Hamilton Goes Dark

There’s nothing worse than musical theater. It’s the result of children growing up with too many private music lessons and rounds of applause. Rich parents had to create an entire industry in New York just to indulge these brats as adults. Which leads to Hamilton, the Broadway musical that’s now running $1800 a ticket to see a re-telling of the Founding Fathers as black rappers. The show’s creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, the dude with the hair bun who rapped with Emma Watson about feminism, has been writing cloying musicals about multiculturalism since he graduated from Wesleyan. It’s didactic, but it’s got a good beat. The show’s going on the road to Los Angeles and put out a casting call asking for Non-White actors only. If you’re wondering if that’s illegal, it is. Producers covered by the cloak of artistry and Obama calling them geniuses responded:

It is essential to the storytelling of “Hamilton” that the principal roles — which were written for non-white characters (excepting King George) — be performed by non-white actors.

Yeah, that’s still not kosher. You can describe a character as “black, mid-30’s, raps incessantly about 18th century American history”. Even if it would be ludicrous to have a white dude starring as Jesse Owens, you can’t tell pale waiters at Soup Plantation not to show up for auditions. Producers bowed to the fact they were breaking the law even though nobody gives a shit about reverse discrimination and added to their casting note: “Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to attend.”

Multiculturalism isn’t about inclusion. It’s about diminishing the predominant white culture by fiat. The most direct manner to end the tyranny of the majority is through a tyranny of the minority. Aided by white people racked with guilt because Ben Afflecks ancestors sold slaves. Human behavior can always be explained by the most obvious and self-interested motives. Whoever is in charge is the new oppressor. Including the dude who just broke into song about being Secretary of the Treasury.

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