Alexander Hamilton: The Wrong Hero for Our Age

Alexander Hamilton may have been one of the few people who actually would not like the play Hamilton. He would not have objected to being the center of attention because he had an inflated ego-not quite as great as Donald Trump's, but what person's is? However, Hamilton would have been dis...

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Published inThe independent review (Oakland, Calif.) Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 519 - 522
Main Author Smith, Billy G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oakland Independent Institute 22.03.2017
Subjects
Actors
African Americans
American history
American Revolution
Black people
Broadway theater
Constitutional conventions
Criticism and interpretation
Dramatists
Elitism
Fitzgerald, F Scott (1896-1940)
Government archives
Hamilton, Alexander (1755?-1804)
Hamilton, Alexander (American statesman)
Men
Miranda, Lin-Manuel
Portrayals
Revolution, 1775-1783
Statesmen
Theater
United States history
Works
United States
United States > US
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Summary:Alexander Hamilton may have been one of the few people who actually would not like the play Hamilton. He would not have objected to being the center of attention because he had an inflated ego-not quite as great as Donald Trump's, but what person's is? However, Hamilton would have been dismayed at the sight of himself singing, dancing, and intermingling on a stage with so many common, ordinary people. Even though he lived a rags-to-riches story, he wanted desperately to separate himself from his past and from the "rabble" (as elite Americans referenced the lower and middle classes at the time). Hamilton, the man, would have been made socially uncomfortable by singers and dancers of the common sort.
ISSN:1086-1653
2169-3420