# My 1776 and Hamilton observation

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 30, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1776-and-hamilton-observation/839483 "2019-08-30T16:23:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1776-and-hamilton-observation/839483/21 "2019-09-03T17:16:14Z")

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> [@Morgyn](#):
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> It can be seen on the restored director’s cut DVD, too.

And it’s the restored cut that usually gets run on TCM these days, too.

(The one song wasn’t all that was restored–they restored whole swaths of dialogue that had been cut from the movie up until then. The director’s cut is probably one of the most stage-faithful movie musical adaptations there is.)

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**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1776-and-hamilton-observation/839483/22 "2019-09-03T19:31:56Z")

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Despite the immense pressure someday (and inevitable boatloads of money)…I just don’t think Hamilton would work as a movie. It needs intimacy and artiface to pull you in. Ironically.

A preening, priggish prancing Jefferson (as an example) rapping on a beautiful, completely accurate set would just be a bridge too far IMO.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1776-and-hamilton-observation/839483/23 "2019-09-04T17:09:50Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> HBO’s _John Adams_ miniseries is excellent, and worth seeing for any fan of the era.
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> Our previous _Hamilton_ thread: [Hamilton - The Musical - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=773664)
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> I’ve long wished someone would write a _1776_-style musical about the Constitutional Convention.  
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I’ve long said that I wanted to see a musical about the Bill of Rights.

I’d call it **The Ten Amendments**.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1776-and-hamilton-observation/839483/24 "2019-09-11T13:33:03Z")

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> [@Dale\_Sams](#):
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> Despite the immense pressure someday (and inevitable boatloads of money)…I just don’t think Hamilton would work as a movie. It needs intimacy and artiface to pull you in. Ironically.
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> A preening, priggish prancing Jefferson (as an example) rapping on a beautiful, completely accurate set would just be a bridge too far IMO.

And yet it’s probably coming: [Hamilton (musical) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_(musical)#Live_stage_filming)

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