The Official Adam Pascal Love Thread, part two — Page 339

I live in NYC. Originally from upstate New York - student here, but I'm spending the summer here as well.

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How thoughtful of you Out of Tune..

I'm going through SERIOUS withdrawals..

Em I took my mom to see it and that was a BIG mistake.. Now she's a fan and drives me bonkers..

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Because I've been begging my mother to see it for years. She and my brother have never seen it, and I kind of want to be there when they finally do. She keeps putting it off, while my brother does at least seem interested. I told them they had to before the movie hits, anyway.

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Did you see the tour when it hit Texas this last time through?? That's just sad that you are alone.. I have converted many through out the years..

Em I know you want her to see it. And she should.. Her disinterest probably lies in the fact that she doesn't understand why you love it so much.. If only she would go..

Ok now I'm really going through withdrawal.. this is not cool..

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She'll go. Eventually she'll run out of gatherings to invent and company to spontaneously invite, and she won't be able to be like "oh, sorry, can't go that day. I have plans." I think she knows I love it, but I think she thinks my only interest in it is the tie to Adam - or at least that it's my greatest interest. She forgets that I loved it before I knew he was in it. I think she's just genuinely not all that interested. She enjoys some of the music well enough, but it really isn't her thing. It's not happy.

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Oh, she probably won't. She hates almost everything for one reason or another.

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well my friends, I'm out of here! I have to do laundry and take a shower so I can get ready for work. It's been fun!

OH MY!

And I responded.

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RENT, eh?

Well, since you don't like Matt Caplan, hope someone else is on when you go.

By the way, how 'bout that RENT 10th anniversary hint Anthony dropped off at the blog?

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I hope Matt's off... or something. I frigging love Cary. Loathe Matt. Great voice, horrid interpretation.

Reunion + me = MUST HAPPEN.

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Same issue as Matt - he's been with the show entirely too long. But at least he's not screwing with the way he portrays the character. Matt's hardly ever even IN character, I feel like. And sometimes, I think it's okay to have an unmotivated Roger. I mean, what's he got to live for, you know? At least, that's how he should feel for some of the time.

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I think he's a bit of a lazy actor, honestly, but I think he plays the part decently. And better than others I've seen. He kicked ass in Taboo - and honestly, probably because that was something new to him. I don't know if it's truly that he needs such harsh direction, because really, who would hire an actor like that? But maybe what's making him look that way is sheer boredom. I also think it's really very hard to tell what's an actor's personality trait that could be bleeding through to a character - especially when it's such a highly developed, realistic character - and what's an acting choice. Maybe he wants to make Roger that sad, pathetic and unmotivated. I just think it's hard to pass a judgement that's so deep like that, simply based on watching. It's a pretty big idea to say that he's not giving his character purpose, you know? If nothing he was doing was purposeful, he'd really just flop around. I don't think he's *that* lazy, or he'd not have a job.

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A bit, yeah, but I don't necessarily think it's wrong for Roger to be a "lack luster" individual. That would definitely make it harder to tell if it's the actor's decision or not, but Roger isn't... he's not someone whose actions would be very exciting, you know? He's sort of, for a while just... there, everything welled up inside of him. Certainly he has to have emotion and pain and anger, but he's not exactly too enthused about life, either. I'd be more upset with Cary if he was truly emotionless, which I really don't think he is. Sebastian was emotionless, and had the completely wrong vocal tone for Roger. He's my least favorite. And I'm still caught up, though, in how we know that it's him truly not caring (though likely, I suppose) about his performance as much as he used to, or if it's just his portrayal of Roger - one of total indifference. He probably was better earlier on; he has it in him. And I think he has a great voice. I just don't know that we can so easily say the flat-ness is all because Cary's lazy or his performance is bad whatever. That's part of who Roger has been made to be. Every time we talk about this, I feel like we find ourselves trying to see the line between a flaw in the actor and his performance, or of his underlying interpretation, or just because of who we like and don't like.

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Updated On: 7/12/05 at 05:10 PM