![]() It captures both the earnest engagement that fans of the musical desire, as well as the exhausted disbelief of those who can’t stand it. The perfect tie-in to both the success of and backlash to Hamilton, it is the major voice in contrast to the recent movie. Both durable and timely, this goes beyond mere corrective – it is a meticulously researched rebuttal, an absorbing drama, and brilliant rallying cry for justice. Reed uses the musical’s crimes against history to insist on a radical, cleareyed way of looking at our past and our selves. ![]() This powerful play, originally produced at the Nuyorican Poets Café, comprehensively dismantles the phenomenon of Lin-Manuel Miranda and Hamilton. Gerald Horne, author of The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the USA Reed, a verbal acrobat of global renown, demonstrates here why he is widely considered to be the leading intellectual in the U.S. ![]() ![]() "In this, his latest work, the protean Ishmael Reed-the legendary artist and prolific writer-continues to burnish his already sterling reputation by dismantling the 'Creation Myth' of the founding of the U.S., as represented in the incredibly profitable play and musical, Hamilton. ![]() “That’s a lot of horse hockey, Hamilton.”ĭescribed by the New York Times as “classic activist theater” and “a cross between ‘A Christmas Carol’ and a trial at The Hague’s International Criminal Court.” ![]()
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