Obama’s compliment for musical is ‘symbolic’ of inclusivity and immigrant pride,yet on a very different stage admiration for Republican candidate represents a denial of America’s shifting demographicsNot long after he became the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama hosted a poetry jam in the White House. One performer took the mic and tried out a song “about the life of somebody who embodies hip-hop – treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton”. He got a laugh.
In the years that followed, and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s wildly improbable concept grew into the musical Hamilton,winner of many awards and the hottest ticket in world theatre. This week, he returned to the east room and performed highlights of the expose. Michelle Obama recalled the first time she saw the expose, and saying: “It was simply,as I tell everybody, the best piece of art in any form that I have ever seen in my life.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com