How Dear Evan Hansen’s Benj Pasek and Justin Paul create musical sympathy for an online liar GlobeArts
The United States of America is a land that loves its liars – and you could argue that its greatest original art form, the musical, has played a major role in making that the case, with its long history of charming dissemblers singin’ and dancin’ and lyin’ their way into audiences’ hearts., a recurring message of many a Broadway hit has been that, sometimes, falsehoods can bring genuine joy to a small Midwestern town or a war-torn African village.
, based on an earlier, more conventional Broadway musical they worked on, was broadcast on Fox in late 2017, and that same monthThat movie musical based on the life of P.T. Barnum looked as if it was going to finally humble Pasek and Paul when it had a soft opening and received mixed reviews .
Similarly, when Paul was in college, someone he knew from high school died – and he was surprised to find people who had bullied his old classmate among those posting messages on Facebook about how much the person would be missed.Having come of age as artists alongside social media , the two have always been fascinated by what Pasek calls “this moment when the bifurcation of who you are in the real world and who you are online was beginning.
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