Hamilton

rePEAK

Jul 08, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 6

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*Our episodes are very spoiler heavy. You’ve been warned*

News Items: Ye is (allegedly) running for president this year. Yeezus help us all (1:00); "Beavis and Butt-head" and "Daria" reboots (4:00); Spotlight on: “Hamilton”! (10:23); the live show experience v. the live-show-as-a-movie experience (16:00); the show’s controversial erasure of slavery (19:00); the immigrant perspective and representation behind the curtain (24:50); swooning over Renée Elise Goldsberry, Leslie Odom Jr., Daveed Diggs, plus a “Blackish” extended universe detour (29:00); let’s be honest, Dakota Johnson is probably a fun hang (39:00); Stephanie’s high school historical crushes (40:56); Diana’s somewhat concerning news addiction (45:00); Anthony Ramos and the upcoming “In the Heights” movie adaptation (50:00); Phillipa Soo — we love you, girl (52:00); star-crossed love letters (57:00); “Hamilton” in 2016 v. 2020 (58:00); cry points and fun facts (1:03:20); male gaze and misogyny (1:07:07); Groffsauce is a spitter (1:13:19); Lin is a musical genius (1:16:21); “Hamilton Mixtape” (1:18:17); representation matters (1:20:00); got milk? (1:22:25); Peggyhive (1:23:45); Lin the matchmaker (1:24:22)

Links:

- The Hamilcast: https://www.thehamilcast.com/

- “Why 'Hamilton' is as frustrating as it is brilliant — and impossible to pin down,” Vox: https://www.vox.com/culture/21305967/hamilton-debate-controversy-historical-accuracy-explained

- “Correcting ‘Hamilton’,” Harvard Gazette: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/10/correcting-hamilton/

- Non-male gaze George Washington biography “You Never Forget Your First,” by Alexis Coe (book): https://bookshop.org/a/10023/9780735224100

- The Hamilton Mixtape on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5AgsHUKFxr5DApRCmulIqJ?si=aJxOaEjnT7S7agZ4Vh267g

- “'Hamilton's' Lin-Manuel Miranda on Finding Originality, Racial Politics (and Why Tr**p Should See His Show),” The Hollywood Reporter: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/hamiltons-lin-manuel-miranda-finding-814657

- Got Milk? Aaron Burr commercial directed by Michael Bay (1993): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLJ2Vjv2x18

- Got Hamilton? parody commercial (2015): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-KoAi3Nl9Q

The Official “Timmy” Chalamet mention count: 5

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