Hamilton!

 Recently there has been a topic of discussion concerning the realistic portrayal of the history in life of Alexander Hamilton done by Lin-Manuel Miranda in his play Hamilton. Many have argued that the play is unrealistic as somei lyrics were not historically backed. For example Angelica Schuyler was already married during the time in which she met Alexander Hamilton making the song Satisfied a bit questionable considering that she was already taken, which would have ruined one of the ideas within the play Angelica gave up her chance to be with Alexander for her sister.  Critics also. Lin-manuel Miranda's choice of an all black cast was inappropriate as it may lead some to believe that the true historical events may have been more inclusive than before. They believe his inclusion of African American actors male lead some to believe that America was more Progressive than they were during this time, claiming that Lin-Manuel Miranda should have been more honest with his choice of who would represent the founding fathers. Due to some of these “false narratives” many historians have attacked  Lin-Manuel Miranda for his adaption of the history of America, as they claim that it glorified Alexander Hamilton to be more heroic than the actual person himself.  I'd argue, Lin-Manuel Miranda, although he intended to tell this tale of Hamilton through a new lens, did not aim for complete accuracy in his retelling the story of Hamilton because that was never his overall intention. The title of Hamilton is followed by “an American story,” which leads me to believe that Lin wanted to explain the development of America as a country through the triumphs of Alexander Hamilton who we see was not the ideal founding father as some of us may have thought. He includes in all African-American cast to further this point that the development of the United States was done through core principles of freedom. Lin-Manuel Miranda in his play of Hamilton aims for a true retelling of America's history through the life of Alexander Hamiltonm not a true retelling of Alexander Hamilton through the history of America.