Disney+ recently released a live recording of Lin Manuel-Miranda’s Broadway Hit Hamilton, and as someone who loves musicals but was not able to see the production on Broadway, I was extremely excited to see if Hamilton lived up to the hype it’s been generating since it was first released. Here are my thoughts. SPOILER ALERT.

• I’m probably going to love this, because the musical nerd in me is so strong.
• So rap and The Founding Fathers was an interesting choice. We’ll see how this goes.
• So many different colored people. Miranda said “DIVERSITY!”
• Oh wow, so this is really about to be rap the entire time. Which I kind of love but also hate?
• The French guy is my favorite. Don’t know his name yet.
• I feel for Burr. Some weird new upstart comes to town, starts questioning my ideals and stealing my friends, and taking my spot. That’s why he shot you Alex.
• But seriously Alex, you’re not even from here. Can you chill out a lil bit?
• I love the French guy, whose name is Lafayette, so much.
• The Schuyler sisters’ song is a bop. Also Angelica is clearly going to fall for Alexander.

• Alexander is ALWAYS coming at Burr. That kind of behavior is going to get you shot, Mr. Hamilton.
• So this must be the king. His lips are very…. wet. I don’t love that. It’s super distracting.
• Oh. Oh no. The king is spitting. Actual saliva. All of the place.
• It’s on his chin!
• I just need his song to stop so someone can hand him a paper towel. This is gross.
• Oh, thank God. He’s done.
• His song was cool.
• “32,000 troops in New York Harbor.” Well y’all wanted a war. So yeah.
• George Washington came in like DMX. I refuse to believe that this was poetic license. This is exactly how it happened in real life.
• Burr wanted to be Washington’s right hand. So of course Washington’s choice was Alexander Hamilton. *Burr starts pricing guns*
• George Washington wore dentures made from the teeth of his slaves. I don’t know if they’re going to mention that in any of the songs, so I thought I would mention it.
• I love the song “Helpless”.
• At one point Eliza sings “I’m so into you”. I want to believe that that is a nod to SWV.
• That’s my favorite song so far.
• Oop. Angelica loves him too. Called it!
• Angelica is the best character. Just for vocals alone.
• Shout-out to the stage production, because it is incredible.
• Alexander cuts Burr off at every turn! Burr let him live longer than I would’ve honestly.
• I like Laurens. He wants to free the slaves.
• I hate to break it to you honey, but that’s not happening anytime soon.
• Duels are a wild concept. “Heard you were talking crazy about me. Let’s get guns and shoot at each other.”
• Eliza’s talking about not caring about being poor as long as she’s with Hamilton. Girl, you have never been poor. Please think this through.
• Lafayette rapping with this French accent it really doing something for me.
• I remember learning about Rochambeau in middle school. It’s crazy how the strangest things stick in your memory.
• Laurens really wants to free the slaves. He must not know what time period he’s in.

• The Spitty King is back. Please let this man have cottonmouth, cause I can’t do this again.
• SO. MUCH. SPIT.
• Leslie Odom Jr. (Burr) was the commencement speaker at my brother’s graduation. I wish I had known how amazing he was when I saw him back then.
• Aw Laurens died. RIP
• Burr and Hamilton really are perfect foils to one another.
• Thomas Jefferson is played by the same actor who played Lafayette. Wait… Does that mean no more Lafayette? I loved him!
• Jefferson is the guy in the group project that does almost none of the work but shows up at the end expecting credit. And it actually worked.

• Abolitionist Hamilton!
• I get that Angelica loved Hamilton first, but you stepped down. So you gotta chill on the letters sis.
• Eliza is too trusting. That’s gonna get her feelings hurt.
• Wow Alexander. Should have gone to the summer lakehouse. You could have written there. Now look at you, an blackmailed adulterer.
• Burr just wants to be included. Give him a chance.
• Jefferson’s highkey a hater.
• George Washington is going home. Probably needs to replenish his SLAVE TEETH DENTURES. Just a reminder that that’s a thing he did.
• Oh Lord he’s back. PLEASE NO MORE SPITTING.
• Jefferson, Burr, and the other guy found out about Alex’s sidepiece. Yikes.
• Wait, EMBEZZLE?!
• I knew Hamilton didn’t steal. Cheat? Absolutely. But stealing?! A man must have his integrity, darn it!
• He jumped the gun and snitched on himself.
• It’s pretty ironic that Burr and Jefferson were BOTH involved in their own affairs at some point but whatever.
• Poor Eliza. You deserve better.
• I’ve felt pity for everyone in this musical at some point. Except the spitty king. He’s got to go.
• His son is going to duel? He’s going to die isn’t he?
• Yep. He got shot.
• Alexander that was really bad advice. So ill advised.
• Eliza should have challenged Alex to a duel after all of this.
• Finally putting some respect on Aaron Burr’s name!
• How could Alex do that to Burr?! Jefferson? They hate each other!
• Hamilton definitely pushed Burr to this point.
• I love how the final duel brings everything full circle.
• Poor Aaron. His legacy was tarnished because he finally beat the man he’d spent his entire political career trying to catch up to.

• At least Hamilton is remembered fondly.

• Final Thought: So I definitely get the hype, but I can also understand why a lot of people had heavy critiques.

Hamilton is now available on Disney+