Totally agree. There are over 20,000 words in the thing

Jul 3, 2020
9:31:35pm

DrJaggers All-American

Some songs are sung at a pace of close to 200 words a minute. Catchy tunes, clever rhymes, historical figures, socially relevant - it blows my mind how the guy could come up with that. Talented indeed. Here’s an interesting article on it:

FiveThirtyEight

‘Hamilton’ Would Last 4 To 6 Hours If It Were Sung At The Pace Of Other Broadway Shows

“Hamilton,” the hit Broadway musical biography of Alexander Hamilton, helped its composer, writer, lyricist and star Lin-Manuel Miranda win a MacArthur fellowsh…

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/hamilton-is-the-very-model-of-a-modern-fast-paced-musical/[https://www.google.com/amp/s/fivethirtyeight.com/features/hamilton-is-the-very-model-of-a-modern-fast-paced-musical/amp/]