I have never seen it. I’ve seen clips of it and saw enough to know that I wouldn’t like it. I recall UMC white people at my previous job that were all very enthusiastic about it and proclaiming it to be one of the best shows they had ever seen.

Don’t worry, OP. This is a nice safe space where you don’t have to pretend to like Hamilton.

Anonymous wrote:UMC white people absolutely *love* a chance to salivate over POC bringing their flair to a place where it was unexpected.

Hamilton. Banksy. Serena Williams. Ironic chicken and waffles for brunch at the Four Seasons. I see you.

“I’m not a regular mom, I’m a cool mom!”

Ha. This is pretty spot on. Since when do UMC old Jewish women like hip hop and rap?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UMC white people absolutely *love* a chance to salivate over POC bringing their flair to a place where it was unexpected.

Hamilton. Banksy. Serena Williams. Ironic chicken and waffles for brunch at the Four Seasons. I see you.

“I’m not a regular mom, I’m a cool mom!”

Get a life racist troll.

No one thinks Banksy is anything but white.

Anonymous wrote:News at 11: Different people like different things and some people are late to parties

😂

Anonymous wrote:UMC white people absolutely *love* a chance to salivate over POC bringing their flair to a place where it was unexpected.

Hamilton. Banksy. Serena Williams. Ironic chicken and waffles for brunch at the Four Seasons. I see you.

“I’m not a regular mom, I’m a cool mom!”

Get a life racist troll.

It’s so very ten years ago.

News at 11: Different people like different things and some people are late to parties

I agree, and I'm a big history nerd and lover of musicals. I was bored.

ooh she different

Anonymous wrote:Wow, OP. What a cutting-edge critic you are.

Let us know when you think "Gone With the Wind" is a snooze.

Ha!

I found Hamilton more interesting when I heard a discussion about the writing of the music. The different characters sing in styles and subgenres of rap and musical theater related to their personalities. I still find the second half too long, but it’s still somewhat different from what had been passing as musicals for a while.

You’re just realizing this? It never interested me from the start!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agreed. Even though you are late to the party, I think it's always worth pointing out that it's very overrated because many people still don't see it.

Guess what, LMM is actually a mediocre talent.

OP here. I don’t agree that LMM is “mediocre,” but my criticism of him is that…we get it. You don’t have to tell us and tell us and then tell us again with just slightly different points and beats. I loved “Moana” because each song was different and had a purpose and moved the story forward. “Hamilton” and “The Heights” are both repetitive and self-indulgent.

The music in Moana is varied and purposeful because LMM collaborated with several extremely talented artists who heavily influenced the soundtrack (Opetaia Foa'i, Mark Mancina). The only two songs on that soundtrack that Miranda wrote on his own (music and lyrics) are You're Welcome (easily the worst song, though this is partly because Dwayne Johnson is not a singer, but it also has trademarks of LMM's most self-indulgent music) and How Far I'll Go (a decent song but overshadowed Where You Are and We Know the Way, IMO, in terms of marrying music to emotion). Mancina's score heavily features in all the music of the movie, and without Foa'i's contributions, the music would lose most of what makes it feel inventive and new to Western ears. Meanwhile, the song Shiny owes an enormous amount to Jemaine Clement -- in fact the song is heavily inspired by a performance LMM saw of Flight of the Concords doing a David Bowie homage. Plus Mancina contributed to the music for that song.

It really annoys me when LMM gets sole credit for the Moana soundtrack, or when people are like "well he did Moana and that was great." He was a major contributor. Credit where it is due. But without Mancina, Foa'i, and Clements, does that movie still have a such a great and memorable soundtrack? No, absolutely not. And keep that in mind when you listen to other LMM soundtracks that are more repetitive, one note, and self-indulgent. When left to his own devices, those are his impulses.

OK