Contributing Editor Sinéad McDevitt argues that the “Dear Evan Hansen” film is an inferior adaptation that removes the most interesting parts of the original Broadway show.

Recent popular media has taken a closer look at mental health and mental illness. The 2017 Netflix original series “13 Reasons Why” focuses on the reasons a high school teenager took her own life, while “BoJack Horseman,” another Netflix original show, centers on a celebrity horse that copes with addiction and depression.