reflect on the Lin-Manuel Miranda (a.k.a. the music man), the privilege of the theater,the stage onscreen, Founding Mothers , and the protest that is revisionist, historical telling. We didn't waste our shot in this spoiler-FULL review! To avoid actual film spoilers check out the first four minutes: 3 Reasons to See and 3 Reasons NOT to See. Follow the Crows!
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S3 E4: Hamilton (dir. Kail, 2020 )
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