The Week I Review | Dear Evan Hansen has some great songs but a horrible message @TheWeekIReview | Uploaded February 2019 | Updated October 2024, 17 hours ago.
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Living in New York City, I have been seeing ads for Dear Evan Hansen near-daily for years. I finally saw it thanks to my loving girlfriend, Danielle.

Many of its tracks are catchy as hell, and I love singing along... but as soon as I start to think about what the songs mean in the broader context of the show, I get frustrated, because everything around those songs is really kinda not great in a way that I took very personally. I'm actually kinda surprised that the reception to the show in general is as universally positive as it is.

Guess I get to be That Guy...

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