5 Of The Darkest Songs Written (Are From Musicals)

5Dear Evan Hansen, You Can Use My Death To Score

In case you haven’t gotten the memo, the geriatric high-schooler starring in Dear Evan Hansen is only the tip of the cringe-inducing iceberg. The non-theater-nerd segment of the population was collectively shocked to discover what the latest hit musical-turned-movie is actually about: suicide, elaborate fraud, stalking, and more.

Evan Hansen is a regular high school kid with regular high school problems—anxiety and loneliness and definitely not chronic back pain or two mortgages. He writes letters to himself as a therapy exercise, but through a series of improbable coincidences, a classmate winds up committing suicide with one of those letters in his pocket instead of a suicide note.

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Yes, a printout. Don’t worry, though: The entire remainder of the movie is about the internet. 

Evan jumps on the opportunity to invent a fake friendship he had with the dead kid, leading him to make inspirational speeches that go viral, start a charity, and more, all in the name of preserving the lie that he has any friends.

5 Of The Darkest Songs Written (Are From Musicals)
Source: Pinoy Daily News