Hamilton: Lin-Manuel Miranda On The Play's Historical Inaccuracies

Lin-Manuel Miranda responds to the historical inaccuracies in Hamilton and explains how they aid in the drama.

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[laneytran]

his little giggle and "I know" at the beginning gives me life

[KJSPianoGoddess]

When all is said and done, it doesn't matter because none of us were in the room where it happened....

[johnross.aka-la-a]

I like how he addressed it and didn't leave people wondering why he did it. He is just an amazing person and I wish to work side by side with him one day. This guy is a role model.

[singulartrout]

*can't open jar
*thinks of Hamilton
*sings My Shot
*opens
*thanks Lin

[birdlawco]

It's the "Yay Hamlet" shirt I'M CRYING

[paiigemichele]

“Angelica and him are soulmates”

*John Laurens clears throat from heaven*

[aks-core]

everytime i see that 'genius' in the screen my brain is like- my mother was a genius GENIUS

[RosanneEs]

Is it true Hamilton and the gang never actually did any rapping? I heard that's also an historical inaccuracy but I refuse to believe it.

[adiyahwarner]

i just love the confirmation from Lin himself that angelica and hamilton are like soulmates

[SEGASister]

Well, even if Mr. Miranda didn't push the sons away, all three of them who survived infancy were fifteen, twelve, and seven at the time their sister Eliza met and married Alexander Hamilton. Chances are Angelica still would've been pressured to "marry rich" in the event that none of her brothers either lived long enough to get married or even wanted to get married at all.

[sijiachen]

I had hoped that Hamilton would be 100% historically accurate but when I found the numerous historical inaccuracies, I found i didn't care. Hamilton stays true to the spirit of the founding fathers and their ideals and every change he makes is to tell a better story. I think It can be seen as more of an "adaptation" of his life rather than a biography and ultimately in an adaptation is supposed to make changes to fit the changes that come with it while staying true to the themes of the original. I think Hamilton does a spectacular job of that.

[imallfordabulls]

“History is different based on our accounts.”

And that’s a main point of the musical. You also can’t come in expecting a musical/drama being 100% accurate.

[gracek]

His point about seeing the different accounts in Helpless and Satisfied to show how history is different depending on who tells it seems like an argument for Ten Things One Thing. I love the cast album the way it is, of course, but when I heard that, it seemed to make everything fit.

[oakley]

Lin is so cute this omg and his little giggle when he said I forgot was the best thing ever

[jayfromq]

He gets so excited when talking about Hamilton, it's so adorable!

[Tanglephish]

Honestly I don't have a problem with this. It makes more sense dramatically, and that's that. What honestly does annoy me is his changes to the Election of 1800. It makes Aaron Burr look much more despicable than he really is: Aaron Burr was Thomas Jefferson's runningmate, and wasn't campaigning against him. Because of the way the electoral college worked at the time, there was a (basically inevitable) tie, and only then did Aaron Burr seek the presidency. The play makes it look like the Election of 1800 was Burr vs Jefferson, when in fact it was for the most part Adams vs Jefferson, with a huge fiasco at the end that exposed the problems with the electoral college. (not that people shouldn't have seen it coming. Hamilton tried his best to completely abuse the system to get some random guy he liked--Thomas Pinckney--as president in the election of 1796. That's a fantastic story and I'm kinda sad it never made its way into the musical.)

[faithcaroline]

another thing that was wrong is that Hamilton did not meet Mulligan, Lafayette or john and burr in the same place. Mulligan helped show Hamilton around when he first came here and John and Lafayette meet in the war.

[amyburkum]

Whenever peeps fuss over any inaccuracies.
1: the book is MASSIVE, to fit the entire book would take ten hours or more

And
2; artistic freedom does exist. The video says this yes but just stating

[lol-ickd]

I kinda wish that the musical showed some emphasis on Hamiltons friendship with Mulligam, since he had lived with him when he moved to New York. Mulligan had also actually sparked Hamiltons want for revolution. But everyone tends to pay attention more to lams. :""")

[billyalarie]

“I forgot”

This man’s honesty is so pure…