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“CAN YOU TELL ANGELICA SCHUYLER I SAID HI?” YIKES

if Broadway doesn’t want bootlegs floating around then they need to get their act together and make legal recordings.  you can say all you want that theater is meant to be enjoyed live, but the fact of the matter is not everybody can get to NYC to go to a Broadway show.  not everybody can afford to take the time off of work and buy a plane ticket to NYC and buy a night in a hotel AND get the ticket to the show.  people want to see the shows, that’s why there’s a bootleg market in the first place, but it’s unreasonable to expect that everyone has the time, money, and ability to make it out to the one place in the world to see something on Broadway, especially if it’s a limited engagement.  so record that shit, slap some subtitles on it, and sell it so we can buy it legally.

Reblogging this every time I see it. Copyright is important for creators but it should not support cultural elitism. Affordability and accessibility of cultural content is key unless we want to live in a very divided society.

Praise bless for all of these

My favorite Hamilton Rap Genius annotation is on the Schuyler Sisters on the line “in the greatest city in the world” where it’s like “New York wasn’t even the greatest city in the colonies at this point”

my favorite one is on It’s Quiet Uptown when Alexander says “i know there’s no replacing what we lost” and the annotation says “actually, the hamiltons had another son and named him Philip”

#mine’s a tie between #LYRIC: that’s true!/ANNOTATION: it is not true john adams made it up #and #LYRIC: if alexander can get married there’s hope for our ass after all/ANNOTATION: everyone else has been married for years at this point

My faves are a tie between: Hamilton: “Philip, your mother can’t take another heartbreak.” Annotation: “And whose fault is that??” and Hamilton: “The people are asking to hear my voice!” Annotation: “No, they’re really not.”