'CancelHamilton' puts hit musical under fire

Conflicted eh?

Came to say the same thing. I am sick of hearing about Hamilton (I work in Community Theater with a LOT of fans). I don't care for the 'color-blind' idea of changing the race of historical figures and just find the show over hyped. Not to forget the way they treated Vice President Pence when he went to see the show. I don't condone that for ANY patron. It was wrong. That being said, I am very surprised that they are getting flack BECAUSE they are so diverse and offered a show on Broadway with such an opportunity for minority actors. The show in itself is an achievement for diversity. But because they aren't saying 'black lives matter' 24/7 they deserve to be cancelled? That's just dumb and now I feel like these particular protestors are ruining all the progress they had made; just like most causes; they never know when to stop.

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Agreed. I actually really enjoyed Hamilton, but I wouldn't list it as one of my favourites. I never took it to be an exact recreation of history. Of course they left things out. I hate this cancel culture. What happened to debate and discussion? Why is it just #cancel??? Ugh

Exactly.

Stop this cancel culture.
I thought we were living in a free world, why am I not allowed to watch South Park episodes I want to watch? Community episodes? Simpsons episodes? Fawlty Towers episodes?

If people are bothered by how Hamilton is presenting history, don't watch it. Let others watch it and enjoy their time.

The sad thing is that Hamilton will survive this protest because it is full of minority actors. If it just had white actors it would possibly actually be removed.

"...How funny... the liberals still haven't admitted to the elephant in the room... The Hamilton casting is cultural misappropriation the equivalent of blackface. Under the rules of the liberal left, the race, gender and even sexual preference of the actor MUST match that of the character they play. Even more true when the character is a REAL person."

It's neither. All the actors in the original Broadway show are American-born so how's it cultural misappropriation? Unless one thinks nonwhite Americans are somehow cut off from the national culture and thus are unfit to reenact its history. It's not equal to blackface since it's not demeaning or belittling an entire racial group for comedic purposes. Unless one equates the Founding Fathers as a race or they consider the race-swap as a denigration of the historical figures in question.