Politics RUMOR: Lin Manuel Miranda and Weird Al to Redo Hall of Presidents

[MisterPenguin]

So that's when you get breakdancing Lincoln and Rapping Roosevelt.

When a president is addressing the audience, the other presidents in the background should be hitting a beach ball around.

 

[_caleb]

Uh, what? I assume you have never seen the show. They are out of time - both commenting about each other's eras and acknowledging they are currently in the 20th Century.


Ben Franklin:
Perhaps you recognize those inspiring words from one of America's great writers.

Mark Twain:
No, Dr. Franklin, I don't recall writing anything like that.

Ben Franklin:
Oh my, of course not.
They're from the pen of John Steinbeck here in the 20th century.
Why it seems he has nearly the same spirit as the founding fathers themselves.

Mark Twain:
Well, listen to the proud elder statesman.

Ben Franklin:
Mr. Twain, pride is one of our national passions.
Even those who overcome it, are proud of their humility.

Mark Twain:
Easy now, I was born modest.
Fortunately, it wore off.

Ben Franklin:
Hoho.

Mark Twain:
Dr. Franklin, as our genuine American antique, I suppose our story begins with you.

Of course I’ve seen the show! I really like it!

Having Franklin and Twain on stage together is a cool way to begin the story in an interesting—if less than historically accurate—way. My point was that these things do not make an historical drama “revisionist.” If the American Adventure isn’t (and I think most here would agree that it’s not), than neither is Hamilton for its dramatic license.

 

[_caleb]

When a president is addressing the audience, the other presidents in the background should be hitting a beach ball around.

Disney does have a history of using beach balls to liven up boring attractions!

 

[SoFloMagic]

If you think the average person walks out of that show thinking he was a white British citizen who legally moved from one British colony to another British colony, I have some mid-orchestra seats for tomorrow night's show to sell ya. And again, this is from someone who loves the show and has seen it multiple times. But that line is straight up pandering for the reaction.

Do you think people know that the cats in cats aren't cats? Straight up pandering to cat lovers.

 

[BromBones]

The current version, which has the sitting president reading a script prepared by Disney, hardly constitutes a straight-up history lesson.

It doesn't? Apparently you haven't watched the show because you wouldn't have made that comment if you did.

 

[BromBones]

Which part of Hamilton do you have a problem with?

The musical is rife with historical inaccuracies. Do you want a list?

 

[BromBones]

I haven’t seen it but I‘m now inclined to believe Hamilton is the most historically accurate work ever produced.

What about "the source" sporto?

You have something to say and you want to personally attack me....have the guts to do it direct to me.

 

[thomas998]

I dunno. Is it really different from someone coming from Puerto Rico to one of the 50 states today for job opportunities? Yes, not a true "immigrant" but certainly involving some of the same challenges.

What challenges are the same? If you are from Puerto Rico you have full access to enter and live in the US, no Visa or anything else required, so what is similar to other actual immigrants?

 

[lazyboy97o]

What about "the source" sporto?

You have something to say and you want to personally attack me....have the guts to do it direct to me.

Most of your comments seem to be misinformed which makes me believe that Hamilton is not inaccurate in the ways you believe.

 

[SoFloMagic]

The musical is rife with historical inaccuracies. Do you want a list?

I don't know what you want from a drama. It's a piece of art that speaks broadly to hard work, patriotism (true patriotism, not flag-waving) , and love and loss while telling a story based on an imperfect man and the founding of our country. Its a story about a time of intense racism and slavery told by a diverse cast, which is pretty powerful.

Everyone gets to have their own opinion, and you're allowed to not like it, but I hope you watch it again with an open mind and give it a fair chance.

 

[LittleBuford]

It doesn't? Apparently you haven't watched the show because you wouldn't have made that comment if you did.

Here’s a conundrum for you: I have indeed watched the show, yet I still made that comment.

You may have already said, but have you actually seen Hamilton?

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

The musical is rife with historical inaccuracies. Do you want a list?

I don’t want you to copy and paste a list you found on a website. I asked you what parts of the musical you have a problem with.

 

[MickeyLuv'r]

Yes Hamilton and the Mirandas moved intra-nationally but is that really that different from immigration?

YES!
VERY DIFFERENT! Most people from PR find it VERY offensive to be called an immigrant.

 

[owlsandcoffee]

YES!
VERY DIFFERENT! Most people from PR find it VERY offensive to be called an immigrant.

I apologize for implying that. Puerto Ricans are Americans. That's why I'm saying it's the same as Hamilton's history.

But yes you're right.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Now I definitely want Lin Manuel Miranda to write the next iteration of The Hall of Presidents. Hamilton is also clearly the greatest work of musical theater to have ever graced the stage.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Hall of Presidents isn't supposed to be a Broadway show. It's supposed to be an historical lesson.
We don't need more revisionist history from a person with a clear political bias and proclivity.

In the words of Charles Emerson Winchester, "sir, I am so conservative that I make you look like a New Dealer," yet I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about when you claim that there's political bias in Hamilton. No, it's not historically precise, but the inaccuracies are for dramatic purposes, not political ones.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

You have to love America to tell a positive story about America. Miranda's political affiliations clearly align with those who hate America.

Hamilton is, for my money, as patriotic as The American Adventure or Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln. And again, I don't think I agree with Lin-Manuel Miranda on a single political issue.

Give "One Last Time" a listen again.

 

[doctornick]

YES!
VERY DIFFERENT! Most people from PR find it VERY offensive to be called an immigrant.

Not for nothing, but LMM himself has said that Hamilton's story intrigued him as an immigrant story, as it reminded him about his father's travails in coming from Puerto Rico.

 

[MickeyLuv'r]

Not for nothing, but LMM himself has said that Hamilton's story intrigued him as an immigrant story, as it reminded him about his father's travails in coming from Puerto Rico.

Interesting, because more or less- the people I know would generally say almost the opposite. Because people from PR are often fluent in Spanish, they get mistaken for immigrants, so they get tired of having to explain that they are proudly AMERICAN.

In the past few years, obviously, PR has been hard hit economically.

Previously, it was normal (and very important) for folks from PR to regularly travel back and forth for summer vacations, to visit family, to keep their culture and identity.

 

[WEDway Inc & Company LLC]

Well since the presidential news has come out, what will happen to Hall of Presidents?