Why is this so popular?

cause broadway musicals are corny as hell

culturally significant and people love musicals

>>70572854
/thread

lots of people will like anything that the media tells them to like as long as its not egregiously bad

>>70572842
It makes self-hating white liberals feel good about themselves

>>70573491
This

>s-see, we like rap too.

In the Heights was a better story without being overtly political. I don't personally think the stage is a place for activism but whatever

For what it's worth, looking at just the music, it's certainly unique though, combining broadway show tunes style music with Hip Hop. The result's this kinda cheesy but overthetop as fuck approach to hip hop, but done in a completely different style than that of someone like say...Soulja Boy who also does cheesy and overthetop.

We are obligated to listen to exactly one counter-cultural musical a decade, and Hamilton won that lottery.

Last decade it was Avenue Q. The 90s were RENT.

>>70573709
There's nothing counter culture about Hamilton...

>>70573677
>>70573709
>overtly political
>counterculture
Have you guys...not watched or even given a more precursory look at Hamilton?

>>70572842
>WE WUZ FOUNDERZ N SHEEIT

>>70572842
Musicals are popular again and this one happens to be built around hip hop which is also very popular.

>>70573753
I don't mean political in the sense that they're encouraging people to vote for Hillary, but there's a lot of lines that point towards an agenda.

>>70573791
What agenda? Hamilton pissed off both hard left and hard right people for different reasons.