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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't care about the cursing. The part I have trouble with vis-à-vis my seven-year-old is "It's hard to have intercourse over four sets of corsets." :-)[/quote] Forward that part. Those are lyrics... They don't change the lyrics.[/quote] I love that lyric - it took me forever to figure out what he's saying - and I think my 9 yo doesn't get it anyway - but even if he did - it's no worse than the entire tenor of Say No to This: Then I said, “well, I should head back home,” She turned red, she led me to her bed Let her legs spread and said: [MARIA] Stay? [HAMILTON] Hey… [MARIA] Hey… [HAMILTON] That’s when I began to pray: Lord, show me how to Say no to this I don’t know how to Say no to this And THAT you can absolutely understand. We paused the tape and said BOYS - THIS is why you should NEVER CHEAT ON YOUR WIFE or girlfriend...[/quote] This is what's passing for "culture" nowadays? Okayyyy...[/quote] So...you haven't seen the show or listened to the soundtrack. Because, yeah, it's pretty great. [b]You can't really tell Hamilton's life story without including Maria Reynolds.[/b] The whole point is that he was unable to control himself and it made him vulnerable to blackmail and destroyed his very promising career. Not a bad lesson for a kid, really--your bad choices can follow you your whole life, so do your best to make good ones. Also, immediate gratification isn't the way to go.[/quote] True. In addition to highlighting Hamilton's lack of control -- and providing some life lessons for those who choose to see them -- the Maria Reynolds piece illustrates many of his other character flaws woven throughout the show. When faced with the consequences of his affair, Hamilton's instict was of course to write about it in order to neutralize the issue -- illustrating his hubris (always thinking his intellectual gifts and writing ability could defeat his opponents), his limited political skills (not realizing that the personal is also the political/professional), and his insensitivity to his wife's feelings (poor Eliza . . . . ) To me, this is indeed "culture". Miranda did an amazing job of exploring both Hamilton and Burr's complex characters (strengths AND flaws) in a way that's also insanely entertaining, true to the history yet relevant to today, and boldly modern yet completely in the tradition of the big Broadway musical. The scope and execution are impressive beyond belief. This is art at its best. [/quote] OMG. [/quote]
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