今天看了Hamilton,太精彩了,精彩絕倫!rap, hip pop, R&B, broadway…一層層音浪就像看萬花筒,百花齊放,又恰到好處。
形式如此好了,故事竟然
還能更好。宏大敘事,綻於幽微。

詞兒也寫得絕了:
I may not live to see your glory
But I will gladly join the war
When our children tell our story
They will tell the story of tonight
Raise a last glass to freedom
I will die in the battlefield of glory
Or rise up
Rise up!
Dying is easier, young man, Living is harder.
(全世界的革命都一樣,都始於對自己的渴望;革命之火,年輕人的熱血,理想,生命是燃料)
Love doesn’t discriminate the sinners and the saints
Death doesn’t discriminate the sinners and the saints
(全世界的革命都一樣:
愛意麵前,眾生平等
死亡面前,眾生平等)
Oceans arise, empires fall
It’s so much harder when it’s on your call.
(改朝換代,千難萬險)
If I grant you peace of mind
Would it be enough
(全世界的革命都一樣,年輕的妻子不盼丈夫建功立業,只願平安團圓)
History has its eyes on you
(全世界的革命都一樣,熱血男兒志在千秋功業)

Domestic life is never my style
You smile, I fall apart
And I thought I am smart
I will make a million mistakes,
I will make the world right for you
(全世界的革命都一樣,我的孩子,我要為你打破,重建,創造一個嶄新世界)
Winning is easier, governing is harder
(開國容易守成難)
George Washington is going home
Teaching them how to say goodbye
(有的革命不一樣,在所有人的挽留下,國父執意卸甲歸田)
……動人的臺詞太多了
狡黠的也很多——
關於政治:
Talk less, smile more
Don’t let them know what you are against and what you are for
Decisions are made at dinner
Immigrants? We get the job done!
英王的詞兒:
You say my love is not a price that you are willing to pay
I will kill your families and friends, to remind you of my love
Hamilton向Madison求助這麼說:
My client needs your help
Who is your client?
A new U.S. constitution.
……總之太太太精彩。當Hamilton(也是musical作者)唱到:I wanna build something that outlive me, 我禁不住想,這也是作者自己的心聲吧,那麼他做到了。

誰能想到Thomas Jefferson是爆炸頭的黑人演員呢……但是實在太精彩太耀眼了,一切不合理都成了創新。
