
Hamilton Meets Pinoy Flash-fiction In #Ham4Kalayaan
What happens when you combine the hottest musical on Broadway with one of the Philippines’ most important holidays, and social media? The answer is #Ham4Kalayaan!,
Hamilton is a musical about the life of Alexander Hamilton, one of America’s founding fathers. Since its debut, the musical has taken the world by storm, with sold-out shows and a strong fan base. The internet is not immune to the Hamilton fever, too!
In the Philippines, the Hamilton passion has taken to new heights when Filipinos on Twitter decided to take this play and combine it #RP612fic, the annual online flash-fiction storytelling event that happens in celebration of Philippine Independence Day. #RP612fic, which started seven years ago on Twitter, has become a global social media phenomenon, with more and more people participating in this event and producing wittier and crazier tweets.
With Hamilton taking the world by storm and #RP612fic as one of the most exciting events on social media, here are some of the best tweets that came out of this mash-up:
Two novels in 4 years? How? How? How?
Why do you write like you’re running out of time? #Ham4Kalayaan #RP612fic pic.twitter.com/x5teGyRwZA
— JM (@jmdanganan) June 12, 2016
Andres Bonifacio!
*andres bonifacio*
Jacinto: me? i trusted him
De jesus: me? i loved him
Aguinaldo: and me? I'm the damn fool that shot him #ham4kalayaan— ╰(▔∀▔)╯ (@bianca___v) June 12, 2016
Colonists, please.
there's nothing colonialists love more than going down town and slummin' it with the "poor" #ham4kalayaan pic.twitter.com/b4RSoEAPvg
— ╰(▔∀▔)╯ (@bianca___v) June 12, 2016
Gee, Gregorio del Pilar, Your eyes.
And when you said “Hi,” I forgot my dang name #Ham4Kalayaan #RP612fic pic.twitter.com/sO3excIvBE
— Sarah (@arahpanda) June 12, 2016
How many girls have you gotten helpless, Pepe?
https://twitter.com/_joshuapls/status/741867109345464320
Who lives, who dies, and who tells their stories?
Legacy, what is a legacy? It's planting seeds in a garden you never get to see. #Ham4Kalayaan #RP612fic pic.twitter.com/yLAy4BMEtX
— Rica V (@papricav) June 12, 2016
Look! A Heneral Luna x Hamilton x #RP612fic mashup!
Here comes the General!
And his right-hand man! #Ham4Kalayaan pic.twitter.com/TNSSHzYfDX— Bea (@tweenershots) June 12, 2016
Just like A. Burr and A. Ham, Pepe also shares this trait with them:
Paging @BuzzFeedPH @ortile @isvvbelle @Lin_Manuel: Ze fandom that brought you #Ham4Halalan is back w/ #Ham4Kalayaan pic.twitter.com/AK26U6Fkct
— Danielle Hill (@deahill021) June 12, 2016
Orphan, self-starter, and revolutionary. How 2 be u po, Andres?
Got a lot farther by working a lot harder
By being a lot smarter
By being a self-starter #Ham4Kalayaan pic.twitter.com/5CipmOfpeO— Bea (@tweenershots) June 12, 2016
Here’s to freedom!
Raise a glass to freedom
Something they can never take away #Ham4Kalayaan pic.twitter.com/0qNPYanhWv— Bea (@tweenershots) June 12, 2016
Hamilton’s appeal is universal, and its story runs parallel to our own. We just have one question, though: Can we get it here, Lin-Manuel Miranda?