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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Succession said it best:

Tom: “Oh, don’t worry Greg. This is a nice, safe space where you don’t have to pretend to like ‘Hamilton.'”
Greg: “…I like ‘Hamilton.'”
Tom: “Sure you do. We all do.”[/quote]

My DH and I fell OUT at this line. I don't normally identify with the characters on Succession but that was a real point of recognition.

I like Hamilton, too. We all do.  :wink: [/quote]

It's fine to not like Hamilton, but the reason none of the people at the far-right meeting of greedy super-capitalists and fascists like it is bc they are far-right super-capitalists and fascists.  Greg actually likes Hamilton bc he is not that (I think Tom actually does too and is just trying to fit in, but anyway).  The joke is not that normal ppl pretend to like Hamilton, it's that normal people like it and racist right-wingers pretend to when they are around normals.[/quote]

Yes, thank you for explaining this because I didn't understand what Succession or that episode was about at all  :roll:

I disagree with your analysis though, because (1) Greg is a follower who just adopts other people's taste, this is one of the defining aspects of his personality, so he "likes" Hamilton in the same way he "likes" that crazy expensive watch Kendall tricked him into buying -- because someone told him to, and (2) the idea that you conclude Tom must actually like Hamilton but is pretending not to, while also explaining to Greg that the great thing about this dumb fasicst meeting is that you can stop pretending to like Hamilton, is so convoluted as to be nonsensical.

It's just a funny line from a funny show. There are lots of people who don't like Hamilton, or just don't care about it either way. But because Hamilton has become an avatar for being woke or anti-racist (for some reason? I actually think LMM's decision to just glide right over the fact that all these people owned slaves and then cast POC in the roles might not be that useful in the long run for forcing people to contend with founding principles of this country but anyway). It's a joke about that. I'm not a fasciest and wouldn't go to a far-right rich person party. But I would love to go to a party where it would be okay to say "Huh, Hamilton is not my thing" and not have people assume I'm a fascist. So the line was funny to me.

For crying out loud.[/quote]

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