I hate the trend of just describing books with what minorities the main characters represent and nothing else. not only does it feel weird + exploitative to me it's also such a shoddy ineffective marketing technique. "this is my book with queer polyam disabled vampires you should buy it" ok great but what is it like. about. what are the themes. why should I read it
You can laugh at the disclaimer now but I was out there in the fucking trenches and youse have no idea how bad it was. people were accusing me of genocide for making this post
1796 Louis Gauffier - Portrait of a man with Florence in the background
(Private collection)
both hamilton and burr were adept at sarcasm, but their styles were noticeably different. courtroom antics centered on hamilton's unpoliceable mouth. he attacked defendants, witnesses and opposing counsel with peculiar viciousness, causing troup to remark on his 'utmost animosity and cruelty. hamilton's recorded notes read 'robert troup-- a creature it is almost a vice to name--'. burr had insulted the principals of an insurance company, comparing the president and its directors to the 'pope and 39 cardinals.' the president whispered, 'what a blackguard.' burr overheard him, and responded coyly, 'not so loud.' morris was finally added to the team of lawyers in a desperate attempt to salvage the case though he had not been in a courtroom for a dozen years.
though morris was hamilton's good friend, he found the behavior appalling. 'hamilton is desirous of being witty, but goes beyond the bounds, and is open to a severe dressing.' morris exclaimed of hamilton, 'before i have done i am confident i shall make my learned friend cry out, "help me, cassius (pointing to burr), or i sink." if morris did refer to burr as cassius, it underscores his impression that burr was the counterbalance to hamilton's excessive harangues. if burr was cassius, then hamilton was caesar. morris's point was to mock hamilton's hubris, acting godlike but depending on burr's mortal cassius to save him. [xxx]
The Smoker, the Drummer of the Jersey Blues, oil on panel, 1900, by Theophile Marie Francois Lybaert (1848–1927).
Not an accurate depiction by any means, but I resonate with him. Sometimes all that drumming will wear you out.
why are the american revolution tags 90% hamilton the musical
still can't go anywhere on the internet to read about the american revolution without getting smothered in hamilton memes and lams fanfics/fanart
it's been 7 YEARS LET IT GO ALREADY
It is absolutely crazy to me that musical fans on here just openly say things like this with seemingly no awareness of how ignorant it makes them look. Like it’s funny or quirky and not mind-bogglingly stupid.
