My Non-Musical Theatre Brother Watches NEXT TO NORMAL for the FIRST time | Musical Reaction

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  @carolinedamgard5855 · 1 year ago

  I don’t think Gabe is a ghost but more a manifestation of their grief. So while Diana was the only one actually seeing Gabe, Dan was also struggling with the grief of losing his son but he couldn’t grieve him because he had to help his wife. So when Diana leaves him he’s finally confronted with the grief that he has been ignoring the entire time

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• CA

  @Casin · 1 year ago (edited)

  You kinda misunderstood the opening and revealed a spoiler. They didn’t reveal his death yet, the mother said she was “Imagining the ways you might have died” because she was worrying about him staying out late and imagining the worst. You’re supposed to think she’s just being an overprotective mother. And the staging during the opening when he’s in his socks is meant to make him look like a real teenager getting ready for school. It’s not revealed he’s dead until the birthday cake.

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• SP

  @SpcyNinja · 1 year ago

  Gabe is not a ghost! Never was. He’s just a baby when he died and to cope with grief the character we all see is the embodiment of it! Every one aside from Henry or the doctor are touched by grief in this story. The mom constantly feeding it as she hasn’t moved one while the dad blocks it out because as “the man of the family” he wants to fix it all and denied himself to feel that grief until Diana leaves and his alone to face it. Dan’s also the one who held him as he died. Gabe to Natalie was a shadow of a brother she never knew and therefore had power over her presence making her feel invisible. When Diana left she was touched by grief not of Gabe but of the mom she now actually lost like she said she wished and feared.

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• LA

  @laceybird5151 · 1 year ago

  I'm confused on how the beginning reveals Gabe is dead? When I watched it I was completely taken back by the reveal. Diana never says he is dead, she says she has been waiting for him as he was out late, thinking of all the horrible things that could have happened, such as him dying.

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• PA

  @patiencekillz · 1 year ago

  bruh you ruined the whole surprise of gabe not actually being there

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• AN

  @anaologys · 1 year ago (edited)

  I thought gabe was more like grief personified instead of of a ghost like he essentially haunts the narrative for everyone in his own way

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• EJ

  @ejagraphe · 1 year ago

  No, they didnt refer Gabe as dead. It was still a plot twist in this production. I think u got confused

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• LI

  @Lilly-qw7kl · 1 year ago

  Gys gabe isn’t a ghost not everything is literal dan couldn’t see him the whole time, also the beginning his death wasn’t revealed the lyrics are literally the same as original. Ahh well

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• AR

  @Art_By_Owen · 1 year ago

  gabe is the embodiment of grief when he says "i know you know who i am" and dan responds with "no" thats him finally acknowledging his grief for the child he lost which is also why Gabe seems a little bit different hes changed from dianas grief which was powerfull and child like to dans which is scary and unnerving because dan has been ignoring his grief refusing to see or feel it until diana leaves because hes scared to

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• KE

  @Kelby_Druhan · 1 year ago

  Wooo!! I’m glad yall reacted to this one it’s so good! <br><br>I like to see Gabe as a manifestation of grief. Diana is stuck in her grief and can’t move on, so Gabe is a visible presence in her life and actions. Dan avoids facing his grief by pretending it doesn’t exist, but just because you ignore smth doesn’t mean it’s not there. This translates to him pretending he doesn’t see Gabe until he has no way of ignoring it anymore. Natalie never met Gabe so she doesn’t grieve for him, but she is still affected by grief by watching her parents go through it. This is why she never sees Gabe, but he interacts with her by egging her on with the pills and touching her hand, both things that follow her witnessing her parent’s grief.<br><br>Anyways- I enjoyed the reaction a lot!

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• LN

  @lnng8421 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Also I don&apos;t think Dan saw Gabe the whole time. Gabe is kind of a manifestation of their grief and the whole time I think Dan is repressing his grief (ignoring/refusing to see Gabe) because he feels like he has to take care of Diana and make things normal for Natalie and the grief was the catalyst for Diana&apos;s illness. In I Am the One Reprise Diana has left so he finally allows himself to feel his own feelings of grief/acknowledge the loss of his son. It&apos;s also why I think he&apos;s there when Natalie starts using holding the mic to her. It&apos;s her families and the loss of a brother she never met that&apos;s pushing her towards self medicating.

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• KP

  @kportz19 · 1 year ago

  Everyone shut up my show is on! I&apos;ve been waiting for this one!

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