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Hamilton the musical has finally arrived on
Disney Plus, bringing the much-loved cultural
phenomenon right into our homes in glorious
HD.
And packed into the revolutionary stage production
are tons of incredible details that even some
ardent Hamilfans may have missed!
Yippee-ki-yay, movie lovers, I'm Jan and in
this video I'm revealing 22 crucial things
that will make you love the Hamilton movie
even more!
Jonathan Groff's deliciously fun performance
of King George's break-up song "You'll Be
Back" is a great comic moment.
♪ Da-da-da-da-da
Dat-da-da-da-dai-ah-da ♪
And the British monarch's very particular
walk when he first arrives on stage has a
curious origin which Groff attributes to the
incredibly heavy crown he initially had to
wear in the role.
Adding to the difficulty of his stage entrance
was that Groff had to balance the weighty
headpiece while advancing forward in heels
one foot in front of the other as if walking
on a tightrope, all while wearing an incredibly
thick and heavy royal gown.

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The song's cheery sensibility and musical
style, which is a clever hat-tip to the Beatles
and the 60s British Invasion, deliberately
contrasts with the rest of the musical to
show how King George is intruding on events.
The song also squeezes in some neat references
to both the Boston Tea Party and the King's
future mental illness.
And funnily enough, the track's inspiration
came from British actor Hugh Laurie who Lin-Manuel
Miranda worked with previously.
When Miranda explained he was writing "a break-up
letter from King George to the colonies,"
Laurie wagged his finger and said: "Awwww,
you'll be back".
A detail that many fans didn't miss in the
Hamilfilm is the profuse amount of spit that
emerges from King George as he threatens his
ex-colonial subjects.
♪ And, no, don't change the subject ♪
Now, some might have thought it was a nod
to the British king's insanity later in life,
but it's actually because Jonathan Groff is
a "spitter" whenever he performs on Broadway.
In an interview with Variety, Groff explained
"I've always been a spitter...
I start sweating.

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I just get wet when I perform onstage.
It is just what happens."
Interestingly, when this production of Hamilton
was filmed back in June 2016, Groff was no
longer playing King George.
So, Rory O'Malley, the actor who'd taken over
the role, very nobly stood down so Groff could
temporarily reign once more, and the film
crew could capture the magic of the original
Broadway cast together again.
And that's why you'll see O'Malley's name
pop up in the 'Special Thanks' during the
movie's credits.
"Satisfied" is one of the musical's most popular
numbers, in particular thanks to Renée Elise
Goldsberry's breath-taking delivery of some
incredibly fast lines.
♪ ..so this is
What it feels like to match wits ♪
♪ With someone at your level
What the hell is the catch?
♪
And the innovative way the song pauses time,
then rewinds, is also a perfect set-up for
time stopping later in the show when Aaron
Burr fires his gun in his duel with Hamilton.
But one of the most intriguing things about
watching the Hamilfilm versus seeing the show
live in the theatre is that the way the movie
is shot and edited creates a different experience.

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When editing "Satisfied" for the movie, director
Thomas Kail revealed that they could be
"more subjective with the camera so it feels
like we're going inside Angelica's brain.
The cut pattern is quite accelerated and the
camera angles are quite varied."
So for me, watching at home, what this does
is that it creates a real sense of the confusion
Angelica feels as she deals with her conflicting
emotions.
Kail also added that this cinematic technique
of rapidly cutting between different perspectives
is similar to how the song "breaks the form
of the theatrical language in the theatre".
By the way, the movie is edited with footage
from recordings of two live performances together
with a third day when the cast was filmed
in an empty theatre to get all of those great
close-up shots.
Oh, and if you watch very closely, you may
spot the odd, tiny continuity error.
For example, in "Satisfied" the flowers on
Angelica's dress are sometimes present, while
other times they just disappear as the film
switches between footage from different days.
A sweet reminder that Hamilton was made by
human geniuses and not robots!

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Hamilton isn't just a musical about a revolution;
its musical style itself is also revolutionary
in terms of musical theatre because it packs
such an incredible number of words into its
two-and-half-hour story.
Writer Leah Libresco calculated the speed
of the show's songs and discovered the fastest
ones clocked in at an amazing 200 words per
minute, with an overall average of 144 words
per minute.
Goldsberry expertly delivers 121 words in
just 24 seconds for Angelica's fastest verse
in "Satisfied".
♪ The conversation lasted two minutes
Maybe three minutes ♪
♪ Everything we said in total agreement
♪
♪ It's a dream and it's a bit of a dance
♪
While in "Guns and Ships", Daveed Diggs squeezes
19 words into just 3 seconds.
♪ Lafayette ♪
♪ And I'm never gonna stop
Until I make 'em drop or burn 'em up ♪
♪ And scatter their remains..
♪
In fact, Libresco found that if Hamilton were
sung at the pace of other comparable Broadway
shows, it would run for somewhere between
4 and 6 hours!
Another example of Miranda playing with tempo
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two decades of Alexander Hamilton's life.
The song runs at a steady pace as the protagonist
is introduced.
But when Hamilton discovers the way out of
his predicament is to double-down on his education,
the tempo of the rap picks up, doubling in
speed.
It's not just the speed of the songs in Hamilton
that's fascinating though, but also as Daveed
Diggs pointed out, Miranda has each character
perform in a different style.
For example, "George Washington raps in a
very metronomic way which is similar to how
he thinks, all right on beat."
♪ Now, I'm the model
Of a modern major general ♪
♪ The venerated Virginian veteran ♪
And Diggs's character Lafayette progresses
from "a simple 80s rap cadence at first"
♪ I dream of life without a monarchy ♪
♪ The unrest in France
Will lead to "on-archy" ♪
and "by the end, he's rapping in double and
triple time."
♪ ..he knows what to do in a trench
Ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean ♪
Actors try to put themselves in the shoes
of their characters, so Chris Jackson who
plays George Washington wrestled with the
fact that Washington was a slave owner
and that the country's first president along
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abolish slavery when they created the Union.
In the book "Hamilton: The Revolution", Jackson
says that
"it didn't keep him from getting to the heart
of who Washington was, and trying to portray
the truth in that."
And he even found a way to address this conflict
in the musical.
At the very end, when Eliza sings that Hamilton
would have done more to end slavery if he'd
lived longer,
watch Jackson just behind her carefully, and
notice how he "bows his head in shame",
which was his way for Washington to "accept
responsibility for what he did and didn't
do."
By the way Alexander Hamilton's anti-slavery
credentials have been questioned by some historians
who say the musical paints him in an overly
positive light, something I go into in detail
in my Hamilton Fact or Fiction video.
Links will be here and in the video description
as soon as it's ready.
The musical's set design is also packed with
lots of details that reflect both the pre-
and post-revolutionary era of the United States.
As Hamilton's Creative Director and Designer,
David Korins has explained,

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"this is the story of the people who built
the scaffolding upon which the country was
built,
so you see wooden period scaffolding up around
a half-made wall to show a kind of aspirational
space,"
giving it the feel of a "Colonial era building
under construction"
And during the musical's intermission, the
brick walls get bigger, growing 8 feet taller
"to represent the continuous work being done
on the country" and how the foundation is
growing.
By the way, fun fact, those brick walls aren't
brick at all,
but a "pressed pattern board that is then
cut up and treated with goop and texture,
paint, and layers of distressing on top."
Korins has also said that the use of turntables
on the stage is
"inspired by the whirlwind of history that
sweeps up Hamilton,
as well as the literal hurricane that hits
the Caribbean island where he was born."
And it also matches the "cyclical relationship
between Aaron Burr and Hamilton,
where they were basically spiralling around
each other their entire careers and lives."
Like the line "Immigrants.
We get the job done",
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the show's set design also has its own way
of honouring the immigrants that helped build
America.
Korins has said that since many immigrants
arrived via boat,
they wanted to feature nautical elements in
their set designs which is why there's lots
of ropes and pulleys and the wooden structures
are built using the same elements used in
shipbuilding of the era.
The show's choreography also plays a crucial
part in creating subtle effects to complement
the story at any particular time.
For example, when Hamilton arrives in "Helpless",
both Angelica and Eliza are positioned along
his line of sight, and in this moment he locks
eyes with Eliza.
When the moment is rewound in "Satisfied",
Hamilton's position switches over, and this
time he's looking at Angelica.
The direction in which the turntable moves
also communicates a subtle meaning.
For choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler, counter-clockwise
motion like that in "Helpless" suggests time
passing.
The opposite direction, however, implies there
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which is why the turntable reverses its motion
during "Satisfied".
Blankenbuehler explains that many in the audience
won't "consciously register his choices
like the fact that Burr moves in straight
lines, because he sees no options,
and Hamilton moves in arcs, because he sees
all possibilities",
but that viewers still feel it intuitively.
Again this small detail helps to communicate
the difference in worldview of two of the
most important characters in the show.
Now, Hamilton the movie doesn't exactly have
a post-credits scene, but there is a little
bonus for anyone who sticks around to very
end of the 10-minute long credits.
In the film's final two minutes, you get to
hear the "Exit Music", which is a medley of
Hamilton songs that isn't on the official
soundtrack.
This musical piece is a "jam session recorded
live with most of the original band members"
which plays for the audience as they leave
the theatre and is a delight for any Hamilfans
who haven't had the pleasure of hearing this
until the movie came out.
And check out the 'Special Thanks' part of
the credits and you'll see Lin-Manuel Miranda's
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including the 'A Train' where he wrote 'Wait
For It', Hamilton's birthplace Nevis where
he composed Non-Stop, and on his honeymoon
where he wrote You'll Be Back.
Of course, one of the joys of Hamilton arriving
on Disney Plus is that not only can Hamilfans
watch it on repeat, but those of us who couldn't
experience it live can finally see the much-talked
about musical!
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So, what are your favourite moments and songs
in Hamilton?
And did you notice any other interesting details?
Leave your thoughts in the comments below!
Tap left to learn about everything the musical
changed about the real history of Alexander
Hamilton or tap right for something else you're
sure to like!
And thanks so much to all of you for helping
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uploaded.
I really hope you're all keeping safe during
these tough times.
Thanks for watching and see ya next time.
Yippee-ki-yay, movie lovers!

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