Out actor Neil Patrick Harris doesn't
think the cast of Hamilton should apologize to Vice
President-elect Mike Pence.
The cast was prompted to address Pence
at curtain call by boos he received from the audience as he made his
way to his seat.
Flanked by the cast, Brandon Victor
Dixon, who plays Aaron Burr in the play, pleaded
with Pence to uphold “our inalienable rights” and “our American
values.”
While Pence on Sunday praised the show
and said that he was not offended, President-elect Donald Trump
blasted the cast, demanding an apology.
“Our wonderful future V.P. Mike Pence
was harassed last night at the theater by the cast of Hamilton,
cameras blazing,” Trump tweeted. “Apologize!”
Trump later told reporters that the
cast was “very inappropriate.”
“When you're in the political
spectrum and you go around on purpose proclaiming things, then
karmically you may have to observe people who represent the things
he's against,” Harris
told Vulture.
“I didn't find what was said [by the Hamilton cast] at all
offensive or mean. In fact, their quieting people's boos and their
thinking about ways to articulate themselves effectively is a much
different engagement than if they were just insulting someone. I know
that [creator Lin-Manual Miranda] and that cast are intelligent and
respectful and use their words with great intention. And so I think
what was said was effective. I do worry about a president-elect
demanding an apology from people speaking their opinions.”