HAMILTON PRAISES A “FOUNDING FATHER”
A filmed presentation of the musical Hamilton in New York during 2020 is now available in cinemas across the United States, including a ten-minute intermission and preceded by several minutes of statements from members of the cast. As a biography of Alexander Hamilton, the musical story takes considerable “dramatic license,” as explained on Wikipedia, and casts many non-Whites as Whites.
Highlights are his role as an adviser to George Washington during the Revolutionary War, his love life and marriage, his career as a lawyer, his role as a proponent of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States, and his time as the first Secretary of the Treasury. He is credited with converting the United States from bankruptcy to prosperity. To make the dialog dramatic, much attention focuses on his main critic, Aaron Burr, who is the principal narrator for most of the musical; their duel ends Hamilton’s life. Hamilton’s wife then concludes the musical with a swan song. MH