Remix and Adaptation Proposal
Ye Jun Kim
Creating a remix or an adaptation for an original work means adding my own personal style and interpreting the work based on what I saw and reflected upon. Using the knowledge and understanding of the musical “Hamilton”, I plan on reevaluating the song “Say No to This”.
The song “Say No to This” is about Alexander Hamilton’s affair with Maria Reynolds. Maria Reynolds had asked Hamilton for help, claiming that her abusive husband had abandoned her. Later that night, Hamilton arrived to where Reynolds was staying and she brought him upstairs to her bedroom, where he explains that “Some conversation ensued from which it was quickly apparent that other than pecuniary consolation would be acceptable,” marking the beginning of the Reynolds Affair.
Listening to the song, there was a movie I kept thinking of, called “The Greatest Showman”. Although the real story of P.T. Barnum and Jenny Lind was not an actual affair, in the movie, the two were portrayed of having a short affair, like Hamilton and Reynold’s affair.
Using this information, I will mix and match the two stories to create an artwork. I gathered my inspiration after seeing something like this with Lafayette and Yao, from the movie “Mulan”. The image below is the remix of the two works and I thought that this was very witty and straightforward.
Since I am not very skilled with drawing on the computer, I will do the drawing on paper. Using multiple media, such as paint, colored pencils, and pens, I will try to successfully merge the two characters from different films and portray them so that from both points of views, the story makes sense.
While brainstorming and drawing my remix, I might have some troubles regarding the message I am trying to convey. If I am not able to correctly define the details in each character and incorporate that into the drawings, the viewers will not know who is who, therefore failing to effectively convey the message. To overcome this possible obstacle, I will try my best to identify the individual and unique details of each character and figure out how to effectively merge those distinctions into one character.
This assignment will not only enable me to think of unique ways to understand the topic and message of the artwork, but it will also train me to interpret ideas different from what I am used to.