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07-07-2020, 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by harllee
I plan to sign up on Disney for a month so I can watch Hamilton a couple of times.
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Ditto; Its about the same as a streaming rental and you can peruse the Disney inventory for a month. Brilliant on Disney's part to drive traffic to their streaming platform to check it out. I would never have otherwise tried out the service.
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07-07-2020, 03:42 PM
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I don’t normally care for musicals and enjoyed Hamilton quite a bit.
I watched it last night with closed captioning on, which is helpful since the dialogue moves quickly.
Well worth watching IMO. I’ll probably watch it again with DS/DD.
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07-07-2020, 03:46 PM
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Started watching it last night. Could only stomach 5 minutes of the music before I jumped on the computer and I normally like musicals.
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07-07-2020, 03:52 PM
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I will probably get flamed for this. Trying to keep it as generic as possible:
No interest since the cast in NYC decided it was their right to add political commentary at the end of one particular show.
Musicals are for entertainment, not to learn history, or to be "educated" by the actors.
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07-07-2020, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Golden sunsets
Ditto; Its about the same as a streaming rental and you can peruse the Disney inventory for a month. Brilliant on Disney's part to drive traffic to their streaming platform to check it out. I would never have otherwise tried out the service.
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... the streaming app was downloaded 752,451 times globally, including 458,796 times in the U.S., from Friday to Sunday. That's 74% more downloads than the four previous weekends in June.
https://people.com/movies/hamilton-m...liday-weekend/
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07-07-2020, 03:58 PM
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I signed up for one month of Disney+ so I could watch the musical, but I figured I would check out the rest of their library while I have the month’s subscription. I browsed through the entire catalogue and literally could not find one other show I wanted to watch.
If you have kids I’m sure it’s great to have all the Disney classics for them. But for adults unless you like the Star Wars or Marvel stuff it seems like it’s not the right audience for us.
Is there anything in the Disney collection that would appeal to adults that I overlooked?
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07-07-2020, 04:37 PM
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I saw Hamilton live on stage last year and loved it.
Beforehand, I was worried about the pace of the rap music. We borrowed a CD of the music and found the lyrics online. Listening to the music while reading the lyrics in advance really helped me follow the songs when we saw the show.
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07-07-2020, 04:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ready
I signed up for one month of Disney+ so I could watch the musical, but I figured I would check out the rest of their library while I have the month’s subscription. I browsed through the entire catalogue and literally could not find one other show I wanted to watch.
If you have kids I’m sure it’s great to have all the Disney classics for them. But for adults unless you like the Star Wars or Marvel stuff it seems like it’s not the right audience for us.
Is there anything in the Disney collection that would appeal to adults that I overlooked?
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Star Wars?
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07-07-2020, 04:59 PM
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Have not seen Hamilton. I know people who have and they rave about it.
My only exposure to Hamilton is the $20 bill  .
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07-07-2020, 05:25 PM
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“The 10-dollar founding father” is on...the $20 bill? Unexpected inflation?
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07-07-2020, 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Cricky
“The 10-dollar founding father” is on...the $20 bill? Unexpected inflation?
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Nope. Hamilton is on the $10. Jackson is on the $20.
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07-07-2020, 06:40 PM
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Old guy who very much likes musicals but generally abhors rap. Saw Hamilton on Broadway. Thought it was excellent but that the hype was maybe a bit more than deserved. Tried to get tickets to see it again in Boston or Providence but unable to.
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07-07-2020, 06:51 PM
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Saw Hamilton in person two years ago and signed up for Disney+ to see it again on July 4th. DH thought he liked it better on Disney+ since we could turn on close captioning and he could understand everything being sung. I like that the price was many, many times lower than what we paid to see it live and that I didn't have to wait in a virtual line for over 10 hours to get tickets!
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07-07-2020, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Lewis Clark
I saw Hamilton live on stage last year and loved it.
Beforehand, I was worried about the pace of the rap music. We borrowed a CD of the music and found the lyrics online. Listening to the music while reading the lyrics in advance really helped me follow the songs when we saw the show.
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I was concerned I wouldn’t be able to follow the rap music, but only about 20% of the score is rap. And most of it is slow enough for any listener to follow IMO. Though rap is featured in trailers and excerpts, much of the music isn’t that unconventional.
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07-07-2020, 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Ready
I signed up for one month of Disney+ so I could watch the musical, but I figured I would check out the rest of their library while I have the month’s subscription. I browsed through the entire catalogue and literally could not find one other show I wanted to watch.
If you have kids I’m sure it’s great to have all the Disney classics for them. But for adults unless you like the Star Wars or Marvel stuff it seems like it’s not the right audience for us.
Is there anything in the Disney collection that would appeal to adults that I overlooked?
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We like the National Geographic documentaries that can be streamed on Disney+
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07-07-2020, 07:52 PM
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If you read through an explanation of each song on Wikipedia you really get a lot of insight into the subtle things going on. The level of attention to detail is really amazing.
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07-07-2020, 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by SecondCor521
Nope. Hamilton is on the $10. Jackson is on the $20.
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Yeah...you might reply to the person who doesn’t know that.
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07-07-2020, 09:44 PM
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Yeah...you might reply to the person who doesn’t know that.
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Whoops. I came to this thread via "unread posts since last visit", and your comment was the first unread reply. I saw your comment but didn't scroll up to see that it was in response to a previous poster. Sorry about that.
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07-08-2020, 03:15 AM
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Good idea. Before attending the live performance a couple years ago, we bought the CD and listened to the lyrics a couple of times. The singing is very clear, but it does get fast, and the hip-hop style of singing may be unfamiliar to older listeners.
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Originally Posted by tulak
I watched it last night with closed captioning on, which is helpful since the dialogue moves quickly.
Well worth watching IMO. I’ll probably watch it again with DS/DD.
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07-08-2020, 08:16 AM
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Nope. Hamilton is on the $10. Jackson is on the $20.
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We should really push the $2 bill and put John Bogle's picture on it. My 2¢. Err.... $2.
Back to the musical... Is it on DVD?
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