Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan Discuss Claims That ‘Hamilton’ Glorifies Slave Owners: ‘All These People Are Flawed’
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etcanada.comDaveed Diggs and Okieriete Onaodowan spoke about “Hamilton”, “Snowpiercer”, and more during a Vulture Instagram Live Tuesday.
The pair, who star as Marquis de Lafayette / Thomas Jefferson and Hercules Mulligan / James Madison respectively in the hit Broadway show, were asked about the production being accused by some of glorifying slave-owning historical figures. “Hamilton” tells the story of Alexander Hamilton and his work with the Founding Fathers of the United States, many of whom owned slaves.
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