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Post by 49thand8th on Apr 12, 2019 14:31:38 GMT
Do we think that he posted on social media in the spirit of "haha, look at this totally genuine letter", like he got that it was a joke and decided to run with it because it amused him so much, rather than that he fell for it and believed he was sharing life-changingly great news with his loved ones? I hope so, because then I can keep laughing at Wilma. |
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Post by showtoones on Apr 12, 2019 17:39:46 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2019 21:25:26 GMT
Does it matter? It obviously wasn’t contextualised enough for the actual meaning/intent to come through, leading to the really awful situation he’s in now. I think it does. If the real story is that West End Wilma published an article that was inadequately fact-checked, and if the young actor in question always knew it was a fake and posted it for fun to a private group and if he now suffers reputational damage...Lots of ifs but the question for me is who is actually at fault. ETA I also like @baemax’s reading of the situation as it assumes positive intent (and, in the spirit of revealing confirmation bias, fits my world view of ‘social media influencers’ being a menace.) |
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Post by danb on Apr 13, 2019 5:44:31 GMT
Does it matter? It obviously wasn’t contextualised enough for the actual meaning/intent to come through, leading to the really awful situation he’s in now. I think it does. If the real story is that West End Wilma published an article that was inadequately fact-checked, and if the young actor in question always knew it was a fake and posted it for fun to a private group and if he now suffers reputational damage...Lots of ifs but the question for me is who is actually at fault. ETA I also like @baemax’s reading of the situation as it assumes positive intent (and, in the spirit of revealing confirmation bias, fits my world view of ‘social media influencers’ being a menace.) I’m totally with you on the WEW aspect, but if I was going to share some ‘hilarious’ prank that my friends had pulled on me on twitter I’d make damn sure to frame it properly. |
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Post by couldileaveyou on Apr 13, 2019 12:52:34 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2019 13:08:45 GMT
And just like that, Wilma lost all their credibility in my eyes.
Not that they had any to begin with anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2019 13:13:26 GMT
Sounds like the sort of copy that even The Sun would reject...or maybe not?
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Post by sparky5000 on Apr 13, 2019 18:01:00 GMT
Poor dude, I feel bad for him if he genuinely believed he’d been offered the part.
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Post by foxa on Apr 18, 2019 15:25:53 GMT
I'm just catching up on all of this.
Meanwhile - tickets arrived today!
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 23, 2019 10:13:44 GMT
If anyone needs their Ben Platt fix before the West End run begins, his tour has been announced to be in the UK on June 15th at the Eventim Apollo in London.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 23, 2019 13:00:48 GMT
“If you accept to undertake this part you will have to be studying a lot more material than other roles... you will also be taking part in other procedures related to the musical”.
and “Evan Hansen (Primary Actor)” shouldn’t that be Primary Character?
I’m sure he didn’t notice how wrong it all reads in the excitement of getting the ‘offer’. You’d imagine that someone with a bit more experience of the industry would have found it suspect though?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2019 17:17:27 GMT
Not sure how widely the marketing team have distributed it so far, but there has been a very effective radio ad for DEH playing regularly on Magic radio lately!
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Post by latefortheoverture on Apr 23, 2019 18:19:30 GMT
Not sure how widely the marketing team have distributed it so far, but there has been a very effective radio ad for DEH playing regularly on Magic radio lately! I put Magic on when I was taking parents out the other day and it was played at least 5 times in the couple of hours I was in the car. Mum said 'my god that boy has got a lovely voice, we'll have to go see it'- it's working at least. And it's not a quick 15-second advert, I'd say it's a bit longer than 30. Has snippets of WTAW and gushes about awards and Pasek and Paul's other work as well as the awards it's won. Agreed that it's an effective advert for it! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2019 22:13:01 GMT
As for this whole letter drama, my interpretation is that he could tell it was a fake but wanted to try and trick his friends eg “guys look I got the role!” to see if they were convinced. Then someone in that group may have been convinced, leaking it to WEW.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2019 6:58:11 GMT
Yes, because anyone who’s received an email from an African billionaire wanting to share his wealth has discounted it but still shown it to friends regardless, in the hope the press catch on and a real African billionaire comes forward as a result.
Not too sure where the assumption that his peers are legal, theatrical contractural gurus has come from. Wasn’t it confirmed just that they were students, perhaps not even studying arts/theatre, just student friends. They’re not necessarily likely to have a pre-conception of the wording of such documents. Even the ‘victim’ as a student may not necessarily have received a contract like this before, so in his obvious excitement is likely to have got over excited.
Screams of innocent naivety from all angles; the victim, the friends, Wilma, and us.. haha
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Post by jaqs on Apr 24, 2019 10:30:51 GMT
If anyone needs their Ben Platt fix before the West End run begins, his tour has been announced to be in the UK on June 15th at the Eventim Apollo in London. Thanks for the heads up, got a presale ticket today, far, far easier process than trying to get DEH seats. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2019 10:42:41 GMT
Can Ben Platt really sell out a 3,500 seat venue??
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Post by andrew on Apr 24, 2019 12:44:54 GMT
Can Ben Platt really sell out a 3,500 seat venue?? We’re about to find out. I reckon he can. For one night. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2019 20:55:14 GMT
I'm just catching up on all of this. Meanwhile - tickets arrived today! Anyone else had theirs? I booked on the first day of the presale and still not here! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2019 21:41:53 GMT
I'm just catching up on all of this. Meanwhile - tickets arrived today! Anyone else had theirs? I booked on the first day of the presale and still not here! Mine arrived last week. |
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Post by eliza on Apr 26, 2019 5:43:22 GMT
I'm just catching up on all of this. Meanwhile - tickets arrived today! Anyone else had theirs? I booked on the first day of the presale and still not here! I don't have mine yet either! |
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Post by alece10 on Apr 26, 2019 7:03:22 GMT
Mine came 2 days ago. A lovely shade of blue.
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 26, 2019 12:49:25 GMT
the Broadway production has now hit 1000 performances!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2019 23:09:51 GMT
any casting news for London?
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Post by singularsensation10 on Apr 27, 2019 6:34:35 GMT
any casting news for London? I think they’ll hold off, there are more auditions happening (I assume for understudies etc) so I guess casting is not totally complete. |
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