Hi Nick! This is something productions do often! Where main characters who are no longer needed for the plot, the actors switch to new main characters.
Yes, this! Peggy died young. Lafayette went back to France. Laurens (obviously) died right after the war. And, Mulligan went back to being a tailor after the war.
@@alishagrossman4080 Peggy died later in the story (I don't mention this to be picky but just because not everyone knows Peggy's death is why Eliza is wearing black during a certain reprise later in act 2: Peggy died within the year - don't trust the people saying she was coming back from Peggy's funeral, that's misinformation - and Eliza was still mourning).
Nick, watching Alexander micro-cheating with Angelica via letters: I HATE THIS OMIGOSH I HATE THIS IT'S LIKE WATCHING A TRAIN WRECK I HATE THIS. Nick, watching Alexander macro-cheating with Maria Reynolds: I LOVE THIS I LOVE THIS I LOVE THIS!!!
The double casting of actors in two roles is not only for the sake of their 1st act characters being no longer needed but also does a good job of showing a parallels/contrast between the people around Hamilton during the war and after when he became a politican. If you want to see some really clever writing, I suggest re-listening to the opening where everyone is introducing themselves and suddenly you might see the double meanings in the phrases stated by those who are playing two roles. (Note: I’d recommend waiting until you get to at least It’s Quiet Uptown to check it out again.)
The actress for Mariah Reynolds, Jasmine Cepha Jones, is Peggy from Act 1. Also they didn't cast a 9 year old as Phillip because that scene he raps is the only scene where he's 9.
Jefferson's song is not rock and roll, but specifically boogie-woogie/ragtime, which was chosen for 2 purposes: 1) ragtime is the grandfather of hip hop, so it's paying homage to those roots. And 2) Jefferson was about a decade older than Hamilton and he held more traditional/old fashioned views on things like class, status, and obviously race, so Lin-Manuel Miranda wanted him demonstrably "out of step" with Hamilton and the newly formed American sensibilities (which is why his choreography makes him look like he's running to catch up). All of the music styles Miranda used in the show -- R&B, Ragtime/Jazz, Hip Hop -- are uniquely and distinctly American in origin with the exception of King George's songs.
You're allowed to both love and hate each character. They're human beings and have their flaws, but yes, Hamilton sucks for cheating on his wife. Also, take it easy on Angelica--she loves her sister way too much to betray her. Thanks for the new video!
When i saw Hamilton in Sydney they had played on the fact that Philip was ‘nine’ and played by an adult by having his actor be incredibly tall, so when he said ‘And I just turned nine’ the actor stood all the way up and towered over everyone
When I saw it in Cleveland they did the opposite, the actor playing Laurens/Philip just happened to be relatively short in stature, and the part where he runs to Alex and hugs him, they actually had him leap into his arms and get held like a kid for a couple seconds... it was very funny.
One of my favorite little tidbits about this play is that Daveed Diggs said when he asked LMM how to portray Jefferson, Lin basically said In this play, Thomas Jefferson is Bugs Bunny!
@@radicaledward84 I mean, I saw people saying this in the livestream chat for the Circe saga release, so I don't think it's a reaction specific to Mortius.
Tomas Jefferson and Layffete are indeed both played by David Daveed, the person who plays Laurance also plays Hamilton's son Philip, James Madison is played by the same actor as Hurcules, and Mariah also plays Peggy, so yes, same actors :)
The actress playing Mariah also played Peggy the 3rd Schuyler sister. Some actors are playing double characters on the show. It's a standard stage practice.
"Any dolt with half a brain can see that humankind has gone insane." You know... the year that came out I went to DragonCon and there were Dr. Horribles everywhere... but my favorites were the three that dressed up as the Bad Horse chorus cowboys. They would go around to every Dr. Horrible they could find and sing the Bad Horse song to them. GD brilliant.
Angelica Schuyler Church was one of the most brilliant women in the world, and corresponded with not only Hamilton, but Jefferson, Washington and Lafayette among others. We were told Hamilton was a "tomcat" back in Act 1. It's not surprising he was part of America's first sex scandal, is it.
Totally got the Dr. Horrible reference. And I agree! BTW - Jefferson & Franklin were in France helping them write their revolutionary papers. (so Jefferson's comment "what did I miss" is so true), They were first hand witnesses to the revolt that ended up killing King Louis XVI and Marie Antonette, which eventually led to the rise of Napoleon. Lafayette was playing both ends by helping the USA and France. ON a side note. Hubby and I own a hot air balloon. The first flight of a hot air balloon was in France in 1783, when Marie Antonette, Jefferson & Franklin along with 30,000 residents of Paris went out in the countryside to witness. There is a huge story behind that. Especially if you ignore the history books written by rich white guys.
The status is...not...quo. I LOVE how caught up in the music you were that you missed the most explicit lyrics and were surprised that they kissed! I could not pay attention to how cool the music was until long after my first watch because i was full body cringing from the storytelling. You're talking about how the song is doing all the things it's not supposed to do and how nasty it is....the the characters are doing things they're not supposed to do and it's nasty.
To answer the questions of this video 1. why Rock N Roll? When Jefferson says, "I basically missed the late 80s", it is why he doesnt speak/sing/rap in the same way as the rest of the cast because he was in Paris. This song of Jefferson being in an 80s Jazz number and everyone else moved on to rap. 2. George Washington as a singer? You have no idea how good a singer George Washington is....prepared to be blown away in future song.
Haha, I really like that you're like "Why rock and roll?" for Jefferson and then immediately the song explains Lin's reasoning for it. "I guess I basically missed the late 80s" - He was away for the revolution, so they're musically showing that he's currently out of touch with the more hip-hop stylings of the revolutionaries and he needs to catch up on what he missed.
I love watching you react and analyze everything so good but it makes me sooooo nervous that sometimes you don't pause the music to talk and you miss most of the things they're saying so you don't react to that :'(
Same actors, now playing different characters! Re: George Washington’s voice- wait till you get to ‘One Last Time’ No, I don’t think Angelica had any intention of trying to start an actual affair with Hamilton. She would not hurt her sister like that. (In real life, evidently they did in fact write rather flirty letters back and forth, with no evidence of anything further ever happening).
Hi Nick! I really enjoy your reactions! Just one small thing: I think you would hear a lot more of the lyrics and stuff if you paused for your comments, it can be a little frustrating seeing you talk over so much of the text :)
I literally saw the your other reaction to hamilton and was like "omg, he's not going to see act 2 coming", you in for a bad time if u like Alexander Hamilton in the musical
For What Did I Miss, the music is different because LMM wanted to make it seem like Thomas Jefferson missed out on things in France and had to catch up. “I missed the late 80s” so it was more jazz and he missed the era of rap beginning with the rest of them.
Love your reaction! To help piece who’s who: Laffeyt is now Thomas Jefferson Molagahn is now James Madison Laurens is now Philip Hamilton. Peggy Schuyler is now Mira Reynolds I hope that helps.🙂
I love your reactions, i dont mined it when you pause but can you just rewined a little bit before replaying as some times you pause on great moments, and sometimes you miss important points
@@TheDisappointingGamer I used to and I’m sorry I disappointed you. I thought it was slowing things down too much to go back so I stopped but I liked it more cause I would get back in the groove. Thanks for the feedback!
I don’t know what happened in the ladder part of the video after Say No To This but it seemed to have added the content from last video. maybe Nick messed something up and editing but I’m not sure.
I kinda like he doesn't stop a lot... there's more of spontaneity in his reaction to the music... remember we've all seen it a million times and didn't pick up on everything straight away! The joy is the beat drops/changes/realising the motifs/making connections and just saying what he loves about the music in general... I adore his reactions actually! The realising of who is an incredible performer as the songs go on etc. It's hard to take it all in the first time! I love his reactions though for this... the focus on the music. When Flip says it's NASTY, so am I (and I've seen it a million times!) There's still a joy about how this was composed :) It took me a couple watches to realise this was Peggy bc was so entranced I the song but hated him for cheating lol
'why rock n roll here' it's more jazz/boogie-woogie, the predecessors to hiphip/ rap. It's to show he's behind the times/ old fashioned. And yes, more or less every actor/ actress is double cast in this show. And it isn't bc they were less educated in the south, it's yet another reminder that Hamilton writes just TOO much
You said you were familiar with Sondheim’s Into the Woods - that musical also famously has double casting, it happens in musical theater really frequently😗
@FlippMusic, If you ever watch it (and I'd recommend that), please please please watch the pro shot and not the abysmal Disney movie adaptation. Some of Disney's changes really murder character development ... and that's for the characters they don't omit altogether.
19:14 the difference, in this era, punctuation and words did matter. So punctuation placement may have actually meant something. Whereas now, most comments are written with little regard to the rules. This comment probably has a million errors.
Angelica's song is one of my favorites. Stop talking through it. Argh! You can read Alexander and Angelica's letters. They are very flattering, but Eliza is aware of those letters, as she writes onto the bottom of some of them.
When it comes to the Robots Rapping are you talking about Jackbox games “Mad Verse City” If so I have never played it but have seen some people play it and it is hilarious
I understood that reference. ;-) Side note: I'm not a historian so I'm talking out of my ass a little here, but I read somewhere that there's a fair amount of ambiguity about what the nature of Hamilton and Angelica's relationship actually was. Those letters (I believe) survived, and there's undoubtably a strong mutual flirtation. (side-side note: the same is said about his letters with Laurens, and likewise there's plenty of ambiguity about THAT relationship). I'm pretty sure there's been some speculation that Hamilton and Eliza may have had a (quietly) open marriage... and Eliza was completely aware of and, if not approving, that at least not disturbed about it? No idea how much real evidence there is for that, but without getting into spoilers for the show, I think (again, not an expert) the historical facts everyone does agree on regarding Angelica and Hamilton are that there was certainly a very close relationship with romantic elements. And that there was no sense of tension between Alexander and Eliza regarding that relationship. That doesn't prove they were in a full poly setup obviously, there are a lot of reasons that may have been the case. Maybe Eliza was just completely oblivious of how the two of them interacted (and since Angelica was in another country for much of the time, that's not impossible - obviously most of the evidence we have comes from the long distance communication, aka letters). It could have been that there wasn't really anything significant going on at all, and Alexander was just a ruthless flirt (which does seem to be true regardless of whether more was going on). Or it might be that Eliza was aware of his feelings for Angelica, and didn't exactly like it, but accepted it for reasons of her own. Edit: OK, I THOUGHT I read speculation about a consensual poly relationship, but I can't find any reference to it now, so I may have fully imagined it.
Oh... and this is 3 days old so I'm sure someone else has already said it, but: "Have we seen her before?" ..."and Peggy!" Most underrated character transformation in the whole musical. 🤣
I always feel conflicted about Hamilton, his cheating, and everything. I was cheated on and I hate cheaters, but even then I forgave my Ex and I genuinely hope no one will ever hold it against them. To me beyond the cheating everything else about them was overall pretty great and while they weren’t a loyal person in our relationship I think it would be inaccurate and dishonest for me to ever say they are a bad person.
"You could've gotten a nine-year-old..." Not for this musical! Are you kidding? At least when little kids are in PG-13 or R rated movies they don't have to watch the whole film afterwards. A child in this musical would be subjected to all the swearing and sexual themes of the entire play every performance! Absolutely not.
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Hi Nick! This is something productions do often! Where main characters who are no longer needed for the plot, the actors switch to new main characters.
Yes, this! Peggy died young. Lafayette went back to France. Laurens (obviously) died right after the war. And, Mulligan went back to being a tailor after the war.
@@alishagrossman4080 Peggy died later in the story (I don't mention this to be picky but just because not everyone knows Peggy's death is why Eliza is wearing black during a certain reprise later in act 2: Peggy died within the year - don't trust the people saying she was coming back from Peggy's funeral, that's misinformation - and Eliza was still mourning).
@@radicaledward84thank you! This is new information for a play I’ve listened to 100’s of times.
Nick, watching Alexander micro-cheating with Angelica via letters: I HATE THIS OMIGOSH I HATE THIS IT'S LIKE WATCHING A TRAIN WRECK I HATE THIS.
Nick, watching Alexander macro-cheating with Maria Reynolds: I LOVE THIS I LOVE THIS I LOVE THIS!!!
He cracks me up when he gets so lost in the beat that he doesn’t even hear the words.
LOL It's so frustrating. I'm like "YOU'RE MISSING SO MUCH!"
Why am I yelling at him to BE QUIET and pay attention in one moment and cracking up in the next
Literally like "Who is this, who is that, whats happening?" DUDE!! Listen to the lyrics!!!
The double casting of actors in two roles is not only for the sake of their 1st act characters being no longer needed but also does a good job of showing a parallels/contrast between the people around Hamilton during the war and after when he became a politican. If you want to see some really clever writing, I suggest re-listening to the opening where everyone is introducing themselves and suddenly you might see the double meanings in the phrases stated by those who are playing two roles. (Note: I’d recommend waiting until you get to at least It’s Quiet Uptown to check it out again.)
The actress for Mariah Reynolds, Jasmine Cepha Jones, is Peggy from Act 1.
Also they didn't cast a 9 year old as Phillip because that scene he raps is the only scene where he's 9.
Chris Jackson's voice is like butter ... or a warm hug ... or a fuzzy blanket. I can't wait for you to get to "One Last Time".
There was no romantic relations between Angelica and Hamilton that they could find. They were more like intellectual pen pals.
Jefferson's song is not rock and roll, but specifically boogie-woogie/ragtime, which was chosen for 2 purposes: 1) ragtime is the grandfather of hip hop, so it's paying homage to those roots. And 2) Jefferson was about a decade older than Hamilton and he held more traditional/old fashioned views on things like class, status, and obviously race, so Lin-Manuel Miranda wanted him demonstrably "out of step" with Hamilton and the newly formed American sensibilities (which is why his choreography makes him look like he's running to catch up). All of the music styles Miranda used in the show -- R&B, Ragtime/Jazz, Hip Hop -- are uniquely and distinctly American in origin with the exception of King George's songs.
Also, he missed the late '80s, so he's still listening to songs that were popular before rap. But he's a quick learner.
Love how you're calling it a train wreck before Say No To This! Thing's get a whole load messier!
I kept laughing & saying just wait 😂
The rap battle is a cabinet battle it is in front of the cabinet.
You're allowed to both love and hate each character. They're human beings and have their flaws, but yes, Hamilton sucks for cheating on his wife. Also, take it easy on Angelica--she loves her sister way too much to betray her.
Thanks for the new video!
When i saw Hamilton in Sydney they had played on the fact that Philip was ‘nine’ and played by an adult by having his actor be incredibly tall, so when he said ‘And I just turned nine’ the actor stood all the way up and towered over everyone
When I saw it in Cleveland they did the opposite, the actor playing Laurens/Philip just happened to be relatively short in stature, and the part where he runs to Alex and hugs him, they actually had him leap into his arms and get held like a kid for a couple seconds... it was very funny.
One of my favorite little tidbits about this play is that Daveed Diggs said when he asked LMM how to portray Jefferson, Lin basically said In this play, Thomas Jefferson is Bugs Bunny!
The Dr Horrible reference made me so happy. . . well about as happy as I can manage today.
Any dolt with half a brain will spend his whole life howling in pain...
@26:46 this is why a common reaction to the Circe Saga is "Hamilton could never."
Credit where it's due: it was Mortius saying that.
@@radicaledward84 I mean, I saw people saying this in the livestream chat for the Circe saga release, so I don't think it's a reaction specific to Mortius.
Tomas Jefferson and Layffete are indeed both played by David Daveed, the person who plays Laurance also plays Hamilton's son Philip, James Madison is played by the same actor as Hurcules, and Mariah also plays Peggy, so yes, same actors :)
Daveed Diggs is the actor but the rest yes.
@@RizzoF21344 Oops my bad T^T idk names
The actress playing Mariah also played Peggy the 3rd Schuyler sister. Some actors are playing double characters on the show. It's a standard stage practice.
"Any dolt with half a brain can see that humankind has gone insane." You know... the year that came out I went to DragonCon and there were Dr. Horribles everywhere... but my favorites were the three that dressed up as the Bad Horse chorus cowboys. They would go around to every Dr. Horrible they could find and sing the Bad Horse song to them. GD brilliant.
That's effin amazing 🤣
Thanks for the reaction! This is definitely not a musical where you root for anyone 😅 everyone is flawed and was a pretty awful person irl.
Except for Eliza!!
Pianist here, I'd say "What'd I Miss" is more boogie woogie than rock.
Angelica Schuyler Church was one of the most brilliant women in the world, and corresponded with not only Hamilton, but Jefferson, Washington and Lafayette among others.
We were told Hamilton was a "tomcat" back in Act 1. It's not surprising he was part of America's first sex scandal, is it.
Oh I can't wait to see your reaction to the rest! Be prepared for tears!
LoveloveLOVE your reaction!!! Maria Reynolds was Peggy in Act 1.
Totally got the Dr. Horrible reference. And I agree! BTW - Jefferson & Franklin were in France helping them write their revolutionary papers. (so Jefferson's comment "what did I miss" is so true), They were first hand witnesses to the revolt that ended up killing King Louis XVI and Marie Antonette, which eventually led to the rise of Napoleon. Lafayette was playing both ends by helping the USA and France. ON a side note. Hubby and I own a hot air balloon. The first flight of a hot air balloon was in France in 1783, when Marie Antonette, Jefferson & Franklin along with 30,000 residents of Paris went out in the countryside to witness. There is a huge story behind that. Especially if you ignore the history books written by rich white guys.
The real Angelica and Alexander were not lovers. They had an equal admiration and great fondness for one another.
The status is...not...quo.
I LOVE how caught up in the music you were that you missed the most explicit lyrics and were surprised that they kissed! I could not pay attention to how cool the music was until long after my first watch because i was full body cringing from the storytelling. You're talking about how the song is doing all the things it's not supposed to do and how nasty it is....the the characters are doing things they're not supposed to do and it's nasty.
To answer the questions of this video
1. why Rock N Roll?
When Jefferson says, "I basically missed the late 80s", it is why he doesnt speak/sing/rap in the same way as the rest of the cast because he was in Paris. This song of Jefferson being in an 80s Jazz number and everyone else moved on to rap.
2. George Washington as a singer?
You have no idea how good a singer George Washington is....prepared to be blown away in future song.
Haha, I really like that you're like "Why rock and roll?" for Jefferson and then immediately the song explains Lin's reasoning for it. "I guess I basically missed the late 80s" - He was away for the revolution, so they're musically showing that he's currently out of touch with the more hip-hop stylings of the revolutionaries and he needs to catch up on what he missed.
It so hurt watching you dislike Alexander for flirting with Angelica and not going with his wife, knowing what was coming in the next scene...
Props for the Dr Horrible reference! 😊
I get that you're focused on the music, but you really have to pay more attention to the lyrics!
It's 1789, not 1779, and they're doing the rap battle in front of Congress. It's supposed to replicate Congressional debates.
Yep, she played Peggy Schuyler in Act 1.
Mariah Reynolds is played by the same actress as Peggy Schuyler in act I.
I love watching you react and analyze everything so good but it makes me sooooo nervous that sometimes you don't pause the music to talk and you miss most of the things they're saying so you don't react to that :'(
Same actors, now playing different characters!
Re: George Washington’s voice- wait till you get to ‘One Last Time’
No, I don’t think Angelica had any intention of trying to start an actual affair with Hamilton. She would not hurt her sister like that. (In real life, evidently they did in fact write rather flirty letters back and forth, with no evidence of anything further ever happening).
Hi Nick! I really enjoy your reactions! Just one small thing: I think you would hear a lot more of the lyrics and stuff if you paused for your comments, it can be a little frustrating seeing you talk over so much of the text :)
the show you’re talking about is WildnOut and yes it’s JUST like the cabinet battle😂
Now I can say my joke from the first Hamilton video, Odysseus would never
Oooo I remember thatttt yeepppp
Washington and many others did not want any parties at all
Hope you react to the mix tape,also the songs that were written but didn't get included in the musical and First Burn. I love your reaction videos!!
Say no to this is my favorite as well.
I literally saw the your other reaction to hamilton and was like "omg, he's not going to see act 2 coming", you in for a bad time if u like Alexander Hamilton in the musical
I was laughing so hard when Philip said he was nine, your reaction was perfect.
21:02 AHH THE EPIC REFRENCE WAS PERECT
For What Did I Miss, the music is different because LMM wanted to make it seem like Thomas Jefferson missed out on things in France and had to catch up. “I missed the late 80s” so it was more jazz and he missed the era of rap beginning with the rest of them.
Love your reaction!
To help piece who’s who:
Laffeyt is now Thomas Jefferson
Molagahn is now James Madison
Laurens is now Philip Hamilton.
Peggy Schuyler is now Mira Reynolds
I hope that helps.🙂
*Lafayette
*Mulligan
*Maria Reynolds
Otherwise, correct!
@ Thank you, I can never spell their names correctly lol 😂
10:57 Do you mean Epic rap battles of history (@ERB)? Greetings from a Hamilton and ERB fan 😁
I love your reactions, i dont mined it when you pause but can you just rewined a little bit before replaying as some times you pause on great moments, and sometimes you miss important points
@@TheDisappointingGamer I used to and I’m sorry I disappointed you.
I thought it was slowing things down too much to go back so I stopped but I liked it more cause I would get back in the groove. Thanks for the feedback!
Love dr horrible! Love both actors - was the only reason i even watched, but ended up loving the songs and the story!
Love that you mentioned the Jackbox game. I played Mad Verse City on my Twitch stream for like two years on every Monday. LOL
the fact that you aren’t hearing a single word is so crazy 😭
I don’t know what happened in the ladder part of the video after Say No To This but it seemed to have added the content from last video. maybe Nick messed something up and editing but I’m not sure.
I think he just meant to get the clip of him saying "Does he suck?" And forgot to end the clip
Oh man, I love your reactions but you miss so many lyrics when u talk over it... lol
that’s what i was thinking
I kinda like he doesn't stop a lot... there's more of spontaneity in his reaction to the music... remember we've all seen it a million times and didn't pick up on everything straight away! The joy is the beat drops/changes/realising the motifs/making connections and just saying what he loves about the music in general... I adore his reactions actually! The realising of who is an incredible performer as the songs go on etc. It's hard to take it all in the first time! I love his reactions though for this... the focus on the music. When Flip says it's NASTY, so am I (and I've seen it a million times!) There's still a joy about how this was composed :) It took me a couple watches to realise this was Peggy bc was so entranced I the song but hated him for cheating lol
@carolinehaf21 that's true, I guess I'm a sucker for lyrics lol
It irks me a bit…. he’s gonna have to go back a few more times to really get it… he’s missing so much!!!
'why rock n roll here' it's more jazz/boogie-woogie, the predecessors to hiphip/ rap. It's to show he's behind the times/ old fashioned. And yes, more or less every actor/ actress is double cast in this show. And it isn't bc they were less educated in the south, it's yet another reminder that Hamilton writes just TOO much
FYI after your video's timestamp of 32:16 where it's supposed to end, It continues by jumping back to an earlier video of yours
You said you were familiar with Sondheim’s Into the Woods - that musical also famously has double casting, it happens in musical theater really frequently😗
@@fynchbird Heard the music but never saw it D:
@FlippMusic, If you ever watch it (and I'd recommend that), please please please watch the pro shot and not the abysmal Disney movie adaptation. Some of Disney's changes really murder character development ... and that's for the characters they don't omit altogether.
19:14 the difference, in this era, punctuation and words did matter. So punctuation placement may have actually meant something.
Whereas now, most comments are written with little regard to the rules.
This comment probably has a million errors.
Are you thinking of the rap battles on Robot Chicken?
Tootsie Pop.
Angelica's song is one of my favorites. Stop talking through it. Argh! You can read Alexander and Angelica's letters. They are very flattering, but Eliza is aware of those letters, as she writes onto the bottom of some of them.
When it comes to the Robots Rapping are you talking about Jackbox games “Mad Verse City”
If so I have never played it but have seen some people play it and it is hilarious
I understood that reference. ;-)
Side note: I'm not a historian so I'm talking out of my ass a little here, but I read somewhere that there's a fair amount of ambiguity about what the nature of Hamilton and Angelica's relationship actually was. Those letters (I believe) survived, and there's undoubtably a strong mutual flirtation. (side-side note: the same is said about his letters with Laurens, and likewise there's plenty of ambiguity about THAT relationship). I'm pretty sure there's been some speculation that Hamilton and Eliza may have had a (quietly) open marriage... and Eliza was completely aware of and, if not approving, that at least not disturbed about it?
No idea how much real evidence there is for that, but without getting into spoilers for the show, I think (again, not an expert) the historical facts everyone does agree on regarding Angelica and Hamilton are that there was certainly a very close relationship with romantic elements. And that there was no sense of tension between Alexander and Eliza regarding that relationship. That doesn't prove they were in a full poly setup obviously, there are a lot of reasons that may have been the case. Maybe Eliza was just completely oblivious of how the two of them interacted (and since Angelica was in another country for much of the time, that's not impossible - obviously most of the evidence we have comes from the long distance communication, aka letters). It could have been that there wasn't really anything significant going on at all, and Alexander was just a ruthless flirt (which does seem to be true regardless of whether more was going on). Or it might be that Eliza was aware of his feelings for Angelica, and didn't exactly like it, but accepted it for reasons of her own.
Edit: OK, I THOUGHT I read speculation about a consensual poly relationship, but I can't find any reference to it now, so I may have fully imagined it.
Oh... and this is 3 days old so I'm sure someone else has already said it, but: "Have we seen her before?"
..."and Peggy!" Most underrated character transformation in the whole musical.
🤣
Lhomas Lefferson 😂
Amari and Nick have been feeding me so well with their reactions
@ I know I can’t get Amari’s quotes out of my head 😂
Referencing so many musicals but no chat about Nobody Needs to know? Maybe last five years will be your next reaction :)
@@AlisonBee Don’t know that one! :O
@ so crazy! I figured with dr horrible, last five years would be given!! Lots of references to Ben folds in Hamilton too :)
I always feel conflicted about Hamilton, his cheating, and everything.
I was cheated on and I hate cheaters, but even then I forgave my Ex and I genuinely hope no one will ever hold it against them. To me beyond the cheating everything else about them was overall pretty great and while they weren’t a loyal person in our relationship I think it would be inaccurate and dishonest for me to ever say they are a bad person.
"You could've gotten a nine-year-old..."
Not for this musical! Are you kidding? At least when little kids are in PG-13 or R rated movies they don't have to watch the whole film afterwards. A child in this musical would be subjected to all the swearing and sexual themes of the entire play every performance! Absolutely not.
19:14 the difference, in this era, punctuation and words did matter. So punctuation placement may have actually meant something.
Whereas now, most comments are written with little regard to the rules.
This comment probably has a million errors