Imbeciles...

[Kimmygonbefamous]

Imbeciles...#0

Posted: 4/25/05 at 5:29pm

At this very moment, I'm sitting in my Music in the Performing Arts class while a group is giving a presentation comparing and contrasting Rent with La Boheme and BUTCHERING it. These kids know nothing. It's just totally offending me. It's not like you have to be a lover of musical theatre to do your research. They actually said that Jonathan Larson is one of the greatest living musical theatre composers. Ugh. Amateurs.

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[kangaroo]

re: Imbeciles...#1

Posted: 4/25/05 at 5:32pm

I pity you... and I know the feeling

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[Elizabeth_DeBris]

re: Imbeciles...#2

Posted: 4/25/05 at 5:37pm

Ugh, you have my sympathy too.

[Unknown User]

re: Imbeciles...#3

Posted: 4/25/05 at 5:38pm

OOh, I'd be tempted to ask the presenters if they know if Jonathan Larson and Puccini are going to collaborate on anything else soon!

[zippyjen]

re: Imbeciles...#4

Posted: 4/25/05 at 5:57pm

haha joe! i am so sorry by the way.

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[Broadway Matt]

re: Imbeciles...#5

Posted: 4/25/05 at 6:00pm

are these people theatre or music students? if so, they probably shouldn't bother leaving the house anymore. I'm hoping this is some sort of general education or elective class open to anyone, and that these kids actually don't give a crap about this stuff.

If they don't actually fancy themselves as "theatre peope" and aren't planning any kind of career with it, then it doesn't sound like they're really doing anything too bad. You need to half-ass it somewhere in your curriculum, right? And what's more fun than goin up in front of the class and improvising a 10-minute presentation in physics or trig or whatever subject, completely making up statistics as you go. For the future of theatre's sake, I hope that's what these kids are doing. And hopefully your classmates know better than to write down any of the info being spewed out.

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[DreamFlyer22]

re: Imbeciles...#6

Posted: 4/25/05 at 6:51pm

"Greatest living American musical theater composer"????
I'd call them on it. Screw etiquette. If you can't bother to do the research, they deserve to be a bit embarassed. "You, uhh... did hear that he died, right?"

"NO! Was this recent?"

"... nine years ago."

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[Madame X]

re: Imbeciles...#7

Posted: 4/25/05 at 7:08pm

I'm assuming that you're a fellow student since you could type this as they were presenting. You can take solace in the fact that they'll probably fail, even if it was mind numbing.

"Some of us have it worse, you know, Dana. Some of us are dating lesbian men. Okay? C'mon."

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: Imbeciles...#8

Posted: 4/25/05 at 7:13pm

That sucks. Sorry to hear about that. And believe me, I know the feeling.

[MisterRussell]

re: Imbeciles...#9

Posted: 4/25/05 at 8:23pm

The fact that ANY discussion of musical theatre writing begins with Larsen makes me want to puke.

[MisterRussell]

re: Imbeciles...#10

Posted: 4/25/05 at 8:23pm

The fact that ANY discussion of musical theatre writing begins with Larsen makes me want to puke.

[Jwei123]

re: Imbeciles...#11

Posted: 4/25/05 at 8:24pm

Ugh. Ignorance! :/

awkward.

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[bwaybaby891]

re: Imbeciles...#12

Posted: 4/25/05 at 8:31pm

I know the feeling. I pity you.

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[QHDramaQueen]

re: Imbeciles...#13

Posted: 4/25/05 at 8:33pm

Im so very sorry...

[jjdude2000]

re: Imbeciles...#14

Posted: 4/25/05 at 8:35pm

Oy.

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[JbaraFan1]

re: Imbeciles...#15

Posted: 4/25/05 at 8:48pm

good grief ... I will admit that I am just about a hoot and a holler away from being an old fart and am virtually a complete Rent moron to boot, but even I knew of Jonathan Larsen's death. You'd think these kids would be more aware.

[SallyBrown]

re: Imbeciles...#16

Posted: 4/25/05 at 8:52pm

*snort*

That was like when we were singing Seasons of Love in my chorus class and one of the girls didn't like the song so she said "I'm gonna have a looong talk with this guy about true song making"

...erm



My apologies, next time, throw skittles

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re: Imbeciles...#17

Posted: 4/25/05 at 9:53pm

im so sorry to hear that, I feel so bad for you

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[Kimmygonbefamous]

re: Imbeciles...#18

Posted: 4/26/05 at 12:01am

The professor called them on it. I took unholy joy in their red faces. I don't expect an incredible amount of knowledge...but just when you're speaking of the creator of a musical, know what tense to use.

"You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don't make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and do them so well that people can't take their eyes off you." - Maya Angelou

[My Fair Lady]

re: Imbeciles...#19

Posted: 4/26/05 at 12:03am

Good. I love Rent and Johnathan Larson's music, but he's definitely not the greatest composer. I can't deny that I lvoe his music though.

[broadwaystar2b]

re: Imbeciles...#20

Posted: 4/26/05 at 12:06am

Well, I hope they didn't say the same thing about Puccuni

[Madame X]

re: Imbeciles...#21

Posted: 4/26/05 at 12:11am

Good. I love Rent and Johnathan Larson's music, but he's definitely not the greatest composer. I can't deny that I lvoe his music though.

The more important point is that he's passed when they said he was living.

"Some of us have it worse, you know, Dana. Some of us are dating lesbian men. Okay? C'mon."

[iluvtheatertrash]

re: Imbeciles...#22

Posted: 4/26/05 at 9:42am

Loathe those idiots.

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[Elphabuff2]

re: Imbeciles...#23

Posted: 4/26/05 at 5:53pm

Hey, this is sort of off-topic, but I can proudly say that I knew about Larson's death and I also knew that RENT was based on La Boheme. I know nothing about RENT, well, very little...superficial stuff. I only know about it b/c of Idina and other WICKED actors/actresses who have done the roles.

Can anyone give a comparison/contrast of RENT and La Boheme...how they adapted certain things from the original?

[Forester]

re: Imbeciles...#24

Posted: 4/26/05 at 6:02pm

"Can anyone give a comparison/contrast of RENT and La Boheme...how they adapted certain things from the original?"

Rent - She lived
La Boheme - She died