The Pastor is a minor character in the infamous illegal production of the Broadway musical, Hamilton, performed by The Door Christian Fellowship Church, also referred to as "Scamilton" due to its low quality.
What Makes Him a Scrappy?[]
- He is not present in the original Hamilton production, being shoehorned in so that the church producing the musical can make it more Christian friendly.
- He essentially tells Alexander Hamilton that it was his own fault that his son died, saying that people often play in a role in the hand that they are dealt. To be fair, Hamilton cheating on his wife did technically lead to Phillip's death, however, saying people's tragedies are a result of God punishing them is a horrible moral due to how inappropriately it can be applied.
- Not helping is how bowdlerized Hamilton's affair with Maria Reynolds was in this production, with the second half of "Say No to This" being cut and apparently kissing being deemed too inappropriate. This only makes the pastor's moral come off as more harsh and unfair.
- His interaction with Hamilton is so awkward and unnatural. He just casually approaches a famous politician and calls him "Alexander" like they're friends or something. Hamilton hardly says anything during this monologue which makes it seem more like he's silently fuming at the pastor's offensive words instead of supposedly taking them to heart.
- Making things more awkward is the fact that Hamilton is a sung through musical (meaning that there's little to no spoken dialogue), so the pastor dropping a 2+ minute spoken monologue (which is longer than the song that came right before it) feels very out of place.
- While Scamilton has plenty of ironically and even unironically enjoyable aspects, the pastor is seldom enjoyed in any capacity with most people feeling disgusted by his scene.