Hamilton in front of a different audience than the one it was written for. "I remember the first time I saw the UK production and King George came out and starts singing to the audience," he explained. "A few things happening simultaneously. One, I go, 'Oh, sh*t'. It's implicit he's singing to Americans and we're not in America. He's singing to this colony that is trying to break up with him, it's a break-up song. How are they going to react to this? "Because here comes the King of England walking out on a stage and we're in the shadow of Buckingham Palace. But then something really interesting happened, which was at the lyric where he goes, 'Don't change the subject because you're my favourite subject'. The audience started roaring with laughter because they realised, 'Oh, we're playing Americans, we're now playing a role'.