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♪ (ragtime music) ♪

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- (Jefferson) ♪ Now, place your bets[br]as to who that benefits ♪

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♪ The very seat of government[br]where Hamilton sits ♪

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- (Hamilton) ♪ Not true! ♪

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♪ If we assume the debts, the union gets ♪[br]- That's so great.

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- (Hamilton) ♪ A new line[br]of credit, a financial diuretic ♪

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- Oh! What a way[br]to teach American history!

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- (Burr) ♪ He would've[br]been dead or destitute ♪

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♪ Without a cent of restitution ♪[br]- This guy's good.

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He's very good. Well, they're all good.

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- I'm looking at, you know,[br]good dancers with good costumes.

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- (Burr) ♪ What's your name, man? ♪

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- (company) ♪ Alexander Hamilton ♪

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(audience whoops and applauds)[br]- That's amazing.

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- Oh, wow. I absolutely would go see that.

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- (Finebros) So had you ever heard[br]of this Broadway musical,

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Hamilton, before today?[br]- Oh, yes.

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- Of course.

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- Oh, absolutely.

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- I heard it was basically, I presume,

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the true story of Alexander Hamilton.

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He was brilliant. He was[br]a founder of our country.

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And we were gonna, from what I understand,

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take his image off the $10 bill[br]until this play came out.

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(chuckles)

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And people are going, "Well,[br]maybe we should reconsider."

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- (Finebros) What did you think about

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the performances that you saw?[br]- Very interesting.

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- Made me want to go[br]to New York and see it.

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- I like the music.[br]The dancers were great.

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- I think they were electric.[br]I think they were fabulous.

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I'd love to see the whole thing.

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- (Finebros) What do you think[br]about a Broadway musical

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that integrates rap[br]and hip hop into the show?

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- It just makes it more interesting.

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- They were revolutionaries, right?

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It's great music for that.

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- One of the things about theater

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is that it can integrate everything.

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- I like art forms that break boundaries.

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Life is a state of continuing[br]ebb and flow of changes.

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And when somebody can bring something

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extraordinarily unique to the table,

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they really have an advantage.

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They're pioneers.

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- (Finebros) So this play[br]is about the life

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of Alexander Hamilton, cast[br]almost entirely with people of color

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playing the founding fathers[br]of the United States.

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The creator of the play in the interview

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said that he did this because[br]he wanted to tell the story

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of our country that was a reflection

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of what our country looks like today.

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- I love it. I think it's great.

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- I think it's pretty[br]original, very creative.

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- I love that. Yeah, because our[br]country looks very different now

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than it did 1776.

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- I think these people today see-- yeah.

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They're taking contemporary people

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and projecting history.

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Boy, oh, boy, what an idea.

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- (Finebros) Why do you think[br]there's so much hype

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surrounding this musical?

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- Well, I think partly[br]because of the hip hop

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and also because[br]it's a historical musical.

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- Hamilton is an interesting story anyway.

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The way they put it together

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so that everyone can see[br]how interesting his life really was

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is very creative and very interesting.

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- This is a story that[br]we've all benefited from.

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All of our lives were[br]affected by this man.

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So it's always interesting,[br]because it impacts

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every single person, every[br]single citizen of the United States.

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- (Finebros) Does it surprise[br]you that a musical

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that features rap and hip hop

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has this much of a widespread appeal?[br]- No.

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- No, it doesn't.

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- No, not at all.

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The country's changed in 50 years.

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And this musical has changed with it,

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and it's reflecting those changes.

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- In this country, we can do that.[br]We can stretch things.

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We can make it work, you know?[br]And I think it's just a beautiful

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aspect of our freedom[br]of expression in this country.

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♪ (upbeat theme music) ♪