RAPPER'S FIRST TIME HAMILTON REACTION PART 15

[@AmariLeone]

Part 15 is honestly just tears, screaming & cursing. That’s it. You’ve been warned. I decided to take the complete opposite approach from the last video with the editing, by choosing to inject as much funny into the sadness with edits as I could manage, mostly because I needed the pick me up (been going through a lot mentally-emotionally as of late) & my edits make me laugh - hopefully they do the same for you as well. P.S. Lmao at the fact that Hamilton has my thumbnails looking like Quasimodo at this point 😭 (by the way I had to google the hunchback's name since I haven't seen this since I was like 5 lol)💀 Anyway just like with the previous videos, KZbin was shooting me like Aaron Burr over the music AND the visuals so I had to make some cuts to the songs & cover it with text (this was the least intrusive editing method I could find that they’d accept). I posted the entire intact reaction (full songs, no text covering the visuals etc.) on my patreon here www.patreon.com/posts/118460731 if you’re interested, but if not I’d suggest pulling up the soundtrack & playing it own your own so you can hear the INSANITY of what I’m hearing in full lol. PLEASE DO NOT SPOIL MAJOR PLOT POINTS IN YOUR COMMENTS (or at least start your comment with "spoilers" so I know to avoid it)! It takes away the point of future reactions if you just tell me everything that happens later so instead let me experience it during the process of watching Hamilton myself. I have moderators who are scanning the comments & deleting spoilery comments so don’t leave spoilers cause it will just get removed anyways. Lastly if you see others leaving comments that include spoilers please reply to it indicating that it has spoilers so I know not to read it, thank you in advance. Anyways make sure to check out the other parts here kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4mQnIyfe6p4rLs & subscribe not to miss future parts! 🦁❤💛

[@darsynia]

Anthony Ramos with the Sean Bean contract! Great reaction

[@efkastner]

@@AmariLeone lots of us going through it on and off the court like you right now. You’re among friends for sure

[@darsynia]

'How did you people survive this' my good friend lost her 9 year old son to brain cancer in 2015, the year this came out, BEFORE this came out. We did not survive this unscathed. 🫂🫂🫂

[@oodlesofboodles]

I cry EVERY time I watch this portion of the show, so feel free to be emotional during these songs. I can’t WAIT for you to hear Kelly Clarkson cover “It’s Quiet Uptown” on the Hamilton Mixtape. I’ve also watched videos of her singing it live and she barely makes it through the end of the song because it’s so emotional.

[@efkastner]

@ I was thinking the same thing. It’s my absolute “favorite” of any of the post-hamilton-hamilton drops

[@Julia-qv5ls]

All I kept thinking was "He hasn't even heard Quiet Uptown" yet.

[@AmariLeone]

Well now he has & he died 💀

[@start2fly1126]

Just wait until you hear Kelly Clarkson’s cover of it. 😭😭😭

[@isolatedstones]

@@start2fly1126 are you trying to kill him 😭

[@panfanwithaplan]

Me in every video up to this point: "Honey, you got a big storm coming"

[@cheriereed7776]

Yeah, I think we collectively have been very concerned about this part for him. And it’s going as expected 😭

[@-Olea-]

Now you can really appreciate the genius of Anthony's "me, I died for him" in the opening song!

[@vampdan]

Yeah, he was told already. It was already "spoiled." (there's no such thing as spoilers)

[@-Olea-]

I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Amari himself said he didn't know Phillip was going to die. And there obviously is such thing as spoilers, cause he was grateful at least this wasn't spoiled for him. So I'm not sure what you mean.

[@TheOldLesMiz]

@@-Olea- Back all the way in "Alexander Hamilton," Laurens/Philip sang, "Me, I died for him." The characters did it for different reasons but they died for Alexander. That whole section of the song was foreshadowing for both acts.

[@-Olea-]

​@@TheOldLesMiz yeah that's exactly why I said that he can appreciate it more now that he knows that Philip dies

[@thechonus3858]

@@vampdan Of course there is such a thing as spoilers. What a ridiculous thing to say.

[@start2fly1126]

“He was just a fetus 2 songs ago” sent me 😂 oh that was a much needed laugh. This part of the show is just heart wrenching

[@AmariLeone]

“He was just a fetus 2 songs ago” Philip really aged like Mayfly!! 😭 "This part of the show is just heart wrenching" Really heart punch after heart punch

[@GnankiViolet]

was just coming here to say that part cracked me up too 😂

[@KevinKoperski]

That was a great line. Still laughing.

[@jonelrobinson582]

That was too funny!😂😂😂😂

[@Azoth011235]

Amari - "I'm not sad. I'm not sad." The cellos - "Bet."

[@AmariLeone]

Bro I was out here trying to cope SO HARD lmao

[@angelicakeezarcon1851]

🤗

[@gavinneedham2013]

The thing about seeing this live is when Eliza screams, they cut the mic and it’s just her raw unamplified scream through the theatre with no other sounds and it’s so painful.

[@nicanproud]

I'm so glad they don't have it on the soundtrack because I could not make it if they did

[@JulianaBittencourt24]

i hope i get to see this live someday

[@dianegush]

wow I didn't know that! That is pain!

[@helenavalentine9718]

Bro, never apologize for your emotions. Your humanity keeps me watching.

[@AmariLeone]

Appreciate that! Sometimes hard to think while trying not to melt into a puddle though 😅😭

[@kyeboy]

Facts. It’s YOU processing Your emotions that’s compelling. Most people feel y comfortable with their anger, disagreements and protestations and cringe at the mere notion of empathy, sympathy or any other -athy that aligns with emotion. Real men shed tears (maybe in private, but yeah 😉) 💗

[@terimochanewton9104]

(36:47)You’re not grieving for a kid you don’t know, you’re empathizing with parents who have lost their world.

[@hjourdenjackson]

I weep at this myself, and wept for you, seeing your heart break. Being able to embrace your heart, especially when it’s breaking, is beautiful and healthy. I think my breaking heart is a strength. It shows that I haven’t been broken by a callous society. I see the same in you and I admire you for it.

[@AmariLeone]

Yeah I come to that conclusion in the outro

[@AmariLeone]

@@hjourdenjackson Thank you Heather, means a lot! ❤💛

[@terimochanewton9104]

@@AmariLeone yep, you sure did.

[@isolatedstones]

i like how it’s quiet uptown is mostly sung by the ensemble and renée, implying that eliza and hamilton where so consumed by grief that they couldn’t see anything beyond their grief and heartbreak so the people around them kept them upright if that sentence makes sense

[@AmariLeone]

This is a beautiful point

[@LarsPeterA]

I cry at “forgiveness” every time I hear “Quiet Uptown”. That’s always the moment that hits me so I totally relate to your reaction.

[@aiofefern164]

When I saw Hamilton in person, I made sure I had extra tissues on hand, ready for Act II- because I knew I was going to be a mess. Had to pass a bunch to the man & wife seated next to me because they were not ready.😭

[@AmariLeone]

Like a truck on the Autobahn 😭

[@wjquick32]

Just reading it here made me a little shaky

[@lisamartin969]

“Forgiveness” makes me cry every time too. It is so poignant because of where we are as a people. We don’t extend grace or forgiveness for small things let alone betrayal on this magnitude. If you are interested, I really do recommend Ron Chernow’s biography on Alexander Hamilton. Lin was reading it on vacation (!) and was inspired. You get some details that the musical had to gloss over - like why it was thought that Hamilton committed a crime in the Reynolds’s situation. There are a few things they twisted for the sake of the story. One is that Alex was actually a loving dad. A visitor once remarked that it is shocking to see the Treasury Secretary sitting on the floor playing with the children. That wasn’t the norm then. Eliza was also his helpmate, writing down some of his works when his ideas were flowing but his hand cramped up.

[@Randomner2562]

When I saw this live in the west end for the first time the actor for Hamilton was soooooo tall and the way he crumbled at that word. He looked like a lost little boy and I was fully broken.

[@renees4577]

The reason that Ham uses Eliza's words back to her is literally because he's rendered speechless. The man of so many words grasping for them and the only thing he can find is hers. He's got nothing left at that point.

[@caroltz8220]

Ah, that's so brilliant

[@tweetyalso]

Great observation. I think it also shows that he's grown, and can appreciate both Eliza and her words now.

[@dianegush]

wow

[@ambernicole2340]

Yeah! I took it as Hamilton finally seeing Eliza was right. His family is enough and he took it for granted. So how words about her smiling or letting him be with her is enough now for him. I wish he had seen it earlier, but it's like he's realizing it. Maybe?

[@lisamartin969]

She also uses his words “it’s quiet uptown”. It’s like they are on the same page.

[@LoriPeace]

You're not tearing up for Phillip, you're crying for Eliza whom you've come to know over these past weeks of going through this musical with a fine-toothed comb. And after her heartbreak in the last video, having it break even worse in this one is almost unbearable.

[@AmariLeone]

Yeah I ended up coming to that same conclusion as I wasn't especially tied to Philip himself but moreso everyone around him AND the actor

[@flyflorida2001]

“Just let me stay here by your side, and that would be enough.” Hamilton is FINALLY satisfied

[@AmariLeone]

AS HE SHOULD BE!! #ElizaWasAlwaysEnough

[@rynynk12]

Man I’d recommend after the full reaction is over, going back to the first song and rewatching it. It hits different the second time around. Especially knowing the dual roles each of the actors play.

[@AmariLeone]

That's the plan, stay tuned

[@chelsey9664]

this is why when people complain about lins singing voice its annoying because personally his acting here makes me cry everytime and so does the emotion in his voice, if he sang it perfectly i dont think it would have the same effect

[@AmariLeone]

Tbh his singing fits the character so well and actually ADDS to these more emotive moments imo

[@JulianaBittencourt24]

@@AmariLeone you're not the first person I see having that take. I absolutely love Lin, but i think his acting is a little over the top, idk. Not the biggest fan of his singing.

[@GrinningLikeaDelicateJamesDean]

@@JulianaBittencourt24 idk I couldn’t disagree more lol. He’s not the best singer, but he’s such a charismatic actor that I don’t really ever notice unless I’m listening to the soundtrack

[@GrinningLikeaDelicateJamesDean]

@@JulianaBittencourt24not to mention, he’s a talented rapper as well

[@JulianaBittencourt24]

@@GrinningLikeaDelicateJamesDean I'm not the biggest fan technically speaking, but I love him too much for everything else that it's not a problem. Makes him more human and relatable, actually. Hahaha

[@heyhardinera]

46:57 the Hamilton experience is showing up for Alexander but ending up willing to go to war for Eliza

[@awmperry]

I’ve long been of the opinion that the show’s hero is really Eliza rather than Alexander. Alex is the protagonist, but not the hero.

[@heatherkanillopoolos7441]

@@awmperrythat’s why it’s called “Hamilton” and not “Alexander”. We just had the wrong Hamilton in mind

[@Idkihearthistory]

fun (or should I say depressing) fact , Hamilton took Philip’s death so hard , that at his funeral he needed to have his friends to hold him up , he couldn’t even stand on his own at his son funeral , and when he found out that Philip had been in a duel, he was overwhelmed with stress and grief , that when he arrived at his friend place that’s a doctor, he fainted at the front door. His death affected the family so that bad , that their second oldest daughter , mental health went down so bad that she never recovered.

[@davedujour1]

Yeah, "fun" facts.

[@AmariLeone]

History is depressing

[@aiofefern164]

@@AmariLeonepaintings of Hamilton after Phillip’s death showed he aged 20years in a split second. His hair’d gone grey. He was a shell of a man.

[@-Olea-]

Doesn't sound fun tbh

[@meegull]

To paraphrase The Princess Bride - “‘fun fact’, you keep using that word. I don’t think it means what you think it means.” 🤪🤣

[@pip5667]

"How can Phillip be BOLDER than his dad" is some true top ten moments before disaster type shit 😂 I just KNOW I'm about to watch you eat your words in a 3 c(o)urse meal

[@AmariLeone]

*Geodude has entered the chat*

[@emenemaxpein]

Actually answered him with "Guess we'll never know"😂😂

[@pip5667]

@@emenemaxpein CRIMINAL 😂

[@eringoblahhh]

Like his father, but boulder 🦾🪨 😆

[@aiofefern164]

Eacker shooting at 7. When sept is the number Phillip always stalled on when counting in french with Eliza, then Phillip’s heartbeat stopping on sept. 😭😭😭😭 GETS ME EVERY👏🏾DAMN👏🏾TIME👏🏾

[@AmariLeone]

Easter eggs abound

[@sarahjanek88]

I was coming to say the same

[@jonelrobinson582]

Same!😢

[@lorainebolan1630]

Don't worry. You're not the only one who cries at this part. Phillipa Soo knocked this out of the park, ripping our hearts out with only a look. I've lost count of how many times I've seen this, and it gets me every single time without fail.

[@AmariLeone]

An incredibly moving moment! I would've been on the floor in the theater

[@nicanproud]

I watched Hamilton with two different touring casts, and this moment always hits. But Phillipa somehow takes me out every single time in a way no one else has yet. (Yet cuz I will watch this show every time it comes to my town.)

[@kendrascott8083]

@@AmariLeone please go see this is a theater and give us an update. The traveling company is also wonderful ❤

[@pip5667]

My fucking GOD that My Shot freestyling had NO right to be that smooth!

[@AmariLeone]

Appreciate that! Was just having a little fun early on lol

[@vly9257]

Please do a freestyle remix!😊 we all need a little lightness!

[@AmariLeone]

@@vly9257 Noted, noted 👀

[@Skye_Writer]

@pip5667, 1000% AGREE!!

[@ammaleslie509]

@@pip5667 that was so amazing I thought he planned it

[@matthewwisner2153]

16:48 remember that in the 10 duel commandments, a doctor is supposed to be on hand and prepaid. They didn't follow the ten duel commandments, so there was no doctor on site.

[@AmariLeone]

Hence philip has an infection by the time he finally gets to one 🤯

[@JulianaBittencourt24]

interesting, i never got that! always something new

[@thechonus3858]

🤗🫂Okay, this is a long-ish story about the astonishing power of "It's Quiet Uptown." "Hamilton" was workshopped in 2014 at the Public Theater, where it also made its Off-Broadway debut in 2015 (moving to its Broadway home at the Richard Rogers Theatre late that year). During workshops, songs are added, cut, expanded, moved, etc., so in essence Lin was still writing the show during the workshop period (the first "on its feet" workshop was Act I, which was all he had completed at the time). I'm sure others have suggested the workshop recording as one of the things for you to listen to after you finish the show (it's here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nanGp4qnic2Jh8U). "Hamilton" got there via the Public's artistic director, Oskar Eustis, who had been shown Lin's performance of the title song at the Obama White House (which is another clip I'm sure you'll be watching: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jX-pl2qkgq56pKc). Eustis spent three years trying to convince Lin to bring "Hamilton" (then called "The Hamilton Mixtape" and not imagined as a stage show at all) to the Public. He finally won Lin over, the workshopping commenced, and Lin got going on Act Two. A few months later, Oskar Eustis's 16-year-old son, Jack, committed su1c1de. Lin had just finished writing "It's Quiet Uptown." He made a demo .mp3 and emailed it to Oskar and his wife just a few hours after Jack was gone. From an article in the New York Times: “There is nothing you can say,” Mr. Miranda recalled thinking. “And yet, I had a song about this. So I wrote to him saying, ‘If this is useful, then lean on it, and, if not, delete this email.’” Mr. Eustis and his wife found it useful. “Every line of ‘Quiet Uptown’ feels like it’s exactly correct to my experience,” Mr. Eustis said. “It was the only music we listened to for a long time, and we listened to it every day, and it became a key thing for the two of us.” Can you imagine.

[@cobramcjingleballs959]

From reading Chernow, to tracking the development of Hamilton from Lin sending (basic) mp3s to gauge Ron’s reaction, to it being workshopped by the brilliant Eustis at The Public, I thought I could be surprised by any new background. To learn this was moving. Thank you.

[@robertschrumpf2534]

🫂

[@elderkinchar]

I did not know this. Thanks for sharing.

[@Caitlinmcfadden22]

Wow

[@cmoplay1]

🤗

[@blackbird-sleeper]

One of my favorite things about "It's Quiet Uptown" that I really don't know if anybody has pointed out yet (I haven't seen it in the comments, anyway) is that after Alex's apology to Eliza, there's a gap before her response that points out that he's putting real effort into repairing their relationship over weeks and months ("he is trying to do the unimaginable"). I also didn't see him using her own words as manipulative, per se, but more actually acknowledging her point of view for the first time- and that's part of why she forgives him. In Hurricane, he thinks of her as a prize, of sorts ("I wrote Eliza love letters until she fell.") Instead of that, now he's thinking about the things she's genuinely said to him that he ignored. He's trying to reach out to her on her level, as a person he loves. Philip's death teaches him that he doesn't only take pride in having married a rich girl- he loves Eliza, and he screwed up. He puts all of his willpower into making himself better for her, and she appreciates it.

[@JulianaBittencourt24]

I like this

[@ultravioletemme101]

Thank you for your perspective. Beautifully said

[@caroltz8220]

That's so beautiful and so well said!

[@melodyhargrave5417]

Love this take!

[@joekerr8717]

the instrumental heart beat at 18:13 stops when eliza says seven, which is also the number he always gets wrong onwards and the number Eacker got him in the duel

[@-Olea-]

And Philip says three the moment it stops. Which added to his mother's seven brings us to the ten they didn't get to at the duel :(

[@alankingsley2916]

It’s Quiet Uptown is just brutal. “The moment when you’re in so deep / it feels easier to just swim down” gets me every time. Hang in there, man. 🫂

[@Jps0412]

Same, that is the line that crushes me, no matter how many times I have watched this musical.

[@kayisfish]

Phillipa's acting is *visceral*! She is astonishing. The way she can crush us with her wailing and just break us with one line.... INCREDIBLE!!!

[@piperbird7193]

Dear Theodosia breaks my heart. They both outlive the children they were singing about. Poor Burr outlives ALL his children. Theodosia (and her son, I believe) were lost at sea in a trip to visit Burr. She was 29.

[@AmariLeone]

Children should always outlive their parents 🥺

[@airawynsummers]

Both children were blown away.

[@carmen_says_hi]

@@airawynsummers STAWP! 🥺

[@nicf6761]

LMM really did that. He really wrote a song about two young dads being “blown away” by the love they have for their newborn babies …who will both eventually be blown away. That song hits SO DIFFERENT the second time through.

[@Knightowl1980]

You’re crying bc hearing a mother’s scream for her dead son is always heart shattering. A cousin of mine died when I was 10, my aunt lived literally across the street and I can still remember her scream as she burst through our front door.

[@CatinaLeon]

I cry every time, the "forgiveness" part is brutal! She only needed to say "it's quiet uptown" and totally wrecked us xD

[@mordirit8727]

Everyone on the cast: I'll act and build a whole story and break you with a long song full of lyrics of the pains and tragedies that happened on this character's life! Philipa: I'll do it in one line. Everyone: what? Philipa: "it's quiet uptown." Boom, done.

[@62phoenix95]

The

[@Heather61776]

"The moments that you're in so deep, it's easier to just swim down" This came out during the pandemic. I lost my mom early on to it. That line hit SOOOOOOO hard 😢😢

[@caroltz8220]

I'm so sorry about your mom. I lost my dad this year. There is no pain like losing a parent. I'm so sorry. 🙏💔

[@NoRAdAlphaMoo]

​@@caroltz8220are we starting a club? My fatherly unit died like two weeks ago, but I guess I'm just an autistic bitch...

[@Heather61776]

@caroltz8220 thank you. 💔

[@aiofefern164]

When Eliza screams then cries over Phillip, & Hamilton places his hand upon hers- and she PULLS AWAY FROM HIM. The storytelling is so powerful! Just a little moment like that reminds you they are ACTING, not just singing. 😭

[@caroltz8220]

Oh! I never noticed that!

[@jonelrobinson582]

Oh wow! 😮

[@TheRealVenna]

Remember this was before cars. Traveling from New York to New Jersey was longer then than it would be today. That's how his wound was already infected when he got back to New York. It was probably a couple of days at least he was traveling after getting shot. Also, when this was filmed, just prior to coming on stage, Phillipa got news that her grandmother had died. Her emotions of grief are REAL.

[@aiofefern164]

He sailed across the river to Jersey. Not traveled by horse or carriage. It would have taken hours but not days. Nevertheless, the bullets path & composition would have allowed infection to set in rather quickly.

[@AmariLeone]

Very good points in this thread

[@heatherwind]

Exactly. It was also common for fabric from the clothing it pierced to get caught in the wound as well, aggravating the site and making infection even more likely, especially with the sanitary practices in western medicine at the time. A lot of factors could have contaminated the wound on the way back.

[@vly9257]

Also, the Dr said the bullet traveled across his gut. Gut biomes would cause infections. They are still tricky to treat in the 21st century... ☹️

[@singingwordwright148]

@@aiofefern164 very true. If it entered around his hip and traveled up through his torso, it almost certainly would have perforated his intestines. Peritonitis would have set in quickly and back then they had no way of combating that sort of sepsis.

[@donnayoungblood101]

Sorry....gotta comment again......(Former Theatre Teacher here.....when you say...."they didn't need to do all of this." It made me thing of a quote by a famous playwrite named Thornton Wilder...and he said this in 1956. "Theater is the "greatest of all art forms" because it is the most immediate way for a human being to share their experience with another, as it is always happening "on stage" in the present moment, allowing for a direct connection between the performer and the audience. He also felt that theater has the unique ability to confront difficult realities of life and strengthen our capacity to face them." Before this became a movie, the sound track came out and I would used the lyrics and just youtube videos of those lyrics and lead my students through the play. I was working in a "Title I" school, which means many single parented underprivileged households. It was also a school that had severly limited resources, and so 1600 students had few electives courses to chooose from. Art, Choir, Band Drama......so my class would be filled with students who had NOT INTEREST in theatre at alll. When I taught this show......my toughest, most disrespectful, most hardened students would be sobbing in the back of the room at this part. Hence, my belief in Thornton Wilder's quote.

[@davedujour1]

First time I saw this show the tears started flowing about this time Philip dies. A few minutes later I looked at my friend, water still flowing down the face, and my friend said "are you okay?" "Yeah, I'm fine", with a smile, while crying hard. Such a wonderful show that it makes you feel so hard. This is an amazing show.

[@AmariLeone]

"are you okay?" "Yeah, I'm fine", with a smile, while crying hard" I'm sorry but this made me giggle so hard

[@cheriereed7776]

“Get out your feelings h**, you have a job to do………*positive self talk*” Why was that insanely funnier than it should have been???!😂😂😂

[@AmariLeone]

Haha thanks I really had to check myself right quick

[@BrittanyNiicole]

Eliza's scream will always give me goosebumps and make me tear up no matter how many times I watch Hamilton

[@AmariLeone]

Real

[@callieluna2459]

Brilliant reaction - thank you. 😢🫂😢🫂😢 Alex and Eliza had eight children between 1782 and 1802. Their last child, a son, was born on June 2, 1802, about six months after Philip was killed on Nov. 24, 1801. They named this son Philip.

[@AmariLeone]

The double naming kids after dead sibling was super common back then so that makes since. Very sad though

[@CrownedNatty]

So was she already pregnant when he published the Reynolds Pamphlet?? Or did she get pregnant after??

[@taneamarshall6971]

Insult to injury- one of their daughters was devastated by Phillip's murder, couldn't cope with the grief, succumbed to a mental health crisis and lived the rest of her life institutionalized. 😢

[@LapCat85]

Each time you rewatched Eliza's scream i audibly was like no! Why are you watching this again? How are you watching this again! That scream breaks me every time! Incredible

[@carmen_says_hi]

He played it three times! 😭

[@ammaleslie509]

How did we survive rhis? We didn't! We wept through quiet uptown. And when I saw it live, the look on his face when the chorus sang "forgiveness" was such an intensely emotional acting moment that I lost it completely. I've never had a gut punch like that from an actor in the live theatre. And other folks were sniffing and crying in the seats all around me. That's how much we came to love these characters. So much brilliance on display here.

[@-Olea-]

You saw this, with Lin?? I'm not even gonna hide how jealous I am!

[@ratzar7994]

"Why are you tearing up? You don't even know this kid like that" 💀

[@AmariLeone]

Emp/sympathy really a bitch man 😭

[@darsynia]

@@AmariLeone Just remember that you're not foolish to be affected by good art, something I suspect you know!

[@LongBoxDigital]

"I wanted some happiness" Oh man... oh Amari... My dude.

[@AmariLeone]

Yes yes I know, I played myself 😭

[@LongBoxDigital]

@@AmariLeone if it's any consolation, the moment where Eliza sings "it's quiet uptown" and it wrecked you? IT. WRECKS. US. ALL. I've seen it so many times and EVERY. TIME. Just... Wrecked.

[@singingwordwright148]

@@LongBoxDigital true facts: I was today years old when I learned that line is sung by Eliza and not Angelica, because every other of the dozens of times I’ve watched this, my eyes were too full of tears to notice who was singing it, so I just assumed it was Angelica still singing.

[@LongBoxDigital]

@@singingwordwright148 gospel right there.

[@-Olea-]

Now I can finally share that never in my rewatches of Hamilton have I noticed that Philip's first appearance in Take A Break is accompanied by the Ten Duel Commandments motif. It honestly shocked me when you mentioned that in your reaction video.

[@StacieGlows]

I NEVER noticed that very clear foreshadowing before today. I've been waist deep in Hamilton content for YEARS

[@weirdbunmi]

I believe I watched a Howard Ho analysis where he mentioned it was the theme of conflict (though this may have been from the playbook notes, I don't remember). The obvious places we hear it is the duels, introduced in 10DC, but we also hear it in the cabinet battles and when Philip is "arguing" with Eliza on how the scales should be played.

[@xricky14tabs]

Fun fact: Angelica's actress had a few miscarriages and she got "mad" at Lin Manuel because he was able to capture the feeling of losing a child on the song, the thing is Lin Manuel wrote this song when he got a new puppy and still was able to capture the feeling without having any children, she talked about his on a SiriusXM interview that's on KZbin

[@AmariLeone]

Great writing is being able to accurately express situations you’ve never personally been in

[@-Olea-]

A lot of "fun" facts in this part lol

[@xricky14tabs]

@@-Olea- haha yeah, when I wrote the miscarriage part I was thinking "ha, this isn't that fun"

[@singingwordwright148]

@@-Olea- for certain values of “fun”

[@JulianaBittencourt24]

and interesting how he got the inspiration to how to write the moment of Hamilton's death (I'm not gonna go into details because spoilers) while holding his firstborn in his hands. The man's brain works at a different level.

[@MiruStarss]

this shoukd be called crying with hamilton part 15 edit: not so fun fact! eliza enters to philip dying with a black mourning dress not only for wardrobe convenience but also because peggy died that same year, wich in that time meant that they had to grieve wearing black clothes all year long, she lost her little sister and her son on the same year . ALSO since dear theodosia to philips death there's 19 songs, the age he died

[@AmariLeone]

Facts

[@-Olea-]

I'm not gonna lie, it was painful seeing your cheerfulness for the first half of the first song, knowing what comes next. You were so happy the sadness was over! 🫂

[@AmariLeone]

I thought we made it through the other side of the storm, turns out it was just the eye of the hurricane

[@Heather61776]

​@@AmariLeoneI see what you did there

[@seven-cats-3]

​@@AmariLeone the eye of a hurricane 🤝 uptown quiet

[@WalkingTaako42]

26:30 boy do they have other kids! Philip said he had a little sister in "Take a Break" and they ultimately had 8 kids

[@AmariLeone]

Alex was a FREAKY FROG! 🐸

[@-Olea-]

​@@AmariLeone well they basically lacked contraception, so. You do the deed, you get a kid.

[@callalily3994]

@@AmariLeonesomething to add to your reaction list is the Ham4Ham with the Hamilton children (KZbin is weird about links in comments, but search for that, posted by Howard Sherman, and you’ll find it.) it briefly tells the stories of each of the kids.

[@timewizardphil]

Alex and Eliza had six other children, four sons and two daughters, when Phillip died. They had one more son born a year after, who they also named Phillip in memory of their oldest. Also, for the record, Eliza had already reconciled with Alexander before Philip's death, their second daughter, Eliza, being born two years after the Reynolds Pamphlet was published. So a bit of dramatic license there on the part of Lin.

[@sergioandrade8735]

Not covered in the musical, but Peggy, Eliza's sister, went on to marry who was the richest man in America at the time and died at 42, not unusual at the time.

[@Jps0412]

@@sergioandrade8735 When we first hear the Schyler Sisters song, they introduce themselves in order of age, the second time they say their names, they are in order of death.

[@terimochanewton9104]

Been waiting for it. I’ve kept my mouth shut and have been waiting. I’ll be crying with you. Every time. Your musical memory is very impressive, as is your lyrical memory before the freestyle…. You always impress me. Will probably finish this after we cry…

[@AmariLeone]

I appreciate you not spoiling Queen Teri and also for going on this tear jerking journey with me! Hugs to you 🫂

[@nanacheese9135]

Knowing how you feel about Eliza and knowing how flattened by “ Burn” you were , I feared “It’s Quiet Uptown” would send you into another stratosphere.🤗🤗Your ability to parse words,remember things with your photographic memory is one of the reasons I am happy to see another Amari notice.However,what really singles you out from other “ reactors” is the heart and soul and passion you give us every week. When I saw Hamilton in the theatre I absolutely broke down when Angelica sang “ forgiveness”.I sat and wept. After all Eliza and Alexander had experienced with betrayal and loss,It was a powerful moment. Forgiveness can be more than love.at times. Do not worry about the few who think you are “ dragging”” your response out,there are many among us who knows exactly what and why you are doing.You are a gift to Hamilton fans.🤗🤗

[@nanacheese9135]

should read forgiveness can be more powerful than love at times 🤗

[@MotelsonMars]

Just dropping a comment to say I have enjoyed these Hamilton reactions as much as the musical itself. I really hope LMM sees these someday.

[@AmariLeone]

Appreciate that, you're a real one! And while it would be cool to have LMM see my videos for sure, I am also just as content to have you watching & enjoying them! ❤️💛

[@michelemdemarco]

Awwwww…Amari. I think because you are all in for Team Eliza is why these last two episodes have been particularly heart crushing. Phillipa Soo was just spectacular in this role and brought all the range from absolute elation over being Alexander’s wife, to the betrayal and now Phillip’s death. She just soared. And her beautiful voice encapsulates that range every step of the way. For the record, I am Team Eliza, too. Sending big hugs 🤗 and warm holiday wishes.🤗

[@AmariLeone]

Yes Queen Michele, couldn’t say it any better myself! She truly does communicate the sheer love of their early years and the incredible sense of distraught and hurt that Eliza must have been going through at this time so well! Happy holiday ❤️💛

[@summercook9022]

15:07 The heartbeat in the background was my COMPLETE undoing in his scene. As a mother, it hit even harder. Another great review with just enough levity (I love the memes every time) for such a tragic portion of this musical. #TeamEliza #somuchbetterthanhedeserves Looking forward to the next one. 🫂

[@AmariLeone]

"Another great review with just enough levity (I love the memes every time) for such a tragic portion of this musical." Appreciate that! I had to inject some light into this one while editing for myself and hopefully for others as well! "#TeamEliza #somuchbetterthanhedeserves" Yes ma'am!! In this kingdom we believe in #ElizaSupremacy!!!

[@Beaver1224]

A little detail, when Alex shows up to Philip's hospital room: Philip keeps telling him how he did just as Alex told him. Alex repeats "Shh, I know, I know." Not just to "save his strength," but also because that advice got him killed. Not only was he dueling (as his father would, but his mother would NOT), but he did the "honorable" thing of aiming for the sky, making himself a sitting duck. He even does a quick look around, as if to make sure Eliza isn't here to hear his damning statements.

[@JulianaBittencourt24]

🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 I had never thought of it as him telling Philip to keep quiet so Eliza won't hear it. So many levels.

[@kristenhenderson6909]

I’ve seen the first half of Hamilton a million times and the second half twice. It’s just too hard!

[@b2ickwall978]

I was listening to this musical on a road trip the first time I went through the show. When the chorus sang ”forgiveness” in Quiet Uptown I was crying so hard I just about had to pull off the road.

[@ItsLexy]

Now that I finished the video 🫂 38:15 when you talk about the whole sympathy and empathy thing it really made a lot of sense but I liked it because I knew there was an upcoming moment ( 39:36) that would hit. I swear EVERYONE breaks at the 🎶 Forgiveness 🎶 moment because that's something the greater majority of us empathize with. Forgiveness is something most of us desperately want in our hearts, whether we want it from loved ones for mistakes we make or from ourselves from disappointments we have had or in a existential spiritual way, we CRAVE forgiveness. So when Eliza, in a place of the deepest grief and despair, extends to Alexander her forgiveness it's almost like something magical. She gives him such grace when he most needs it, so off pop the waterworks for everyone because we all want that grace ourselves. I know it breaks me EVERY time, despite being able to struggle through Philip's actual death scene without tears. Btw for the cast recording, Eliza's scream at the end of "Stay Alive (Reprise)" is cut out, they end in quiet before the next track. They did it on purpose so people who went to see the live show after hearing the songs on recordings would still have a powerful emotional moment to surprise them. I listened to the recordings first, and yep, when I watched the Disney+ version the scream caught me off guard enough to bust tears out of me.

[@reeseereece]

I got familiar with the soundtrack before I saw it on Disney, and they did the same thing when Eliza reads the letter from Laurens' father. When I heard Anthony sing, "Tomorrow there'll be more of us..." it broke me! I went back and found it wasn't on the album, I assume, for the same reason.

[@amyg7047]

I am so not ready for this to end.

[@wjquick32]

Me either. I’m gonna have to take a weekend and rewatch all of them straight through once it’s over

[@AmariLeone]

Me either. I plan to react to all of the Ham auxiliaries when I am done with the musical itself though. I also plan to react to other musicals as well, some of which you might be a fan of! Stay tuned!

[@mollieking7432]

And this is the part of the show that demolishes me every time. As a mother of two grown sons, I can't get through it without copious tears. Just devastating, imagining the unimaginable .... But on another note -- that A.M.A.R.I. L.E.O.N.anotherE -- that whole bit was very delightful! And the acting, though - right?! Then she takes his hand! Your heartfelt reactions are very refreshing, and you take all the pauses you want. 🤗🤗🤗🦁👑

[@camilavasquezojeda8185]

The afro girl who calls Phillip a fox, is a Co-protagonist with Pippa (Eliza) and jasmine (peggy, Mariah Reynolds) at Lin's new concept album WARRIORS

[@ItsLexy]

15 minutes ago I checked to see if this was uploaded today. I'm so glad to see it. I'm so sorry too. I know this part HURTS.

[@AmariLeone]

I been fighting for my life against the copyright block 😭

[@agathamystery]

@@AmariLeoneprobably has to do with the fact that one of these songs is not in the soundtrack so as to give it the most emotion to theater goers. I’ve seen this on stage twice and watched it via streaming at least a couple of times. But these songs still just slap the crap out of you emotionally. I’m still crying. Philippa Soo just kills with her portrayal of Eliza. She is just amazing. She can wring such emotion out of us. She’s just amazing.

[@isolatedstones]

also what i noticed is the little instrumental they play right after eliza screams and sobs they play the same instrumental from george washington’s letter, speech whatever u want to call it from one last time basically saying “teach them how to say goodbye” as in literally saying goodbye to their first born son

[@yonukdeh]

Now that you know Peggy passed, that is the reason they are wearing black already when Philip dies... In person (not OG cast) was SO emotional & engaging!! Especially after waiting 2y d/t postponing from Covid! Lin is truly a genius, & these actors killed it!! ❤

[@GeoffRoderick]

The brilliant acting along with the combination of great music, choreography, lighting is why we grieve so much for Alex and Eliza. Truly great performances. Thanks again for your videos

[@KristenWood317]

Philipa and Anthony are masters of ripping out people's hearts. If you don't tear up at this song, you aren't human.

[@yvonnemcphee5792]

The acting is superb!! Eliza's face was frozen throughout the song till the end. I cry every time I watch this scene. your reaction adds to my emotions. I am so glad you appreciated the story and how well it is presented. i am with you. I need time to compose myself. Eliza and Hamilton should have won an award for their performances.

[@SuperJinkyO]

@45:20 I bought the .mp3 download off Amazon in 2015, after listening to these songs on KZbin. I paid $600 for a pair of Mezzanine tickets to the Rodgers Theatre on the other side of the country, to see THIS cast on stage that same year. As 2024 ends-and I'm STILL trawling KZbin for first-time reactions to this show-I want you to know, that "Quiet Uptown" still gives guaranteed results for those times you just need a good cry. I've been enjoying your reactions, thanks for the listen!

[@isttra]

@AmariLeone, Dude, getting into your emotions IS part of reacting. If it didn’t wreck you emotionally, I don’t know that you could honestly say you were reacting to the moment. Thanks for collecting yourself and also giving some great comments on the music, acting, lighting, etc. I have seen Ham at least 5x and still sob when Eliza cries out. Hugs all around. 🤗

[@AubreyAuthor]

🤗 I was actually watching a reaction to a Christmas movie when this dropped and I was like NOPE IT’S AMARI TIME. Thanks for another great reaction! Happy holidays!

[@AmariLeone]

Noooo Queen Aubrey! You could've finished your movie 😭 Glad you enjoyed the video though and happy holidays

[@AubreyAuthor]

@ I can always go back to that! I anxiously wait every week for these Hamilton drops!

[@JulianaBittencourt24]

I also dropped Netflix for this lol

[@the-reading-lemon]

Sometimes while watching your reactions to Hamilton I remember the very first video you did about it and how you were doubtful you would really enjoy this, and now here you are, absolutely devastated, quoting lyrics and analysing themes, and I think that perfectly sums up the quality of Hamilton. You can't help but get drawn into it. Anyway, "Quiet Uptown" just hits different to the point where my friends and I banned each other from even mentioning it because it got us in the feels. I'm looking forward to the rest of this series and I hope you'll enjoy the remainder of the songs. I hope you'll give us a final summary of your thoughts on the entire thing, too, since your analysis and commentary so far has been excellent and spot-on.

[@lynnjohnson1176]

Pretend there is a hug emoji here. I’m a well seasoned viewer (over 70) who happened on your first reaction video by accident looking for something from Hamilton, but I was captivated by your insights into the music, lyrics, and dance, all of which I missed the two times I watched the musical. I watch for every release and stay with you for the entire reaction. I very much appreciate your perspective and your emotional investment in the story.

[@Croissantsss]

🫂🫂🫂 I’ve heard/seen these songs so many times over the years that I’ve gotten sort of desensitized and they don’t really bring me to tears anymore…. Amari your reaction had me SOBBING and rewinding cuz I couldn’t see the screen through tears. Although if there’s one thing that always gets me is Pippa’s little noises and screams in this show, and then the way she PULLS AWAY FROM ALEX’S HAND WHEN PHILLIP DIES 😭😭😭

[@lizturner267]

Amari! You just get it. LMM is nothing short of brilliant in his word play and you don’t miss a beat. Hearing it from a rapper/lyricist’s view is such a treat. I’m sad but only that we’re getting near the end of this journey together. Here's a hug from one of your “ahem” more mature viewers 🤗🫶

[@AmariLeone]

Appreciate the hug Queen Liz! "LMM is nothing short of brilliant in his word play" Yes for as great of a performer as he is he is even better as a writer!! "I’m sad but only that we’re getting near the end of this journey together" Me too but I plan to react to all of the Ham auxiliaries when I am done with the musical itself and also plan to react to other musicals as well, some of which you might be a fan of! Stay tuned!

[@lizturner267]

@@AmariLeoneI’ll be here for it!

[@mirasmandolin]

Amari!! i just binged all your hamilton videos prior to this in one day (yesterday lol). live reaction seeing this at 23:52 in the u.k: “omg i am so f*cking happy.” Amari, you are phenomenal, i LOVE your analyses, i LOVE your vulnerability, i LOVE your passion!! your personality and your attention to detail is LIFE. i have had an incredibly hard few years, and up to today its been week after relentlessly trying week. but hey, i get an Amari vid every week now! so my weeks look a little brighter already :) can’t wait to see this reaction, we’re both about to be destroyed lol. Happy holidays and thank you for your service ❤

[@AmariLeone]

"Amari!! i just binged all your hamilton videos prior to this in one day (yesterday lol). live reaction seeing this at 23:52 in the u.k: “omg i am so f*cking happy.” Amari, you are phenomenal, i LOVE your analyses, i LOVE your vulnerability, i LOVE your passion!! your personality and your attention to detail is LIFE." In one day!?!? Wow you were putting in work!! I appreciate you Queen Mirabelle! I’m glad you’ve been enjoying the videos so much! ❤️💛 "i have had an incredibly hard few years, and up to today its been week after relentlessly trying week. but hey, i get an Amari vid every week now! so my weeks look a little brighter already" I’m sorry to hear that you’ve been going through a rough time as of late (me too honestly so hug 🫂) but I am very honored to be apart of bringing a little bit of light into your life, we’ll make it through 😤

[@mirasmandolin]

@ hahaha yeah my ADHD brain really locked in with the hyper focus this time 🤣 i’m sorry to hear you’ve been having a hard time too! but you’re right, we’ll make it through 🫂 PS. OMDS PLEASE GO EAT (i am a hypocrite i too forget to eat all the time in favour of whatever i’m focussed on lmfao)

[@deemo7868]

Why do I enjoy watching you work through your conflicted feelings? You're the best. Thanks for sharing.

[@AmariLeone]

Maybe it's cathartic? Or maybe it's just funny watching my crazy brain work lol. Either way glad you enjoy

[@ammaleslie509]

@@AmariLeone it's both 🤩

[@selenemize]

I can't wait to see how you react to the next sentence in the musical -- bring on part 16!

[@AmariLeone]

Coming soon!

[@heyhardinera]

8:43 I literally never realized the dad defense duel connection before... I can't believe I missed that lol. Great insight!

[@AmariLeone]

Appreciate that!

[@reneepurdue5418]

The first time i watched Hamilton I was ugly crying for the majority of the 2nd half. I still cry every time I watch it 😭 hugs dear heart 🫂

[@NorthJackson-fy9pu]

I remember seeing a clip of Angelica's actress talking about hearing it's quite up town for the first time and saying "how could someone who's never lost a child capture the feeling so simply" and now whenever that song starts she makes me cry before Alexander and Eliza even speak.

[@rogerkitch3420]

When I saw it the theater the first time you could hear the entire place collectively sniffling at the moment of “forgiveness” I didn’t say anything last week when you commented that you were tired of them rubbing it their sons face (18:30) - I was like -wait does he already know what’s about to happen here? Based on your reaction you didn’t. It’s a rough couple of weeks for sure Anyway happy holidays. See you on the other side brother.

[@AmariLeone]

Wow King Roger my friend you are about to make me cry harder than Eliza! Thank you!! 🥹 "I was like -wait does he already know what’s about to happen here? Based on your reaction you didn’t. It’s a rough couple of weeks for sure " No sir, I was completely shocked by it, I literally thought my brain glitched for a second when it happened so I had to go back to make sure I saw it right lol "Anyway happy holidays. See you on the other side brother." Happy holidays, to you and your loved ones! ☺️

[@Skye_Writer]

🫂🫂🫂 Omg, I'mma cry on this one. I always, always, ALWAYS do. The way Phillipa screams is SO heartwrenching. I saw a group interview where the cast was asked, "How do you guys keep from crying when Phillipa loses it during the death scene?" and the cast were all like, "It's hard not to," and "Sometimes we _don't_ keep it together." Oak (Hercules/Madison) said the tears he is dabbing away when he comes back on stage were real, and mentioned that out of all three performances they filmed for this show, he ended up crying every time.🫂🫂🫂

[@JulianaBittencourt24]

interesting. I absolutely love how Madison comes back on stage crying, but had no idea about that. I have, however, seen Daveed being asked "why am I crying over the life of Alexander Hamilton" and his answer was "I don't know, maybe because you haven't done it 500 times" or something like that.

[@ammaleslie509]

Daveed said that in an interview with Stephen Colbert... he was getting close to the end of his contract and I guess he was looking forward to doing something else ​@@JulianaBittencourt24

[@janaharing6600]

07:30 I haven't watched further, so I don't know if you'll pick up on it, but the part where Phillip is learning piano (the un deux trois... motif which as you know is the french translation of 1 2 3) is the same melody as the duel commandments. We technically get introduced to Phillip by the ten dual commandments motif, so we could see the foreshadowing in theory. Also, he always messed up at 7 8 9 while singing, and the 7 is when he gets shot, so the 7 is when Phillip gets messed up

[@AmariLeone]

I made the connection of the take a break/french counting/dueling thing while watching but I was so emotional that I never really got back around to ya know actually saying it lol.

[@thechonus3858]

Also - Philip and Eliza never make it to ten.

[@matthewwisner2153]

39:54 I immediately started crying here with you and I've seen this so many times. It still hits hard.

[@AmariLeone]

You get me King Matt!

[@heyhardinera]

16:15 the freestyle earlier was awesome, but like part of me was thinking, "I'm glad he's having so much fun now because a world of pain is waiting." And here it is. Here's the pain

[@jenniejesser6969]

Insight, no spoiler: "Your mother can't take another heartbreak" is not a reference to Alex's infidelity, it's the fact that at some point offscreen, Peggy falls ill and dies young. That's the "another heartbreak".

[@lonedinosaur13]

Oh wow I’m so hear for this! I just sat down to take a break from wrapping and cleaning and this is gonna be good. I predict tears

[@lonedinosaur13]

Here not hear

[@AmariLeone]

You can see the future my friend

[@thomholbrook7286]

First, the line at the start about being in so deep it feels easier to just swim down resonates hard with me. Very poetic way to say something so sad. You were saying how because you've never experienced a loss like this you couldn't fully connect with the song (I know I just said that wrong). But having had a loss like that, oddly, a similar reason is why I love this crushing song. To think about and deal with the actual tragedy from my life and those feelings... Unimaginable. But to be able to feel and deal with all that through a piece of music and theater.... Even though the song is emotionally devastating, it still lets me feel those feelings on a mute, relatively speaking. And the forgiveness part, a small emotional miracle in utter darkness? So moving in such a healing way.

[@butterfly17095]

I think It's Quiet Uptown is the saddest song I've ever heard. I've listened to it so many times and still cry every time, at least a little, and Eliza's quiet little "it's quiet uptown" always gets me 😢

[@esmeraldabishop3655]

💗Amari, your videos are a real treat. I never make it through these songs with a dry eye, and watching it with you made me cry and laugh and feel so much right along with you. You never cease to impress me with your insights, descriptions and genuine appreciation for so many facets of art. You are a true joy. I also appreciate your self-awareness in that you identified more with “Burn” than with “Quiet Uptown”. Should you ever become a parent, that may switch for you, as I’ve never cried through Burn, yet I’ve never made it through Quiet Uptown with a dry eye. A point I’d like to note… With a relationship that spans decades (such as theirs) comes perseverance and a companionship that binds people on many levels with a lot of complex ties. They had several children. They lived in a time where divorce was not common and when women didn’t have a lot of options (even wealthy women), especially options without massive stigma. I’m sure she loved him, and hated him, and had to make a lot of compromises for many difficult reasons. Finding a path through all of that and still finding a way to connect is sometimes the best option. It reflects how much a woman like Eliza had to bear, yet still search for the good in life… that which keeps us moving forward, if not for herself then for her other children. I believe that is why she takes his hand and forgives.

[@ChristineJohnsonTx]

We were GUTTED We were NOT OK Please don't ever apologize for showing your emotions. I've been hooked since Part 1 - due to your emotional investment and your analysis. Keep doing you - stay true to yourself. The authenticity in your reactions is what we are here for. 🤗🤗🤗

[@dsmith2934]

🤗 This hug is for you making it through this one in particular, but I want you to know that mentally I think I’ve been sending 🤗🤗🤗 them your way since the very first video in this series. Your work is unparalleled in my opinion. The way your brain and heart work together, and the way you get all that across to us, make watching your reactions to Hamilton so rewarding. I truly appreciate the gifts you’ve given us so far and definitely look forward to the rest to come Thank you for every minute of this! 🤗

[@malanebryant5768]

Come From Away is a musical about how planes had to land in Canada during 911. The town doubled in size and the people come together in an unbelievable away. Based on a true story. In Apple TV is the broadway version as Broadway reopened after COVID. So good.

[@KelilaBennet]

It's such a beautiful musical!

[@sorchamiana]

Yep, that's one I would definitely love to see your reactions to, Amari! 🙏🏻❤️ As a Canadian who found out (after discovering and connecting with my brother on 23andme) a few years ago that my dad is from Newfoundland, I feel a special connection to the Come From Away soundtrack (though I don't have Apple TV so I've never seen the visuals) That sense of connection is also heighten by the knowledge that an old friend of mine was working as a first responder in New York during 9/11 and was injured in one of the towers. I didn't know her yet then, but those physical injuries and the PTSD and emotional trauma affected her life and her kids lives ever after, as I'm certain it did for a vast many of the survivors. Knowing that while my friend was down at ground zero rushing to assist the people who were trapped without a second thought for her personal wellbeing... farther up the coast, my ancestral community was rallying to aid the terrified passengers without a moment's hesitation, even though they themselves were expecting an impending hurricane... Well, it paints those events with exquisitely vivid realism in my brain. Have the tissues ready though if you decide to react to that musical, you'll likely need them! And maybe a sweater for the chills! 😂🤣

[@KelilaBennet]

@@sorchamiana if it ever tours in your city or nearby, definitely go and see it. It's a pretty simple set but very effective.

[@nikwalters1029]

🫂🫂 This one always gets me. The writing, the music, Lin's face when Phillipa takes his hand... yep.

[@vampdan]

Philip wasn't ready either... The doctor tells us "the bullet entered just above his hip and lodged in his right arm" that means the bullet passed through him, his intestines specifically. That means his bowels infected the wound immediately. It was a mercy he died so quickly, he might have lingered for days. Vader's interjections were *chef's kiss*. Can we get back to politics?

[@StacieGlows]

Please?! 😢

[@ammaleslie509]

Yo!!! ​@@StacieGlows

[@Anna-MarieDevine]

🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂 All of the hugs. This section with Philip is brutal. Before I had ever listened to Hamilton, I had many friends who told me”don’t listen to Act 2 while you are driving or in public”. I didn’t listen, and listened to Act 2 on my way to work.🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ thank you again for your truth and honesty.❤️

[@Agitated_Biscuit]

Now I can finally say this. While Lin and Phillipe were walking off stage for It’s Quiet Uptown Phillipe actually started crying because she had recently lost a family member and Lin whispered to her asking if she was okay. 😢❤

[@lorrainecc99]

That's not true! Just a fan rumour that gets passed around

[@Agitated_Biscuit]

@ Maybe, maybe not. Did you look into it or are you just saying it?

[@drecko69]

🫂 I look forward to every one of these reaction videos. Watching them is like seeing the whole musical again for the first time; and I thank you for that. Your wisdom, empathy, AND sympathy radiate in this one especially. Kudos.

[@johngingras]

🫂🫂🫂 Another fantastic reaction. I appreciate both your insightful dissections of musical technique and form as well as your heartfelt responses to the story and acting. This show hits hard in several areas; it's natural to feel it. Thanks for continuing!

[@TwinadoTamer]

The power of grace - particularly when the person doesn’t deserve it as Alexander did not - it’s fierce. I’ve seen this show many times now and that moment hits me so hard every time. “Forgiveness.” “Unimaginable.” 🤗