Completely random, but I just read on IMDB that Anthony and Adam had to be censored (i.e. bleeped) on the DVD commentary. That's bizarre. I've never heard of that happening on any other DVD.
Either they were really strict about that and they censored some word that really wasn't all that bad, or they just said something that was actually *that* bad. I mean - we know the mouth on Adam. Symphony Space, anyone?
Well, first of all, I did read it on IMDB, so who knows, but...
Either they were really strict about that and they censored some word that really wasn't all that bad, or they just said something that was actually *that* bad. I mean - we know the mouth on Adam. Symphony Space, anyone?
Still, though, don't they usually preface DVD commentaries with that whole "this commentary does not reflect the opinions of such-and-such Studios" disclaimer?
*pokes head in* Censoring the commentary? Oh, come on! It's RENT. There's cursing. There's talk of sex and drugs. What can they say on the commentary that's so bad? On second thought, I might not want to know the answer to that last one.
Without knowing anything else about the situation, perhaps it's that they wanted to keep the DVD at a PG-13 rating. Movies automatically get an R rating if the f-word is used more than a certain number of times, and perhaps the use of that word in the commentary could have resulted in an R rating for the DVD if it weren't bleeped out.
"There was this one time an alarm went off - it was in the middle of '24.' That's just wrong. Everyone knows everyone was watching '24' at that time."
--NYU student quoted in the Washington Square News about students ignoring the frequent fire alarms in dorms
I don't know if the commentary would affect the rating though. They have the disclaimer about the commentary, so it's a view at your own discretion thing.
*If* this is actually the truth and they censored it - I guess someone used a curse word and they just bleeped it out. I would assume they told them beforehand to not curse and someone let one slip. The options are to bleep it out or go back and have them resay whatever it is they were saying.
Anyway, I just got back from a meeting for one of the student activities committees, and he direcor of the concerts committee is going to be going to (dun dun dun...) that booking conference where Adam will be playing. He mentioned that it's cheaper to book there than it normally would be... so I may just be emailing him to compaign for Adam.