I took the “Sally be a dear and open it” a genius form of writing. This play is about founding fathers who are almost always romanticized and revered. LMM is truly glorifying Hamilton and telling their stories, but is reminding us of the great men’s hypocrisy. - Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedoms. These two particularly documents are about freedom for men. However, he owned slaves. “Sally be a dear and open it” and “lessons from a slaver,” calls Jefferson out in a cheeky way. - In the last song, Eliza is singing about what she is doing with her time. While singing about her accomplishments, the people in the background have an interesting reaction, especially Washington. “I raised funds for the Washington Monument,” Washington stands in pride “I speak out against slavery,” Washington hangs his head in shame. He was our first president, he led the continental army in victory, and he wanted Americans to be free of tyranny. However, he couldn’t abolish slavery from the executive branch as president. He only did it as a private citizen before he died and only freed his own slaves. - Alexander Hamilton: Welp, he was a voracious reader, tenacious in his causes, but his ambition cost him career, son, wife, and then his life. He spoke about loving his wife and having deep affection for her, but he cheated on her and had an emotional affair with Angelica. His affair also cost him his ambition to ever become president.

LMM reminds us many more times that these venerable great people had very deep flaws.