Current popular culture trends are often highly deliberated in America - see the rapid rise and deflation of the hoverboard, the long-awaited unveiling of Pokemon Go, and the debated relevance of the Kardashian empire as examples. Rarely has the subject at hand been a smash hip-hop Broadway musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda about a lesser-known founding father obsessed with his financial system. Dubbed Hamilton after its main character, said show deserves the praise it garners; in a larger scope, it is beneficial to the nation its namesake helped found. It not only facilitates the educational lecturing of the American Founding Fathers, but also provides ample representation of people of color (POC) in the media and even helps to bring this diverse
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He brings together the antithesis political opponents, such as Barack Obama and Dick Cheney, and goes so far as to unite them with mutual enjoyment in a musical about America’s founding. Highlighting the difficulties the founding fathers faced, he shows how they triumphed in spite of it all and how the Union came together to overcome. By using the racial differences between people to form bonds between them in a musical, as well as underscoring the stark display of unity shown by the founders of the country, Miranda manages to instill a sense of nationalism in the audience with a sense of mutual pride. He unites America in ways that have not been done before, be it in connecting the two distinctive political parties or bringing Americans together in patriotic song and cheer. While popular culture tends to be a hit-or-miss, the smash hit Hamilton is an outstanding exception to that. The show deserves all the positive press it receives and more, and is, simply put, good for America. Miranda makes it easy to learn about American history, a topic otherwise painfully monotonous to many a high school student, while also emphasizing the iridescent melting pot that is the United States; he also manages to unite Americans and America alike through reminding people of the difficulties in the past overcome by coming together in dire
He brings together the antithesis political opponents, such as Barack Obama and Dick Cheney, and goes so far as to unite them with mutual enjoyment in a musical about America’s founding. Highlighting the difficulties the founding fathers faced, he shows how they triumphed in spite of it all and how the Union came together to overcome. By using the racial differences between people to form bonds between them in a musical, as well as underscoring the stark display of unity shown by the founders of the country, Miranda manages to instill a sense of nationalism in the audience with a sense of mutual pride. He unites America in ways that have not been done before, be it in connecting the two distinctive political parties or bringing Americans together in patriotic song and cheer. While popular culture tends to be a hit-or-miss, the smash hit Hamilton is an outstanding exception to that. The show deserves all the positive press it receives and more, and is, simply put, good for America. Miranda makes it easy to learn about American history, a topic otherwise painfully monotonous to many a high school student, while also emphasizing the iridescent melting pot that is the United States; he also manages to unite Americans and America alike through reminding people of the difficulties in the past overcome by coming together in dire