A Quokka Dreeds its Weird

I think I'm in the minority. It's...okay? Hamilton becomes infinitely more appealing if you think of him as a smartass and ambitious Latino immigrant, I agree, but I can't get very excited about the character from the musical because I had to do a fair number of reports on the historical person and the Central Bank from seventh grade through college. The impression I received from those reports was that Hamilton liked rich people, bankers, money, and society and didn't give a fuck about anyone else. So the character that Lin-Manual plays--who is very interesting!--just doesn't square with what I know of Hamilton the historical person...a Founding Father I have roundly disliked for decades.

Part of the problem, too, is the rap music. I can't listen to any music from any genre with a pounding, rhythmic beat for very long. (Any rhythmic beat causes me pain, unfortunately. Fireworks. Thunderstorms.) Even with the sound turned down, the beat reverberates in my ears and bones, and that HURTS. Because of this, I have yet to get through the entire musical; things seem to get a lot louder and more echoing in the second half.

So between my dislike for Historic!Hamilton and the fact that much of the music literally causes my bones to throb with pain, I don't think that I'm ever going to be a fan of anything but the stills on Tumblr.

I have found one song that I really like, however--"Wait For It." "I am the one thing in life I can control..." That I can identify with.