For some reason, they are called Canada Geese and not "Canadian" - perhaps they insist on the distinction because they don't get to vote. Speaking of whom, did Canadians stop eating turtle?

As an American, I can only speak for myself: I stop eating turtle so I can go to sleep or use the bathroom.

I did see the show in April. I will say there is a reason it won for best book - the plot when explained seems untenable, but when experienced in the context of the play feels completely plausible and understandable, even when the characters (not just Evan) are doing things that are morally dubious. I had listened to…

Can we please just go full musical and have Elijah and Paget (aka Hamilton's King George and Peggy) sing a duet while working at whatever department store that is?

I think Ben Platt is a lock for best leading male actor in a musical this year. Looking forward to seeing Dear Evan Hansen in a few weeks.

Would love to have seen his take on King George in Hamilton.

You're simply not going to believe how hateful thing #8 is!

Fair enough, but I was a teen in the 80's, so at the time it was culture that felt like it was aimed directly at me - so I'm perfectly aware that I was idealizing it. Still - by the late 90's 'Can't Hardly Wait' didn't exactly come across as a step above those Hughes movies the way more recent teen films like 'Edge…

Wow, thanks for reminding me of The Charlatans Tremolo Song - my favorite song on that album when it came out, but haven't thought of it for years.

Watching Can't Hardly Wait as a youth advisor with a group of high school kids was the first time I realized I was no longer "young". I just couldn't keep myself from informing the high schoolers that the movie was a poor knock off of Sixteen Candles and other Hughes films from the 80's, when they really knew how to…

You should make a movie about that.

Jordan has quite the musical theater and Broadway background - as well as the movie version of The Last Five Years where he was excellent.

Did you just start watching the show? Also, it wasn't cancelled. The creators and everyone invlolved decided long ago this would be the final season.

I'm with A.A. Dowd on calling out the Oscars for not nominating "I'm So Humble" from Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, but I think the more infuriating snub was in failing to nominate either "Up" or "Drive It Like You Stole It" from Sing Street.

I always thought it was interesting the George Michael used the Funky Drummer sample on both Freedom '90 and Waiting for That Day from the same album, though on the latter the beat is much more prominent in the mix and is an interesting contrast to the acoustic guitar strum. https://youtu.be/3VVyakAPCPM

I always interpreted that scene as a passive-aggressive reaction to being caught in the act of relating and engaging with Conrad - and in particular relating to a less that perfect aspect of herself. Once she realizes (somewhat subconsciously) that Conrad has seen her lower her veneer a bit and is encouraged by that,…

I think you hit on something there - those of us who were so aware of MTM and the image she had honed prior to Ordinary People could not have anticipated such a performance, but that iconic image of Mary also helped us see Beth as human and broken with grief and not a monster. I was not aware at the time of the…

I enjoyed this, buy perhaps it would have worked better had they gone with the original idea of making it a two-parter and expanding the story and backstage sections. Also, I was hoping for more of a Tom Tom Club homage.

@avclub-2f2b7ca7553ba4230cad836ea1125578:disqus is quoting Hamilton (the musical), since you may have inadvertently done so first with "What I miss?"

Mommy's little piggy!