Can you expound on why you think white guilt plays into the popularity of his

Jul 8, 2020
10:02:01am

Murray Contributor

work? I'm a big fan (and white) but never considered white guilt playing into it. Are there examples (particular songs or themes) that illustrate why you think this?

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Some Random Thoughts on Hamilton....

Xenon

7/7/20 6:10am

Great points all around

Busiturtle

7/7/20 6:22am

i don't think 2 f bombs in a 3 hour musical enters the "shock value" stage

BlueFrog

7/7/20 6:25am

I didn't even hear them. I heard the almost f word and I noticed the edit of one

endy

7/7/20 7:58am

I strongly disagree with point 1.

2018grad

7/7/20 7:05am

Don't agree.

annapcoug

7/7/20 7:23am

I agree completely with your #1! Profanity, sex, and violence are what

runnincoug

7/7/20 7:48am

RE: Some Random Thoughts on Hamilton....

Riseandshout81

7/7/20 8:02am

Good take. I would add to point 3 that Jefferson not only was very anti-banking

Loafer

7/7/20 10:27am

My reading shows Jefferson did temper his libertarian views

Busiturtle

7/7/20 10:44am

Miranda's rap is terrible. Weak rhymes and just lazy. In the heights is even

jvquarterback

7/7/20 10:46pm

RE: Miranda's rap is terrible. Weak rhymes and just lazy. In the heights is even

buckeyecougarguy

7/7/20 11:01pm

Playing to white guilt is very lucrative. It works for a lot of terrible rappers

jvquarterback

7/7/20 11:44pm

...listened to it dozens of times. Watched it live. Watched Disney. Never felt

2018grad

7/8/20 6:55am

Yeah if anything he is being accused of NOT playing to white guilt and he’s

buckeyecougarguy

7/8/20 8:52am

No doubt there is a lot of terrible rap. Miranda is part of that. I'll admit

jvquarterback

7/8/20 9:32am

Can you expound on why you think white guilt plays into the popularity of his

Murray

7/8/20 10:02am

just realize that the language shocks you, but not most people. So its more of a

buckeyecougarguy

7/7/20 10:37am

Might be true for some of the profanity ...

Xenon

7/8/20 7:01am

“The company covers it up?” You know that’s exactly how it was in the soundtrack

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