![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Teenagers on Tumblr, culture critics, former president Barack Obama - everyone, it seemed, had room for him in their hearts. Miranda’s rise to fame was stratospheric, and he was the rare figure as exalted for genuine talent and creative genius as he was beloved for his charm and charisma. Even then, the statement was mostly funny because it was blatantly untrue. ![]() “I’m fresh off a long run performing in my musical Hamilton, which fortunately is one of the biggest hits ever on Broadway, so that means most of you have no idea who I am!” Manuel joked in the opening of his 2016 SNL monologue (the rest of it was rapped, naturally). And the show’s composer, star, and writer Lin-Manuel Miranda was simultaneously being hailed as a Shakespeare for the modern era and as a “ Linammon roll,” a nickname his fans gave him in honor of Tumblr users’ penchant for labeling their favorite celebrities “cinnamon rolls.” Twitter was tripping over itself attempting to win #HamilFam ticket giveaways. Tumblr was headcanon-ing and fanfic-ing the Founding Fathers. In 2016, Hamilton’s internet fandom was at its peak. ![]()
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