Life in East and West Villages (4) : Dear Evan Hanson
11/17 Nov and Dec are full of trips, momentum and excitement! Safe travels!
One day, I randomly selected a broadway show, called Dear Evan Hanson. It turns out to be one of my favorite. Wow, the whole theatre was sobbing. People must feel that their stories are on stage.
The teenage boy Evan Hansen fell from a tree. He said it was an accident. But it turns out that when he almost fell from a tree, and he felt nobody was there, so he gave away. Life is hard, sometimes, you need some people coming up running.
Another emotional point is the relationship of Evan with his mom and his two fathers. Evan’s father left when he was a few years old and never shown up. Here is what happened that day:
“When your dad came by, before going away
A U-Haul truck in the driveway
The day it was suddenly real.
I told you not to come outside
But you saw that truck
And you smiled so wide
A real live truck in your driveway
We let you sit behind the wheel
……
That night, I tucked you into bed
I will never forget how you sat up and said
“Is there another truck coming to our driveway?
A truck that will take mommy away”
Kids are innocent, and they give you all that trust. It is so natural to put them ahead of yourself.
Evan then gets close to his friend’s father. Here describes a touching moment how a father teaches him things that he never get a chance to learn. It doesn’t matter whether it is biological. They are discussing how to break in a baseball glove: