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Will the Hamilton movie be terrible? Yes. But how terrible? Jason Adam Katzenstein returns to draw his appalled reactions in real time.

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filed 03 July 2020 in Frivolity & Amusement

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Hamilton Movie Livedraw

Who’s excited for the terrifying hiphop musical where the slave-owning Founding Fathers are all somehow people of color with Big Dreams who pull themselves up by their bootstraps? Ishmael Reed is not a fan, and neither is Jason Adam Katzenstein.

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