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[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

it's odd to say he was gay because he wore purple or bonnets, I guess I never figured that, it did seem a retcon to say after he was gay. He could be gay though, really it was never mentioned who he liked to have sex with so it could be. But Herminoe was said to have turned red when blushing so couldn't have been black

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    [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    hamilton is a comedy/musical, and is not supposed to be in "canon" or "continuity" with actual reality. What is cursed child based on, not reality, but the books. Is it supposed to really be a sequel and in continuity? It's marketed as such. Well sometimes writers make mistakes and things don't fit continuity but it's a legit criticism when they don't do it by mistake but on purpose. Seems to be done for virtue woke points which is pandering. The characters in harry potter were almost all white. Now what if this sequel took the minor character dean thomas, a black boy who went to hogwarts, and expanded on him, maybe showed his story more, showed how as an adult he became a great wizard etc. Or Kingsley Shacklebolt. A good character with not much explained. People don't like blackwashing for same reason they don't white washing. It's really bo different than blackface. Maybe "not as bad" with fictional characters but still a slap in the face to fans.

    [–]BreedersMustDie 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    hamilton is a comedy/musical, and is not supposed to be in "canon" or "continuity" with actual reality.

    If you wouldn't use that argument to defend Song of the South, then don't even try it with that show. Ishmael Reed was right.

    [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    not sure who reed is. Song of the south is pretty harmless. Sure though cartoon characters didn't exist in the antebellum south, not reality.