Sunday, April 17, 2016

The #Hamiltome

Lin-Manuel Miranda dropped fans where they have always wanted to be: in "The Room Where it Happens."

 On Tuesday, the much awaited narrative/article compilation Hamilton: The Revolution was officially released. Manuel, an avid Tweeter, started off his day with a humble message to his fans.


 From here, #Hamiltome exploded throughout the day as more people purchased and received their copies. Interpretations, reactions and pictures of the text quickly circulated the Internet with Miranda giving insight and thoughts to many.

The hype among fans of the show was understandable. The text is a behind the scenes look at the show in its entirety. Song lyrics are accompanied by annotations from Miranda that highlight his thought process, inspiration, or even slight historical inaccuracies. Between many of the songs are short articles about the actors or other key aspects as well as pictures of both the show in action and backstage.

This is a never-before-seen look into a show that took the world by storm. For fans to be openly invited into the minds of those who developed it from the beginning is rare, usually seen only for shows that have been around for a few years, not less than one.

What truly caught the attention of fans, however, was not Miranda's creative interpretation of history but rather history at its source. Before the song highlighting Hamilton's first time meeting his wife Elizabeth Schuyler, Miranda inserted a poem.


This poem became one of the biggest standouts of the text. It left fans "Helpless."

At the time of writing, sales have skyrocketed to the point that Amazon has sold out of copies.

This text has revealed one thing for sure: Hamilton is truly "Non-Stop."