Extroverted Sensing [Se]: Thomas Jefferson gets back from France where he has been working with the French on their Revolution and their relationship with America. Now that he is in Monticello he has work to do. However, as a person that uses Se, he wants more of a challenge. He becomes the Secretary of State and is so competent at his job, he can handle multiple tasks. As soon as Washington resigns as President, he wants a new challenge- becoming President of the United States. He doesn’t win the first time he runs, so he tries again- and does. Jefferson never stops going for what he wants.
Introverted Thinking [Ti]: People that use Ti care about knowledge. When Jefferson is arguing with Hamilton he is speaking about the concrete facts. There are no shades of grey to him. It makes him very difficult to argue against because he says nothing without researching it obsessively. And if Jefferson couldn’t find a flaw in his own argument, no one will. Later, when Hamilton is explaining the affair with Maria Reynolds, Jefferson wants the truth. He doesn’t believe what Hamilton did was right, but since Hamilton told Jefferson the truth, he lets it go. Throughout the play he is on his way “to get to the bottom of this.”
Extroverted Feeling [Fe]: During his section of Cabinet Battle #1, Jefferson is arguing on behalf of Virginia. He sees Hamilton as immoral in wanting to tax the Virginians, Thomas’s people, after they had already paid off their debt. He sees the taxing of the southerners as unfair, and if Congress is taxing unfairly what makes them any different than Britain? After all the fighting they did to rid themselves of the tyranny that previously ruled, America is falling into the same trap? Not on his watch. Then in Cabinet Battle #2, he starts out with the line- “When we were on death’s door, when we were needy. We made a promise, we signed a treaty. We needed money and guns and half a chance. Who provided those funds? France.” He sees breaking America’s promise to France as wrong, while everyone else see’s it as they have no choice.
Introverted Intuition [Ni]: Since Jefferson is a Se user, he is constantly bringing in a ton of data. Ni is what he uses to put all that data to work. However, since Ni is at the bottom of his cognitive functions, he sometimes doesn’t do it very well. For instance, while he is very knowledgeable on the French and American dealings, he is not able to use that knowledge to bring about a good and peaceful relationship between the former allies. But it does sometimes work perfectly in his fights with Hamilton.
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I had the opportunity today at work to talk to the amazing Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal about their new movie Blind Spotting. It’s so encouraging to talk to more bay area natives about our city and the hopes we have for the future. If you haven’t seen it yet you gotta go see Blind spotting. Like now. Like right now, why are you still on tumblr….
