‘Cancel Hamilton’ Trends As Leftists Demand
Disney Pull Musical That ‘Glorifies Slave
Trader’
Daily Wire,
by
Emily Zanotti
Original Article
Posted By: ladydawgfan,
7/7/2020 10:28:39 PM
“Hamilton” is under fire from left-leaning activists who say the Tony award-winning musical is a relic from a less-woke era that glorifies a slave-trader and other founding fathers who have recently fallen out of favor.
The musical is now a feature film, released last week on the Disney+ streaming network to record-breaking viewership and rave reviews, but activists contend that times have changed from when the musical first premiered on Broadway, and now, after the death of George Floyd while in the custody of the Minneapolis Police Department, Americans are “reckoning” with the problematic traits of founders like Alexander Hamilton.
“[T]he politician’s links with the slave trade have resurfaced following ‘Hamilton’s’ release,
Reply 1 - Posted by:
brother ram 7/7/2020 10:32:59 PM (No. 470682)
Hamilton was a Capitalist - bad. If he had been a Marxist (good) then all is forgiven (forgiven implies a higher being - never mind).
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
sciteach 7/7/2020 10:37:25 PM (No. 470687)
Conservatives have been telling the Libtards for some time now that this would happen; the Marxists would come after them as well as conservative thinking people. This is how all Marxist, Communist, and Fascist parties behaved once they had or found some power. We have only seen the tip of the iceberg of what these people have in store for all of us. You think re-education camps are a pipe dream? We already have a form of that when people lose their jobs for wrong thoughts. Wake up everfyone. These people are at war with America and we must stand up to them.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
droopydog 7/7/2020 10:39:23 PM (No. 470690)
It doesn't take them long to self destruct. Wasn't Hamilton also the father of the electoral college?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
earlybird 7/7/2020 10:42:50 PM (No. 470692)
This was bound to happen… snicker….
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Annie Xango 7/7/2020 10:42:56 PM (No. 470693)
Lin Manuel..think that is his name..too lazy to look it up..is a huge Lib and a Never Trumper..they do eat their own..
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
SALady 7/7/2020 11:01:01 PM (No. 470705)
Wow, and to think that I didn't want to see this drivel because I saw it as revisionist history set to terrible rap "music"!!!
The fact that they made VP Pence leave a live performance because they were a bunch of intolerant lie-beral hose beasts was just the frosting on the cake for hating it!!!
Who knew I was so "woke" ahead of my time?!?!?!?!?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
red1066 7/7/2020 11:01:16 PM (No. 470706)
Hamilton was white. Why is this show using a black actor to portray Hamilton? Imagine a Broadway play about MLK, with MLK portrayed by a white actor. Think there would be any outcry over that? Of course, it's Broadway so I'm not sure even if the actor were white any true facts about Hamilton would be included in the play.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 7/7/2020 11:34:45 PM (No. 470730)
Leftists ALWAYS eat their own!
Sic semper tyrannis.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
texaspast 7/7/2020 11:49:54 PM (No. 470742)
I actually watched 'Hamilton' on Disney+ on the 4th. After I got my ears attuned to the quasi-rap of some of the songs, (some were great, and the choreography was fantastic), I was actually amazed at how historically correct it was. Seriously. I learned some stuff about the Burr-Hamilton relationship even I didn't know (since verified) and I'm a history nut, but my interest in Burr has been mainly after the duel when he hooked up with General Wilkinson (greatest American traitor of all time) to dislodge Spanish Texas from Spain. If you have the chance, watch it. Get past the first 'bar scene' with the thumping on the table and listen to the words (you may have to hit replay a few times). I remember thinking that this obviously was not written in the last 4 years or the SJWs would have been all over them for not lynching Washington and Jefferson. It appears I was right. This Disney filming of the performance was from 2016. I agreed to watch this to placate my son who told me it was good. I knew I would hate it. I was wrong. Not your standard Rogers and Hammerstein musical, but then the Von Trapp family didn't sing in English, either.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
snakeoil 7/8/2020 12:07:02 AM (No. 470751)
Oh no. Now they will take Hamilton off the ten dollar bill and put Whoppi Goldberg on instead. If Quid Pro Joe wins and they find out I have a Mastercard I'm headed for the Political Reeducation Camp. Because Disney owns this turkey you'll never see it for free. Or is the heat is too much they might Deep Six it like Song of the South. Looks like I won't be watching any modern musicals or sports in the future.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Omen55 7/8/2020 12:30:37 AM (No. 470771)
Disney needs the $$$.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
anniebc 7/8/2020 3:14:50 AM (No. 470809)
Leftists are always discriminating against black people who just want to eat and feed their families. The man, always trying to keep black people down. Racists!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
nina584 7/8/2020 6:00:13 AM (No. 470834)
Now the left is really eating each other.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Hugh Akston 7/8/2020 7:24:33 AM (No. 470879)
Didn't the cast of Hamilton snub VP and Mrs. Pence went they went to see the play? I guess that wasn't enough cred for the 'woke' crowd.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
hershey 7/8/2020 7:46:31 AM (No. 470897)
Ha ha..eating their own...just love it!!!!!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 7/8/2020 8:09:31 AM (No. 470927)
Hamilton should be cancelled because it's Cultural Appropriation. If whites portraying minorities is wrong, then minorities portraying whites is equally wrong.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
cor-vet 7/8/2020 8:23:28 AM (No. 470950)
Broadway has always been about cultural appropriation. Years back, there was a problem with the SJWs, because a caucasian was cast in the role of an Asian. But Mary Martin playing a boy was OK. That's why I don't place any credence on cultural appropriation.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
udanja99 7/8/2020 8:41:13 AM (No. 470980)
#7, when the producers of Hamilton put out a casting call to start filling roles for the Broadway production, they specified that whites should not even apply. The whole enterprise was built on racism. If anything deserves to be canceled, it’s Hamilton. I hope that Disney loses it’s shirt over this. Conservatives weren’t going to see the movie in the first place and now the lefties won’t either.
Karma!
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Sanguine 7/8/2020 8:45:28 AM (No. 470981)
I watched it with close captioning. Reading the dialogue helped to clarify the fast-paced rap style. #9 is correct. The music and choreography are worth watching. The history is informative. I found myself reading historical biographies after watching the musical. Our country is steeped in fascinating people and their stories.
I was prepared to dislike Hamilton, especially after the VP snubbing. The Broadway cast was wrong to exhibit such unprofessional behavior to a sitting Vice President.
The musical, however, is good. Don’t let the headlines make up your mind. See for yourself.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
JackBurton 7/8/2020 12:34:25 PM (No. 471308)
Hahahahahahaha.
Anyone contact V.P. Pence for a comment?
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