Hamilton (2020)

I feel very late to this party. Not as late as a firend of mine who just recently discovered that Downton Abbey is a good series, but the fact that this is an amaxing show will come as a surprise to very few people. Lin Manuel Miranda is a genius, and so it comes as no surprise that when he read Ron Chernow's biography of Hamilton and wanted to share the story with a broader audience that he collaborated with the historian and produced a hip hop rap musical. Why wouldn't he? It is so remarkably done, so many double entendres, with all the Founding Father's played by black and brown actors. The complicity of the writer's of the Constitution in perpetuating the enslavement of people is front and center, and no one gets off lightly in the telling of the nation at the ground floor of development. Highly recommended and streaming on Disney. Miranda said a high point for him was seeing phrases from his songs written on signs at Black Lives Matter rallies, things like "I'm past patiently waiting" and "History has its eyes on you". The things that we fought over then we are still fighting over now. Know your history.