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durdencommatyler wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:RMers as Hamilton Characters:

Hamilton: durds
Aaron Burr: LV
Thomas Jefferson: 4/5
La Fayette: Jorge
Hercules Mulligan: human bass
George III: Green Habit
George Washington: McP
Charles Lee: verb
Angelica: Mickey
Eliza: B
Peggy: dime

I think we can do better with Eliza and King George. Otherwise, along with Jorge's Strat casting, this is outstanding.

EDIT: Also, Human Bass is not allowed to participate. Even if he was, there's no goddamn way he's worthy of one of the best parts in the show.

Eliza is a lower-quality repost of Angelica. There, I said it.

durdencommatyler wrote:

B wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Classic B

I see no ongoing conversation about Hamilton. That's unfair!

Your idiotic posts are unfair!

This is why I burned your letters!

Simple Torture wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:RMers as Hamilton Characters:

Hamilton: durds
Aaron Burr: LV
Thomas Jefferson: 4/5
La Fayette: Jorge
Hercules Mulligan: human bass
George III: Green Habit
George Washington: McP
Charles Lee: verb
Angelica: Mickey
Eliza: B
Peggy: dime

I think we can do better with Eliza and King George. Otherwise, along with Jorge's Strat casting, this is outstanding.

EDIT: Also, Human Bass is not allowed to participate. Even if he was, there's no goddamn way he's worthy of one of the best parts in the show.

Eliza is a lower-quality repost of Angelica. There, I said it.

While I support the notion that B is a lower-quality repost, I still feel like, given the other casting decisions, that there's a better Eliza on RM.

B wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

B wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Classic B

I see no ongoing conversation about Hamilton. That's unfair!

Your idiotic posts are unfair!

This is why I burned your letters!

See, and then you have like a super quality post and I have to doubt my own sanity.

I've been trying to keep my quality posting above 1%.

Good work. Probably ought to log off for the day now.

B wrote:I've been trying to keep my quality posting above 1%.

That would be enough

Jorge wrote:

B wrote:I've been trying to keep my quality posting above 1%.

That would be enough

I was so pissed when I saw this thread (and the OP). But y'all have done a wonderful job turning this around. Thank you.

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Welp... it was fun while it lasted...

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Burrgs

B wrote:Burrgs

This thread is my shame.

Maria Reynolds = Nads

also, Lin-Manuel Miranda is not a good singer

Chris_H_2 wrote:also, Lin-Manuel Miranda is not a good singer

He's fine. But he's out of his depth, for sure, in that cast. He's not the best actor on stage either. But his singing/acting ability has so little to do with what makes or breaks Hamilton that it feels silly to dwell on those things.

The genius of the show is still his, the words, the songs, the craft. I don't fault him for wanting to play the titular role. And there are few that could deliver the lines (non-singing) with the same dedication, passion, authenticity, and flow that LMM has. Totally worth the trade off.

durdencommatyler wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:also, Lin-Manuel Miranda is not a good singer

He's fine. But he's out of his depth, for sure, in that cast. He's not the best actor on stage either. But his singing/acting ability has so little to do with what makes or breaks Hamilton that it feels silly to dwell on those things.

The genius of the show is still his, the words, the songs, the craft. I don't fault him for wanting to play the titular role. And there are few that could deliver the lines (non-singing) with the same dedication, passion, authenticity, and flow that LMM has. Totally worth the trade off.

for sure. i've seen the show 4 times now: once live in new york with that cast, once on disney plus (with that cast), and twice in Chicago with a different cast. compared to the guy that played hamilton in chicago, Lin-Manual Miranda sounds like he's singing in a 5th-grade ensemble.

I get in arguments all the time with my Broadway friends about Lin because they don't understand that when I compliment Lin's voice, I'm not talking about his singing. I'm talking about his artistic voice and the literal timbre/tone/delivery of his actual speaking/rapping voice. His actual tone and cadence is so appealing and captivating to me. I'm so glad I got to see him perform the part, even though I believe there are better singers/actors out there who could have crushed it in that sense.

But my professional singer/actor friends just dismiss him (and me) out of hand. I get it. But that's just so not the point as far as I'm concerned. Not with this piece. Obviously, for me, it's all about the genius of the writing.