Lin Manuel Miranda pulls Hamilton, a "story about old, dead white men," in anger over Trump "taking over" the Kennedy Center.

Gee, what would the real, Alexander Hamilton have said?

Not the real Hamilton singing and dancing.

By Greg Rabidoux, Co-Founder ValMar Films.

Well, since we'll never know, we do have the next best thing. Me.

But before I make my brief and utterly persuasive case that you are all in the best of hands with me driving, let's first clear up something right away. Mr. Miranda did not cancel all future, scheduled show performances of his musical play Hamilton solely because of President Trump appointing the very competent, and openly gay former Ambassador, Ric Grenell as the new Director of the Kennedy Center. Certainly, he would support Mr. Grenell's ascension, yes?

No.

In fact, I have it on very reliable authority that the ticket sales for this particular run of Miranda's phenomenally successful play were simply very underwhelming and as such, it was a wise decision it was pulled. Or would have been pulled, regardless of Lin's longstanding hatred of all things Trump (and by association, its new director). Premiering in 2015, Hamilton has nothing to be ashamed of at all. It was a massive hit and a cultural touchstone on the Left. But still, not doing shows for fans to punish your political target of hate makes as much sense as say, urging a national boycott to not buy anything to hurt the economy which in some contorted way will hurt, you guessed it, Mr. Trump.

The things we do for hate.

Now, on to the real and I also have this on good authority, formerly Caucasian, very Anglo, and still dead, Alexander Hamilton and his probable views on the subject.

He would have vigorously applauded the fact that the federal government, led by a popularly elected President (with an electoral buffer, of course, Good God man, what are we heathens?) took a bold step to ensure that the "people's theater" will now book its several stages and shine its many, bright spotlights on artists who truly wish to perform for all audiences and not preach politics to all audiences.

He also would have no doubt been puzzled by the illogic of a troupe of actors whose passion and job it is to perform in public choose then to not perform in public. Unless it was not really their decision to make in the first place.

Or, as The Center's new director, Mr. Grenell promised, "We will use common sense to guide us rather than any specific political agenda to divide theater-going audiences."

What a concept, right?

As someone who used to live at The Watergate and walked to many a performance at The Kennedy Center, I can truly say that the most impressive and moving performance I ever saw was a special concert of all young, amateur, rising stars who played their little hearts out on the piano, violin, trumpet, and guitar.

And the best part? There was no actor or performer breaking the "fourth wall" in singling out someone in the audience and admonishing them along political lines. Or did you already forget when the Hamilton lead actor did exactly this to then Vice President-elect Pence during a 2016 live performance?

It is no secret that Miranda's Hamilton sought to as he said, "tell the story of old, dead, white men with actors of color to make the story more immediate and more accessible to a contemporary audience."

The artist in me applauds the vision whether I would have made the same choice or not.

As one who has also taught college on and off for over 2o years though, the teacher in me shudders at the creative license took by Miranda and how no doubt students now are convinced hip-hop, and rap were played in the 1780s and our Founders were all diverse and full of color. I guess it could be worse, one of my hero directors Ridley Scott pretty much convinced a younger generation that popular rap music produced by Jay-Z blared through speakers at the Roman Coliseum during gladiator fights. Sigh.

Finally, Hamilton's very romanticized and unabashed view of immigration may just not be what today's um, contemporary audience, is hungry for. After four very long years of criminal neglect at our border maybe it's time once again for a Rocky remake or better yet, the next Expendables installment, "Making America Safe Again."

Honestly, just about anything with Mr. Stallone. Now, there's a national treasure worth waiting in line for at The Kennedy Center.

Greg Rabidoux is a best-selling author, award-winning filmmaker currently hard at work on a true crime documentary film and available as your next Talk Show Radio, TV, or Podcast guest.