No one is exempt from discrimination.  But bon vivant Bruce Vilanch says that he’s experienced it from an unlikely source – the writer of the Broadway hit Hamilton.  After seeing the show, Vilanch had what he thought was a great idea – he could play the role of King George III!  In the original cast, the role was played by our very own Jonathan Groff, but the conceit for the show is color-blind and non-traditional casting, so why not?  Vilanch shared this anecdote on RuPaul‘s holiday podcast.  “I went back and saw Lin-Manuel and said, ‘I want to play the King.  One costume, three songs that are all the same and no stairs to climb?  I’m in.’  He said, ‘We have a casting concept.’  And of course the casting concept is everybody is hot – everybody is young and hot!  There’s no old Ben Franklin wobbling across the stage.”  So I was curious about the real King George.  During the American Revolution, he was actually in his 30s.  Once he hit his 40s, George started exhibiting signs of the hereditary disorder porphyria.  This led to him gaining weight, developing gout and, eventually, going mad.  So there is a historical precedent for a somewhat plus-sized King George.  And nowhere in my research did I see him referred to as a KILF!