The Official Adam Pascal Love Thread, part three — Page 606

I know, she really shouldn't have said that. People are so ridiculous sometimes. My other friend refuses to listen to the rent soundtrack because it has gay people in it! I guess that comes with living where I do.

I make it sound like my friends are bad people, and they aren't, but sometimes they can just be really ridiculous. I can't tell you how many times I've heard that I shouldn't like Rent because its a bunch of gay people sitting around giving each other aids...etc. It gets really old trying to defend it too. People should just be more open minded.

Updated On: 1/15/06 at 07:46 PM

I really can't stand how seemingly out of nowhere it is somehow decided that Opinion A is the "acceptable" or "cool" way of thinking and Opinion B or C or whatever is "wrong." And it's always the people in the Opinion A camp who shout the same thing over and over - who are they trying to convince? The people they're talking at, or themselves?

It also bugs me when people bash something they obviously haven't seen because the subject matter makes them uncomfortable.

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I didn't really know what to expect ... I only knew bits and pieces of the storyline so I kind of enjoyed just sitting there and enjoying how it played out. When it was over my friends were giggling and whining about it. I didn't bother fighting with them, I didn't have it in me, but I wanted to say "don't you get that the emotion of the movie has nothing to do with the fact there was one sex scene?!?!?" Sigh. I wonder if being single amplified the emotion in the movie whereas they are not??

My parents are a little conservative too. But my mom has agreed to watch Rent with me when I buy it. I told her I didn't care if she liked it or not, I just wanted her to see it, and then she could maybe understand my obsession a bit more.

agh. *defends Adam*

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My little brother wouldn't see Rent because of the gay couple (although he was ALL about the lesbians, which is so hypocritical and way too common), and he ridiculed me for going to see Brokeback Mountain. Despite all my and my parents' efforts, it looks like he's going to turn out to be a bigotted conservative. Where did we go wrong?

Yeah but my friend knows exactly what Rent is about. I don't know, maybe she just doesn't want to watch a movie that is focused completely on a gay relationship? Who knows. People are so wierd.

And my mom didn't like Rent at first, but she has accepted the fact that I'm never going to stop liking it. She saw the stage version with me, and she watched the first five minutes of the movie before her movie started and told my brother that part of the movie she saw was good, but yeah he's not going to listen. My brother will NEVER watch Rent, ever. She says that its unhealthy to like something that much [probably because I saw the movie five times] but otherwise thinks the music is good and doesn't care that I like it.

Updated On: 1/15/06 at 08:22 PM

I just figured we should be prepared.

Quite true. Ironic.

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Yeah, I was a little more shocked with her than with Michelle ... I guess since Michelle played "the Capeside slut" or whatever.

My brother's obsessed with 24; I'm sure I'll hear all about it!

It's definitely awkward seeing Anne Hathaway play "do you think I'm too fast?" Lureen.

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SO. FUNNY.

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It's more because of the dogs than the herders.

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