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>But you ventured WAAAAY beyond that opining "it uses black >culture without having a black audience in mind."
>What's your basis for that? Ticket prices?
no.
- look around online, the average person praising Hamilton to the heavens has no prior respect or appreciation for Hip-Hop, that's why this feels special to them. these people had no incentive to care about black rap narratives for three decades, but it's brilliant when Alexander Hamilton's story is told this way - My parents took me to see Bring In Da Noise, Bring In Da Funk. Savion Glover broke down black history and trauma, and it made white people in the audience uncomfortable. Hamilton (again, a story that uses black culture) achieves the exact opposite effect. Hip-Hop has transcended scaring white people to become a universal sensation, I just hate that a lot of Hamilton's audience will never go listen to a Biggie, Jay Z, Rakim, Nas or Kendrick song.
You didn't take >into consideration all the free tickets they give away to >local NYC kids, the fundraising LLM and the show did in Puerto >Rico and the fact I can't think of a work that has gotten >black and kids more engaged into the theater than this show. >Think about all the black and brown kids who have now seen >this first theater musical production because now its >available on Disney+. I think about how much I love showing >to my kids the relationship between a musical they love and >Mobb Deep and Biggie and other hip-hop references in the show. > I love showing that this huge theater successs that all their >little white classmates love originals from black music made >by black kids.
you went into a weird zone of caping for the show, my feelings remain what they are
>And I could discuss the merits of anything I just said with >someone who has seen the show or knows the history of the >production but it would be a waste to engage in it with >someone who hasn't seen it and is dismissive about it from the >start. Why waste the time?
the show and the soundtrack exist on Youtube, I've heard some of both. Im also somewhat of a Hip-Hop connoisseur and I can tell when a form isnt made with me in mind. this applies to Megan The Stallion, Hamilton, Run The Jewels, and Lil Uzi Vert. me not being into something doesnt mean no one else should
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