Following our theme of bashing on John Adams, here is a bonus song for your Father's Day.
"Hamilton" was not the first musical created on Broadway based on the Founding Fathers. In fact, to capitalize on the bicentennial, Broadway debuted 1776 to more acclaim than you might imagine. This product of the 1970s has all the political polarization, distrust and general melancholy you would expect of a musical made in the era of disco. This musical, like the HBO mini-series focused mostly on the role of John Adams in getting the Declaration of Independence written and signed. Its success even led to a movie adaptation starring William Daniels (aka Mr. Feeny from the TV show Boy Meets World). Here is a snippet to show you that the Founding Father really did not like John Adams. P.S. Yes the name of this song was sampled by Lin Manuel Miranda in his "response" to Adams' real life criticisms of Hamilton during the Adams Administration.
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