me, eating a baguette: oui oui mon ami je mange une baguette
this just says, “yes yes my friend I eat a baguette.”
why
the lancelot of the revolutionary set
Non stop.
Alexander Hamilton: described himself as a jealous lover when John Laurens didn’t answer his letters, also said how even though he’s married a part of his heart will always be Laurens, repeatedly says “I love you” to him
Historians: …..they were good friends, just good friends. Guys being guys
Lafayette was recalled to Valley Forge. ‘My only desire is to join you,’ he purred in a letter to Washington….[Upon return,] Lafayette wept. Then he hugged Washington. Washington, I’m guessing, blushed.
Sarah Vowell, shipping Lafayette/Washington hard in Lafayette in the (Somewhat) United States (2015)
“Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story”**
Hamilton’s 11/05/2015 performance
**Includes Phillipa’s gasp/breath taken at the end of the song not heard in the Cast Recording and added after opening night on Broadway.
A few hamilton thoughts
- I know I already made a post about how Non-Stop makes it sound like Hamilton showed up at Burr’s place for a booty call but it sounds exactly like Hamilton showed up at Burr’s place for a booty call
- the letter writing in The Election of 1800 makes it sound like Hamilton runs an advice column in the local newspaper
- “Talk less, smile more” sounds like Burr is a creepy sexist guy hitting on female Hamilton in a bar
- Farmer Refuted is just Hamilton muttering sarcastically under his breath and slowly getting louder and louder until he’s heckling from the back of the crowd
- You’ll Be Back sounds like King George is like, grabbing members of the ensemble to waltz with randomly
- “At the right hand of the father” George Washington confirmed for God, Hamilton grudgingly recruited for Jesus
- I have no idea if Burr exited at the end of Aaron Burr, Sir, but I like to imagine that during My Shot and The Story of Tonight he’s sitting in a booth in the back of the bar reading a book and trying to ignore everyone else