go here with me to see gabriel vernon nunag as jared kleinman
this guy gave one of the freshest and most fascinating performances as jared iāve ever seen. hereās a list of moments and line deliveries that made me flip out, with timestamps and screenshots
the little head tilt of [?] after evan says he spent the summer as an apprentice park ranger (6:44) and looking up and down at evan after he says heās sort of a tree expert now (6:49)
asking āand then you fell?ā (6:52) and ādid they [come]?ā (7:02) with either genuine concern or sarcasm that sounds very close to it
āwell, my bunk DOMINATED in capture the flagā delivered with this gesture (7:14). he is SERIOUS about capture the flag
chest tap #1 after telling evan about all the times he definitely got to second base above the bra (7:22)
āyouāre my only⦠family friendā āOH MY GODā (17:45)
"heās GOING to RUIN your LIFE with itā (18:05)
āyouāre gonna go to the murphysā house, and explain that the only thing that they have left, Of their Son, is some weird Sex Letterā¢, that you wrote to yourself!ā (21:24)
āweeeell⦠werenāt you under oath? in a way?ā (21:52)
āwhatever they say about connor, you just nod your head, and you say, āyeah, thatās true!āā (22:22)
āgood thing youāre about to tell her the truth about your š sex letter! šā (22:50)
āi got skills, sonā (33:04) delivered with this sequence of poses
chest tap #2 during āyou need to calm yourselfā (37:00)
āthere is nothing unrealistic about the love that one man feels for anotherā (37:06) delivered while gesturing to himself on āone manā and to evan on āanother.ā (i swear this was the exact timing. tumblr user nothingunrealistic found dead in miami. iām alright but i died)
giving evan a couple pats on the shoulder and a thumbs-up after he comes up with āi love my parentsā (37:33)
chest tap #3 on āyouāre having considerable trouble breathingā (38:32)
ānoā [ā¦] āno!ā [ā¦] āabsolutely not!ā (38:46-38:56) said with a grin on his face like heās utterly charmed by evanās idea of friendship as sending each other pictures of trees
āi canāt believe you tried to kiss zoe murphy on her brotherās beEEEed! after he DIEEED!ā (56:24)
āyou got to spend some quality time with your fake family aaaand ~snuggle with zoe murphy~ā (58:28)
āa massive fundraising driveā is cut off by evan talking over jared and putting a hand on his chest to keep him from moving any closer. jared takes a few steps back and waits silently until evan comes back over for several seconds of a wordless check-in while alana talks (1:03:00-1:03:11). this isnāt unique to gabriel but that check-in lasted a good five seconds⦠what were they communicatingā¦
after the usual maneuver of jared and alana spinning evan around during ywbf, jared goes for an extra moment of Hand On Evanās Arm (1:14:06)
āa completely fabricated email exchange that ~*~never happened~*~ā (1:19:03)
shifting into his Low Flat Quiet mode of speech from āremember you told me you didnāt need my help?ā (1:38:13) through āno one at school would even know who you areā and then getting worked up again staring with āpeople at school actually talk to you nowā (1:38:39), sounding genuinely pissed and aghast that evan is Almost⦠Popular and near tears on āyeah. i know. you keep saying that.ā (1:38:55)
i already talked about his delivery of the dialogue in good for you here (from a different performance), but this boot gives us not only the 0-to-100 escalation of āi could tell everyone everythingā (1:49:02) and āfuck you, evanā through tears (1:49:12), but a clear view of jared having a shoulder-shaking sobbing breakdown after his solo (1:49:48-1:50:05), in the tradition started by will roland. still images canāt capture it, just go watch