I read the most recent biography of Alexander Hamilton before seeing the Broadway musical in July 2016.
The CD had not dropped yet. I spent too much tim trying to match the biography with the show. I should have just relaxed and enjoyed the music and words which were excellent on their own.
However, I probably won't watch the recorded version. I live in Philadelphia and can visit were Hamilton lived and worked as Washington Cabinet Secretary of Treasury
I served in Vietnam and survived prostate cancer. Calling a president who has totally screwed up the fight against covid Agent Orange is a bit of an insult
Cool, edgy.
Perhaps when the Broadway musical "West Side Story" was freaking edgy in the 1950s. "Hair" in the late 1960s was far more cool and edgy.
The dancers in West Side Story dated people like Elaine Stritch and Kay Thompson and married actresses like Liza Minnelli.
I suggest letting it go. Long friendships may outweigh racist remarks. I have a friend of forty year who was one of only a few White students in an overwise all black middle school and high school. When he talked about, it was not easy to relive the fighting and verbal abuse in such a racial charged atmosphere. I was bullied as a high school freshman and it is not my favorite subject to discuss.
Years ago I bid on eBay for a very revealing photo of Scott Baio at, I believe, a sports event.
I was outbid, but the seller sent the photos anything. Will check to see if the photo is now online.
When I was in college in the 1960s, star female politcal science professors were making over well over $25,000 dollars a year, a top salary for 1964-1965.in universities
Jay-Z has cancelled his annual Made in American Labor Day Weekend concert in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Comment: right decision, but bad for local vendors
In Philadelphia, The Barnes Foundation, a major art museum for Matisse, Cezanne, Renoir, Picasso, Gauguin and Spanish old masters is opening later this month with reservations required and social distancing & masks..