Lin-Manuel Miranda's Monologue
Posted Oct 9, 2016, 4:04 PM UTC
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Apparently musical theater stars can be perfectly suited to be SNL hosts. Makes sense.
Miranda hit it out of the damn park.
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I'm sorry they didn't do one of their awful high school "edgy" plays. The cast party thing was good, but he could have brought something special to that piece.
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He lacks charisma. /s
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I normally hate music-themed monologues but this one, along with Elizabeth Banks from last season, were pretty damn good. I didn't know what to expect as I hardly know anything about him but Lin-Manuel was entertaining throughout.
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Was it me or was he nasally and flat while singing on the show. I know Broadway shows have to really throw their voices and maybe he wasn't used to a better sound stage for quality. I've never heard him before, but everyone says he's amazing, but he didn't change pitches or tones at all. Half the articles I read say he's amazing, the others say he's overrated.
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I would describe him (as I think many other broadway fans would) as a particularly gifted writer, a talented rapper, a talented actor, a generally charismatic performer, and...not the greatest singer (at least by broadway standards). I mean, he himself has made reference to that much. However, most of his parts in Hamilton are rapped, so unless you're entirely programmed to hearing more traditional-sounding broadway singers and can't get past his occasional singing, you can enjoy his performance.
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Just listen to his stuff and decide for yourself.
He himself has said that his strength isn't really singing; though, I didn't notice anything particularly bad about last night's performance.
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He's got that Broadway speaking-singing voice down pat
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One of my favorite monologues ever.
After he talks with Lorne and starts riffing on the cast members and stuff... damn, dude's talented.