| 'Dear Evan Hansen' was much more acclaimed onstage than on film | |
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| Posted by: WaymanWong 10:40 am EDT 07/10/24 | |
| In reply to: DEAR EVEN HANSEN -- It's Always Been a Divisive Show - BroadwayTonyJ 08:11 am EDT 07/10/24 | |
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| I agree with Emmemmkay: There was a definite sea change of opinion from ''Evan's'' Broadway debut (2016) to its feature-film debut (2021). At least among critics. In 2021, Shannon Gaffney of OnStage Blog wrote a piece called: ''From Hero to Villain: Why We Suddenly Hate Evan Hansen.'' She said: ''The [movie] reviews are in: Everyone hates 'Dear Evan Hansen.' That may come as a surprise. After all, the show once won six Tony Awards, including Best Musical. When it first came out, the New York Times called it 'more and more ingenious with each viewing.' The L.A. Times deemed it as 'enthralling' and 'beautifully acted,' and Entertainment Weekly called it 'as good as musical theater gets.' So what made theatregoers turn on this 'cultural phenomenon'?'' Movie critics, by and large, did not embrace ''Dear Evan Hansen'' the way theater critics did, and seemed especially taken aback when they found out what the plot was: a young man fakes his friendship with a suicide victim and then uses it to ingratiate himself with the victim's family and especially the dead guy's sister. Alissa Wilkinson of Vox wrote a piece called: ''I Feel Weird About 'Dear Evan Hansen.' The Tony-Winning Musical Is Widely Beloved. The Critics Trashed the Movie. What Does That Mean?'' Wilkinson: ''When a friend explained the plot to me, I was speechless, agog, eyes popping.'' (The movie even modified the musical's ending, so Evan would be shown ''atoning'' more for his actions, but to little effect, since it still bombed at the box office.) I've never been a fan of ''Dear Evan Hansen,'' onstage or on film. But I can't recall such a disparate reaction to a Broadway musical and its big-screen adaptation (29% critics' rating at Rotten Tomatoes). Theater critics loved the musical where ''You Will Be Found,'' but movie critics told it to ''get lost.'' |
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| Link | OnStage Blog: From Hero to Villain: Why We Suddenly Hate Evan Hansen (2021) |
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