One thing always bothered me about musicals that sing their regular dialogue. It always sounded weird and didn't feel like real music. Like it felt forced. Like they always should have just spoke that dialogue. While there's still a little of that in Hamilton, there's not as much as I think the use of rap significantly alleviates that problem, because rap can feel more like dialogue while still having a flow and rhythm to it. It doesn't feel as unnatural when you do it that way. I would love to see more musicals in the future use that as an idea to smooth out the stuff they need as dialogue, even if they don't want to stop the musical flow.
Aside from that, most of the songs were great. This show did a much better job having very few songs that were not as musically interesting as the others, so it kept my attention throughout. The sections with the king were a particular favorite of mine.
Shout by Andy GilleandVIP 7BlockedParent2020-09-23T02:10:32Z
One thing always bothered me about musicals that sing their regular dialogue. It always sounded weird and didn't feel like real music. Like it felt forced. Like they always should have just spoke that dialogue. While there's still a little of that in Hamilton, there's not as much as I think the use of rap significantly alleviates that problem, because rap can feel more like dialogue while still having a flow and rhythm to it. It doesn't feel as unnatural when you do it that way. I would love to see more musicals in the future use that as an idea to smooth out the stuff they need as dialogue, even if they don't want to stop the musical flow.
Aside from that, most of the songs were great. This show did a much better job having very few songs that were not as musically interesting as the others, so it kept my attention throughout. The sections with the king were a particular favorite of mine.