Even though at the time of its release in 2015, Hamilton did receive admiration from critics and audiences alike, historians and political scientists expressed their disapproval regarding the accuracy of the protagonist’s depiction. Honestly my favorite part of this was hyphenating Catholic-Somali as if Catholic was a race. And, ordinarily, this type of writing would have rung at least a few alarm bells; after all, fan fiction is generally not the best way to address the AIDS epidemic and the deaths resulting from its mismanagement. There was a writeup about this here, but it was removed, unfortunately. I 100% guarantee you that you cannot sing as well as Broadway actors. This is a story in which Alexander Hamilton, the guy who appears on the $10 bill, gets HIV while in high school. Obviously not in fanfiction, but still) And the fanfic comes up within the first page of results when you google Simmy's name! I can tell by your phrasing... "for him unilaterally declaring his listening experience of complete audience silence...". But despite its popularity, “Hamilton” has faced increasing criticism over what some believe is a problematic portrayal of slavery and slave owners, according to CNN.. Spread this around. There are probably more high school AUs on Tumblr than there are stars in the sky at this point. It’s just as insane as it sounds at first glance. It's not like this Hamilton film is going away. 90.3k members in the hamiltonmusical community. Israa, a nonbinary Chinese-Pakistani victim of sex trafficking. Nobody wanted to be the one to poke at the hornet’s nest that was the rapidly developing hive of Hamilton-obsessed fans, so they all just kind of let It be. If you were to make a checklist of every thing you needed to have happened to you, in order to be immune from anyone on Tumblr hating you, then this would be the embodiment of it. Their lives and backstories were entirely made up just so Alix had an excuse to write HIV+ High School AU fan fiction about Alexander Hamilton without being judged too harshly for it. Critiquing ‘Hamilton’, the musical. 23. The other, mostly uncredited author was Israa’s wife Raj, a Catholic-Somali lesbian of color. Watch it alone if you wanna sing along. As in “you can write about HIV if you don’t have it, but then you’d better do your research and do a good job at it”. I came across a story the other day that was a Les Miserables/Bee Movie crossover. Help us decide who was the AH - me for singing along in the first act to a soundtrack that has been running for years, or him for unilaterally declaring his listening experience of compete audience silence was the only appropriate listening method. Only comments remain. Now, many of their fellow … Neither of us felt the need to sing along seeing it live. 5 comments. I laughed out loud for no shorter than 2 minutes when I read the above sentence. And goddamn, were you wailing in the second act or tears were silently strolling down your face? Plus genuinely what's the fun in a sing along if only one of you is singing? Iâm genuinely surprised that OP is in any doubt that sheâs the asshole. It was already obstructed view and every song was overlayed with her really bad voice. You obviously came here so we could validate you. I get salty if people talk through films. Just wish the fanfic community would back-pedal a little bit. To the Spanish Hamilton fans I see you. But this lady directly behind me was basically doing the full show with no shame (and she was not good). Honestly, cannibal mermaid Hamilton fic isn't nearly as wild as some of the fics I've seen in passing. I fully admit to crying through 2-3 songs during the second act, but that is not the same thing as singing along. I don't even know anymore. You can miss lyrics listening to normal songs, and some of it was actually fast rap, and some of it had different characters singing different lines at the same time. Completely ruined it for me, I was irritated the whole time and trying not to look back with the evil eye. You're getting up to 6 words a second and while I get the excitement of singing along, your husband missed out because of it. Immediately laughed because that's fandom drama in a nutshell, though this one really does take the cake. I saw Jersey Boys on Broadway a couple of years back and obviously those songs are very well known so I can understand maybe quietly joining in on a chorus or two. Obviously we want to watch and hear the actual cast perform it... Not each other. Neither of us sang along when we sat down to watch this film. 15 hours ago. See our ~~*Best Of*~~ "Most Controversial" at /r/AITAFiltered! 9 points. Sara Krulwich/The New York Times. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, The most interesting subreddit about things you're not interested in, Press J to jump to the feed. I can only imagine how mortified he or his family members must have been when they googled him. I've also been avoiding the Hamilton soundtrack because I wanted to see the show as a virgin. Hivliving shut down, which was to be expected, seeing as the people who ran the blog were actually one person who didn’t actually have HIV. It's like watching a movie and you talking over it to explain everything that happens in the movie. Hamilton is an impossibly slippery text. Alix and her friends had made fun of Digoxin-purpurpea for her weird and “problematic” stories, so Digoxin-purpurpea exacted revenge by exposing Alix. Press J to jump to the feed. Hello, For sale is a Hamilton Khaki Field 38mm Automatic On Strapcode Bracelet, Watch does still have the Manufacture Warranty Until June 2022. Tumblr never disappoints. It was a busy week for news around Denver Broncos wide receiver DaeSean Hamilton. The Hamilton Controversy . But for what it's worth, the story was compelling (and well-written) enough for me to seperate the two main characters and see them as unique to the setting, instead of picturing two real-life hockey players flirting and waltzing in 1905 London. Reply → Firstly – I take offenCe to you speling that word with an ‘s’ – this is a European based sport with an international readership, so I … You can't blame that on him. But while Hamilton is among the most critically acclaimed … With regards to weirdass fanfics you're aware of, I was rendered utterly speechless to discover that people had written MORE THAN ONE explicit slash fanfiction about James May (of Top Gear fame) and Simeon "Simmy" Oakley, the lead engineer in James May's modestly short-lived educational show James May's Man Lab. I know I said I was going to do a writeup about YA Twitter drama next, but then I remembered that this is a thing that happened and I just had to post it here. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Remember how I mentioned people mailing human body parts to one another? For tickets, news, casting info, and more, check out the official website. “Hamilton” debuted on Disney Plus last week, bringing the musical to a wider audience than ever. Don’t even ask.) YTA. You have plenty of opportunities to watch it on your own and sing along. You totally robbed your husband of experiencing the music as it was meant to be experienced. 0 comments. I couldn't help but reverse the last few seconds of Radiohead's latest song and translate it. Here is a link to the reversed clip below, with … There is … Both were HIV+. They are saying “THE PEOPLE UNITED WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED. Hamilton police have tried controversial facial recognition app Clearview AI, says deputy chief By Don Mitchell Global News Posted February 21, 2020 7:32 pm Why is that hard to believe? To make it abundantly clear how nuts this whole debacle was, I should probably start by detailing Hamilton and its obsessive fandom. At least the first time watching it! If my SO had done this, I would have told her to stop singing within a minute of the first song and if they continued, I would've just left and said I'll watch it on my own later. The guy has some insane patience to not tell her to stop before intermission, that's like 1 hour 15 minutes of being frustrated before speaking up. If he can't pay attention to anything going on, what's going to compel to watch it again/listen again with you? Because if you were wailing, yta. “Hamilton has been controversial, certainly around early American historians. The unique thing about “To Scale the Blue Sky,” though, was that it addressed an important issue affecting the LGBT community in the ‘80s: HIV and AIDS. There’s so much to talk about that it’s almost overwhelming—sockpuppeting, medical fraud, false identities, and god-knows-what else all played a part in making this drama one of the biggest scandals in Tumblr history (or, at least, the biggest scandal that doesn’t involve illegally mailing body parts to people via the United States Postal Service. None of your justifications make any sense. Stuck behind Vettel, Sainz took the opportunity to pass Sainz and get into the points. News and discussion about *Hamilton* by Lin-Manuel Miranda It was horrid. I am... not proud to admit that one of my favorite pieces of literature is a fanfic that involves two real-life hockey players, but set in the late Victorian-early Edwardian era. 23. WASHINGTON — After the final performance of "Hamilton" at the Kennedy Center last Sunday, Jim Barnett and Faye Elkins stood on the … And Jersey Boys is just ok, canât imagine if it was a show I was really looking forward to. Now, you may be thinking that the title probably makes more sense in context, but I can assure you that it absolutely does not. Surprisingly, even though it has Draco in it, there's no Drarry . I've listened to that soundtrack so many times but I put the subtitles on in case I missed anything. The other, mostly uncredited author was Israa’s wife Raj, a Catholic-Somali lesbian of color. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, Ukulele/Yachting/Beer/Star Trek/TTRPG/Knitting/Writing, https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/9j0s52/bone_collecting_magick_witch_offers_to_mail/. 1 / 11. Popular Culture. Again, taking the Founding Fathers and putting them in an American high school in the 1980s a la Clone High may sound bizarre, but that’s such a common fan fiction trope that people didn’t even question it. I really don't know why you felt the need to ruin your husband's FIRST VIEWING experience by singing along. u/Sal03800. Basically, Alix made up two entire people and started a HIV support blog exclusively to promote “To Scale the Blue Sky” and works like it. I have listened to the soundtrack since before meeting my husband, and he refused to listen to it. And by the time if finished reading, I confirmed it to be absolutely true. Hamilton: The History, Controversy and Legacy. Israa and Raj don’t exist. After the German’s first stop, Carlos went up to eighth. Sold. They used hivliving as a platform for activism, but also a way to share their personal experiences with various forms of trauma and discuss how being HIV+ has impacted them. Couple that with a very diverse cast and a vice-president-elect with controversial opinions on LGBT rights, women’s rights, and race, one could argue that attendance at this event was meant to diffuse the controversy or discredit those accusations. u/ghostofHamilton9488. You'd be surprised how many assholes think this is okay to do. Can you imagine trying to listen to âGuns and Shipsâ with OP singing over it? A little unusual, sure, and certainly less common than traditional fictional character shipping, but nobody’s really going to start a riot because people want John Laurens and Alexander Hamilton to have sex. What does that have to do with you singing over the whole show when he's trying to see it for the first time? One thing led to another, and long story short, the mod of hivliving wound up making a huge confession: she didn’t live in India, and she didn’t have HIV. https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/9j0s52/bone_collecting_magick_witch_offers_to_mail/. Tell us about any non-violent conflict you have experienced; give us both sides of the story, and find out if you're right, or you're the asshole. Hamilton is a Broadway musical that came out a few years ago, and unless you live under a rock, you’ve probably heard someone at least mention it in passing. YTA. Hell, somebody saying “I’m a queer mixed-race POC with a life-threatening disease and a dark past, outside the US, spending my time writing fanfic about the founding fathers in an 80s high school” sounds like part of a Tumblr bingo you’d make as a joke. If you’re wondering why on Earth anyone would want to ship the Founding Fathers with one another… well, join the club. i find that hard to believe. He said he couldnât understand what the words were when I sang along. You mean the normal and expected way we as audiences are supposed to act during a performance?? Incredible. A Hamilton Skeptic on Why the Show Isn’t As Revolutionary As It Seems “It’s still white history. Israa, a nonbinary Chinese-Pakistani victim of sex trafficking. The wonders of stumbling across weird stuff on the internet should not be underestimated. Under the blog name Cardiotoxin, digoxin-purpurpea messaged Israa and Raj shortly after the cash.me was posted, saying that she had a difficult time believing they were truly living in India, because the cash.me indicated they were within the United States. Crossposted by. Hamilton is a … Historian Annette Gordon-Reed recently spoke out and stated that, while she is a fan of the musical, she feels that people need to understand that " a Broadway show is not a documentary." Verstappen stopped on lap 17 and came back second. There are lots of male characters and thus lots of potential slash ships (ships meaning relationships.) My husband and I watched Hamilton tonight. Lewis Hamilton will begin his quest for his eighth Drivers’ Championship today in Bahrain as the new Formula 1 season begins. Hamilton is coming to Disney Plus in July, and in order to make that happen, creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and Disney had to cut out two uses of the word "fuck." It’s one of the most successful shows in recent history, and it’s beloved by tumblr.com for a variety of reasons. And this allowed their community to grow quite large. ð¤. Ahead if its Disney+ debut, the Hamilton musical is getting calling out for glossing over Alexander Hamilton's controversial, slave-owning past. They demanded their money back, and Alix agreed to refund them, but that never actually happened. The bigest kicker is that I barely even know hockey! It seems like he was watching it, because it was important to you. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, See more posts like this in r/AmItheAsshole. He claims I continued ruining the second act for him by singing along, although he canât tell me what song(s) I was supposedly singing along to (he spent about ten minutes running through songs in the second act and couldnât tell me which song I was supposedly singing along to). I fully believe I did not sing along to any song in the second act. Finally, their Somalian, Chinese, and Pakistani heritage allowed Alix, a white girl, to be put on lists of POC writers that she never would have been able to get onto had she not lied about her identity. Finally: The Case Against Hamilton The hit Broadway musical was all that was wrong with 2016, and will likely be wrong with … Posted by. In comparison to those incidents, shipping the Founding Fathers is not that strange, so the rabid Hamilton fans were mostly ignored by the rest of the site. Yeah you weren't actually in theatre but basic manners should still stand. I get the desire to sing along, but think of it this way: if you both went to see the show on Broadway, would you be singing along? I have no defence. Mr. Miranda was in Puerto Rico last week for a three-week run of “Hamilton,” and a publicist for the show said he … And, in the complete absence of outside scrutiny, that community grew and grew and grew. Click Here For Our Rules and Click Here For Our FAQ. Hamilton has been a hot ticket on Broadway since its opening in 2015, with such high demand (and high prices) that only the luckiest fans got to see the original cast live. Over the July 4th weekend, Hamilton: An American Musical, the hit Broadway show that took the world by storm was released on Disney+, a subscription video streaming service operated by the Walt Disney Company. Naturally, when it came out to everyone that Alix was a liar and Israa and Raj weren’t real people, a lot of fans were very upset, especially those who had donated to their bullshit cash.me. A catharsis for the frustrated moral philosopher in all of us, and a place to finally find out if you were wrong in an argument that's been bothering you. One of the many Hamilton fics floating around on Tumblr was a piece entitled “To Scale the Blue Sky,” which was an alternate universe fanfic set in a high school. The main author of “To Scale The Blue Sky” was Israa, a nonbinary Chinese-Pakistani victim of sex trafficking. After the show I expressed how I felt it was unfair that he dictate to me how the show should be watched given he has had more than enough time to listen to the soundtrack. People quickly realized that Digoxin-purpurpea wasn’t dragging Alix for purely selfless reasons. My husband and I watched Hamilton tonight. Lin-Manuel Miranda says renewed criticism of Disney+ musical 'Hamilton' is 'all fair game'. Few ppl by me singing along. Lewis Hamilton’s highs and lows including feuds, controversy and titles. Personally, I think he forfeited a unique, unspoiled viewing experience given how long the show has been running, I stopped singing and/or humming along to the second act. No, not Supernatural TV show fanfiction—I mean stories about ghosts, mermaids, and other mythical creatures, having sex with each other and real people. Not everyone likes people singing along when they're hearing music for the first time. I used to live in NYC so I foolishly thought over the years I could win lottery tickets - yeah that never happened. Digoxin-purpurpea was another Hamilton fan, and she also went by the names digitalis, candiru, and cardiotoxin (this is less suspicious than it sounds; most Tumblr fanfic writers use different usernames for different fan fiction sites.) Keep in mind, though, that by Tumblr standards, this is not that weird. 5 days ago. But some fans really liked the idea of Alexander Hamilton and [insert literally any other character] hooking up, so Hamilton the musical spawned an abundance of fan fiction and fan art featuring the signatories of the US Constitution. Hamilton coming to streaming paves the way for new conversations about its cultural role — even as that role continues to evolve. That may not be her real name, but I’ll refer to her as such for the purpose of this post. At around the time Alix started asking for donations while posing as Israa and Raj, Digoxin-purpurpea was being criticized for various bizarre works she’d written, among them things like ghost!Hamilton erotica and at least one work in which Lin-Manuel Miranda, who plays Hamilton, is a cannibalistic mermaid. The musical follows the life and legacy left behind by Alexander Hamilton. Not a meme. And he had every right to not want to hear the songs until he saw the show. It focuses on the life of Alexander Hamilton from his arrival in the Thirteen Colonies to his death during a duel with Aaron Burr, and it’s all done surprisingly well for a musical that attempts to tell a story about the American Revolutionary War via rap battles. Now, you may be thinking that the title probably makes more sense in context, but I can assure you that it absolutely does not. Fight for your freedoms. If he's anything like me, the fact that he's been avoiding the soundtrack means he was even MORE excited to see it, not less. I won tickets for Hamilton in Chicago and the lady next to me sang the entire time. By 2015, the amount of people who dedicated countless hours to writing Hamilton fic was far greater than anyone could have imagined. It turns out I had been missing out on random little gems and I enjoyed it so much more with that chance to take in the lyrics. I’ve been listening to the soundtrack since it came out (before I met my husband) and was so excited to get to see it. YTA. And, finally, Tumblr learned a valuable lesson about donating to gofundmes and cash.mes without doing adequate research first. Both were HIV+, and they ran a popular blog about how the disease impacted their lives, which was entitled hivliving. Welcome to r/AmITheAsshole. Hamilton Musical Controversy. The other, mostly uncredited author was Israa’s wife Raj, a Catholic-Somali lesbian of color. A cash.me link was posted, and thousands of followers who credited the couple for educating them about HIV and helping them through their own diagnoses jumped at the chance to donate. And, ordinarily, this type of writing would have rung at least a few alarm bells; after all, fan fiction is generally not the best way to address the AIDS epidemic and the deaths resulting from its mismanagement. I donât want to hear you I want to hear the broadway stars. Rise up. INFO: If you had been able to watch the show on Broadway, would you have sung along, out loud, there? YTA. So what if he couldn't identify the songs you were singing in the second act? Well slap my ass and call me Sally. At least James May is a reasonably recognizable celebrity, but Simmy is literally just a regular guy trying to do some engineering projects. This, predictably, caused an uproar. What they found was, arguably, even stranger than a plot to reduce her competition by scrubbing hivliving from the internet—Digoxin-purpurpea was a relatively well-known author of real-person supernatural fanfiction. Meanwhile, other people started digging up dirt on Digoxin-purpurpea, as some people were concerned that she’d also been making things up in order to get rid of hivliving and boost her own popularity. There used to be, that was how Tumblr User: Pizza, oh she of being tagged to call her from the void and maybe possibly probably was a racist or maybe not, got deleted for having too many adds on her page for diet pills.
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