See Em, I hafta disagree with you. It's very important to decide how you define the biggest fan of something. I suppose in our society, we think of it as the person w/ the most memorabilia or has seen something the most times or talks about it the most or screams the loudest at events, etc.
Personally I think that's only one kind of fan. I think in a way the true fans are the ones who just truly emotionally connect w/ it---care so much about it that it affects their lives, truly wants it to be good and is just really passionate about it...also attends all the RENT events she can to support the cast(which you have). I think this may be more important than the other kind of fan b/c the other kind of fan kind of begins to obsess about obsessing if that makes sense and lose sight of what they love so much about the material.
In my mind, without a doubt, you are one of the biggest Rent fans out there and deserve everything you have gotten. And the vicarious part is crazy--you wouldn't think I would at this point feel the need to live vicariously, I've certainly had a nice share of experiences seeing the movie set and chatting w/ cast members but your experience has been so captivating and to go w/ your wonderful writing, I do kind of still live vicariously through you. I think I wouldn't want to exactly hear your thoughts on the movie in a spoiler way, but more...your feelings/reaction. It's the climax of the whole year, so since we're all living vicariously through you, that's what at least I'd wanna hear about.
And heh good thing you weren't sitting where I was at the Lea Salonga concert tonight-true "balcony"-5th floor(4 sets of high stairs-ulgh), last row. It was fine, I saw and heard, but yeah, don't think you would have enjoyed it there.
"If there was a Mount Rushmore for Broadway scores, "West Side Story" would be front and center. It snaps, it crackles it pops! It surges with a roar, its energy and sheer life undiminished by the years" - NYPost reviewer Elisabeth Vincentelli