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OH NO NOT FUCKING JARED- 

Random Incorrect DEH Quotes I Found While Poking Around (Pt. Three) :

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Alana: Going to plan B, then?

Jared: Technically, this would be plan G.

Zoe: How many plans even are there?? Is there, like, a plan M???

Evan: Yeah, but Jared dies in plan M.

Connor: I like plan M.

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Connor: Good responses for being stabbed with a knife?

Zoe: “Rude.”

Jared: “Not again.”

Evan: “Are you going to want this back?”

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Dr. Sherman: This assignment is fairly easy! Just write about your happiest moments!

Evan: My what now

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And now

KLEINSEN

Jared: Hey there, Acorn.

Evan: Not this again. That joke is so old.

Jared: What? Are you NUTS? That joke will never get old!

Evan: It just did.

Jared: Aw, did I cashew in a bad mood?

Evan: I’m actually wishing death on someone other than myself for once. Oh, Wow.

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Zoe: I don’t understand why you get so upset when I go on dates with Evan.

Jared, a secret homosexual: Because he’s my best friend! Ugh, you don’t get it!

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Evan: I like both boys and girls, and yet I’m still single.

Connor: I guess your just destined to be bi-yourself.

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Connor: Rules were meant to be broken.

Alana: They were meant to be followed. Nothing is meant to be broken.

Zoe: Uh, piñatas?

Evan: Glow sticks.

Miguel: Karate boards?

Jared: Spaghetti when you have a small pot.

Connor: Rules.

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Connor: I like my boys like I like my girls.

Zoe:

Alana:

Evan:

Jared:

Miguel:

Connor: That’s it.

Connor: That’s the joke.

Connor: I’m bi.

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Heidi: You’re grounded, no TV!

Evan: The TV is broken-

Heidi: Then, no computer!

Evan: But I need the computer for therapy notes-

Heidi, looking around the room for something she can take away: Then, uh, no Jared!

Evan: No Jared??!

Heidi: No Jared!!

LMAO

Thinking bout friends to lovers

I wish everyone who celebrates Trina Thursday a very good day filled with singing I'm Breaking Down and Holding to The Ground 🫶

happy trina tuesday we love you trin. a

and then also the fact that they completely deleted the jared part of that fight.

like, seriously?

really?

alana and evan dont even fight, its like their talking but there’s tension.

they do it in a fucking l i b r a r y

like

no

what?

why???

theres no objectively good reason for this song to be cut, if anything its making the viewers hate it more??

or at least mildly dislike?

honestly, when i went into the movie theater and sat down, and got to that segment, i was already thinking 

“Hey, there’s been no depth to any other characters but Alana Evan and Zoe. What happened to literally everyone else? Jared? Cynthia & Larry? HEIDI??? C O N N O R, EVEN?? Well, at least the THREE fights are coming up, now we’ll get to see some actual depth in at least ONE of the characters other than those three.”

and the amount of just-

disappointment i felt when they skipped him

sorry, just ugh my jared actually caring for evan and feeling left behind/having some self-fucking-respect kinning soul

my alana being a strong female who can stand up for herself stanning heart

my evan is not just a victim preaching bRAIN

i cannot handle this, somebody make a petition to remake the movie please. 

from what i’ve seen, the movie soundtrack has already been spoken about, but ill throw my hat in too

the gist here is that some songs have been removed. which like, by itself isnt that crazy or surprising. some songs simply wouldnt translate well on the screen - Finale and Disappear for example, which have been cut

there’s also two new ones - The Anonymous Ones (alana’s new song), and A Little Closer

but cutting to the chase, what the other removed songs have in common is pretty damn unfortunate. 

Anybody Have a Map, To Break in a Glove, and Good for You. 

all three of which notably spotlight ‘side’ characters, especially the parents. To Break in a Glove is arguably one of the only scenes that makes Larry sympathetic. (which is sad bc it already seems like theyre cutting larry’s character into pieces) AHaM is one of the only songs Cynthia stars in. 

And it’s like.. okay sure, I could see AHaM translating awkwardly, fine. Still bummed we don’t get that establishing peek into Heidi’s head, but she’ll have her moments.

it’s Good for You that has me making this post at all. i have had multiple conversations about how bullshit it is that they removed it. the more i think about it, the more that seems like a dire misstep, specifically because theres no way a written scene is going to translate at all. 

to understand why this is bad, let me remind yall what Good for You does. besides being objectively the best song (to which nearly all of my peers agree - and yes that’s not to say it’s my personal top favorite, and that’s why I say objectively. it’s definitely up there tho) in the entire musical, Good for You is unique in that its 1) the only time people finally express to evan how deeply his actions have hurt them and 2) the final word either alana or jared get for the rest of the show.

to be clear like, that’s not a good thing, lmao. it’s one of the biggest criticisms ive always had for the musical, actually. but still, within the framework of the story, its incredibly important.

removing it is dangerous. here’s why: try to imagine this as a songless scene. what i picture is jared and alana arguing with evan / expressing their frustrations. whether this is the both of them at the same time, or in two consecutive scenes, this sucks!

because if its both of them, it looks like evan is being backed into a corner. it looks like hes a victim in that moment. and if its two scenes, thats still slamming down the ‘emotional consequences’ hammer repeatedly the thing is, good for you isnt super literal. as in, its not actually jared alana or heidi taking turns to yell at evan. thats why it works! because theres emotional truth to it - how they feel is real - but its not really happening like that. and thats why translating it would be difficult.

and like i said, its fucking important! so it needs to happen somehow! especially considering jared and alana will both get more screentime in the movie, thus doubly warranting a proper exit / chance to express themselves. 

//takes a breath

thats all to say.. the removal of good for you is not good for the movie. 

yk, this is a really good question. a lot of the revival lovers do infantilize whizzer, but everyone I've seen or talked to who love the older falsettos (the falsettos obc) are very respectful?

personally, I like both versions but yeah. whizzer shouldn't be treated like a child. I'm assuming it's because of andrew?? he's had a history in his fans and such of people treating him younger than he is??

idk. whizzer is a grown ass man 😭 thank you and goodnight (it's barely afternoon)

//this isn't about anyone specifically btw I just saw this and thought "huh. yeah. that's weird" because no, I haven't seen anyone babying stephen so it must just be andrew's version of whizzer? right??//

Do people infantilize Whizzer because of how they infantilize Andrew Rannells, or did they baby Stephen Bogardus too?

Real

I would kill to have you overanalyze everything about Falsettos. Hope that didn't sound too threatening, I was joking, I'm just really into your analysis of the chess game :3

omg! I would love to analyze anything for you, man! 💗 I've pretty much picked everything out of a lot of the songs─ lil surprised I don't have my own corkboard with red twine commemorating my insanity on this musical lol

Looking through the album, the first option that came to mind might've been The Thrill of First Love but I think I'll take a break from toxic gays for just one moment and give you a strangely written analysis on Marvin at the Psychiatrist: A Three-Part Mini Opera, because of the different character pov's (i.e., Mendel, Jason, somewhat Whizzer, and of course, Marvin─ and I know Whizzer only announces each section of the song but hear me out, the theories are crazy and I'm obsessed with them and this song definitely factors into them aswell).

Basically, we'll start off with a quick look over Jason's lines, as he is the first character to speak/sing in the song. Right off the bat, we have him showing a HUGE disdain for love because of his father pretty much ruining his home life with the illusion of it. Well, maybe disdain is strong, but you get what I mean─ he's very reluctant to accept romance as an option for himself at all at this point because the wound is still very fresh from Marvin blowing up their family life, but yeah, also, he's a little preteen boy so it also makes sense for him to object to liking anyone just because of immaturity.

As we progress, Jason does a joint-therapy session with Marvin and they talk about outings and father/son bonding time gone badly wrong. He lets us in on his hyper-observance with his reaction to Marvin saying the pitcher they saw at a baseball game was handsome, and makes sure the audience is well aware he has some pretty conflicting emotions about his dad and his dad's sexuality. Especially given My Father's a Homo comes directly after this song, and in turn, also directly after this moment, so we know his feelings over Marvin and Whizzer (being that he enjoys Whizzer's company, seeing as Whizzer is the only adult who actually treats him like a kid and not like a victim or a baby or an average adult, like- but still) and their messy relationship.

It really makes me wonder on how it is when he's meant to go over to their apartment, since it's canonical that they live together and that Jason sees him regularly. And if they act terribly in front of him still. I assume Whizzer wouldn't allow that, another trait that gives Jason reason to side with him, because he seems like he really just doesn't want to completely, for lack of better words, fuck up Jason's whole childhood experience by being a part of it.

Now! Mendel isn't a complicated perspective, per say, just very eccentric. Especially assuming he asks MANY intrusive questions to a man who just openly came out as gay about his ex-wife and her sexual habits and such. This is where we tell him to go to horny jail.

(That's not the whole analysation, I swear─)

Mendel to me seems like he probably takes the initiative to not relay any of his clients actual info to other family members, but this song pretty much just proves he's incapable of brain-thought when he's horny. Which, yeah, that's hilarious that the only straight man is just thirsting over a woman to this gay guy. William Finn, you've done it again.

Anyhow, Mendel is pretty vital in this song. We get to see his psychiatry techniques, and with that, understand exactly what kind of situation Marvin's been, in taking therapy from him this whole time. The first part of the song is probably the best way of analyzing, since he's actually intelligible and giving Marvin advice. Well, that advice consists of telling him to ignore Whizzer's flaws and love him regardless, you can actually sorta see that at work in some aspects of the musical, even if he's constantly condescending to Whizzer throughout act one.

But generally, Marvin tends to take the exact opposite path that Mendel gives him, and basically just uses him as a venting device. Then again, Mendel is not to great at giving advice, as a neurotic little man who has like four mental breakdowns in the course of act one and two.

Next, Whizzer, of course. Short but sweet, or.. angsty? I've heard a few people theorize that Whizzer narrates the story ("Marvin at the psychiatrist, a three part mini opera, part one." "Part two." "Part three." "Psychiatrist, returning, returning! Five sessions later..." "A day in Falsettoland─ Doctor Mendel at work.") because after he dies, it sort of becomes his story of finding a true family and lover and son and being actually happy and knowing he lived well before he died really, tragically young, at least.

I'd like to take it a different direction, because I hate angst, and only sometimes tolerate it.

I've realized that Whizzer only actually narrates Mendel's shenanigans, which makes me think, especially with how he still does in act two, he gets to HEAR about the sessions. Whether it be from Marvin, or Jason, or Trina. Or even Mendel himself (this one's more act two based). It may introduce a new side because Whizzer doesn't go to therapy (shocker), but the people he's around all see this one guy so maybe he hears about the sessions and can relay them because he knows this one person's aspect of the story each time.

It wouldn't make a lot of sense for him to hear anything from Mendel in act one assuming they weren't close (at least not in the revival), and he doesn't marry Trina until Marvin and Whizzer are broken up, basically. But it would make more sense for him to get it from his boyfriend who absolutely loves to complain about any minor inconvenience in his life. I just think this could be an interesting perspective, because I've only ever seen that first theory and although somewhat fitting, I need less angst and more cool little headcanons in this fanbase please and thank you.

Finally, we go to Marvin. The star of the show, our princess with several disorders (we all know who our real queens are *stares directly at Trina and Whizzer*).

Throughout the entirety of this song, we see him barely entertaining Mendel with information. He's very vague, which probably stems from a life of secrecy and sneaking around. Although I presume he told Mendel about the affair while it was happening, or a few months in? Or Mendel just knew? Just by the general air of it, and how it seemed well-known by that point even though him and Trina only just divorced.

Marvin definitely keeps to himself, and waits for Mendel to butt in with something. Not so he can take his advice, but moreso so that he can kinda just. Have it, on hand? Or maybe so he can prove to himself that therapy is a hoax, because that certainly sounds like a Marvin thing to do.

Even while going through events with his son, he only states that eventually their interactions just go back to being stale and that they SHOULD be closer, without ever trying to actually make an effort (he assumes making an effort is taking Jason on outings even though they both prefer to stay inside, on their own. This definitely comes from his parents not doing anything with him as a kid, it's internalized so he pushes going out in public and doing what would be father/son outings onto Jason. It's something he never got to have, so he thinks that means he's fathering Jason better than average).

Not much to be said about that middle factor, besides the point of Marvin not knowing Trina was withholding love from him, which is interesting. Her character and lines definitely prevail that she was fed up with Marvin, but it could have just come out as indifference during their marriage. In I'm Breaking Down, she does make a point to state that she only wants a man to love her, so that could've been an overwhelming point in their marriage that Marvin remembers more vividly then her drifting away.

He did seem genuinely surprised when Mendel brought it up, so there is something there for sure.

But now, my dear silly, it's time for me to say adieu, because it's semi-late and I gotta update a fic draft :) but thank you sm for asking! made my day, it was so sweet. my inbox is always open for any suggestions, I'm really glad you like these little rants lol.

I'll try to post more soon 🫶

Goodnight!

when in doubt, draw excessive amounts of andrew rannells art because blair pfaff is an icon and you can watch black monday free off drive

somebody please talk to me about why the fuck william finn decided to make whizzer good at karate