So *maybe* it's something like this?!poster at that forum wrote:VintageSnarker said: "When you say rapping... I get giving LMM a patter song or something heavily rhythmic or syncopated. But this is still a period piece, right? He's an actor. He can play a character who doesn't rap. "
I recall that rapscallian Dick van Dyke (DvD) pattering in Jolly Holiday. I was blissfully scandalized!
Bert and Chorus:
It's true that Mavis and Sybil 'ave ways that are winning
And Prudence and Gwendolyn set your 'eart spinning
Phoebe's delightful, Maude is disarming
Janice, Felicia, Lydia - charming
Cynthia's dashing, Vivian's sweet
Stephanie's smashing, Priscilla a treat
Veronica, Millicent, Agnes, and Jane
Convival company, time and again
Drocas and Phyllis and Glynis are sorts
I'll agree are three jolly good sports
But cream of the crop, tip of the top
It's Mary Poppins, and there we stop!
I want to give it the benefit of the doubt. I'm not a Hamilton fan, but I do like some of In the Heights, & I love the Moana soundtrack. I think that LMM is talented, but I agree w/ a poster at that forum that he doesn't have to rap in everything. But maybe it's more rhythmic talking, a la Bert, then anything else...maybe!