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why are boys hot and cute like wtf take a break

Me, watching the new Clone Wars Trailer:

Me, remembering how the Clone Wars ends:

no but guys think about how cool an ASL staging of Hamilton would be

“talk less, smile more”

Lafayette combining ASL with French Sign Language

In “Farmer Refuted” Ham and Seabury go from simply trying to block their audience’s view of each other’s hands to actively slapping each other’s hands down mid-sentence

King George doesn’t deign to sign. He has the ensemble sign for him and gets pissed at how with each reprise there seem to be fewer and fewer ensemble members there to translate.

everybody’s name signs corresponding with their musical leitmotifs

apparently the ASL word for “helpless” can also be used to mean “speechless” in some contexts

during “Helpless,” if you look closely, you can see some of Alex and Angelica’s conversation from “Satisfied” being signed in the background

LOOK AT HOW BEAUTIFUL THE SIGN FOR “WAIT” IS 

 THE GLORY THAT IS “GUNS AND SHIPS” IN ASL

everyone breaking apart to sign their own parts in “Non-Stop” in a beautiful visual explosion like I am dying just thinking about this

AGGRESSIVE CABINET BATTLE SIGNING

“The Room Where It Happens” being all about being shut out of conversations and decisions, there’s some new subtext to “hold your nose and close your eyes” because you can’t sign while holding your nose and you can’t watch others sign while closing your eyes

Phillip not being able to complete the “sept huit neuf” with Eliza because his hands are going limp as he dies and Eliza actually screaming

Burr’s signing in “Your Obedient Servant” getting more and more angry along with his writing, the syntax of which also changes until “Weehawken. Dawn. Guns. Drawn.” matches up exactly with Burr signing the words–he’s sick and tired of translating every thought into perfect English, he’s tired of signing less and smiling more, he is 100% done with this shit

during Ham’s final “I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory,” it’s not just the music that drops out, it’s the English translation. that’s right, y’all, HAMILTON’S FINAL MONOLOGUE IS ONLY IN ASL

at the end of it, he sets down his pistol prop and makes the ASL sign for “gun” AND RAISES THAT SIGN INTO THE AIR

WHEN ALEXANDER AIMS AT THE SKY, BURR IS STILL HOLDING HIS PISTOL, SO HE CAN’T SIGN HIS “WAIT”–HE HAS TO SCREAM IT WHILE THE ENSEMBLE SIGNS FOR HIM

for all the emphasis put on “who tells your story” and “being a part of/erasing myself from/putting myself back in the narrative,” there isn’t much explicit mention of speech and I think that’s beautiful

I have way too many feelings about this fictional production okay

“holding grudges isn’t good for you” yeah well neither is people hurting me and getting away w/ it so here we are

there’s a deaf west spring awakening bootleg circulating and I don’t think it captures how truly beautiful this scene is, this is only audio, but this night I went, the emotional level was so high, it was so on point, everyone needs to listen to this.

Why does no one talk about the fact that there is litERALLY AN ENTIRE ORCHESTRA UNDER THE STAGE OF EVERY BROADWAY MUSICAL WITH TRAINED MUSICIANS THAT LEARNED EVERY SINGLE SONG AND PLAY THEM EVERY SINGLE NIGHT

Hi friends! Thomas and Nicole had a mini Heathers reunion at Tumblr Headquarters singing “Seventeen”!

(ohhh ohhHH OHHHH OHHH) WHERE I GOOOOOOOO WHEN I GO THER E NO MORE SHadoooooows anymore only you there in the kiss and nothing missing as your'e drifting to shore (ohhh) where i goooo when i go theeere no more weeeeping anymore (ohh ohhh) only iii iiin and out your lips the broken wi shes washing wi th h tme mmm to shore (touch me) touch me (all silent) all silent (baby just tell me) tell me please all iS for give n (touch ohhh) consu me my wine consume m y mind (ohhhhh ohhHHHhhhhhH) WHERE I GO WH ER WEI GO TO U CH M MMMEMEE OH H HHHHHh juSTR TRY II IITTT JUST TRYYY It N OW THA TS IT no w thATS IT OHH HHHH GODDDD OH TH AT S HE A VENN N NN TO UC H OH H HI LOVEYO UR LIGH T LI I IiiiiiIIIIIG HH HT WE'L L WAN DER D OO OW N WHE E E RRE THE SI NSCRY TOU C HC Mmm mMEEEEO H H HH HHHHH J UST LIKE THAT OH H H HHHH H H H H HHHHHHHHHhhhH HhhhNNOW LOWER DOW NO AHH HH H Hhh hHhh hhhHHHHHH LOVE M E E EHEHYEYEYEHAHHHHAHH WAND E ROD WN WHE RE ETHE WI NDS SIG HHho ooooooooooooh where the winds sii i igh whe re teh te winds s igh ghhhhg hhh hwhehre the winds si ghghhhhh

lil sailor babe just doing his thing whilst all the other kids get in trouble

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