RENT - Singular Banana

In Today 4 U, Mark and Collins sing

Bustelo -- Marlboro
Banana by the bunch
A box of Captain Crunch will taste so good

Shouldn't it be bananas by the bunch? Is Banana by the bunch an ad slogan?

That doesn't make sense. People buy a bunch of bananas or a bunch of grapes. Banana by the bunch isn't grammatically correct.

And Marlboro isn't pronounced the way the do in the song, either. I think they're going for a Harry Belafonte "Day-O" thing.

THIS is what bothers you most about Rent? Not the fact that Mark says he's going off to help Joanne, comes back and then leaves again to go help Joanne?

Or the fact that the movie is set in the 80's yet retains the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing reference with the yellow rental truck packed with fertilizer?

Updated On: 7/7/12 at 06:22 PM

Roger also says "I have always love you" at the end of Your Eyes. Maybe nobody liked suffixes back then?

I keep reading this thread title to the tune of "One" from ACL.


RENT!
Singular banana
Every little step she takes

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Perhaps one Larson moment equals about 1.00114286 minutes.

Great nerds think alike.

CATSNYrevival - Shouldn't we assume he runs into Collins on the street after he first leaves? That's why he's next seen helping Collins bring the goods into the loft. Collins introduces him to Angel, says let's surprise Roger with him, and also asks for help getting the Marlboros, etc. inside. Mark then leaves after their visit to meet with Joanne as he initially planned.

And my guess at the "Banana by the bunch" line is that Larson is making a point about how we've commercialized organic products. He makes the word a singular brand-sounding name in the vein of Bustelo, Marlboro, and so on.