top five lines from hamilton
this is the hardest thing you could have asked wow ok so.
“he looked at me like i was stupid - i’m not stupid.” // lin’s delivery and the fact that this is the first impression he’s giving aaron burr of himself, like ugh, it hits me hard?? like, he’s telling burr that burr’s friend thought hamilton was stupid and hamilton is a stranger to burr at this point, so burr is probably not banking too heavily on him not actually being stupid, but also ham tells him that he punched his friend, so it’s like…it sets up burr to underestimate hamilton’s mind, but not to overestimate his physicality, which becomes SO IMPORTANT. (really this whole song just gets me, like what a good fucking way to introduce everyone, plus “it’s hard to have intercourse over four sets of corsets” pls hercules)
“Yeah, you know what? We can change that. You know why?” “Why?” “‘cuz I’m the President.” // listen. this is currently my favorite song, though it changes p frequently, but GOD OKAY, daveed diggs’ delivery is amazing and the first time i heard it i literally started choking from laughing bc that’s exactly how jefferson reacted????? he hated burr so much that he was like “okay so FUCK THIS GUY i’m changing the rules [middle finger emoji]” beautiful.
“I did exactly as you said, Pa. I held my head up high.” “Shh. I know you did everything just right.” “Even before we got to ten - I was aiming for the sky” // i literally cannot make it through any scene where someone is dying and the other person is comforting them and telling them they did good, like nah, fuck me, fuck everything this hurts too much, i’m done.
“You strike me as a woman who has never been satisfied.” “I’m sure I don’t know what you mean. You forget yourself.” // okay, there are so many things happening here???? like, that’s such a weird come on, but also just like, knowing alexander and his obsession with words, yeah, it makes perfect sense. but then angelica’s response, like in the context of the song, to blend phrasing straight out of the 1800s with the style of this song and to do it while he’s coming on to her, i just. wow. okay.
“What is it like in his shoes? Hamilton doesn’t hesitate. He exhibits no restraint, he takes and he takes and he takes and he keeps winning anyway. He changes the game. He plays and he raises the stakes and if there’s a reason he seems to thrive when so few survive, then goddamnit, I’m willing to wait for it.” // the differences and parallels between burr and hamilton FUCK ME UP and this song in particular just gets to me??? i could go on forever about it, but i’ll spare you.
bonus: “You are the worst, Burr.”
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