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Charlie joining me now is star ben platt, nominated for best actor in a musical, and writer steven levenson, nominated for best book. Im pleased to have them at the table. Tell me about your character. Liz evan hansen . Liz evan hansen . Ben evan hansen is an incredibly lonely highschooler, he has trouble connecting to other people. That is heightened by the hyper conductivity of social media. He feels under deep scrutiny, which pulls him deeper into himself, and makes him retreat even more. He really just cant find a place to belong and be heard and feel connected to anyone or anything. Through this rather terrible lie that he tells about a fake friendship with a kid and his cast classroom committed suicide, evan grows closer to the family and helps them heal, and finds a new voice, and a place to be important, and find new confidence and come out of his shell, although it is all predicated on this fabrication. Charlie is it also a critique of social media . When we started working on ....
Didnt dictate but weighed in quote like any father would. This is all happening, by the way, as the White House Daily press briefing wrapped up ahead of whats going to happen in just a few minutes where the president will speak live. This all happening as john kelly as chief of staff booted former Communications Director anthony scaramucci. Now, at any moment, we dont know if there will be a q a opportunity here, possibly not. But the president is scheduled to sit down in one of those chairs, at least at the podium and speak at the event that the white house calls part of its American Dream week. More than 100 Small Business owners invited to the white house to hear how the pro Business Adminis ....