Re: ” ‘Hamilton’ Denver review: Broadway knockout travels well, delivers seamless wonder at Buell,” March 1 theater review.

All I can say is musical standards in this country have gone into the toilet. I found “Hamilton” to be one of the most offensive shows I have seen. A black George Washington, a black James Madison, a black Aaron Burr, and a rapping and strutting Thomas Jefferson? Atrocious. I would love to see the reaction of our black communities if theater or film producers produced the life story of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. or Frederick Douglass and mounted an all-white cast.

Joanne Ostrow is right about the performances and staging, which are excellent, but the second act drags on and on, and the music is by and large boring. Anyone whistling “Hamilton” tunes?

Lin-Manuel Miranda, the show’s creator, hit on something and is making a fortune. So did Andy Warhol in putting junk out to his audiences.

One of the key problems for me, aside from the multi-ethnic casting, is too much subject matter crammed around song after song, not giving the audience time to digest anything.

Walt Bonora, Lakewood

As I have said many times, one man’s Meat Loaf is another man’s Poison. “Hamilton” is not my Meat Loaf, as it were. Sorry, I am not that open-minded. When I noted The Denver Post’s photo of “Hamilton” touring cast members Mathenee Treco, Jordan Donica, Ruben J. Carbajal and Michael Luwoye dressed as Paul Revere and Raiders, I knew I had been right not to queue for the musical. But I am looking forward to “The Man and His Furniture” — you know, the musical about that fine Revolutionary War patriot Ethan Allen.

Craig Marshall Smith, Highlands Ranch

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