Many are writing about Jennifer Holliday (Tony Awards, 2021). "She sounds great." "That was a Judy Garland-level transaction between singer and audience." "That was an actual performance, not just two celebrities looking happy to reunite and sing an abridged ditty from 2002...." But what happens in Holliday's big song? The speaker learns that her dude is leaving her. Though there is ample evidence to the contrary, the speaker says, "You're the best man I've ever known!" She won't go. She appeals to history: "We're part of the same place....We both have the same blood, same mind...." The speaker puts her own weakness on the table: "I don't wanna be free." Everything builds to a simple, direct, explosive bridge: "Tear down the mountains. Yell, scream, and shout. You can say what you want. I'm not walking out...." In the actual Broadway production, Effie falls to her knees, and as she sobs,...