70th Tony Awards ↳ Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Renée Elise Goldsberry for Hamilton
For people interested in Alexander Hamilton’s views on slavery in relation to Hamilton the musical, I think these two essays (1,2) do a good job of presenting both sides of the argument, while this blog provides some interesting background knowledge about Hamilton’s roots and reputation . Alexander Hamilton was, at the end of the day, a man with high ambitions which superseded all his other beliefs. He was already being attacked by his enemies for his background and struggling to rise above his beginnings. His willingness to situationally ignore the depravities of slavery in order to further his goals is, like many other things in American history, a terrible thing that we must not ignore.
Do you know what Angelica said? When she read what you’d done? She said: “what a fuckboy I can’t believe he did that. What do you say we burn all of his shit and make him sleep outside? Like honestly.”
between all the bleeding and fighting i’ve been reading and writing
here comes the sergeant!
gotta get the job done, gotta start a new nation, gotta meet my son
you hold these truths to be self-evident that all guilds are created equal
how do they rise up?
”I joined the fight. I snached up a lilac bloom from a dead man and, I have to say, held it in my mouth. I’d like to think I made some difference.
Let me tell you what I wish I’d known, when I was young and dreamed of glory.
and i don’t know what i expected when i read that, but lin in american flag leggings and a flowy tunic shaking it like a polaroid picture definitely wasn’t it (but was everything i could’ve ever wanted):
A Middleground 