by Reef3

Contemporary progressivism has come to mean papering over material inequality with representational diversity.

Two topics are covered here, the politics of the musical, and the quality of the musical itself.

Has anyone seen it? The performances I've seen in clips and at the Academy Awards seemed... unimpressive. The relentless praise it has received in the media has me baffled.

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Another passage that represents the point the author is trying to make:

The conservative-liberal D.C. consensus on Hamilton makes perfect sense. The musical flatters both right and left sensibilities. Conservatives get to see their beloved Founding Fathers exonerated for their horrendous crimes, and liberals get to have nationalism packaged in a feel-good multicultural form. The more troubling questions about the country’s origins are instantly vanished, as an era built on racist forced labor is transformed into a colorful, culturally progressive, and politically unobjectionable extravaganza.