When news broke that a Texas church staged a production of 'Hamilton' with a number of Christian lyrical changes, clips of the rendition quickly circulated...
with a religious spin is taking heat online, with observers mocking the rendition of the notably progressive Broadway musical.
On Friday and Saturday, The Door McAllen church staged a production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s smash hit musical — with a substantial number of religious-based edits and omissions. For example, during the song “That Would Be Enough,” the original lyrics have Eliza Hamilton sing, “but I’m not afraid, I know who I married,” to Alexander. The McAllen production changed the lyric to “but I’m not afraid, my hope is in Jesus.
Other edits included cutting a large portion of one sexually charged song, and inserting an unscripted evangelical monologue after one character dies.Following the Friday performance, one of the church’s pastors gave a sermon painting homosexuality as an addiction. “Maybe you struggle with alcohol, with drugs — with homosexuality — maybe you struggle with other things in life, your finances, whatever, relationships. God can help you tonight.
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