We Are Freestyle Love Supreme

I actually really enjoyed watching this! Don't get me wrong, sweat starts pouring out of me at the mere thought of having to go on stage, let alone without knowing what you are going to say. But it makes it that much more interesting to watch! I massively enjoyed watching creative people be creative together. The obvious friendships made it even more exciting.

I love Lin-Manuel Miranda (and Chris Jackson, and Tommy Kail - but especially Lin) so I want to watch anything he's a part of. I love behind the scenes stuff, I love hip hop, beatbox, freestyle - so it's a really good movie for me.

If you're just sort of coming to it fresh without any knowledge, my main critique is that there's slow, meaningful piano music as the backdrop to the whole movie - like they're telling a really thoughtful, serious story. I wouldn'tve gone with that style. I would've done an upbeat, fast moving movie - hip hop music in the background, lots of freestyle. I think they made the wrong choice to go so chill...

But I still loved it!! And I love the people especially.

I LOVED FLS. Saw it during their short run on Broadway. I could've gone 10 nights in a row and loved it just as much. So I was so excited to see this was going to be made available to a larger audience, but the documentary really doesn't show the real talent. It introduces you to the cast, but we don't see nearly enough of the show. I wish they would've run through a whole show or at least made that the primary focus. they're all brilliant and it's so fun to watch.

A behind the scenes look at how the fringe, off-Broadway and Broadway show Freestyle Love Supreme came together.

There may be no in-between on whether you like or do not like improv/freestyle but there's no denying when the group is really talented, magic can happen. This is a doc about a group of people who have rich, creative minds and the ability to allow those creations to flow out incredibly quickly. It is also about friends and how Lin-Manuel Miranda and his guys nurtured and grew those relationships into a story about friendship. It's an excellent peek into how LMM's mind flows and where In The Height's and Hamilton's greatness came from.

I really liked seeing the development between Lin and Thomas Kail, his director for both Broadway musicals. This documentary is a must for fans of Hamilton, as you can see some of the genesis on display.