Lin-Manuel Miranda Calls 'Hamilton' Slavery Criticism 'Valid'

Following the recent Disney+ release of Hamilton , history has its eyes on Lin-Manuel Miranda.

The historically inspired hip-hop musical from Miranda, who is of Puerto Rican descent, has been praised for its diverse cast, which gives all of its most prominent roles to people of color. However, amid a year marked by protests over police brutality and racial injustice, the film version debuted to a nuanced response on social media, with critics questioning how a show about people who owned slaves just brushes past that fact.

Now, Miranda is responding.

Tracy Clayton, writer and host of Netflixs Strong Black Legends podcast , expounded on the criticism in several tweets, noting that the Broadway musical, which debuted in 2015, and the filmed Disney + release were given to us in two different worlds.

Our willingness to interrogate things in this way feels like a clear sign of change, Clayton wrote, noting in another tweet that frustration over a play about slaveholders that is not about slavery is understandable, and that the conversation deserves nuance.

im late w the hamilton criticism stuff & im clearly biased but.. i really like that this conversation is happening. hamilton the play and the movie were given to us in two different worlds & our willingness to interrogate things in this way feels like a clear sign of change

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im late w the hamilton criticism stuff & im clearly biased but.. i really like that this conversation is happening. hamilton the play and the movie were given to us in two different worlds & our willingness to interrogate things in this way feels like a clear sign of change
tracy clayton aka CHUBBA BEEF (@brokeymcpoverty) July 5, 2020

i totally get the frustration about it being a play about slaveholders that is not about slavery. ive felt that in lots of things i watch, but i flex the same muscle i use when i listen to hip hop as a black woman. we enjoy problematic things all the time

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i totally get the frustration about it being a play about slaveholders that is not about slavery. ive felt that in lots of things i watch, but i flex the same muscle i use when i listen to hip hop as a black woman. we enjoy problematic things all the time
tracy clayton aka CHUBBA BEEF (@brokeymcpoverty) July 5, 2020

Addressing Claytons tweets, Miranda wrote that all the criticisms are valid.

The sheer tonnage of complexities & failings of these people I couldnt get. Or wrestled with but cut. I took 6 years and fit as much as I could in a 2.5 hour musical. Did my best. Its all fair game, Miranda said.

Appreciate you so much, @brokeymcpoverty. All the criticisms are valid. The sheer tonnage of complexities & failings of these people I couldnt get. Or wrestled with but cut. I took 6 years and fit as much as I could in a 2.5 hour musical. Did my best. Its all fair game. https://t.co/mjhU8sXS1U

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Appreciate you so much, @brokeymcpoverty . All the criticisms are valid. The sheer tonnage of complexities & failings of these people I couldnt get. Or wrestled with but cut. I took 6 years and fit as much as I could in a 2.5 hour musical. Did my best. Its all fair game. https://t.co/mjhU8sXS1U
Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) July 6, 2020

Slavery isnt ignored in Hamilton. For instance, Mirandas Alexander Hamilton notably brings it up during a cabinet battle against Thomas Jefferson, rapping, A civics lesson from a slaver, hey neighbor. Your debts are paid cause you dont pay for labor. We plant seeds in the South. We create. Yeah, keep ranting. We know whos really doing the planting.

However, it is drastically understated. Historian Lyra Monteiro told Slate in 2016 that the production uses Founders Chic, which portrays Americas founding fathers as relatable, cool guys but tends to downplay their roles in upholding slavery.

Washingtons ownership of slaves isnt mentioned at all. Hes this perfect father figure and he has nothing to do with slavery. Even though he was as embedded in slavery, of course, as Jefferson was, Monteiro said.

Hamilton was originally going to address slavery more, but Miranda revealed to Rolling Stone in 2016 that a rap battle between Hamilton, Jefferson and James Madison on the subject was cut:

In the end, no one does anything. Which is what happened in reality! So we realized we were bringing our show to a halt on something that none of them really did enough on.

Tweeting her thoughts on the Hamilton criticism, director Ava DuVernay wrote that though slavery isnt central to the story, its not ignored.

I greatly enjoyed the work and was wildly curious after watching. I wouldnt have studied any of those founders like I did if it wasnt for #Hamilton and @Lin_Manuel, DuVernay wrote.

Slavery is not central, for sure. But he didnt deny or ignore it either. He made his choices about it. I greatly enjoyed the work and was wildly curious after watching. I wouldnt have studied any of those founders like I did if it wasnt for #Hamilton and @Lin_Manuel. https://t.co/sBwBQYUi1s

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Slavery is not central, for sure. But he didnt deny or ignore it either. He made his choices about it. I greatly enjoyed the work and was wildly curious after watching. I wouldnt have studied any of those founders like I did if it wasnt for #Hamilton and @Lin_Manuel . https://t.co/sBwBQYUi1s
Ava DuVernay (@ava) July 3, 2020

Talking to NPR last month, Miranda said he was heartened by Hamilton lyrics being used on signs in anti-racism protests and spoke about all the characters in the musical being complicit in slavery.

Hamilton although he voiced anti-slavery beliefs remained complicit in the system, Miranda said. And other than calling out Jefferson on his hypocrisy with regards to slavery in Act 2, doesnt really say much else over the course of Act 2.

And I think thats actually pretty honest, he continued. He didnt really do much about it after that. None of them did. None of them did enough. And we say that, too, in the final moments of the song. So that hits differently now because were having a conversation, were having a real reckoning of how do you uproot an original sin?