Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Hamilton" has spent a decade on Broadway and in theaters around the world. Now, a new version of the musical is playing out ... on TikTok.
A "Hamilton"-inspired social media trend is more concerned with the founding father’s subpar husband skills than with he changed the United States' trajectory.
The trend involves people, usually women, dressing up like Hamilton — complete with hand-drawn facial hair and a lantern — and attempting to sneak away to the tune of the soundtrack’s “Best of Wives and Best of Women.”
@f.ann.w sneaks into a laundry machine for "Hamilton." @f.ann.w via TikTok
“Why does everyone just casually have a founding father outfit?” said one commenter, asking what much of the internet is likely thinking.
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