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‘Almost Like Praying’: The Religious Work of ‘Hamilton’ Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda
…cry and rebuke. But most importantly, it’s a vision of community rooted in Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican people. An invocation of place, its lyrics primarily consist of the names of the 78 towns of Puerto Rico, the words laid down over a beat established by the trill of the coquí—the iconic and ubiquitous Puerto Rican frog. Sung, screamed out, spit in rap stanza, this recitation becomes hypnotic, an insistent reiteration of an idea, Puerto Rico…
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