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Week Under Review: Comparing the NFL to the cast of Hamilton

Welcome to “Week Under Review” where we usually opine on burning topics, introduce new ideas and interview fascinating subjects. This week, we shake things up in honor of America’s birthday …

Once you shuffle past criminals, social media trolls, helicopter parents and people who only talk about themselves during social situations, in comes the next tier of annoying humans: those lucky enough to have seen Hamilton with the original cast who won’t shut up about it. That’s where I enter the picture.

I saw Hamilton exactly 22 days ago. Since then, I have spent the last 21 days obsessively checking resale ticket prices simply out of curiosity, watching old clips of the cast performing at the White House, the Grammys and on the street, while simultaneously listening to the soundtrack nonstop as if I’m “running out of time.