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There Is No ‘Safe Space’ in Art: What Mike Pence Should Have Learned From ‘Hamilton’

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Trump rounded on the ‘Hamilton’ cast for addressing Pence when he visited the show. But Brandon Dixon and his peers were speaking truth to power in the purest form.

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It is heartening, for those who work in arts and culture, to see their work migrate to the front pages. It’s rare: The world of culture is seen as more rarefied than the 24-hour news cycle.

But the stratospheric success of Hamilton

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