✅ “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda called criticism of the smash-hit Broadway musical “fair ga
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✍ Although the play doesn’t shy away from showing the negative sides of the prolific founders of the United States, including affairs and violence, many have still criticized it for glorifying the lives of men who owned slaves. DISNEY+ RELEASES ‘HAMILTON’ TRAILER AHEAD OF JULY 3 PREMIERE Miranda responded to the criticism on social media Monday after “Another Round” podcast host Tracy Clayton shared her conflicting feelings over the play. “Hamilton is a flawed play about flawed people written by an imperfect person that gave my flawed and imperfect little life a big boost when i needed it most, so again i know im biased... but i do appreciate the change this illustrates & will be following the convo's evolution," she wrote in part. “Appreciate you so much, @brokeymcpoverty,” Miranda wrote in response. “All the criticisms are valid. The sheer tonnage of complexities & failings of these people I couldn’t get. Or wrestled with but cut. I took 6 years and fit as much as I could in a 2.5 hou ...
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