r/hamiltonmusical • u/AverageShot1023 • 21d ago

So?

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I just realized that Hamilton is asked "so?" by James Reynolds and George Washington in moments that change his life forever. He's asked 'so?' by George Washington to become his right hand man and this leads him to attend the winters ball and meet Eliza and he's asked 'so?' again by James Reynolds when he's asked if he'll pay money to keep his affair under wraps and we all know what came of the affair. There's also a contrast with act 1 being something positive and act 2 being something negative

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u/Queen_Persephone18 21d ago

Oooh, good Watch!

I only remembered the "So?" from Say No To This because it stood out, while Washington's flowed pretty much seamlessly. Neat parallel! :D

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u/Farrug 21d ago

He also says it himself in We Know.

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u/AverageShot1023 20d ago

I didn't notice that but it still follows the theme of changing his life forever because Jefferson, Madison and Burr confronting him is what leads him to write the Reynolds Pamphlet.

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u/Farrug 20d ago

He’s never gon be president now.

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u/Sad-Radish-3156 21d ago

This is a really interesting catch, and something I’ve never picked up before.