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Miranda The Musical Analysis

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With such a diverse casting crew Miranda knew who he wanted to choose for the musical to play certain characters, so he can make the musical extremely interesting due to the time period it was in. Miranda is known for casting an interesting cast. Due to this not being a predominantly white cast it drew major criticism. When Hamilton first started showing majority of the headlines were that the musical was under fire for casting non-white actors. Lin Miranda had posted on the website that they were looking for “NON-WHITE men and women, ages 20s to 30s” which caused some problems. Some people thought that it was not appropriate to exclude that race. Which caused more attention to the musical and had people feeling a certain way. …show more content…

to portray different race illustrating the relevance of that time period into this time period. The actors had to prepare themselves to play a certain race to make this musical spectacular. While practicing making this perfect it came with a strong opinion. The play never mentioned slavery, but Christopher Jackson had his opinion about playing a man who was a slave owner, George Washington. Christopher Jackson who plays George Washington took a visit to his hometown, Mount Vernon. Knowing that he was a slave owner it bothered Christopher. He once stated that his portrayal of George Washington that none of the things George Washington has done should be forgiven. He felt that he could never get pass George Washington being a slave owner because of his race. Another character who plays a different ethnic is Leslie Odom Jr. His part did not come easy to him like Christopher Jackson. It took a lot of convincing to Miranda and the director. He wanted this part extremely bad because the memories of envy came back to him. On the production of “Jersey Boys” he felt that there were going to be four lucky white guys playing those part and he could not get the part because of his race would not look right. Leslie Odom Jr. felt like these roles were written for white actors. He feels like this is a stepping stone for actors of color in the Broadway. For these actors to step out of their comfort zone and to play a different race they achieved something really

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