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#1

RENT Lyric Question

Posted: 7/17/05 at 12:28am

Okay, this has been bugging me for a while.

WHY does Roger (at the beginning of Light My Candle) say "What'd you forget?" to Mimi??? He's never met her before, so why would she have forgotten something at his place? It makes no sense to me.

Thanks to anyone who provides insight on this subject. RENT Lyric Question
"Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish. Want something. Want something."

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#3

re: RENT Lyric Question

Posted: 7/17/05 at 12:30am

he thinks mark and collins have come back for something, hence: "what'd you forget?"
#4

re: RENT Lyric Question

Posted: 7/17/05 at 12:31am

He thinks Mark is coming back, since he just left. He should say it before he "opens the door."

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Updated On: 7/17/05 at 12:31 AM

#5

re: RENT Lyric Question

Posted: 7/17/05 at 12:43am

Oh, WOW. That makes TOTAL sense, but I never would have figured that out on my own. Thanks guys! Now I can rest easy. re: RENT Lyric Question
"Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish. Want something. Want something."

Wishes come true, not free.
#7

re: RENT Lyric Question

Posted: 7/17/05 at 2:28am

i've only seen rent on stage once, but does the staging reflect that? i dont remember.
#9

re: RENT Lyric Question

Posted: 7/17/05 at 2:33am

Yeah..the whole...Mark thing...
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#10

re: RENT Lyric Question

Posted: 7/17/05 at 2:41am

the staging? roger is alone playing the guitar when mark leaves... he sings one song glory... someone knocks and comes back inside... without looking up he just assumes it's mark (or maybe collins because he's knocking...) and says "what'd you forget?" then he hears the female voice and is taken aback! ta da!
#11

re: RENT Lyric Question

Posted: 7/17/05 at 2:42am

there isn't an actual door to open, so no. the staging doesn't have him saying it before he opens the door. there is no door...
#13

re: RENT Lyric Question

Posted: 7/17/05 at 2:49am

who said there was a door? i just said knocking!
#15

re: RENT Lyric Question

Posted: 7/17/05 at 2:52am

now it all makes sense... remind me why she moos but where's a cat suit? shouldn't she meow?
#18

re: RENT Lyric Question

Posted: 7/17/05 at 9:08am

"If I pay $100, I want a door."

You get your door in the second act. Actually, it's a folding table stood up on end, but it does a nice job portraying a door. That table deserved a Tony nomination for playing so many roles in RENT.
#19

re: RENT Lyric Question

Posted: 7/17/05 at 10:27am

i got another lyric question: what does roger say during christmas bells when he introduces mimi to mark: she says "that's what he said" and what does roger say?
#20

re: RENT Lyric Question

Posted: 7/17/05 at 1:22pm

I think Roger says "Mark, this is Mimi she'll be dining with us." Then Mark goes "I think we've met" and Mimi says "That's what he said." Or that's what the RENT bible says.
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#21

re: RENT Lyric Question

Posted: 7/17/05 at 1:34pm

lol. whenever in doubt, look to the Rent bible.
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#22

re: RENT Lyric Question

Posted: 7/17/05 at 1:35pm

mark says "i think we've met" giving more reference to the boys seeing her at the cat scratch club.
#23

re: RENT Lyric Question

Posted: 7/18/05 at 8:53am

right, but after all of that dialogue, roger says something. i can't figure out what it is. it starts like "i said it..."
#24

re: RENT Lyric Question

Posted: 7/18/05 at 9:05am

Right - Mark says "I think we've met," and if you listen carefully on the CD, you'll hear Adam sing really high, "let's not hold hands yet..." and I think there's a quick "I should tell you." There's so much going on that it's hard to pick out the individual stuff, but it's all in the CD pamphlet, if you have the double-disk. It's often harder to pick up live, but on the CD you should be able to find it, because you can pick Adam's voice out so easily.
A work of art is an invitation to love.

Updated On: 7/18/05 at 09:05 AM

#25

re: RENT Lyric Question

Posted: 7/18/05 at 9:17am

Wax Lion is intrigued by this thread. There are references in the show that are left unexplained...and he's very surprised that they haven't been brought up. Wax Lion would like to try to stump even the staunchest of RENT fans. Here's your RENT LYRIC TRIVIA question for Monday:

The line,"...No, you cut the paper plate!", sung by Joanne Jefferson during WE'RE OKAY, is in reference to what? What do you *THINK* she's talking about?

Wax Lion will reveal the answer only if someone on the board doesn't know.

Love,
Wax Lion

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