#jeremy heere will roland

[ron456]

AHHHHH- IM SO SICK OF THE BS I SWEAR-

FIRST OF ALL-

He doesn't "act naturally" or "normal" because HE'S AUTISTIC-

Will Roland portrays him as AUTISTIC so he's gonna act AUTISTIC-

ALSOOOO- IT'S BROADWAY, BABE- THEY NEED TO BE OVERDRAMATIC AND VERY EXPRESSIVE OTHERWISE THE PREFORMANCE DOESN'T CARRY THROUGH THE WHOLE THEATRE-

AND ANOTHER THING- Jeremy is supposed to be a "loser"-

he gets bullied and is misunderstood by his peers because he is, well, NOT CHILL-

HE'S "CHALANT" AS HELL-

He gets bullied because he cares about things too much, he's anxious, he's loud-

And in regards to the "can't hold a note for too long"- have you heard Loser, Geek, Whatever? Or More Than Survive? Or Two Player Game??? Song where he holds notes for quite a long time- ALSO- to say that Will Roland can't reach the same notes as Will Connolly is just... not true.

And one of the reasons I think some people think Will Roland is "a worse singer" is because, sometimes, stylistically, Will Roland will use a sort of falsetto/head voice (which I LOVE BTW AND IM SICK OF PEOPLE CALLING OTHER PEOPLE BAD SINGERS BECAUSE THEY USE HEAD VOICE- IT'S BEAUTIFUL, IMPRESSIVE, AND REQUIRES GOOD BREATH CONTROL TO MAKE IT NOT SOUND CRAPPY AND WILL ROLAND DOES IT AMAZINGLY) like when he says "hero" and "Rob Dinero" (idk if that's how you spell it 😭) in More Than Survive.

It's not that he's a bad singer, he is taking the brunt of his voice during those parts and also, given that it's this little solo/soliloquy moment for Jeremy, I think that Will Roland's choice to use a light head voice there is perfectly well-placed. It feels kinda personal, I guess. And I love it <3

Not to say that Will Connolly's way of singing it isn't also great. It's awesome! But like, guys, we can't keep getting pissed when a new actor in a show doesn't have the exact same singing voice as the original 😭 That's just silly, guys. 😭

(LIKE WHEN PEOPLE GOT PISSED AT ELIZABETH TEETER'S LYDIA FOR SOUNDING TOO MUSICAL THEATRE-Y?? LIKE. HUH?!? GUYS, IT'S BROADWAY- WHAT DO YOU MEANNN??? Sorry, I have feelings- Also, Shoutout to Elizabeth Teeter, btw, cuz' she slayed <3)

Anywaysss- back to Will Roland's voice- he is very much capable of hitting the notes that Will Conolly hits- if not higher (IT'S NOT A COMPETION THO, GUYS- PLS DONT COME FOR ME). For example, the acoustic version of Loser, Geek, Whatever on Spotify which, I believe, is a key higher than usual!! This man can belt some high notes when the situation calls for it! And also, (these are not really bmc related but whatever) during the harmony or whatever at the end of "Sincerely, Me", that is none other than WiLL RoLaND (!!!) hitting that high E (I'm pretty sure it's an E. I hope it's an E. But regardless, it's still a SUPER HIGH NOTE) at the end! And in "Amphibian" on Joe Iconis' album titled, well, "Album", Will Roland hits some insanely high notes!!! ( EVEN IF THEY ARE HEAD VOICE. I REPEAT, HEAD VOICE DOES NOT MEAN BAD SINGER!!)

Also, as a little additional statement to my "Jeremy is autistic/ autistic-coded so Will Roland played him as autistic"; this is not to say that Will Conolly didn't add some "autistic flare", if you will, to Jeremy. I mean, just yesterday I was freaking out with my friend about a gif of Will Conolly's Jeremy doing the autistic flappy hands :))). And I think that he was a good baseline for other Jeremy's to build off of!

Also, I feel like the people that are saying that Will Roland's portrayal of autism/neurodiversity is "ableist" or "incorrect" or "too dramatic" are sorta failing to understand/acknowledge that autism/neurodiversity is a spectrum. Not every person with autism or another kind of Neurodiversity is gonna act the same. And I think that's something really beautiful that we should all cherish. It is GREAT that we are all different but also, in many ways, the same!

And to see myself and my uncontrolled speaking voice and weird noises and such represented by Will Roland on stage is such a beautiful thing that I think 'ought to be cherished.

[ponkydraws]

Say whatever you want about Be More Chill but no song ever comes as close to accurately depicting the undiagnosed autistic high school experience as More Than Survive. 14 y/o me had never felt so seen before.

[the-twiggles]

[nonbinarychair]

Um! He asked for no pickles! 😒

[violyet]

Hi. I’m George Salazar 🙂 and I’m Will Roland 🙂 and we’re gonna be at the Broadway flea market! 🙂

[hole34]

almost every other actor playing jeremy: ...but i-i am a masturbator..😶

will roland: OH I AM A MASTURBATER! 😃

[jadelemonadee]

stagedorks my loves ❤️❤️❤️

[i7haels]

girl i literally just watched the dear evan hansen 2021 movie and its probably my worst decision of this year cause wdym they didnt put good for you... idk its just dfhdfhdfdhf literally that song was so important to the plot and for evan cause the movie kinda normalizes evan getting away with his deceit??? hope the be more chill movie (if joe iconis ever announces one) is a lot more better plot-wise and music-wise

[froginamoodboard]

Jeremy Heere, Nato Obenkrieger, Jared Kleinman cousins/games

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[cj-isout]

if i see one more post hating on will c as Jeremy i am going to lose it. I like will r, i really do. but istg some people are just so mean to will c and his fans dude!!!!!!! ughhhhhh

"i really like two river bmc and will connolly 😁"

"so you hate Broadway bmc and want will roland to die in a firey hellscape for the rest of eternity"

SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!!!!!!!!! SOME WILL ROLAND FANS ARE SO ANNOYING I SWEAR TO GOODNESS........!! UGHHHHH OH MY GOD this fandom is so infuriating uhhhnmmmhghngfh

[ron456]

I love how Will Roland's Jeremy is just like "😦" for half the show- the way he actually opens his mouth when he's surprised is so silly- I love himmmmm- <3

[salamander-crimes]

every will roland character got the:

- undiagnosed autism

- repressed homosexuality

- a certain trans je nais sais quoi

[bemorechiill]

wc fans try not to bring down wr challenge go!

but genuinely, me personally i prefer will c and will r in their own different ways. you don’t always have to make stuff complicated !! there was a reason after all that wr was casted as jeremy. i’m trying not to go there but atp just say you don’t like seeing actual autistic rep. wr himself said that he was playing jeremy as a neurodivergent, and as a autistic person myself i’ve never felt more represented in media.

“will roland butchered the vocals!!” “will roland plays the roll weirdly!!” “will roland does to much!!” SHUT DHOP. IF YOU ACTUALLY PAYED ATTENTION. YOUD REALIZE… ITS TWO DIFFERENT ACTORS!! 🙀🙀 MAYBE.. JUST MAYBE.. THEY PLAYED THE ROLES DIFFERENTLY! 🙀 “will roland butchered the vocals!!” if you look closely.. he’s playing A TEENAGER.. have you ever thought that MAYBE just MAYBE some of the choices were PURPOSELY DONE. “he plays the role weirdly” will roland himself said that he played the role to be seen as autistic representation maybe you just don’t like proper representation 🤗🤗 i lobe wc but oh my god do not slander another actor for it 😭😭

[nonbinarychair]

"You can't make Jeremy trans! Jeremy isn't trans !" EXPLAIN THIS THEN

[jeremysvoices]

okay, tangent about broadway time. this is just rambling, but others are free to toss their opinion in. or ignore me. this is just late night fueled and about 6 years late. (even though when I first heard it when it came out, I still disliked the things I dislike now.)

specifically, i need to talk about loser, geek, whatever (and by extension pitiful children). i need to clarify right now that personally, i loved the potential of the song. it had such genuine potential, and more of an insight into jeremy's mental state in the musical itself (debatable truly if we NEED this, but for the 2019 musical era. yeah i understand). but, within the first couple seconds, it drops the ball. it tries to copy some of the end of original upgrade, which is the transition into the song itself. but. it's not going to hit the same because the instrumentals and vocals are nothing like what they need to be. maybe i'm just too much of a will roland hater, but the song is way too upbeat for a song that's supposed to be declaring what he's declaring. (seriously bandwidth does not mean what they think it means) the whole mood itself just feels so... misplaced? why does he need to sing "wooaah uh huh! uh huh!" like what??

and then you get the to line "the problem has always been me!" that was great. it was genuinely great. but christ out of the whole entire song, and only enjoying that one part is?? questionable?? imo if the song had to be kept, start near the second half. they had a whole story shoved into this song and i will never understand why. AND EVEN THEN WAS IT REALLY EVEN SUNG, HE SPEAKS LIKE HALF THE FUCKING LYRICS—

honestly. they were trying too hard to recreate a michael in the bathroom moment for jeremy. wayyyy too hard. and i am well aware people wanted this, actually, and there being a lot of talk of how cutting michael off seemed so out of place and how this song helped people etc. totally valid, but at the same time, we see jeremys mental state and build up just fine without out. with michael, we literally do not. which is why when michael in the bathroom comes around and takes a swing, IT HITS. this was just dragging out a tense and spur of the moment decision to get another song.

but okay great! (debatably) depressing song. amazing. all for those. SO WHY DID WE CHANGE THE LYRICS FOR PITIFUL CHILDREN, HUH? I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING GUT WRENCHING. WHERES THE "YOU WERE ALWAYS QUITE THE LOSER, JEREMY" ??

WHY IS THIS FOCUSED ON CHRISTINE?? WHY IS THERE DIALOGUE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT THAT. LIKE. THROWS THE WHOLE SONG OFF. (YES I KNOW THATS THE ORIGINAL DIALOGUE, BUT HELL ITS DIALOGUE FOR A REASON NOT—)

JASON TAM WHY ARE YOU SAYING "SQUIPSQUIPSQUIP" WE KNOW WHAT YOU ARE???

I have minor issues with Broadway Pitiful Children.

anyways, yeah. and then well, we can all agree jeremy in broadway is just a completely different character from like. any other media. he gets treated as a baby too much. but. that's discourse for another day.

[honestlyamonsterfucker]

will roland's voice in loser geek whatever

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