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- Hamilton is a phenomenal Broadway Musical, and Lin-Manuel Miranda and Leslie Odom, Jr outdid themselves with this song and as Alexander Hamilton! In my "The World Was Wide Enough (From "Hamilton")" reaction I listen to MORE of possibly my new FAVORITE Broadway musical!
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Hamilton: An American Musical is a sung-and-rapped-through musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda. It tells the story of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. Miranda said he was inspired to write the musical after reading the 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow.
The show draws heavily from hip hop, as well as R&B, pop, soul, and traditional-style show tunes. It casts non-white actors as the Founding Fathers and other historical figures. Miranda described Hamilton as about "America then, as told by America now."
It's my first time listening to Hamilton and my first time listening to "The World Was Wide Enough (From "Hamilton")"
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Every time previous Hamilton has considered death, he has called it "a beat without a melody."
When Phillip died, the only thing that could be heard was the beat of his heart until suddenly it wasn't. A beat without a melody.
But now, him facing his own death, he finally realizes death is actually nothing. No beat, no melody, *nothing.* For a character in a musical, nothing could be scarier.
Hamilton's final soliloquy contains:
The Hamilton death monolog "I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory..."
My Shot "If I throw away my shot, is this how you remember me?"
His obsession with legacy that caused him to write the Reynold's Pamphlet
My Shot again "Rise up, I'm running out of time and my time's up..."
One Last Time "Teach me how to say goodbye."
The Schuyler Sisters "Eliza!"
The Story of Tonight reprise "I'll see you on the other side."
and The Story of Tonight proper "Raise a glass to freedom."
And then, both the main leads break their oaths. Alex threw away his shot, and Burr didn't wait for it.
always love seeing the scories in the comments with the music analysis, very aspect-appropriate
My god I love how nothing in this musical is on accident
@@liamwhite3522 Just when I thought I could no longer get chills from the details of this show, you prove me wrong. Also, that hurt,😭
the thing with burr and the line "now i'm the villain in your history", is that while he may not have been the most liked guy around, he still likely would've been considered one of the founding fathers had this duel not occurred and he hadn't picked up the legacy of being exclusively known as the guy who killed alexander hamilton
Well, he did go nuts towards the end and tried to make himself the emperor of Mexico so...
@@jennyk5753 lol. That. Though arguably he might not have done it had he not been forced to flee the murder charges in disgrace. And, of course, the 'star witness' at his trial was later proven to be a spy working for the Spanish government, so it's likely we'll never really know exactly what he was up to there.
@@jennyk5753 excuse me, *what*
@@jennyk5753 You take what you can get when you kill one of America’s founding fathers lol
Well what you *think* you can get in this case
@@RiftBrawl Aaron Burr was once arrested in Alabama for plotting to annex Spanish territory in Louisiana and Mexico and turn it into an Independent republic
I think he was acquitted since all they had was that he had a bunch of guys with guns with him and couldn’t actually prove anything
The entire show, Hamilton’s manta has been, “I’m not throwin’ away my shot!”
And Burr’s has been, “Wait for it.”
But in the end, in this duel, Hamilton threw away his shot and Burr didn’t wait for it.
Yep. They switch during "The Room Where it Happens." Hamilton quotes Burr when he talks about doing 'whatever it takes' to get his plan on the congress floor, then Burr decides that 'you get nothing if you wait for it.'
wow, ive been a hamilton fan for so long and never realized that •_•
He also proved his first bit of advice to Alex to be true. Alexander foolishly ran his mouth off and wound up dead.
Burr said “he won’t make an orphan of my daughter” because his wife, Theodosia Senior, had died from an illness years prior. So if Burr died, his daughter would have had no parents and would have lived on the streets.
Hamilton had 8 children but he was still married to Eliza, so at least his 8 kids would have a parent
Edit: also Burr was aiming to hit Hamilton in the leg, but since he is a bad shot he accidentally hit him between the ribs
Ah yes, Burr's already-married daughter.
@@liamwhite3522 yeah. Her already married 21 year old daughter would be an orphan, oh no
Ironically, Theodosia eventually was lost at sea.
Theodosia was a grown married woman with a son at this point. She wouldn't have been on the streets.
Everyone pointing out how theodosia was an adult and married at the time but imma mention that he also says “i was too young and blind to see.” When he was literally in his FIFTIES.
Regardless of how you feel about Burr as a character, nobody can deny that Leslie Odom Jr. absolutely decimated in this role. Man deserved the Tony ten times over.
just fyi, "decimated" means to kill 1 man in every 10. You're saying that Odom only did a 10% job, which is obviously not what you meant to say. You really meant that he killed in the role. Right? ;)
@@TheAlmawardI think they meant that
Apparently Burr said in a letter that he was aiming for Hamilton’s leg but missed and hit his chest. Also the line “I should’ve known the world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me” was actually took directly from a letter burr wrote.
Another fact is the duel wasn’t over the election of 1800, it was actually over something Hamilton said over dinner about burr with a doctor and the doctor then published what Hamilton had said about burr (this is all in the midst of burr running for governor of New York in 1804 after losing the presidential election in 1800) Hamilton’s statement on burr made him to seem quite despicable, resulting with burr losing the election. That’s when burr decided Hamilton had held him back from presidency (by endorsing Jefferson), being the governor and much more. Also his son was killed in 1802, after the election of 1800.
Theres other historical inaccuracies, but i don’t want my comment to be too long.
@@whaleooo I find the fact that Ron Chernow took issue with the "punched the bursar" line because Alexander was not quick to violence, but I haven't seen him mention three men being erased from history with five words, "My father has no sons," really funny. 😂
Theres a lot of contradictory information of if burr was trying to kill hamilton
It's interesting to note that, musically, there is no antagonist in this story. Both Hamilton and Burr serve to represent two opposing protagonists.
Antagonists don't tend to get "I want" songs. For Hamilton, his "I want" song, 'My Shot' comes early but for Burr, 'The Room Where It Happens' is a focal point for Act 2.
Interestingly, Antagonists tend to get "I am" songs, as opposed to "I want" songs. For Burr, his "I am" song is 'Wait For It', and serves as a statement of 'this is who I am and why I do the things that I do' and it plagues him all throughout the show and for Hamilton, 'Hurricane' serves the exact same purpose.
The show ends with Burr in the role of a villain, because he's the one who survived the duel but there's something else you need to consider here. Burr... is the Narrator. The show starts with him, "How does a bastard, orphan son of a whore...". The entire play has been a story told from his perspective. After Hamilton's death he realized that Hamilton wasn't the bad guy in his story, like he believes him to be in 'Your Obedient Servant', he was just another man with his own story to tell.
A lot of people wonder why Burr says, "I should have known the world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me" right after he just shot him, but that's not Burr right after the duel saying that, that is Narrator Burr, near the end of his story reflecting on everything that came before. There is so much about this play that can learned from rewatching it, again and again.
It's honestly mindblowing that LMM was able to put this story together so well, and he did it with such genius style. I don't think I'll ever grow tired of these songs, or watching people reacting to them for the first time.
I was just thinking that both characters are tragic heroes. There’s a fine line between an antagonist and a tragic hero in a literary sense.
I consider Hamilton to be the villain in a lot of moments in the show, and Burr only became "The villain in your history" because of Alexander.
You genius omfg
Burr was quoted as saying, "Had I read Sterne more and Voltaire less, I should have known the world was wide enough for Hamilton and me."
Plenty of Disney films have the antagonist perform an "I want" song.
A couple points:
1. Love the trajectory of Burr at the beginning of the musical saying to Hamilton "can we agree that duels are dumb and immature?" Burr was not a fan of dueling as a means for solving squabbles, he was pushed to his breaking point here.
2. While it is true that Burr was the first to propose this duel occur, Hamilton had to agree for it to happen. Burr didn't force Hamilton to duel - Hamilton could have just said "nah, that's okay".
Honestly, I kinda consider Alex's death to be self-inflicted. All he had to do was apologize, it wouldn't even have had to be sincere. Also, Burr managed to prevent a duel between Alex and James Monroe.😂
I find it incredibly interesting how much you relate and prefer to side with Alexander, and instead choose not to sympathize with Aaron Burr in any capacity. Even when Aaron is singing of his feelings on Alexander's demise, you never let up on blaming him and calling him a villain when the reality of the musical is that he is a sympathetic narrator who takes part in the most important aspects of the musical as a whole.
I'm an unapologetic Burr supporter. Alex had every single opportunity to save himself. I recently read the actual letters between the two that eventually lead to the duel, and while Lin is a great actor, he couldn't even come close to portraying how arrogant Alex was in the letters.
I am as well. I remember, however, that Lin’s Hamilton is different from our Hamilton. There aren’t historical inaccuracies, there is a new story. Similar to the original, but a new story nonetheless. I am a Burr supporter, yes, but not in the musical’s case. Though there may be times I feel empathetic toward him, I am not sorry for this Burr. However, I am not sorry for this Hamilton either. In both stories, he still had the chance to avoid this situation. Which he didn’t. The two Hamiltons’ have completely different personalities. Same with the two Burrs’. I probably didn’t even need to write this comment, though that goes for any, but I just wanted to state my opinion.
I also found that really interesting. Like despite Ham being the titular character but like, Hamilton was kinda a shitty person. He's not a hero or the good guy. He's just the protagonist and Burr took on the role of antagonistic. Burr wasn't a villain, he just was in opposition with Hamilton.
So, there is a line in this song that makes barely sense without the foundation that was originally build by the cut song "Dear Theodosia-Reprise" and the orignal full version of "Schuyler Defeated".
When Burr says "This man will not make an orphan of my daughter" it's a reference to Burs wive falling ill (mentioned in the original "Schuyler Defeated") and dying shortly after (the topic of "Dear Theodosia-Reprise"), leaving Burr as a single father with his daughter.
Plus it's also a reference to Burr loosing both his parents young, fearing his daughter would have to endure the same.
The entire thing has a sad irony to it, considering Theodosia (his daughter) get's lost at see 9 years later, never to be found. Leaving Burr to have lost both his wive and child.
I mean it’s not like it’s hard to understand as is, if she’s gonna be an orphan obviously her mother already died.
Hope you’ll add “10 things, 1 thing” to your cut Hamilton song coverage. It’s the original version of this song with more of Hamilton’s perspective!
Yessss
I Concur, since it's also written by Lin. it's not included to make the play a little bit shorter.
Yes. Do this
Was just gonna sat that.
If you watch The Bullet from about the 8:00 minute mark, you can see members of the chorus constantly stepping into her way or trying to stop her from getting closer to Hamilton.
That is so cool! I never noticed, very interesting!
Book-end that I noticed: Burr's second is played by the same chorus member who played Charles Lee in the first duel, and Burr played the role of second in that duel (in the play).
Leslie Odom Jr's performance is fascinating in this part. He is the narrator and therefore using the opportunity to maniacally justifying his actions to the audience "HE WAS WEARING HIS GLASSES WHAT ELSE COULD I HAVE DONE" etc.
Hamilton's final monologue is pure art and I appreciate every word and every visual moment. To this day I still see something new every time
YES! and I feel like this was a conscious decision on Lin's part to not give Hamilton any fresh lines during that part. Because the only point of view we have in history is Burr's, and so to have the lead up to the shot be Burr describing it and justifying himself... it's an interesting use of the "unreliable narrator" trope.
10:24 - 'W A I T ...!!'
Its interesting how burr doesn't "wait for it" and Hamilton "throws away his shot"
Why was this actually funny 😭
"I don't want to end on a sad note"
Warning the end of the musical always has me crying like a baby
Same here! Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story is so powerful, so heart-wrenching…it’s hard for me to watch, and I find it to be one the most beautiful songs in the show (along with It’s Quiet Uptown…another heartbreaker.)
this song is INSANE. it is so good. but I'm so excited for the next (and last) one, too.
In this moment, Hamilton waited for it while Burr didn't throw away his shot.
Somewhere, Lin talked about how they tried different background music for his speech but they didn't like any. They settled on silence for impact, and I'm glad they did because it gives his dialogue a lot more weight imo and allows you to focus just on the words being spoken.
Hamilton didn't wait tho, he raised his gun.
I'd put it as Hamilton threw away his shot and Burr didn't wait for it.
Burr even shouts "wait" after shooting.
@@limonlx7182 eh. i worded it how i did because i like the way it highlights how they sort of swapped positions. i know it isn't 100% but i think it's understandable still haha
@@kiwiparfaits how about burr didnt wait for it while ham threw away his shot?
The line “This man will not make an orphan of my daughter.” seriously triggers me, because at this point, Burr’s only daughter is moved out, married, and has a kid of her own, while Alex and Eliza have 8 kids, and the family is still very broken from the death of Philip.
He actually had two children with his wife Theodosia’s maid…while his wife was still alive. Although, he refused to acknowledge them as his.
Interesting thing about this duel. We don't reallly know what happened. WE have accounts from Burr and Hamilton's second. They disagree on the details. They agree on the following: Both guns were fired, and there was a few seconds between the shots.
Hamilton's side claims: Burr fires first and hits hamilton causing a jerk reaction pulling the trigger.
the problem: This does not explain the few seconds of delay between shots. if this were true the two shots should be much closer together.
Burr claims: Hamilton fires first, startled by the gunshot, burr accidentally fires his gun hitting hamilton.
Burr's side is more believable as it explains the delay. We don't know if hamilton ever aimed up. We only know that he intended too. It was also entirely probable that burr never intended on hitting hamilton, or intended on non fatally wounding him. He was very close to missing entirely.
Hamilton's shot went into a nearby tree which is where the idea came from that he fired his shot in the air.
So, it's basically just a more lethal version of the scenario that inspired "The Room Where It Happens"? 😆
I think Hamilton's monologue is "his life flashing before his eyes" but before he gets hit because the bullet is still halfway
So much to love about this part of the musical. The tension building in the duel is intense: the music that accompanies Burr's rage as he sings right before the countdown is really well done. Hamilton's soliloquy with no music as he faces death is so heart-wrenching, and of course, ending with Burr's regret and sadness. Apparently "the world was wide enough for Hamilton and me" is something Burr actually wrote in a letter, I think.
The reason Burr and Hamilton telling Phillip and Theodosia that they'll "Blow us all away" is a morbid (probably accidental) joke is that both Theodosia and Phillip were eventually blown away. Phillip by Eacker's shot, and Theodosia at sea.😂
I just realized something. Burr was Lee's second in "Ten Duel Commandments" and Jon Rua, the actor that portrays Lee, is also William P Van Ness.
Yeah same
Both Hamiltons dueled and died in Weehawken, NJ. I saw a clip from like at least a decade ago where someone challenged a journalist to a duel during an election night when they were not far from Weehawken. Also, Burr did say that since Alex was a skilled marksman and was wearing his glasses, he (justifiably) felt like he was about to get shot.
I don't know how many times I watched this before I saw Alexander behind Burr going up the stairs to "heaven" after he died.
Of course Hamilton was wearing his glasses. He's a near-sighted man attending a duel AT DAWN. Not exactly the best time of day for those of us who're visually impaired
If you listen, the heartbeat that starts after the bullet hits Alex stops when Burr says that Angelica and Eliza "were both at his side when he died." and you can hear a bell, I think it's a church bell, but Idk.
So this is it. This broke me hard when I reacted. It's so refreshing to see another person get their heart broken lol
Hey, YoBGS, I was wondering- would you ever consider giving 21 Chump Street a try?
It's a short (like 15 mins?) musical written by Lin (starring him as narrator) and has Anthony Ramos- or John Laurens/Philip as the main character. It's also based off a true story.
A paraphrasing of my favorite quote about this scene by Lin-Manuel himself
“For most of the time they knew each other, Burr was cautious and Hamilton was reckless. The first time they switched places, one of them killed the other”.
I have to somewhat disagree with that tbh. Yes, Burr stopped being cautious, but Alexander got shot because he ran his mouth off, slandering VP Burr, then repeatedly refused to apologize, and wound up dead. Alex was incapable of caution. Considering his obsession with legacy and the way he had caused his reputation to go, I honestly think he knew that the only way he could be remembered in a mostly positive way was if he died a martyr, and Vice President Burr was just the sucker unlucky enough to be tricked into providing that because Alexander was wearing his glasses, something that could rationally be perceived as indicating he intended to shoot the Vice President. Former Secretary Hamilton also had a note in his pocket declaring his intention to not shoot Burr, which served to further damage Burr's reputation, painting him as a murderer.
@@disableddragonbornhe didn’t ever actually say the things Burr accused him of. Someone else said “this is how Hamilton feels about Aaron Burr” so he shouldn’t be elected. Burr insulted Hamilton by accusing Hamilton of slandering him behind his back. Hamilton justifiably refused to respond when he had just done Burr a massive favor recently (helping him pay off $10,000 dollars, close to $300,000 now, of debt) yet immediately accused him of dishonorable actions
Alex's monologue right before he throws away his thought has always made me at least tear up, and you pausing it helped prevent that.
Not gonna lie - it's gonna suck when you watching this is going to end! It's what introduced me to your channel to begin with! (God bless Lin-Manuel for his creation of Hamilton!!) But, don't fret, BGS - there's still a couple of songs left to go over! Can't wait for your next listen!!
It's always been one of my favorite things how often "throw away my shot" has been used, and the vast majority of people don't realize that's actually a thing in pistol duels (Delope (French for "throwing away") is the practice of deliberately wasting one's first shot in a pistol duel.) At least not before it's too late
Part of the reason why Alex doesn’t talk at all during the duel lead-up is because the play is partially structured as a story told after the fact, and we don’t have his perspective on all this, since he never got to tell it.
I just hope you give yourself the gift of watching the whole thing in one sitting after the reaction is done.
Okay several things about this one… first, PLEASE REACT TO TEN THINGS ONE THING. Second, the beginning of this one is exactly the same as ten duel commandments. Third, Eliza is Hamilton’s only calm in his storm. When Hamilton is seeing the other side, there’s like an anxious buildup of music and percussion. LMM starts singing faster and faster until Eliza steps onto the stage. Then it’s silent. The dancers stop dancing. Eliza was Hamilton’s calm in the storm. 😭😭 Who Lives Who Dies Who Tells Your Story is bittersweet, so I’m looking forward to your reacting! Love these videos!
Yes, our baby Alex was killed. How dare you Burr!! ❤
There's a whole historical controversy about what actually happened. Did Hamilton really aim up? Did his gun misfire, causing Burr to fire? Did Burr go there with every intention of killing Hamilton and shot at him even though he saw Hamilton aim up? 🤔
The "did hamilton aim at the sky" is such a historic mystery. Especially since, hamiltons second is the one who said he did, however burrs second said he aimed at burr and missed. It's one of those things that we'll never know.
Also notice that "Raise a glass to freedom" is sung by both Hamilton and Laurens when they die and they are the ones that sing that solo line "I may not live to see tomorrow" in the opening of The Story of Tonight and the reprise
I once learned that when Burr's daughter was nineteen, she set out on a sea trip and never came back. The ship that she was on disappeared and no one knew what happened to it. And Burr died never knowing if his daughter was dead or still alive somewhere.
She was 29 when she was lost at sea.
@@missdancefan Oh, thanks! I hate getting facts wrong.
I cried two times during this musical, and those times were the duel where Philip died and this song (all the way to the end of the musical)
I don't know anything about American history. So I didn't know he'd die there. It was quite devastating.
Also, someone else is gonna point this out. But it's so ironic that Hamilton threw away his shot and Burr didn't wait for his own.
I mean, Burr did say outright in the first song that he was the one who shot Hamilton... But yeah, the musical goes pretty heavy on the irony about the duel.
As a bonus, Burr was concerned about his daughter becoming an orphan, but she was ultimately lost at sea.
@@Missingno_Miner to be fair, my memory is very bad and I had forgotten at the end lol
@@Missingno_Miner To be fair, he says he shot him, but he never says he killed him...
@@AshLee92490 True, but it's kinda implied by him calling himself a fool for it.
To answer your question, the result of this duel was so bad it essentially ended traditional dueling, at least in the US. So there weren't any more big duels.
Edit:I appear to be mostly wrong.
Not sure where you got yhat information but it is not so. Andrew Jackson fought over 100 duels in his life. Also Lincoln was challenged and answered. Luckily it was setteled by the seconds.
@@shatteredabby964 I may have misremembered something. I specifically remember reading that this was the last big duel of some sort, but it might have been some sort of "end of an era" type thing.
That is possible. I'm just regurgitating the facts not how they affected society at the time. Which is more interesting. I am interested in how people of th e time felt about allof it.
@@shatteredabby964 based off what I remember, I think it might be either that the duel stopped duels between 2 politicians, or that it just led to a sharp downturn in the popularity/romanticism of duels. But I could easily be wrong.
@@Zander2212 that sounds ike something completely plausible. I know this was around the time people did start turning away from the idea it was honorable and towards it's attempted murder if not murder. Still took years to fall completely out of favor. But I can see this being duel being used as an argument against it.
I just got tickets to see Hamilton live in Eugene Oregon with my sister! I'm super excited and can't wait because seeing something in person is always so much more surreal than on a screen.
Omg have fun! I went late last year and it was incredible. Like you just can’t stop staring and Satisfied is soo good in person.
I saw it in Portland back in April! SO good.
Funnily enough, in the end, Hamilton literally threw away his shot and Burr didn't wait for it (as shows in his yelling "wait" As he shot.)
The real Aaron Burr had no regrets about shooting Hamilton and was unmoved by his death. It was quite the scandal since he had been a vice president who had shot down another politician, and with the country still so young, it was hot news. He also never was prosecuted for Hamilton's murder even though dueling was illegal in both New Jersey and New York. They chose to duel in Jersey because the punishment would be less severe than in New York if they had been caught. He had fled to the carolinas and lived with his daughter, avoiding both New York and New Jersey. Eventually, the charges against Burr for murdering Hamilton were completely dropped.
Funnily enough, Burr remarried a wealthy widow afterward and she divorced him 4 months into their marriage after her wealth dwindled from Burr spending it. The divorce lawyer she chose: Alexander Hamilton Jr.! Burr died the same day his divorce was finalized.
Btw Burr historically said the phrase “the world was wide enough” referring to Hamilton later in his life.
Hamilton talking is that split second where your life passes in front of your eyes. Sort of an out of time, fraction of a moment. Watch Bullet as it/she gets closer and has been foreshadowing throughout. So clever.
I don't know if I can handle "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story". This song alone made me feel...
Hamilton didn't actually aim to the sky. His bullet hit a tree branch above and to the side of Burr. Hamilton was also struck in the stomach and not the ribs per say. The Bullet lodges into Hamilton's spine. Neither one of these two gentlemen wanted to kill the other. They both were just in such trouble political shape and their honor was being questioned nonstop. Burr felt he could still salvage things so needed to stop the bleeding fast and Hamilton couldn't afford to not duel since he had been accused of wigging out of a duel in the past but he also was in no position to apologize even if he had been publically anti-duel since his son's death. Killing the other was of no benefit to either. No matter how much they may or may not have hated each other at the time.
Burr was actually trying to hit Hamilton in the arm but missed since he’s a terrible shot
Now that youre almost done with Hamilton, I recommend reacting to Six The Musical. Its based on Henry the VIII's 6 wives. The premise of the show is that they are in a pop group and whoever had it worse with Henry will be the one to lead their band :) The tracklist of this musical isnt that long theres only 16 tracks. The original broadway cast album is the best version to listen to in my opinion since its more lively :) Theres a whole playlist of the OBC album on CZcams. If you wanna get more context about Henry's 6 wives before listening to the musical, you could check out Oversimplified's video about Henry the VIII
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i one hundred percent agree!
They did just film a ProShot of this with the original West End cast. No clue when/where it's coming out though.
@@kacey261 yeah i heard about that
One of the most powerful things about this song is the fact that both men reverse their core phrase in this duel. Hamilton throws away his shot, and Burr doesn't wait for it.
There are many things in this scene that are worth mentioning, but the one I like the most is the fact that when Hamilton starts talking about his legacy (around 8:35 in the video), the company repeat their dance from "My Shot" (which is basically Hamilton's song about him willing to make it in the world): you can see Mulligan's solo part and Hamilton standing at the pedestal with the company around him, and then Washington joins him to make him look up and at this point the company repeat their moves from "Right Hand Man". It's literally Hamilton's life flashing before his eyes. Love it so much.
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I'm still cackling at the idea of Hamilton _dying_ and his family mourning and Burr is just like "this is the worse day of _my_ life." Yknow after shooting his rival.
A lot of people who are forced to defend themselves never fully recover from the trauma of it, especially when the person posing the danger (perceived or genuine) dies. We see it in soldiers all the time.
Hey friends, more Hamilton stuff to come sooner rather than later BUT, I've also started a series looking at weird trends online. Check out my latest video on the wild man Andrew Tate here: czcams.com/video/RCW-OQV4oMA/video.html
Musicals r so good! I would love to see some Starkid reactions, they even have one based on the video game The Oregon Trail called "the trail to oragon", but I recommend starting with the guy who didn't like musicals or twisted
please please react to falsettos next! it's also a sung through musical with a pro-shot that is on youtube ! it's such a good musical!!
Hey yo plz now do cut songs or off Broadway songs from Hamilton
@@joseph.westbury yess that would be amazing!
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Excited for this to end, and know that I for one am not going anywhere. You got a real follower here man.
The HamilDrops, By the way, include both cut songs and reimagined ones, and they're ALL SO GOOD so I'd love you to hear some.
"Look How Far I've Come"(Immigrants) is by far the best IMO for quality, but also there's the cut song "Ben Franklin's Song" which he has The Decemberists sing!!!!
10:26 hearbeat
12:18 heartbeat stops, then a bell at "were both at his side when he died".
i should be going to sleep but theres a yoBGS upload. well my sleep schedule is screwed anywayyyy lesgooooo
"The bullet" is so prominent in this scene!
Once a challenge to a duel is issued, the control goes to the challenged. Had Alex simply apologized, there would be no need for any further action.
I had chills reading this title
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Dueling was illegal at this point. That's why during the " number one - number nine" part is a little rushed compared to the other duels. It was legal in New Jersey implied by 'everything is legal in New Jersey ' in 'blow us all away' but I think maybe it was illegal everywhere by the time this happened. I'm not 100% sure though
I think it was always illegal, but the law wasn't really enforced because it would've been hard to prove since "the doctor turned around so he can have deniability," therefore allowing the doctor to claim to have no knowledge of it.
I would blame Alex for his own demise, due to the letter in his pocket stating his intention to throw away his shot (along with a bit more slandering of Burr) and if not Alex, Pendleton. If Pendleton was aware of the letter, he should have told Van Ness, who, presumably, would have warned Burr about it. Or Jefferson, for throwing Burr out.
"They've switched positions" YES EXACTLY I love when people catch that
It really is an emotional masterpiece as of Phillip's duel. It absolutely kills me the last 20 minutes or so
John: raise a glass to freedom!! :D
Alex: raise a glass to freedom...
Him: “That was all your decision mr burr”
Me: that’s “ mr burr sir”…. To you sir….
"Why was he wearing his glasses."
Me with my shitty eyesight at 28: I don't know, Burr, maybe because he eyesight got worse in old fuckin age?
After finishing this musical I highly recommend the Hamildrops and the Hamilton mixtape. And if you want to look at another musical pls look at In The Heights
I love that when Hamilton says 'Legacy, what is a legacy?...', they repeat the choreography of 'young, scrappy and hungry' from My Shot. They do a move where they plant the seeds in My Shot and then they literally plant seeds in the garden Hamilton never got to see here.
I don’t even know now as I now have to watch the actual end and sob before your recap. And I’ve see it live 3x and online I don’t know how many.
If you look up the facts of the duel it’s a rabbit hole. A lot of debate amongst historians. Did Hamilton throw away his shot or was it because the sun was at Burr’s back and in Hamilton’s eye. Did Hamilton intend to cheat since he’s the one who brought the pistols but didn’t bring traditional dueling pistols. And more.
So much stuff about that duel.
The ultimate tragedy o this is that if either one of them did not have and ego the size of hte planet, this didn't have to happen. It is so petty and ridiculous even by the standards of the time
I didn't know until I just looked it up that Washington had already died. He was 67 when he died, so I just assumed he would've lived to his mid-70s, at least...
From 17th Century onwards I don't quite know.
The most famous duel is the one portrayed in the recent movie "The Last Duel", fought between two French aristocrats after one of them raped the item's wife.
In my country, Brazil, Romantic poets dueled often enough for it to become a trope, but politicians usually don't tend to do it.
Hamilton Day is my favourite day. And I'm willing to wait for it.
2:18 he said in “Your Obedient Servant” and I quote “ I DON’T want to fight, but I won’t apologize for doing what’s right”
Andrew Jackson was in duels. As a matter of interest President Jackson fought over 100 duels in his life. Only one death, Charles Dickenson. Jackson is an interesting character. So yes there were famous duels after this one.
1 minute ago! Im not prepared for this and next song! cant believe the Hamilton journey is coming to an end!
This should have been a premier that would’ve been cool!!!
There have been plenty of duels between highly ranked people throughout history, including well after 1800. In 1892, Viennese Princess Pauline von Metternich dueled Russian Countess Anastasia Kielmansegg. They were arguing about flower arrangements, and embraced as friends after they both wounded each other with rapiers.
8:38 LMANBERG MY UNFINISHED SYMPHONY, FOREVER UNFINISHED (if i cant have it no one can phil) sorry i had to do that lollll
i love how as hamilton makes his speech the bullet slowly gets closer
I just saw this and my stomach dropped. I'll never be ready, so let's go...
i think you should next react to falsettos! it's also a sung through musical with a pro-shot that is on youtube ! it's so good!!
the revival is simply beautiful
Yes, Yes. Definitely do falsettos!
Hamilton (the whole play) gives me chills. Everytime I watch it!
Also on the records it said that Burr shot second, Hamilton shot astray first. Chernow reports that Burr always admitted to it, so it actually worsens his position framing the duel in a shadier light. Miranda in the musical prefers the thesis that Burr shot first not knowing that Hamilton would trow away his shot.
one of my favorite parts of the musical is hamilton saying to eliza, "my love, take your time. i'll see you on the other side." and then, his final words are "raise a glass to freedom"
THAT WAS LAURENS' LINE. HE'S LEAVING SOMEONE HE LOVED TO GO TO SOMEONE ELSE HE LOVED.
laurens and hamilton both quote each other in their dying moments, laurens saying "i may not live to see our glory" and hamilton saying "raise a glass to freedom"
13:44 Even after death, Alexander is lurking over Burr like a shadow.
2:49 Not only near the same spot his son died, but also using the same pistols. They belonged to his brother-in-law, Angelica's husband.
It's sadly ironic that every duel depicted in this musical, they all say "most disputes die and no one shoots", but in each, someone does get shot and killed.
Well, Charles Lee survived his duel.
Well they talk about your life flashing before your eyes before you die and so when Hamilton monologues before his death it is kind of like his life flashing befor his eyes.
Wait, eliza has a part at the end, please finish that. Or maybe u said that an i missed it.
You should listen to the cut songs, they are just as good as the rest, they were cut because it didn't make sense, or they found a better way to do it.
I just imagine Alexander internally experiencing that monologue as he was writing everything down that morning before dawn, and as he rowed across the Hudson. So fixated on his legacy that he'd sooner have a bullet to the ribs be his legacy than be perceived as a man who backed down on his slams against another public figure.
You could always listen to the deleted songs. There are about a dozen of them: One Last Ride, 10 Things 1 Thing, Cabinet Battle #3, Let It Go, Mulligan’s Goodbye, original versions of Schuyler Defeated, Say No To This, Your Obedient Servant, The Adams Administration, and probably a few more that I’m forgetting.
I think one of the things that crosses my mind so much watching this is just the genius of how it all gets reversed, throughout the whole thing Hamilton repeatedly reminds us that he is not going to throw away any shot he gets and burr the opposite he always waits for it yet in the end it’s reversed Hamilton waits for it he doesn’t shoot and yet burr takes his shot ultimately leading to Hamilton demise the first time I watched this musical it blew my mind.🤯
Fun fact: Burr later in life would go on to refer to Hamilton as ‘my friend whom I shot’ which is just a wonderful contradiction of a statement.
Also much less of a fun fact, Burrs daughter Theodosia would die at sea (I think from illness) shortly after his duel with Hamilton so imagine dealing with guilt over shooting your friend and justifying it through not wanting to orphan your daughter, only to find out your daughter is dead. Needless to say Burr probably wasn’t doing particularly well for a while.
Theodosia's ship was lost at sea. Her young son had just died of a fever (malaria?) though and she was traveling to visit her father when the ship was lost.
Alexander threw away his shot, and burr didnt wait for it
this was a good reaction!
Funny how the same actor who played Charles Lee is Burr’s friend in this song- the only song with the same intro as The Ten Duel Commandments which is when Charles Lee and Laurens had the first duel of the play. Not sure if this is intentional or not🤔 Just thought it was cool