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Post by Mark on Apr 11, 2019 14:51:51 GMT
So I hear this was a prank by people in his year that went a little too far....
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2019 15:00:16 GMT
So I hear this was a prank by people in his year that went a little too far.... That, right there, is harsh. Quite funny but so harsh! |
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Post by freckles on Apr 11, 2019 15:16:25 GMT
Bit silly of Wilma to publish it without any verification.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2019 15:20:34 GMT
Bit silly of Wilma to publish it without any verification. To be fair, 'she' does "apparently" and "although no official casting announcement has yet been made". It's up to the reader to jump to conclusions or not. |
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Post by Mark on Apr 11, 2019 15:23:25 GMT
So I hear this was a prank by people in his year that went a little too far.... That, right there, is harsh. Quite funny but so harsh! Very! But it happens. I think the lesson here it, you won't be finding out from an Instagram story/post probably the most sought after role in the West End this year. |
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Post by 49thand8th on Apr 11, 2019 15:28:28 GMT
Bit silly of Wilma to publish it without any verification. To be fair, 'she' does "apparently" and "although no official casting announcement has yet been made". It's up to the reader to jump to conclusions or not. After giving her the clicks! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2019 15:34:40 GMT
Evan hasn’t been cast yet. Finals are happening this week.
West End Wilma has zero credibility whatsoever, I’m afraid.
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Post by 49thand8th on Apr 11, 2019 15:43:14 GMT
So I hear this was a prank by people in his year that went a little too far.... Looks like it's a prank on Wilma now too. Everyone wins! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2019 16:29:54 GMT
So I hear this was a prank by people in his year that went a little too far.... Looks like it's a prank on Wilma now too. Everyone wins! And the performer in question learns to set a more secure Twitter and Instagram password...! |
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Post by 49thand8th on Apr 11, 2019 17:00:59 GMT
I'm reading the last few pages in this thread over again, but what leads you to believe his social media was compromised?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2019 17:05:06 GMT
I'm reading the last few pages in this thread over again, but what leads you to believe his social media was compromised? Were there not posts saying that it was a prank gone too far by his friends/classmates? I can't think he'd have been stupid enough to condone it or be involved given the potential impact on his reputation...! |
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Post by carriesparkle on Apr 11, 2019 17:07:17 GMT
I'm reading the last few pages in this thread over again, but what leads you to believe his social media was compromised? Were there not posts saying that it was a prank gone too far by his friends/classmates? I can't think he'd have been stupid enough to condone it or be involved given the potential impact on his reputation...! I was assuming the prank was the offer letter - faked by classmates and thought by him to be real? |
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Post by singularsensation10 on Apr 11, 2019 17:20:56 GMT
Offers don’t go out by letter anymore. I don’t think they have done for many years. It comes from a discussion with the producers and the agent of the performer. This is all just one big mess, I can’t help but feel for the boy if it was a prank.
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Post by 49thand8th on Apr 11, 2019 18:00:26 GMT
Were there not posts saying that it was a prank gone too far by his friends/classmates? I can't think he'd have been stupid enough to condone it or be involved given the potential impact on his reputation...! I was assuming the prank was the offer letter - faked by classmates and thought by him to be real? That's how I understood it as well. The letter was the prank, not someone figuring out how to access his social media. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2019 20:00:31 GMT
I was assuming the prank was the offer letter - faked by classmates and thought by him to be real? That's how I understood it as well. The letter was the prank, not someone figuring out how to access his social media. Oh well then he is a complete idiot to be posting about that kind of letter on social media before any official announcement. Any sympathy for him is retracted! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2019 20:15:06 GMT
That's how I understood it as well. The letter was the prank, not someone figuring out how to access his social media. Oh well then he is a complete idiot to be posting about that kind of letter on social media before any official announcement. Any sympathy for him is retracted! Give the poor guy a break. If the letter was believable, he obviously got through several rounds of the Dear Evan Hansen audition process, for what I'm sure will have been a dream role for him. And one that would change his life. I think he can be forgiven for getting carried away with excitement when he received that letter. Especially as no discussion would have taken place about an official announcement etc.
Incidentally, where was the original posted? I only saw West End Wilma's article, which didn't have any link. Was it even him that posted it on his own Twitter?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2019 20:19:49 GMT
If anyone should be embarrassed, it should be West End Wilma, for desperately trying to break the news without doing any further research. It was a very flimsy post/letter to go on in the first place.
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 11, 2019 23:11:57 GMT
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Post by ali973 on Apr 12, 2019 6:28:41 GMT
Isn't the entire premise of the show about a letter gone wrong? Sounds like PR to me.
I have no expectations from West End Wilma. It's not exactly journalism with the finest integrity, not that journalism has any integrity nowadays anyway. At least WEW does not pretend to be something it isn't.
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Post by jgblunners on Apr 12, 2019 6:30:56 GMT
I was assuming the prank was the offer letter - faked by classmates and thought by him to be real? That's how I understood it as well. The letter was the prank, not someone figuring out how to access his social media. Wow, kids are mean. What a horrible thing to do to someone who has clearly dreamed of playing this role. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2019 10:22:38 GMT
Oh well then he is a complete idiot to be posting about that kind of letter on social media before any official announcement. Any sympathy for him is retracted! Give the poor guy a break. If the letter was believable, he obviously got through several rounds of the Dear Evan Hansen audition process, for what I'm sure will have been a dream role for him. And one that would change his life. I think he can be forgiven for getting carried away with excitement when he received that letter. Especially as no discussion would have taken place about an official announcement etc. That's even more reason not to post anything like that - it's just basic common sense to find out if you can announce a job or not. I doubt any employer would be impressed by such a leak, so I think it was pretty foolish of him, prank or not. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2019 10:27:29 GMT
I would expect that the audition process is covered by an NDA, like reality TV shows are, and I assume that’s because they know they are dealing with amateurs, not professionals with agents.
I keep finding myself thinking about this poor chap. What an awful thing to have happen. Is it confirmed that the sequence of events was that his friends faked the letter, he posted it on social, and that it was picked up by WEW and not fact checked?
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Post by 49thand8th on Apr 12, 2019 14:16:04 GMT
Just wanted to point out the element of a faked letter in offstage goings-on regarding DEH. Amazing.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2019 14:19:47 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?
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Post by danb on Apr 12, 2019 14:27:43 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.
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