A. Hamilton Tells Trump The Truth About His Horseshit And The Zealots Who Comprise His Cult

"The truth unquestionably is, that the only path to a subversion of the republican system of the Country is, by flattering the prejudices of the people, and exciting their jealousies and apprehensions, to throw affairs into confusion, and bring on civil commotion. Tired at length of anarchy, or want of government, they may take shelter in the arms of monarchy for repose and security. Those then, who resist a confirmation of public order, are the true Artificers of monarchy—not that this is the intention of the generality of them. Yet it would not be difficult to lay the finger upon some of their party who may justly be suspected. When a man unprincipled in private life desperate in his fortune, bold in his temper, possessed of considerable talents, having the advantage of military habits—despotic in his ordinary demeanour—known to have scoffed in private at the principles of liberty—when such a man is seen to mount the hobby horse of popularity—to join in the cry of danger to liberty—to take every opportunity of embarrassing the General Government & bringing it under suspicion—to flatter and fall in with all the non sense of the zealots of the day—It may justly be suspected that his object is to throw things into confusion that he may “ride the storm and direct the whirlwind.”
https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/03/not-to-be-that-guy-but-this-alexander-hamilton-quo.html

Alan: Fascism arises from the diehard desire for safety that pretends it can make life safer than God intended it to be which is to say that the surest path to tyranny is to pretend an external danger exists where one doesn't, or where the external danger, while trivial, is represented as existential.



Alan: The above quote reminds me of a great line by Upton Sinclair which was featured in the opening frame of Al Gore's movie, "An Inconvenient Truth": http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/09/sinclair-lewis-keen-insight-concerning.html

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Is Hamilton the musical on Broadway really that good?

Kris Norvig, I've seen around 50 Broadway productions, and hundreds of musicals and plays.

Updated Nov 14, 2015 · Upvoted by Tim Barden, Co-Founder Vermont Musical Theatre Academy

I just saw "Hamilton" at the Richard Rogers theater.  I had heard so much hype about it that I was a little worried; it can't really be that good, I thought.  I saw it with all of the original Broadway cast with the exception of Andrew Rannells playing King George (he originated the role of "Elder Price" from the OBC of "Book of Mormon" & replaces Jonathan Groff.)  Rannells performs the role brilliantly, no question about it, so don't worry about that.  Listen up: Beg, borrow, steal, barter, sign up for the lottery, or do whatever it takes to get a ticket to this show. It's musical theater history. I will probably never see a better show in my lifetime. (Be sure to listen to the soundtrack before you go ... it's important. It will enhance your experience of the show by a factor of 10).

The music is insanely catchy.  I seem to have the songs playing in my head all the time, sort of on iPod shuffle.   There is not a single "blah" song in the whole production.  I'll pick one I like, such as the painful ballad "It's Quiet Uptown" and then immediately replace it with another favorite like "The Ten Duel Commandments", and then replace that with "Hurricane." I simply can't think of another show that is as good as this one.  The songs, the cadences, the beat, the harmonies, the syncopation, the words.  Damn, LMM has a lot of words!  And he puts them together in the most charming, interesting, disarming, delightful ways.  But when the lyrics are married with the melodies, it's ear-candy. It's dope.  One simply can't get enough of it.

The production is brilliant in every respect. Sensational sound, staging, execution. The lyrics alone are perfect genius. One song, "My Shot" took Lin-Manuel Miranda 1 full year to write, because he wanted it to be absolutely perfect; he said it had to be "unimpeachable." He nails it on that song. He's really a modern-day hip-hop Shakespeare.  I can just imagine the two of them collaborating on something ridiculously smart. The staging of "Hamilton" is so imaginative, the costumes are clever & beautiful, the choreography & dancers are brilliant.  The numbers are explosive in a heart-stopping way. Gorgeous, memorable songs, beautifully sung. I adored Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schulyer.  Leslie Odom, Jr. is insanely well-cast as Aaron Burr.  His voice is buttery-smooth, and bursts with simmering anger and emotion.  Lin-Manuel Miranda won a MacArthur Genius Grant award for this opus, and it is 1000% deserved. To see Mr. Miranda play Alexander Hamilton is a gift. (I hope to see a future production with Javier Muñoz playing AH, as I hear that he's quite something.  Apparently Mr. Muñoz plays the role at the Sunday matinee, but check listings before you go for updates.) I could see this show over and over and I already have tickets to see it next year. It's stunning. In a word:  magic. Recommend unequivocally.  (And I will repeat my caveat:  in my opinion,  you won't be half as wowed unless you listen to the soundtrack and understand what's being sung before you go.)

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