Hamilton Movie Analysis
Hamilton Extra Credit Assignment
There is a vast array of things that I have learned through watching this film; from the writing, production, casting, and ultimately making it to Broadway let alone succeeding on Broadway. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s idea for creating Hamilton stems from an autobiography he read about Alexander Hamilton while on vacation. Flash forward to 2009, Miranda sings only one song that has been written for Hamilton when performing at the White House. Motivation and the creative mind do not always go hand in hand when trying to create a musical, which Miranda found out the hard way. After two-years of writing for Hamilton, Miranda had composed two songs, so with the use of a periodic deadlines, the music was crafted and ultimately the play had gone onto production. The production process of making a musical was interesting to me from a business analytical perspective because for most musicals it is difficult to make it but even more difficult to stay. With Hamilton, there might have been a nervous fear that no one would want to see the musical, however the musical is sold out every time they release tickets to the public. …show more content…
The shear nature of such a high demand for one ticket to see Hamilton surpasses what it means to succeed on Broadway.
When looking at the cast of Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda uniquely cast a diverse group of actors coming from different ethnic backgrounds as well as cultural backgrounds to show how America has evolved since Alexander Hamilton’s time in office.
From the outset, Lin-Manuel Miranda took Alexander Hamilton’s tragic death and rather than telling a story of how he died, Miranda told the audience at the beginning that Aaron Burr was “fool who shot Hamilton”. The meshing of rap, hip-hop, and reggae mixed in with the historical facts and the outlooks that these influential politicians had on American life foreshadows modern day American life. Miranda’s education on how Hamilton reacted in certain situations as well as Miranda’s portrayal of him in the musical allowed the audience to understand where he was coming from in his
ideologies.
Lin-Manuel Miranda, of Puerto-Rican decent, and Leslie Odom Jr., of African decent, both represent white American elites in the early 19th century, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. This dichotomy of representing actors of different ethnic backgrounds from whom they are portraying allows for cultural melting similar to what America is seen as today. The diverse nature of casting a musical alone brings people from all different cultures together on stage, however the magnitude at which Hamilton represents showcases to both the audience and an American where we have come from in our short history as a nation.
Lin-Manuel Miranda has created in essence the perfect mixed between American historical events and modern compose musical composition. This musical not only speaks to parents who want to educate their children on the significance Andrew Hamilton made on this county, but also there is an entertainment value factored into the musical that ignites the youth to want to come and see this musical. Ticket prices are astronomically high and when something has that much popularity surrounding it, people will pay at any price in order to say the went and saw the next best thing. A dichotomy unlike anything the 21st century has seen, where there is a surge to go back to the theater and see one of the greats.
There is a vast array of things that I have learned through watching this film; from the writing, production, casting, and ultimately making it to Broadway let alone succeeding on Broadway. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s idea for creating Hamilton stems from an autobiography he read about Alexander Hamilton while on vacation. Flash forward to 2009, Miranda sings only one song that has been written for Hamilton when performing at the White House. Motivation and the creative mind do not always go hand in hand when trying to create a musical, which Miranda found out the hard way. After two-years of writing for Hamilton, Miranda had composed two songs, so with the use of a periodic deadlines, the music was crafted and ultimately the play had gone onto production. The production process of making a musical was interesting to me from a business analytical perspective because for most musicals it is difficult to make it but even more difficult to stay. With Hamilton, there might have been a nervous fear that no one would want to see the musical, however the musical is sold out every time they release tickets to the public. …show more content…
The shear nature of such a high demand for one ticket to see Hamilton surpasses what it means to succeed on Broadway.
When looking at the cast of Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda uniquely cast a diverse group of actors coming from different ethnic backgrounds as well as cultural backgrounds to show how America has evolved since Alexander Hamilton’s time in office.
From the outset, Lin-Manuel Miranda took Alexander Hamilton’s tragic death and rather than telling a story of how he died, Miranda told the audience at the beginning that Aaron Burr was “fool who shot Hamilton”. The meshing of rap, hip-hop, and reggae mixed in with the historical facts and the outlooks that these influential politicians had on American life foreshadows modern day American life. Miranda’s education on how Hamilton reacted in certain situations as well as Miranda’s portrayal of him in the musical allowed the audience to understand where he was coming from in his
ideologies.
Lin-Manuel Miranda, of Puerto-Rican decent, and Leslie Odom Jr., of African decent, both represent white American elites in the early 19th century, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. This dichotomy of representing actors of different ethnic backgrounds from whom they are portraying allows for cultural melting similar to what America is seen as today. The diverse nature of casting a musical alone brings people from all different cultures together on stage, however the magnitude at which Hamilton represents showcases to both the audience and an American where we have come from in our short history as a nation.
Lin-Manuel Miranda has created in essence the perfect mixed between American historical events and modern compose musical composition. This musical not only speaks to parents who want to educate their children on the significance Andrew Hamilton made on this county, but also there is an entertainment value factored into the musical that ignites the youth to want to come and see this musical. Ticket prices are astronomically high and when something has that much popularity surrounding it, people will pay at any price in order to say the went and saw the next best thing. A dichotomy unlike anything the 21st century has seen, where there is a surge to go back to the theater and see one of the greats.