This is the inherent fantasy of the whole musical artform (and its predecessor in opera), that you can make anyone sympathetic by translating their emotions into music, letting you peek inside their soul The whole format of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is making fun of thishttps://twitter.com/Nymphomachy/status/1266180198501883904 …
It's kind of weird and perhaps a little telling that I was first exposed to Dear Evan Hansen by an animatic setting the songs to characters from a Villain Protagonist comic.