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re: Dear Evelyn Hansen
Posted by: CCentero 05:08 pm EDT 07/09/17
In reply to: Dear Evelyn Hansen - broadwaybacker 02:30 pm EDT 07/08/17

Yes--let's sexually appropriate Evan Hansen for the Anastasia crowd. It's a male character, complete with specifics about being a male adolescent , including what it's like for a male not to grow up with a father figure. Sickening idea.
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re: Dear Evelyn Hansen
Posted by: Delvino 05:31 pm EDT 07/09/17
In reply to: re: Dear Evelyn Hansen - CCentero 05:08 pm EDT 07/09/17

I concur. Gender decidedly plays a role in adolescence and this story is specifically constructed on teenage boy experience, two boys who end up linked. Yes, a fair amount of rewriting would be required and for what? Create a new show.

I do believe the cast will continue to be diverse and Evan could be cast with a young man of any ethnicity or national origin. It's not even a "Hamilton" leap, though why not for the others? Evan's biological father is never seen, so why presume he is white?
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Upon reflection
Posted by: broadwaybacker 06:11 pm EDT 07/09/17
In reply to: re: Dear Evelyn Hansen - Delvino 05:31 pm EDT 07/09/17

OK, it's not the first time I've had a bad idea, and I'm sure it won't be the last. I'm convinced that Evan Hansen should be a male role.
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