#Lin-Manuel Miranda: I ‘literally gave two f - - ks’ for ‘Hamilton’ PG-13 rating

Leslie Odom Jr., Phillipa Soo, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson and cast attend “Hamilton” Opening Night at The Public Theater on February 17, 2015 in New York City.
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With “Hamilton” coming to Disney on July 3, die-hard fans are concerned that the Pulitzer-winning musical will have to be censored for kids. Fortunately, creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, 40, assures the public that he’s making only one family-friendly modification to his magnum opus — dropping a couple of profanities to make it PG-13.

A “Hamilton” fan had voiced her concern in a Monday tweet, saying, “hey hey so excited about Hamilton on Disney and OH my god I finally get to see you as A.Ham,” she wrote of the smash-hit Broadway production, which chronicles the life of America’s “forgotten” founding father Alexander Hamilton through hip-hop.

She then posed the question, “BUT as it’s rated PG-13 does that mean that some (iconic) lines have been cut?? Is it changed at all?”

Miranda replied that fans would be “getting the whole show, every note & scene, & a 1-minute countdown clock during intermission (bathroom!).” However, the “Moana” composer said he’s scrapping two out of “Hamilton’s” three F-bombs.

The scrapped swear words include one in the song “Yorktown” (“When you knock me down I get the f - - k back up again”) and one in “Washington on Your Side” (Southern motherf - - king Democratic-Republicans”).

He adds that “more than 1 utterance of “F - - k” is an automatic R rating,” according to the Motion Picture Association of America’s typical rating components.

“I literally gave two f - - ks so the kids could see it,” quipped the Tony-winning wordsmith in a subsequent tweet.

Needless to say, theater buffs are pleased that Miranda’s going HAM with the Disney version.

“So we get ‘that was my wife you decided to fUUUUU’?????” wondered one fan in reference to the iconic scene where Hamilton is accused of philandering with a man’s spouse.

“You DO!” replied Miranda. 

The Disney treatment is the latest feather in the tricorn cap for “Hamilton,” which racked up a record-setting 16 Tony Award nominations in 2016, eventually winning 11 awards.  It also received the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.