# #NameAPenceMusical On November 18th, 2016, Vice President-elect Mike Pence sat through a performance of Hamilton and received a direct address from the cast asking the incoming administration to work for all Americans. Within hours, Broadway fans on Twitter answered with #NameAPenceMusical, swapping words in famous musical titles to mock Pence's record on LGBTQ rights and conservative social policy. ## Origin On the night of November 18th, 2016, Vice President-elect Mike Pence attended a performance of Hamilton at the Richard Rodgers Theater in New York City, where parts of the audience booed his arrival[5]. At the end of the show, actor Brandon Victor Dixon, who played Aaron Burr, read a prepared statement from the stage asking the incoming Trump administration to "work on behalf of all Americans," a message the official Hamilton account posted to Twitter that same night[1]. As the clip circulated, Twitter user @WhizChem posted what KYM documents as the first #NameAPenceMusical entry, joking that the only musical Pence would be cheered at was "Springtime for Hitler," the fake Nazi musical from the 1967 film The Producers[6]. Other musical-theater fans picked up the format the same evening and into November 19th. - **Platform:** Twitter - **Creator:** @WhizChem - **Date:** 2016 ## Overview Posts under the tag work as one-line puns, rewording a familiar musical so the new title points at Pence's conservative politics, especially his opposition to LGBTQ protections as governor of Indiana. Submissions include swaps like "Les Deplorables" for Les Misérables and jabs tying Pence to anti-gay policy, with the Raw Story roundup collecting dozens of entries under the headline "Les Deplorables"[3]. The joke relies on readers knowing both the source title and Pence's record, so most posts are one tweet with no image attached. Buzzfeed's writeup framed the tag as musical-theater Twitter trolling Pence, noting the puns ranged from gentle wordplay to pointed attacks on his HIV, abortion and gay-rights stances[2]. Huffington Post likewise placed the hashtag inside the broader fallout from the Hamilton audience booing Pence on the night of his visit[4]. ## How to Use The common convention is to take a well-known musical, change one or two words so the new title references Pence's policy record (often around LGBTQ rights, HIV response or abortion), and post it with the tag. Posts are typically text-only tweets. A joke usually lands better when the pun still scans as a real Broadway title. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is #NameAPenceMusical? A Twitter hashtag from November 2016 where users reword famous musical titles into jokes about Mike Pence's conservative record[2]. ### Where did #NameAPenceMusical come from? It started on Twitter on November 18th-19th, 2016, after Vice President-elect Pence attended Hamilton and the cast addressed him from the stage[1][6]. ### What does #NameAPenceMusical mean? It is a pun format that marries Broadway musical titles with Pence's politics, like Raw Story's featured "Les Deplorables" riff on Les Misérables[3]. ### How do you use #NameAPenceMusical? Pick a well-known musical, swap a word so the new title jabs at Pence's record on LGBTQ rights or other conservative policy, and post it under the tag[4]. ### Is #NameAPenceMusical still popular? No. It was tied to the November 2016 Hamilton incident and faded once that news cycle ended[3]. ## References 1. [https://twitter.com/HamiltonMusical/status/799828567941120000]() 2. [https://www.buzzfeed.com/juliareinstein/name-a-pence-musical]() 3. [https://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/les-deplorables-nameapencemusical-hashtag-takes-off-on-twitter-as-hamilton-gate-lurches-onward/]() 4. [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mike-pence-musical-twitter_us_582ff7f0e4b030997bbfa134]() 5. [https://twitter.com/WhizChem/status/799812362362650624]() 6. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/nameapencemusical]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/nameapencemusical Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library