Board 8 > I just saw "Dear Evan Hansen" and I have some questions *SPOILERS*

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I'm a little drunk, so here goes.

So you've generated a lot of interest and attention on the issue of mental health and the charity you've founded, and you decide to make the focus of that charity *rebuilding an orchard?* Even if Evan's stories were true, and Connor loved it, it was because it reminded him of his childhood not because there is something intrinsically therapeutic about orchards that some other troubled teen would get anything out of it. Why are they spending 100K plus of donations on this?

Also, when the whole viral video scene happened, I was like, "We're going to deconstruct this later ...right?...Right?!!" I was hoping for some kind of acknowledgement at the end that Evan Hansen didn't need to apologize to anyone besides Connor's family. None of these people cared about him until after he committed suicide, and no one in the movie ever called them out for this. Like, why does he owe Amandla Sternberg's character anything? She took what she thought was a suicide note that was given to her in confidence and posted it online to raise money. The only reason she's not the worst person in this story is luck.

Also, why did the suicide note turn everyone against Conor's family? That was so random, lol. "Wow, he thought life was meaningless. His parents must have been horrible." Well no shit he thought that. Why did anyone think he committed suicide in the first place?

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I haven't seen the movie version, but I heard they did a bad job.

The stage show was good tho.


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