Ben Platt Responds to 'Disappointing' Internet Criticism of 'Dear Evan Hansen' Movie

“[The movie] was definitely a disappointing experience, and difficult, and it definitely opened my eyes to the internet and how horrific it can be,” Ben said to the New York Times.

“You’d think, after doing Dear Evan Hansen onstage for four years, I would have already known that. I try my best to focus on people who tell me it was moving to them and they really felt seen by it. It is very easy for the good to get drowned out by the bad.”

He also said he stopped using Twitter, which he said “is almost exclusively for tearing people down.”

“I wasn’t getting anything positive, and it’s been really nice to be away,” he concluded.

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