Troy Zaher
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Moth Wench :
wait was the "nobody needs to know" line in Hamilton a reference to that song
2026-11-09 04:39:01
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Leopard619 :
The story is clearly not on Jamie's side But Jamie has the best songs😅
2026-11-09 01:23:30
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Reilly :
I think they're intended to be equally at fault, but Jamie's songs do a much better job of supporting Cathy's perspective than Cathy's songs do for Jamie's.
2026-11-09 00:04:54
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zoë ⋆˚꩜｡★ :
the reason people say this is because it’s based on the creator’s own life so they think he wouldn’t purposely make jamie so unlikeable when he is the source for the character
2026-11-09 01:53:07
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Dracchulaa :
Off topic Jeremy soooo fine in this movie
2026-11-09 03:16:12
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Troy Zaher :
To be clear, none of this is to say the musical is trying to say that we should all be on Cathy’s side; just that the idea that the author wants us on Jamie’s side is crazy.
2026-11-08 23:31:57
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call me Ty 🇨🇦 :
i'm pretty positive that the writer even answered a question at one point that Jamie was the bad guy
2026-11-09 01:39:29
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Jox :
the problem is it isnt a persuasive essay, its a confession, and nobody gets that
2026-11-09 10:38:54
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korama :
Cathy Hyatt, they could never make me hate you.
2026-11-09 15:54:24
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Kat MJ :
Yeah I heard the whole "we don't be on Jamie's side" and I feel like we weren't watching the same thing. There's no way you can interpret it that way. I do think it's a bit of looking at the end of the relationship and realizing some mistakes are more egregious but in the end there's blame to share
2026-11-08 23:50:43
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Greer Grammer :
THANK YOUUUUUUU. I see these comments alllllll the time on and I’m always so confused on how that idea blew up and caught fire bc like….what???? 😅
2026-11-09 02:44:44
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Hannah Keefer :
THANK YOU This theory that JRB wrote this as a vindication of himself (and just did a really really bad job at it) is such nonsense and not supported by either the text itself or by any author comments on it, and I lose my mind whenever people act like it's a foregone conclusion
2026-11-09 04:55:52
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Kittensquirrel :
People seem to be expecting there to be this unequivocal villain and hero/victim in this story. Sometimes a story isn't about that. Sometimes a story is just about... People.
2026-11-09 04:06:48
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Amina Cunningham :
I also feel like Cathy's songs are in reverse because she's looking back and reflecting on her marriage while Jamie's songs are in chronological order because he's always moving forward
2026-11-09 14:18:44
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Anna Oakeshott-Gungaloo :
also it's a weird take because I could swear he said in an interview that he wouldn't write that based on himself cos he seems awful or something like that, where he basically said it wasn't really about him cos why would he write that about himself
2026-11-09 14:58:04
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Hollis Smith :
Sadly this musical didnt work in film from. Watching this play out on stage live with only the two actors, helps
2026-11-09 12:37:33
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MaryKate :
This is how I feel about 500 Days of Summer.
2026-11-09 15:41:22
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Kat :
The Last Five Years is such a complex and layered story with a lot of interesting things to say about relationships, and that clearly involves a lot of self-reflection on JRB’s part. People reading it in such a flat, one-dimensional way drive me craaaazy ☠️
2026-11-09 03:15:45
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shuger_hiii :
OH MY GOD I THINK ABOUT THIS CONSTANTLY. like, who said it was written to be sympathetic to Jamie other than just strangers on the internet who heard "see im smiling" once
2026-11-09 01:41:43
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Austin Moore :
I literally got in a fight with someone in college about this because they were acting like the musical in general made either party exonerated from their level of fault in the relationship. It didn’t. They were both imperfect. Jamie was egotistical and was looking for status through outward outlets (like being desired by other women and eventually physically cheating though he had been emotionally cheating and detached for a long time) while Cathy never outgrew her “I Can Do Better Than That” attitude and consistently was not content or satisfied with anything in her own life while also holding resentment to Jamie for succeeding in his own career as she thought that was the life and notoriety that she was entitled to. They were completely toxic for each other but people like to weigh whose crimes were the “most egregious” and that’s always going to come down to physical cheating winning out. Both leads are imperfect in their own way and both share blame in the relationships ultimate demise. I even argue that Cathy in “Still Hurting” was not mourning the loss of her relationship as much as she was grieving the fact that she was not “doing better” than her friend in high school who had a baby young and married the guy who worked at the record store or any of the other people she was constantly comparing herself to.
2026-11-09 02:16:03
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Angel 🪩 :
So I really think it depends on who plays Jamie and Cathy and you can side with one more than the other. Like when I saw it in Chicago two years ago, I sided with Jamie. And when I saw it on Broadway last April, I sided with Cathy.
2026-11-09 01:25:47
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noodles king of dogs in secret :
I was just saying having dated a Jamie i come so close to taking his actions so personally I can't even look/ listen to him but that's just what makes it so well written that makes me appreciate it so much
2026-11-08 23:56:22
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Hmoney419 :
I’ve never understood this take either especially when it ends with Jamie telling Cathy via letter his mistress helped him pack his bags, he closed the bank account and took the money and blamed their relationship on her. It’s supposed to be nuanced but he made sure to make it clear Jamie was in the wrong
2026-11-09 01:44:25
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HelloBald :
Thank you!!!
2026-11-08 23:32:19
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jasmine kai :
man idk when i did this show the Jamie fully thought Cathy was in the wrong
2026-11-08 23:36:06
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