I watched it the other day. It was not at all what I expected.I hadn’t heard anything about it except how great almost everybody thought it was.
If I’d known it was mostly rap/hip hop I wouldn’t have gotten my expectations up. The first “song” was a super irritating rap piece. I paused it to read some reviews, and they talked about how many genres of music were in the show. So I was hoping it would improve. But it was dominated by rap. I only enjoyed very brief parts of it, particularly the guy who played King George and also an occasional funny joke or gag. I couldn’t stand the guy who played Jefferson. Super hammy and not nearly as entertaining as he seemed to think he was.
I wouldn’t say I hated it, but I did dislike it for sure.
I think a lot of the love for it is due to its inclusive qualities. Which isn’t a great reason to love entertainment, if you ask me. It’s either entertaining or it’s not. And, to me, Hamilton was for the most part not entertaining.
