no but guys think about how cool an ASL staging of Hamilton would be
âtalk less, smile moreâ
Lafayette combining ASL with French Sign Language
In âFarmer Refutedâ Ham and Seabury go from simply trying to block their audienceâs view of each otherâs hands to actively slapping each otherâs hands down mid-sentence
King George doesnât deign to sign. He has the ensemble sign for him and gets pissed at how with each reprise there seem to be fewer and fewer ensemble members there to translate.
everybodyâs name signs corresponding with their musical leitmotifs
apparently the ASL word for âhelplessâ can also be used to mean âspeechlessâ in some contexts
during âHelpless,â if you look closely, you can see some of Alex and Angelicaâs conversation from âSatisfiedâ being signed in the background
LOOK AT HOW BEAUTIFUL THE SIGN FORÂ âWAITâ ISÂ
 THE GLORY THAT IS âGUNS AND SHIPSâ IN ASL
everyone breaking apart to sign their own parts in âNon-Stopâ in a beautiful visual explosion like I am dying just thinking about this
AGGRESSIVE CABINET BATTLE SIGNING
âThe Room Where It Happensâ being all about being shut out of conversations and decisions, thereâs some new subtext to âhold your nose and close your eyesâ because you canât sign while holding your nose and you canât watch others sign while closing your eyes
Phillip not being able to complete the âsept huit neufâ with Eliza because his hands are going limp as he dies and Eliza actually screaming
Burrâs signing in âYour Obedient Servantâ getting more and more angry along with his writing, the syntax of which also changes until âWeehawken. Dawn. Guns. Drawn.â matches up exactly with Burr signing the wordsâheâs sick and tired of translating every thought into perfect English, heâs tired of signing less and smiling more, he is 100% done with this shit
during Hamâs final âI imagine death so much it feels more like a memory,â itâs not just the music that drops out, itâs the English translation. thatâs right, yâall, HAMILTONâS FINAL MONOLOGUE IS ONLY IN ASL
at the end of it, he sets down his pistol prop and makes the ASL sign for âgunâ AND RAISES THAT SIGN INTO THE AIR
WHEN ALEXANDER AIMS AT THE SKY, BURR IS STILL HOLDING HIS PISTOL, SO HE CANâT SIGN HISÂ âWAITââHE HAS TO SCREAM IT WHILE THE ENSEMBLE SIGNS FOR HIM
for all the emphasis put on âwho tells your storyâ and âbeing a part of/erasing myself from/putting myself back in the narrative,â there isnât much explicit mention of speech and I think thatâs beautiful
I have way too many feelings about this fictional production okay
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