This unhinged Texas church not only put on an unauthorized Hamilton production, but rewrote it to feature the titular character being converted to Christianity.
Needless to say, folks are far from “Satisfied”.
The Door church in McAllen, Texas put on their born-again Hamilton over the past weekend. The first performance on Friday quickly garnered a cease-and-desist from the Hamilton Team in New York.
The church then apparently went ahead with their Saturday show secretly, even while listing it as “canceled” on Eventbrite.
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The live-streamed show has since been taken down by official orders, but clips of it live on in the internet ether, and oh boy.
The Kidz Bop-esque censorship can be heard from the very first line:
Oh. My. God.
This is the opening of The Door McAllen church’s Christianized version of Hamilton. pic.twitter.com/T7emXGrCcQ
— Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) August 7, 2022
Eliza passionately evangelizes to Alexander in the middle of “That Would Be Enough”:
More from The Door McAllen church’s illegal Christianized “Hamilton.”
The song is supposed to go:
“But I’m not afraid
I know who I married
So long as you come home at the end of the day
That would be enough” pic.twitter.com/CUitoUXQ34— Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) August 8, 2022
Eventually he accepts the Lord into his heart, which as we all know is the true message of the show:
More from The Door McAllen church’s illegal Christianized “Hamilton.”
I’m pretty sure this scene where Alexander Hamilton finds Jesus isn’t in the original show. pic.twitter.com/wOXyTWeqyA
— Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) August 8, 2022
Even past the wild rewrites, the performances are… questionable.
@shedoublesbynight Televise the copyright trial plz #hamilton #hamiltonmusical #tdmchurch #thedoorchristianfellowship #mcallentx #ripoff #broadwa #broadwaymusicals #churchesshouldpaytaxes #findyourgrace #greatestcityintheworld #linmanuelmiranda ♬ original sound – Catherine
@shedoublesbynight Replying to @festivejeff this guy is 100% not having a good time #hamilton #hamiltonmusical #tdmchurch #thedoorchristianfellowship #mcallentx ♬ original sound – Catherine
Worse than the mess of a production is the post-show sermon, which featured pastor Victor Lopez calling homosexuality a “struggle” on par with drug addiction and divorce:
This is how The Door McAllen church concluded its illegal production of Hamilton: with a sermon demonizing homosexuality. pic.twitter.com/FXpw8ycvbb
— Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) August 7, 2022
Maybe thoughts and prayers will help these homophobic idiots beat the inevitable copyright lawsuit headed their way.
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MrMichaelJ
Ok, I guess it’s redundant to point out the preacher preaching against homosexuality is a homosexual himself.
bachy
How boggling that a so-called “Christian” church would steal Lin-Manuel Miranda’s award-winning intellectual property, change the message by rewriting it without collaboration or permission, ignore a cease-and-desist and then continue performing it illegally for their own purposes.
Somebody needs to “find Jesus,” that’s for sure.
Jer
A nice cash award to Miranda would help.
Fname Optional Lname
funny how they pick and choose which sins to target. Apparently theft is not such a big one in their eyes.
My2CentsWorth
In their way of thinking they were not stealing since everything belongs to God.
Kangol2
King James Bible, Exodus 20:15: “Thou shalt not steal.”
missvamp
i hope they sue the fck out of this hateful church.
Melanesian
Churches & other religious church-like entities need to lose their charity status & start paying taxes. They do nothing but hurt & divide communities & people.
Kangol2
Sue these right-wing anti-LGBTQ thieves out of everything they own!
scotty
it’s funny cause there is no “god.”