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How to explain RENT to an 8-year-old..
Mimi Imfurst
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#25re: How to explain RENT to an 8-year-old..
Posted: 12/27/04 at 5:46pmthat works... i mean, after all- you can just say something like, its about a group of 20 somethings living in new york, dealing with relationships and art.
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#26re: How to explain RENT to an 8-year-old..
Posted: 12/27/04 at 6:37pmI'm sorry I'm confused. Why can't children know about drugs or AIDS?
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#27re: How to explain RENT to an 8-year-old..
Posted: 12/27/04 at 6:49pmThey can, but i still don't think AIDS is realistically dealt with in RENT. Sure, the characters have it, but its not about them having it. Its about dealing with each other.
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#28re: How to explain RENT to an 8-year-old..
Posted: 12/27/04 at 6:51pmIt is not that he can't know, but depending on the child's maturity, he/she might not be able to emotionally handle the themes dealt with in the show.
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bronxboundexpress
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#29re: How to explain RENT to an 8-year-old..
Posted: 12/27/04 at 6:56pmI've never understood the benefits of censorship. My parents censored NOTHING and people say I matured faster than usual.
#30re: How to explain RENT to an 8-year-old..
Posted: 12/28/04 at 1:29amI think it's less about censorship and more about how things represented in RENT might skew a child's perception of reality. Again, he might think drugs are cool and AIDS just means you take an AZT-break and sing about going out.
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#31re: How to explain RENT to an 8-year-old..
Posted: 12/28/04 at 10:15am
Well the thing with my brother is that he's just not mature enough, if I explained it to him, he wouldn't be sad, he just wouldn't fully understand it, so if I explained AIDS..or tried to..he'd probably go around saying "You've got AIDS, I've got AIDS" etc.. without knowing what it means
so I think I'll just leave it to his 5th grade health teacher (who by the way is the biggest wacko you will ever meet)
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