HOW RAP WORKS IN HAMILTON PART 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq-M0...
WHY 10 DUEL COMMANDMENTS IS AMAZING: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qXsF...
HOW HAMILTON MAKES YOU CRY: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

0:00 African American Vernacular English
1:21 Hiphop References in Hamilton
2:42 Leonard Bernstein
4:00 West Side Story
5:11 Jazz as the Musical Theatre "default"
6:03 Musical Vernacular in In the Heights
9:22 New York Connection
10:59 Jonathan Larson's Vernacular
13:10 Hiphop's Innovations
16:51 Lin the Synthesizer

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Did Leonard Bernstein predict Hamilton? Not exactly, but his discussion of the elements of a musical seemed to point directly at all the strengths of Hamilton. How did he know all this 60 years ago?

If you haven't yet, you MUST see the Hamilfilm on Disney Plus.
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John McWhorter: "Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths about America's Lingua [...]" | Talks at Google
   • Talking Back, Talking Black | John Mc...  

Leonard Bernstein: Omnibus lecture on the American Musical Comedy

Rotten Tomatoes Interview w/ Lin-Manuel Miranda
   • Lin-Manuel Miranda Breaks Down His Bi...  

CNN Interview with Lin-Manuel Miranda
   • Lin-Manuel Miranda explains his tasty...  

2015 MacArthur Fellow Interview with Lin-Manuel Miranda
   • Playwright, Composer, and Performer L...  

Kevin Nealon Interview with Lin-Manuel Miranda
   • Lin-Manuel Miranda accidentally gaine...  

Hamilton's America (PBS Documentary)
https://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/colle...

60 Minutes Overtime with Stephen Sondheim
   • What embarrasses Stephen Sondheim?  

Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
   • Inside Pop -- The Rock Revolution  

Lin-Manuel Miranda in Washington Heights on MTV News
   • Lin-Manuel Miranda in Washington Heig...  

Is Rap Music Real Music?
   • Is Rap Music Real Music?  

Decade of Fire
http://decadeoffire.com/

THNKR - Les Mis Inspires Creator of In the Heights
   • Les Mis Inspires Creator of In The He...  

Musicals/Films Discussed
West Side Story
On the Town
Rent
Spring Awakening
Mass
Wild Style
The Get Down
In the Heights
Hamilton
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Passing Strange
Rock of Ages
American Idiot
Into the Woods
Tick Tick Boom
New York: A Documentary Film
Decade of Fire

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