Pictures of Scary Spice as Mimi
Pictures of Scary Spice as Mimi
CrAzIaBoUtReNt
Leading Actor Joined: 11/26/04
#0Pictures of Scary Spice as Mimi
Posted: 2/16/05 at 11:37amDoes anybody know where I can find pictures of Scary Spice as Mimi in Rent? I heard that she wore black pants!?!
Leading Actor Joined: 12/31/69
#1re: Pictures of Scary Spice as Mimi
Posted: 2/16/05 at 12:02pm
Googled Melanie Brown Rent...
Why is it surprising that someone playing Mimi would wear black pants?
I heard she was awful... no surprise for a celeb-thrown-into-Rent sort of thing.
Updated On: 2/16/05 at 12:02 PM
sciguy
Stand-by Joined: 12/2/04
#2re: Pictures of Scary Spice as Mimi
Posted: 2/16/05 at 12:25pmScary Spice aka Melanie Brown was HORRID! I have seen Rent four times and she was by far the worst Mimi ever. It really ruined the performance for me as Mimi is a key character. There was absolutely no chemistry bewteen her and Roger (Kushnier). I hate stunt casting!
#3re: Pictures of Scary Spice as Mimi
Posted: 2/16/05 at 12:30pmThe problem with Mimi wearing black pants is that they were to repleace the INFAMOUS blue vynal pants, because they made her look like a fatty. Out Tonight is nothing without those pants. Period.
erinrebecca
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/29/04
#4re: Pictures of Scary Spice as Mimi
Posted: 2/16/05 at 12:34pmShe isn't the only Mimi to have worn black pants. If something as simple as that ruins OT for you, then that's just a little bit crazy.
#5re: Pictures of Scary Spice as Mimi
Posted: 2/16/05 at 12:36pmfind me another Mimi who hasnt worn the blue pants. (Im honestly curious...)
erinrebecca
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/29/04
#7re: Pictures of Scary Spice as Mimi
Posted: 2/16/05 at 12:45pmI havent heard of that? DId you see her? Pictures?
erinrebecca
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/29/04
#8re: Pictures of Scary Spice as Mimi
Posted: 2/16/05 at 12:52pmYes, I saw her when she was with the Benny tour. I don't have pictures, no, but you can probably google and find some. She's also been in AIDA, and is currently in Wicked.
#9re: Pictures of Scary Spice as Mimi
Posted: 2/16/05 at 1:14pm
Looks like blue pants to me.
I want to write music. I want to sit down right now at my piano and write a song that people will listen to and remember and do the same thing every morning...for the rest of my life. - Jonathan Larson. Tick, Tick...BOOM!
#10re: Pictures of Scary Spice as Mimi
Posted: 2/16/05 at 1:17pm
Thats how i remembered her. Thanks! 
#11re: Pictures of Scary Spice as Mimi
Posted: 2/16/05 at 1:20pmNo problem.
I want to write music. I want to sit down right now at my piano and write a song that people will listen to and remember and do the same thing every morning...for the rest of my life. - Jonathan Larson. Tick, Tick...BOOM!
Kris2
Featured Actor Joined: 9/30/04
#12re: Pictures of Scary Spice as Mimi
Posted: 2/16/05 at 1:20pmSaycon wore black pants with the Benny Tour when they were in Japan at least. Not all the time. Loraine Velez wore black pants on Broadway for about a month. Some Mimis used to wear a sort of wrap around the blue pants - I think Simone and Dana Dawson did. It's not that big a deal.
#13re: Pictures of Scary Spice as Mimi
Posted: 2/16/05 at 1:20pmTGIF. That your dog? He's bloody adorable!!
#14re: Pictures of Scary Spice as Mimi
Posted: 2/16/05 at 1:22pm
Yepp! :)
Its my puppy (who is now 120 lbs) and he is lying on the hip of my other dog.
They are getting groomed today and I miss them so much. To quiet in the house. 
I want to write music. I want to sit down right now at my piano and write a song that people will listen to and remember and do the same thing every morning...for the rest of my life. - Jonathan Larson. Tick, Tick...BOOM!
erinrebecca
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/29/04
#15re: Pictures of Scary Spice as Mimi
Posted: 2/16/05 at 1:25pmTGIF, she wore black pants for part of her run with the show and blue occasionally. I saw her several times, in various cities, and she always had black on when I saw her. If you've been around Rent forums for any length of time, you'll remember the huge discussions about Saycon not wearing the blue pants. It's a huge deal over nothing, IMO.
Kris2
Featured Actor Joined: 9/30/04
#16re: Pictures of Scary Spice as Mimi
Posted: 2/16/05 at 1:26pm
Saycon wearing black pants. Sorry the picture's so big.
#17re: Pictures of Scary Spice as Mimi
Posted: 2/16/05 at 1:29pm
I shouldn't have assumed the canine was a HE! (and Im not talking about scary spice)
I do that alot.
Updated On: 2/16/05 at 01:29 PM
#18re: Pictures of Scary Spice as Mimi
Posted: 2/16/05 at 2:01pm
Hey, it doesnt bother me! Someone said to google it and I did. Thats what I found. I didn't presume to know if that was just wore for the publicity shot or what she always wore.
And its okay scotty! You assumed right this time!
I want to write music. I want to sit down right now at my piano and write a song that people will listen to and remember and do the same thing every morning...for the rest of my life. - Jonathan Larson. Tick, Tick...BOOM!
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#19re: Pictures of Scary Spice as Mimi
Posted: 2/16/05 at 2:04pm
if the acting, singing, and dancing are good, that's all that matters...
I know that Melanie Brown was horrid, but bad chemistry is a two way street....
LouieLovesTheater
Leading Actor Joined: 3/30/04
#20re: Pictures of Scary Spice as Mimi
Posted: 2/16/05 at 2:26pm
I heard that some of the "hippier" Mimi's got the wrap. Also some of the leggier lankier ones wore it to make them not look so tall. Karen Olivo wore it for a while. When Daphne wore it it looked cool but it became an odd accessory as the tour went on. That combined with the lacy kneepads made the costume a bit much.
I remember Saycon still having the ghetto booty even with the wrap on. That girl had some THIGHS on her.
Yeah, have to admit that they blue pants are key to that number but the black looked kinda slick as well.
#21re: Pictures of Scary Spice as Mimi
Posted: 2/16/05 at 2:37pmA wrap? Does anyone have a picture of that? I have never seen that before.
I want to write music. I want to sit down right now at my piano and write a song that people will listen to and remember and do the same thing every morning...for the rest of my life. - Jonathan Larson. Tick, Tick...BOOM!
insomniak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#22re: Pictures of Scary Spice as Mimi
Posted: 2/16/05 at 3:03pmBumping to reiterate TGIF's question. What wrap?
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#24re: Pictures of Scary Spice as Mimi
Posted: 2/16/05 at 3:11pmHa...
I want to write music. I want to sit down right now at my piano and write a song that people will listen to and remember and do the same thing every morning...for the rest of my life. - Jonathan Larson. Tick, Tick...BOOM!
