A review by readingpicnic
The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda by Ishmael Reed

5.0

I appreciate the mission and execution of this piece, and I wish I could have seen it performed. I liked that he included pictures of the play in the back so I could get a sense of it though. I can tell a lot of research and passion went into this piece, and he didn't do it in a cruel or undeserving way, but he tore Lin-Manuel Miranda apart! Absolutely to shreds (which was very entertaining honestly)! Showing his ignorance every step of the way, whether intentional or not, of creating the Hamilton musical, as well as its lasting consequences, such as impressionable people and schoolchildren possibly only seeing this version of history that romanticizes slave-owners...Ishmael not only educated Lin-Manuel Miranda (at least in the play) about the mistakes he made, but he also posited real reparations that could be made with the excessive profits from Hamilton. 
Also, love that Toni Morrison funded this play.