But it's not about the time Pence went to see Hamilton.<\/p>\n
(Even Pence said that was no big deal. His comments on the event were far closer to a statesman's than Trump managed, (he said, damning with faint praise).)<\/p>\n
But no. The thing I want to focus on is the Hamilton<\/i> show in Chicago, a few days later, and an event probably… I'm going to say "incited" by the Pence story.<\/p>\n
A Chicago man was arrested Saturday after what several audience members said was a disruptive incident at the PrivateBank Theatre.<\/i><\/p>\n
Accounts say the audience member began loudly ranting after actors playing Alexander Hamilton and the Marquis de Lafayette sang “Immigrants — we get the job done!” — a lyric that always draws cheers.<\/i><\/p>\n
“He started raising his voice and throwing up middle fingers at anyone who looked at him."<\/i><\/p>\n
Kate Hoyt: “He was saying things like, <\/i>‘We won. Trump is president. Get over it.’<\/i><\/b> At some point Ken leaned into the aisle to try and tell him to leave and the guy then put up both his fists and said <\/i>‘Let’s go, Democrats. I’ll kill you all.’<\/i><\/b> ”<\/i><\/p>\n
So here's a few interesting bits.<\/p>\n
The Hamilton<\/i> cast in NYC didn't boo Pence. That was the audience.<\/p>\n
The Hamilton<\/i> cast read a pre-written speech that asked the VP to represent all of a diverse and vibrant America… and thanked him for coming and sharing in the show. That's it.<\/p>\n
And people are mad.<\/p>\n
This guy in Chicago is mad. And drunk, also, but mostly mad.<\/p>\n
But… when does he get mad?<\/p>\n
The immigrants line.<\/p>\n
I look at this – all this, all the reactions and yelling, and you know what I see?<\/p>\n
I see a whole lot of people who thought – really, truly believed<\/i><\/b> – after Trump won, all the minorities and immigrants and gays and marginalized not-us people would, finally, after eight years, sit back down and shut up.<\/p>\n
And then this calm, well-spoken brown man stands up on a stage<\/i> and has the temerity to address an older white man<\/i> as an equal.<\/p>\n
So that sitting down? That shutting up? It's not happening.<\/p>\n
That's what they're mad about.<\/p>\n
Trump won (the electoral college), but no fairy dust came to make it 1950 again.<\/p>\n
All these other<\/i> people keep… talking<\/i> like they have some right to.<\/i><\/p>\n
I mean, I could be wrong. Sure.<\/p>\n
Sure.<\/p>\n
——-<\/p>\n
I stand by what I said, every bit of it<\/i>
You stand only for yourself<\/i>
It’s what you do<\/i>
I can’t apologize because it’s true.<\/i><\/p>\n
— "Your Obedient Servant", Hamilton<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
But it's not about the time Pence went to see Hamilton. (Even Pence said that was no big deal. His comments on the event were far closer to a statesman's than Trump managed, (he said, damning with faint praise).) But no. The thing I want to focus on is the Hamilton show in Chicago, a … <\/p>\n