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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My favorite musical and I plan to watch - just wondering if there has been any pushback considering mostly black actors are playing these historical characters who are now being removed from history because they are now considered racist?  Washington? Jefferson?  In the musical, they are so likable and portrayed as heroes and strong leaders.........is this not a contradiction to what is happening in our country today??[/quote]

Hamilton isn't just a musical about the founding fathers with colorblind casting, it's a reimagining of the founding myths of the US, and if you'll remember, Jefferson comes off very poorly in the show and is put down for being a slaveowner.[/quote]I love how Jefferson is portrayed as a vapid show-off. When I went to Monticello, I discovered that this BS about him being an inventor is based on him bringing home clever gadgets from France. He also died in debt that the people he had enslaved were sold off to pay. He struck me as a shallow dilettante.

I mean, I understand that you could be in principle opposed to slavery but not have the courage to free the people you held in bondage. But Washington at least made an effort to free people in his will. If Jefferson really had cared about the people he had enslaved, he should have worked hard to pay his debts before he died so they, too, could have been freed. And that is why I was delighted with the portrayal of Jefferdon in Hamilton. [/quote]

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