I was introduced to a middle-aged white fella the other day, and somehow, the subject of the Broadway smash Hamilton came up.
Turns out he went to see it on Broadway before it was the talk of the land. He had no idea what it was about or anything. He simply went because someone gifted him with a ticket.
When Leslie Odom Jr hit the stage, and the opening song, "Alexander Hamilton," commenced, the fella told me his first thought was: "Wow, they're telling this story from the slave's perspective."
"...the slave's perspective."
He saw black and brown faces on the stage and just KNEW the characters HAD to be slaves.
SLAVES!!!!!
You see, Lin-Manuel Miranda is a GENIUS!
Because he KNOWS how "the others" view us black and brown people.
BRAVO, Hamilton, for being so dang trailblazing!!!!!!!
As soon as I hit the lottery, I'm gonna see it! Haaaa!
His name is Alexander Hamilton!
And he's a brown LATINO! :)
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