British Reacts To: 'A Winters Ball, Helpless & Satisfied' - Hamilton Broadway Musical

[@alishagrossman4080]

Fun fact...Renee (Angelica) was sent and learned the song Satisfied in one night. The next day she auditioned for Lin. He instantly hired her, stating that he didn’t need to hear anyone else. She was his Angelica. And apparently, Renee never messed up during a performance. I have no idea how she did it. This is a hard song.

[@larynanntapp6333]

It is mind blowing that they repeated Helpless so perfectly in Satisfied eight times a week. LMM is a genius and the company is without fault!

[@chellesama8256]

She might have a photographic memory. Alicia Witt memorized every line of Dune at 12.

[@Caroline-go7lp]

They had to do the choreography of winters ball and helpless backwards. Satisfied is ✨ and Renee is on fire 🔥

[@phaines9]

Renee is ridiculous

[@marywalsh5774]

I love watching people when they realize it’s rewinding 🤯 🤣 They did the choreography of the first two songs exactly in reverse for Satisfied. Amazing! Helpless is supposed to be a nod to Beyoncé and music like that and the growl in Hamilton’s voice at the end of Helpless is a nod to Ja Rule. So many Easter eggs throughout Hamilton!

[@jeffy5482]

Me too! Everyone is just like, “whoa! What’s going on? Really? REALLY?! This is not possible. Wow.” And that all happens within like 6 seconds.

[@KAM-rl6tz]

“Helpless” was a nod to Ashanti I read. That’s why Ashanti sang the song on the mixtape I suppose.

[@anthonyanderson9303]

@@KAM-rl6tz Ashanti and Ja Rule early 2000s vibe yes. LMM was so pumped when they agreed to do the song on the mixtape.

[@delcapslock100]

Fun fact: Angelica actually does suggest "sharing" Alexander in one of her letters to Eliza. Said kind of in jest, but it's clear what she's talking about.

[@scaber]

She wrote ""your Husband, for I love him very much and if you were as generous as the old Romans, you would lend him to me for a little while."

[@delcapslock100]

@@scaber how close is that to “I’m just sayin if you really loved me you would share him” 😂

[@delcapslock100]

"My life is gonna to be fine cuz Eliza's in it! I look into your eyes and the sky's the limit!" One of my favorite couplets of the whole play. All those "i" sounds , actual letter i's, and the word eyes! Miranda's skill with words is just unreal.

[@bryceclendenin]

I guess you could say “his skill with the quill is undeniable” I’ll see my self out now

[@edisonlima4647]

It is a stroke of genius how much of this musical manages to be extremely ambiguous. Like "his life will be fine now that Eliza is in it"... ok, but by this point he might be talking about love or about now having money because he married rich. The play often toys with just how much of a selfish trickster Hamilton might have been any any point, from 0% to 110% and it takes absolute mastery of lyricism to create a whole play overflowing with ambiguous lines and overshadowing as Hamilton!

[@lifeoftalise4390]

Never even realized wow

[@peggypoggio1916]

Lin-Manuel Miranda took a lot of creative liberties in the story telling, particularly with the personal stories in Hamilton. It isn't a documentary, after all, but a work of art based on true events. In real life, Angelica was already married when she met Hamilton and although they clearly (from surviving writings) had a strong intellectual attraction to each other and a flirty relationship in the correspondence, there is no concrete evidence that they ever had an affair and historians have speculated in both directions (yes, an affair; possibly not) for many years. Alexander and Eliza married in 1780 and Angelica and her husband lived in Europe (first France, then England) for 16 years starting in 1783. Angelica leaving to live in London is brought up in a lyric in the show. Although Angelica made some visits back to the USA during her years living aboard, she clearly wasn't physically around Hamilton for most of those 16 years. Also, another element of the story telling that is done and not true, the Schuyler family had boys as well as girls. Actually, they had 15 children total but only 8 lived to adulthood and this included boys. However, Angelica, Eliza (given name Elizabeth), and Peggy (given name Margarita) were the oldest of the children. The rewind to re-tell the story from Angelica's perspective is extremely well done, I'm glad you appreciated it so much. Also, you are correct, the turntable does go in the opposite direction during the rewind and allows the choreography to be reversed to get back to the point where they re-start the story telling. You may not have noticed yet, but the turntable is actually a double one. There is a center section then a ring one around it. They can be controlled separately so the middle one may be stationary while the ring turns (in whichever direction is chosen) or the center can turn without the ring turning or they can turn in opposite directions from each other. Glad you did these together and appreciated the staging of it. Satisfied, in particular, can not be fully appreciated without seeing what is happening on stage, I believe.

[@WanderLost]

I like to think of Miranda and Chernow working together... The Chernow biography tells us the facts and what Hamilton did, and Miranda tells us who Hamilton was. Not exactly factual, but a good idea of who he was as a person.

[@jeancaldwell5391]

@@WanderLost They did in fact work together. Ron Chernow became the historian for the musical. He and Lin discussed many aspects of the story as it Lin was working on it. Some facts, obviously, Lin took artist license with. Sometimes timelines were altered, sometimes historical facts were fudged or squished together. Ron has commented, and demonstrated, that he knows virtually every line in the musical from watching it in its creative state so often.

[@AbsolutFlippy]

The rap Angelica does in Satisfied is both the longest and the fastest of the entire show. And that is saying a lot.

[@carly7834]

What about guns and ships?

[@AbsolutFlippy]

@@carly7834 sorry yes. I meant right after Guns and Ships.

[@WanderLost]

Also, that was her audition song, and she got the song the NIGHT BEFORE her audition... not very long to practice!!

[@JamesMLeggatJrP2E]

The Sisters are amazing. All three actresses give individual performances that, when blended together, make for a positively brilliant combination.

[@weirdbunmi]

On the point of being based off of real events, this particular event did not happen this way in real life. In real life, Angelica had already been married and eloped with her husband to London. However, she and Alexander became good friends and she even joked with Eliza that if Eliza were like the Romans, she'd be generous and share Alexander with Angelica. The relationship was something like an office spouse, I suppose. Angelica was an intelligent, politics-wise woman Alex could bounce ideas around with. In the play, Angelica is not married at this point, and the relationship seems more ambiguous. However, we see her place family duties and Eliza's happiness above her personal wishes. Lin Manuel Miranda is aware of the historical inaccuracies but wanted to give depth to Angelica's character. (But on the point of there being no Schuyler brothers, he just forgot. Philip Schuyler did have sons in real life.) The stagecraft for this is so good as well! As you noticed and some people have mentioned, Satisfied replays the choreography of A Winter's Ball and Helpless. When rewatching the songs, you can see how they line up, like: -The shouted "Ladies!" from A Winter's Ball muffled in Satisfied -Alex stopping Lafayette and talking to Angelica himself -Angelica dancing with Washington -The replayed conversation (the most obvious, I think) -Angelica taking Alex's letters -Peggy dancing on the left (my personal favorite part lol) -Then they replay some choreo from the beginning of Satisfied, bringing the song full circle This is by no means a comprehensive list, just my personal favorites that I wanted to share. I highly suggest rewatching the songs on your own and matching them up!

[@Alphasnowbordergirl]

I do believe some historians thought they were some feelings between one another though nothing was acted upon. I think this is even referenced later when Angelica sings you wrote, "My Dearest, Angelica" rather than "My Dearest Angelica," which the first denote feelings of romantic love rather than platonic. I've seen this debate from different letters during the time period with other historical persons who would write things out of keeping of the time period towards their supposed platonic friendship that would usually be considered romantic.

[@arandomgirl306]

Peggy dancing is my favorite part too

[@gorgarath]

@@Alphasnowbordergirl Actually, historically, it was Angelica that wrote My Dearest, Alexander instead of My Dearest Alexander to which Hamilton wrote back, possibly teasing her about it.

[@psychosweetheart5977]

Also, the direction that the stage rotates is significant as well, with one direction noting going forward in time, and the other (as seen in Satisfied) means going backwards in time. There are so many small details like that in the show that you'd have to watch 1000s of times and you still probably wouldn't catch it, and that's one of the reasons I love it!

[@arnettabosby5100]

Lin Manuel’s growl although paying homage to JaRule was done because Phillips Soo always laughs when he does it. 😂😂 Loved your reaction here and will be waiting for the rest. 😉

[@WanderLost]

Satisfied is my second favorite song in all of Hamilton! The choreography of this whole section is just amazing to me... especially the rewind!

[@LeyCarnifex]

I feel like that makes your favourite either Wait for It or The Room Where It Happens (unless I'm completely off lol)

[@WanderLost]

@@LeyCarnifex I love them both, and really it's hard for me to pick a favorite. I feel like on certain days my favorite changes. Sometimes it's Guns and Ships because of how fast it is. Sometimes it's Quiet Uptown because of the connection in that song, and if I want to cry, it's Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story or One Last Time. I guess ultimately, I like them all! :)

[@jessicajones641]

If you can, watch this without the lyrics. The choreography of Helpless (make sure to watch Angelica in Helpless) because you see her go through the motions of it during Satisfied. It’s brilliant

[@wewerestrangerspodcast9251]

This is the first time I watched all three in a row, and let me tell you that I had nonstop chills during Satisfied and it was amazing.

[@reanimated]

"Satisfied" is my absolute favorite song of the entire show. It's kinda genius.

[@6598102743]

I love that you can hear the company singing a winters ball/the beginning of helpless in the background of satisfied

[@kelly_kuku]

This is probably my favorite part of the whole show! It is 🤯🤯🤯

[@arnettabosby5100]

Funny you said reminds you of a Disney song. Lin Manuel Miranda wrote a lot of the songs in Disney’s Moana

[@i-asiahfrazier6812]

Really!? That's awesome!

[@arnettabosby5100]

@@BewareTheJabberwock yep. We Know The Way- How Far I’ll Go- I Am Moana. Brilliant and others for other movies.

[@arnettabosby5100]

@@i-asiahfrazier6812 my granddaughters favorite is Shiny!!

[@cosmoslady]

If you have not done "Guns and Ships", "History Has its Eyes on You", and "Yorktown" yet you must!!! You have to do those three together like this video with these three. Those songs are when America wins the war, and Guns and Ships is so badass!!!

[@deelola5273]

I’ve seen the Hamilton musical three times. I would see it another dozen times if I could. If you ever get the chance to see Hamilton do not hesitate!

[@goconnor0304]

@Deelola 52 I just feel fortunate to be able to watch it on Disney Plus as often as I wish.

[@deelola5273]

@@goconnor0304 I know isn’t it the best!

[@bobbihearn6168]

Fun fact: Philip Schuyler actually has several sons survive into adulthood. And Angelica didn't introduce Eliza to Alexander

[@easjer]

It works in terms of the dramatic tension in the musical, on many levels, but it would have been strengthened if they hadn't had to cut the reprise from the second act due to time. But yes, she wasn't the oldest child, and there were sons, and she was already married when she met Hamilton, and Hamilton met Eliza at a dinner party . . . but it's not intended to be a full and faithful and exhaustive biography of Hamilton. And there was a TON of sexual and intellectual tension between the two in real life - the whole comma thing in the second act? Yeah, that was real.

[@dierane3976]

I would love to see a separate reaction to the animatics, theyre really well done. Especially the one for satisfied

[@Yumehayla]

I hope you will do the animatics as well - these three songs are very popular, and have some really good animatics made for them!

[@lvw7668]

You should totally do the animations as well. It seems you really like them!

[@whaleymom76]

Just a fun note: 5 of the 10 historical falsities used for artistic flow found in this musical are in "Satisfied "

[@guineapigsnthings]

The original videos are now deleted. Netflix Plus Movies (the original video's channel) was "terminated" probably for copyright reasons.

[@JasonZakrajsek]

Honestly I’m not upset about it. I hate when people put “official” in the titles of videos that obviously aren’t official.

[@guineapigsnthings]

@@JasonZakrajsek I hate it too. ButI'm upset about it tho, just because now I can't find the songs with the choreogrophy on YT. I have Disney+, but not on all my devices because logging in is a pain, but then I feel even more bad for the people who don't live in areas with Disney+ or can't afford it.

[@tmsztrsz]

her performance in satisfied is simply insane, out of this world

[@i-asiahfrazier6812]

Do the animatics! Szin's art displays more and more character and emotion in her art

[@karabelles5142]

Wish you had the Disney + version 😊 But also check out the Jimmy Fallon version of Helpless 😊

[@JoyfulOrb]

I subscribed as soon as I saw how involved you were in the music AND the choreography, also Rock On fellow redhead!

[@guineapigsnthings]

We Know, Hurricane, The Reynolds Pamphlet, and Burn should be in a group, as should Blow us all away, Stay Alive Reprise, and It's Quiet Uptown. Also, maybe even Your Obedient Servant, Best of Wives and Best of Women, The World was Wide enough and Who lives, Who dies, Who tells your story. Maybe even throw The Election of 1800 at the beginning of that, but idk. The end of the second act has everything leading off of each other. Also, One Last Time and I know him may need to be in a group since One Last Time is about Washington stepping down and I know him is King George's reaction

[@rafaelaveralugo7626]

My favorite part: In Helpless, Hercules was the "flower girl". Like if you agree:) Also, Helpless is my favorite song. Satisfied is my fourth favorite.

[@chrisleneil]

The mights Oke is perfect in every scene!

[@KGshowfan]

When I first started to watch you videos I didn't stick around for the anime(?) part but do now. It seems like it is the cast recording for those because the lyrics seem more clear & articulated, maybe it's just me. I'm going to go back to the begining of your reactions to check them out. I would like to see your reaction to the whole show when you're ready. I only saw it once, a friend invited me, & it can be overwhelming because there is so much going on you can miss alot of important/interesting things. I think you'll appreciate it even more when you do watch the entire show in one sitting.

[@goldensilenceakagoldielove133]

Angelica was indeed the "socialite," and was also the "looker" among the sisters (Google the actual Schuyler sisters, and view images --- you'll see!). Eliza was very plain, and more of an introvert, like "Hamilton" depicts. So, yes, Angelica had a close bond with Hamilton, as well as Thomas Jefferson, but since she was already married when she met Hamilton, there's no proof that an affair transpired with any of the powerful men with whom she was closely acquainted. Lin Manuel Miranda admittedly took creative liberties with the retelling of this story, and from a dramatic standpoint, the creative liberties taken were absolutely brilliant.

[@KelliViti]

Love REG. From OLTL to Rent. From Hamilton to Altered Carbon. She Kills it.

[@Anibonita2000]

I understand if you don't end up doing the Animatics to these songs, but I just wanted to say that I do vote that you do. We can never get enough of Hamilton. :-) Plus the Animatics shows more interpretations that you don't get from the stage version.

[@jeffy5482]

Definitely do the animatics, too!

[@sswc53]

If you haven’t already, please watch “one last time’. It is awesome.

[@davidbangtson3109]

Wow, these three songs are so well done and so well integrated into the overall story. Your comments were spot on. I am so enjoying it as you take us through the whole of Hamilton!

[@taraboudreaux7483]

reminds you of a Disney song maybe because Mr. Lin Manuel Miranda wrote many songs for Moana

[@regina_filange2.0]

This showed up on my suggested. Very cool. As a British person (grammar?), the references to " Ben Franklin with the key and a kite" or revels with "rebels" make any historical sense? Like, it's assumed Americans know about Ben Franklin, and we called ourselves rebels back then, but is that generally known over there? Just curious.

[@Pablo360able]

I mean, we know about Newton and the apple, so I assume they know about that particular eccentricity of Franklin's.

[@dakota5237]

Ooh you should DEFINITELY react to the animatics.

[@zlizgirl]

If you haven't seen it, watch animatics of the cut song Congratulations. Amazing song. Shame it didn't make it in the production.

[@onewithout7]

great reaction!

[@nataliesepulveda6752]

The animatics are good, you should definitely check them out

[@brandym784]

You need to do its quiet uptown and the room where it happened.

[@mayflower7811]

Satisfied is my favorite too 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@EsMiSanto]

I feel like you’re missing the whole choreography with the lyrics there. And, particularly in these set of songs, the choreography is very (if not the most) important.

[@scaber]

First of all, satisfied is among the best precision acting and stage blocking you will ever see. Secondly, in real life, Angelica had been married for 3 years and had 2 children when she met Hamilton. They did correspond.

[@lesliehayes3921]

WTH is the CC so huge??? You can’t see the actors. Never saw that on a reaction video before.

[@eatmypanart]

It's because it's a video from KZbin. It has stars and cc that big to avoid copyright

[@whaleymom76]

IMPORTANT NOTES: In real life, Alexander and Angelica didn't meet until after he and Eliza were married.(Angelica also was married to a Mr. Church) 2) Angelica was one of 13 living children-5 of them were brothers. 3) She DID become close friends with both Jefferson AND Hamilton. It was her advice and mediation that allowed Hamilton to be able to accomplish ANYTHING in the design of the U.S. federal government. They allude to this later in the play but don't provide any context or explanation.

[@michele8083]

Watch them side by side actually

[@kellygreen7559]

Angelica was already married when Hamilton came into their life so Hamilton and angelica we intellectual cool soulmates And when you said about Disney The 1 that frozen but the little mermaid because lemon well Miranda is a huge Disney fan and that is the 1 that started him on his way in this industry

[@corvus1374]

Oh, yes, watch the animatics.

[@whaleymom76]

Ok. Nod to historical accuracy: In real life, Angelica was married to Mr. Church before any of the Schyluer sisters met Hamilton (They actually eloped. He was a ne'er do well. It was a big scandel.) Angelica and Hamilton met at Eliza and Hamilton's wedding. Angelica and Hamilton became friends and were intellectual equals so she kind of became an advisor to him. She was also friends with Jefferson so she ran interference for Hamilton in a lot of his constant conflicts with Jefferson. She also advised Hamilton on the best way to convince and persuade Jefferson to do what Hamilton wanted Jefferson to do. (This is alluded to in a later song but not fully explained.) There is no historical record that Hamilton and Angelica were ever more than friends or even wanted to be. Lin-Manuel Miranda has always been very upfront about that. He said that he knew the romance was inaccurate but that he wanted to include it for dynamic and depth. ANOTHER historical tidbit: the "tomcat" reference is absolutely NOT true. As a matter of fact, the use of "tomcat" to mean "player" did not become part of the vernacular until almost 100 years after Hamilton's death. The line is a reference to a letter to the editor written 15 years as after Hamilton died when someone who was trying to overturn one of Hamilton's financial programs, mentioned a letter he swore Martha Washington wrote about Hamilton in which, according to Hamilton's detractor, Martha Washington compared Hamilton to a stray cat. Given the close relationship between the Hamiltons and the Washingtons, it is highly unlikely any such thing was ever expressed by Martha Washington....OK. Rant over.

[@zil_eyuh]

Petition to let the British react to You'll be Back

[@WriterusAeternus]

Angelica being in love with AH was made up for the play. IRL she was already engaged to be married when they first met and the girls had two older brothers so she didn’t have to marry for wealth but she actually did marry a wealthy prominent man I believe.

[@easjer]

She was already married - she had eloped with John Church well before she ever met Hamilton.

[@JasonZakrajsek]

I hate when people put “official” in the titles of videos when they’re clearly not official in any way

[@StoryMing]

Ummm... they got the lyrics wrong, there? It should be, "Look around", not "Drowning"?? Also, "Schuyler", not "Skies" (during the "Rewind" bit)

[@breezle7296]

My dearest, Angelica

[@galaxycraftings]

SEE THE ANIMATICS PLZZZ

[@MsKathleenb]

Iirc, the whole cast was nauseated by the spinning, it took a week or two to get used to it.

[@ashrowan2143]

I know they basically had to relearn the choreography when they introduced them to the spinning stage because they'd practiced without it at first

[@loungeblogger]

This is not historically accurate. Angelica was married before she even met Alexander. And the Schuyler‘s did. have sons.

[@kimbest2720]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@joshiandgio6919]

🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@cherryfulK]

Satisfied was initially the one song that made me doubt Hamilton as a good show when I first watched it because it felt like they were adding an adultery plot in which I really don’t enjoy. Especially since historically, Angelica was already married when they first met. Also an affair between Alexander and Angelica was never proven and argued both ways as although they sometimes had a flirty undertone to their letters, she was more an older sister and confidante to him in his political ventures. So it felt a lot like adding drama for the sake of drama. But it’s pretty hard to resist Renee Elise Goldsberry’s voice tho and I eventually came to love the song for other reasons, one of which is how badass she delivered those rap lines and high tones. Also, everyone can admit that the choreography from Winter’s Ball through Satisfied is genius because of the “rewind part” as you pointed out and the “recreation” of the choreography from a different perspective. All of the cast said that this was the hardest song in terms of choreography because they just had to come off of the complexity of Hopeless and then were told “Okay, now do it all again in reverse”. The way they play with the turning table was also clever in that during Hopeless, it spins clockwise as time moves forward, while from the rewind, it spins counterclockwise as though time was going back.

[@freedomm]

If anything, Angelica may have, or may have not, had an incident with Thomas Jefferson.

[@vly9257]

I hear you on the worry about the unnecessary adultery. No spoilers, but I think this moment shows how much Angelica loved Eliza and sacrificed her happiness for her sister. Which is useful further in. And, of course, introduces the theme of Alexander being never satisfied.

[@easjer]

As a piece of tension that kept Angelica's character relevant, it makes for a super complex character and a great story-telling line. It would have felt more convincing if they'd kept the Satisfied reprise in the second act, where she tells him off for cheating on Eliza - but it had to be cut for time. And it was more than a flirty undertone - she had a flirty undertone with Jefferson. It will never be proven, but the chemistry and bonds were totally there. In the letters we still have and the eyewitness accounts of them at the time. They may never have crossed the line (or they may have, who knows) but they definitely had a significant and deep connection.

[@ariannas7746]

I love satisfied but my one complaint is Angelica didn't have feelings for Hamilton and Hamilton didn't have feelings for her

[@bellanewton6125]

Yeah she did

[@valkyriefires]

You missed the 1st song!!

[@kerrychristensen7204]

😭👍👍

[@Nothing_Israel]

Seems to defeat the purpose of a reaction video to react entirely in silence

[@edutrevizani]

Reaction? What reaction? More "watch me watch"

[@stevew6741]

Uhh, duh? Why are you here doing this? We all see it. Stop trying to be a teacher of this masterpiece. You shouldn't be on here trying to make money.