#ALSO not exactly a grievance against the movie but i read alana will supposedly be more developed and like

[tiny-hansen-au]

What are your thoughts on the deh movie? I honestly think it just didn’t need one.

I honestly agree. Tbh I wouldve been more okay with it, but i REALLY disagree w a lot of the changes. (Note: the rest of this ask does not speak positively abt the upcoming deh movie. These are my own thoughts and youre entitled to have your own if you disagree, but please keep in mind that these are my thoughts abt it and that I have reservations and concerns based on what ik abt the movie so far, or just dont read the rest of my response)

Like. Making Larry the stepfather now (and to add to the fact his actor is Hispanic in the movie when the rest of the Murphys are not, which isolates Larry A LOT when thats not the point of his character in the musical) or the fact theyre changing Jared too. Im a little iffy w him being South Asian given Stereotypes™️ and just *looks at Jared’s role in the musical* but to top it all off, from what I heard he’s no longer Jewish????? Which is just????? Dont do that????? (Giving rep for one marginalized group by taking away rep from another marginalized group is. Not good rep. HE LITERALLY COULDVE BEEN BOTH SOUTH ASIAN AND JEWISH AT THE SAME TIME LIKE ???????)

Not only that, outside of the changes like that to the story, from what I heard the people working on the movie have ignored Black voices and concerns in regards to things in the movie like casting and crew (Black actors who worked on the musical spoke about this on Twitter and Instagram) and thats just 😬😬😬😬 yikes (and iirc, sometime last year, instead of listening to these concerns and addressing this stuff, the people working on the movie just instead went “hey! Here’s Zoe’s Black friend!” And just. Please address the concerns of Black people, ESPECIALLY the Black actors who starred in your show, stop trying to earn brownie points for diversity when the diversity is basically all background and side characters and you wont even listen to the Black people who were in the musical itself)

And this is just a minor grievance compared to the above concerns, but Ben Platt. Cannot pass as a teenager anymore. I love him and ik hes the OG Evan Hansen but. I watched the trailer w the “how do you do, fellow kids” quote in my head whenever he was onscreen. Him playing a teenager in a Broadway show at his current age? That wouldve been more fine, the setting on a stage is different compared to movie shots. But in a movie where therell be closeups and stuff, they shouldve gotten someone else, the difference in live theatre and a movie is what makes this difference in whether or not Ben can play Evan Hansen again