This is a revoLUtion, dammit! We're going to have to offend SOMEbody!

Once again, an America-centric poll. I sincerely apologize to my friends in foreign lands.

The musical 1776 is, at its core, historical fanfiction about the Founding Fathers: 3+ hours of "missing scenes" from the three weeks during which the Declaration of Independence was written, debated, edited, and signed (compressed for dramatic purposes, but frankly, astoundingly close to the truth). Canon is composed of primary sources, such as the various drafs of the Declaration, recorded resolutions and petitions of the Second Continental Congress, letters to and from the congressmen and their friends/family/political allies, missives from General Washington to Congress, etc. Canonical quotes and dialogue are interspersed with imagined dialogue, internal monologues, extrapolations of emotional motivations, and songs. Plus, it's fucking hilarious. I discover again and again that it's a favorite among people involved in fandom.

ETA: By "Official Musical of Fandom," I mean *outside of fannish sources*, i.e. discounting musical episodes of fannish shows.

 

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