[Steve_Seattle]

"When white guys dress up as black guys there is a incredibly huge political reaction and charges of cultural appropriation. Hamilton is a play where black guys dress up as white guys . . . "

Just wondering: is there a plot-point or thematic reason for the actors being black, e.g., are they trying to show how history would have been different if black men had been in the position of Hamilton and his cronies, or are they black just because it was deemed cool or edgy to make them black?

[Yaelle]

Pretty much the edgy thing.

Remember the whole thing is (very intellectual) RAP.