BEN PLATT is BACK, and he’s weaponizing his PRIVILEGE to demand your SYMPATHY. Despite a Tony, Grammy, and Emmy on his shelf, the MILLIONAIRE star is STILL selling a story of UNMITIGATED ANGST from the gilded halls of Hollywood’s elite. In a SHOCKING display of tone-deafness, Platt revisits his “traumatic” high school dating life at the exclusive Harvard-Westlake School—a story that REEKS of a man who has NEVER known real struggle. While countless LGBTQ+ youth face violence and rejection with NO safety net, Platt peddles his pain from a stage of unimaginable luxury, sponsored by his powerhouse producer father.

The performance is a MASTERCLASS in NARCISSISM. Platt frames his entire life as a soundtrack of suffering, from unrequited crushes to the pressures of fame, all while flaunting a celebrity marriage and connections that most could only dream of. His “tribute” to legendary queer icons like Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli feels less like homage and more like a calculated attempt to BORROW their trauma for his own artistic legitimacy. Even a surprise duet with Josh Groban couldn’t mask the staggering SELF-ABSORPTION on display.

This isn’t art—it’s a DISTURBING PARADE of first-world problems, set to a soaring score. In an era of genuine global crisis, Platt’s performance begs the question: have we created a monster of self-pity so profound it can’t see past its own reflection? The final, haunting notes of “Over the Rainbow” aren’t a promise of hope, but a chilling reminder of how far the entitled have fallen from reality.