Skip to main content
My Shows
News on your favorite shows, specials & more!
Home For You Chat My Shows Register/Login Games Grosses

RENT continuity question???

New Post Search Report Abuse Rules

Welcome Guest. Please Login or Register.

#1

RENT continuity question???

Posted: 7/17/05 at 3:02am

After Maureen calls Mark to help her with the equipment, he leaves.
But when Angel and Tom arrive for "Today 4 U" Mark is mysteriously home again and "Tango Maureen" doesn't happen until after.

I've seen the show 3 times and this really bugs me each time. It seems, the way it stands now that Mark just leaves so that Roger and Mimi can meet.

Can anyone shed some light on this?? Did something get cut along the way?

Thx in advance.
"It's like children's theatre for 40-year old gay people!" - XANADU THE MUSICAL
#5

re: RENT continuity question???

Posted: 7/17/05 at 3:41am

cept for the part where he hands roger his coat and says get out of the house and leaves...

all i can think of is this...
Mark says alright ill go, hands roger his coat and leaves... on his way walking down the street he runs into collins and angel and decides to run back to the apt with them....
NYC's Most Retarded Drag Queen The Mimi Show: hosted by Mimi Imfurst features Broadway stars Tuesdays @ 10:30pm Weekly! June 13th: Hairspray's Michelle Dowdy, June 20th: Aida's Lori Ann Strunk, June 27th: Composer Katie Thompson No Cover- No Drink Minimum OW BAR: 221 E 58th Street (between 2nd and 3rd) www.owbar.com
#6

re: RENT continuity question???

Posted: 7/17/05 at 6:14am

I think, he wants to go to Maureen and Joanne and on his way he meets Collins and Angel and goes with them back to his loft, because Collins wants to get home but has no key.
#7

re: RENT continuity question???

Posted: 7/17/05 at 9:20am

I agree qith atiram. That's what I always thought it was.
http://www.beintheheights.com/katnicole1 (Please click and help me win!) I chose, and my world was shaken- So what?
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
"And when Idina Menzel is singing, I'm always slightly worried that her teeth are going to jump out of her mouth and chase me." - Schmerg_the_Impaler
#8

re: RENT continuity question???

Posted: 7/17/05 at 10:16am

except isn't he already back in the apt. before collins and angel show up? I mean he doesn't walk in with them if I remember the staging correctly.
"It's like children's theatre for 40-year old gay people!" - XANADU THE MUSICAL
#9

re: RENT continuity question???

Posted: 7/17/05 at 11:26am

When Mark says "Where is he?" right before Collins says "gettin' dizzy!" I thought Mark was referring to Collins, and that he knew he was coming.

So, I just listened to the song, and Maureen calls after that - and I'd assume that Mark's "okay, alright, I'll go!" means he'll go, but later. I thought he just didn't leave right away, knowing he'd be having company that he hasn't seen in seven months.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
#10

re: RENT continuity question???

Posted: 7/17/05 at 12:24pm

I'm thinking it's one of the little flaws with the book of Rent. We can guess all we want, but...I think Larson just needed to get him out of the apartment somehow so Roger could sing "One Song Glory" and meet Mimi.
#11

re: RENT continuity question???

Posted: 7/17/05 at 1:23pm

I always assumed that Mark had gone out looking for Collins and then he finds him and Angel and brings them back to the loft.
I wanted to get something that an "ex"-junkie like him would really appreciate and cherish....it's a brick of heroin shaped like a heart. -Scrubs
#13

re: RENT continuity question???

Posted: 7/17/05 at 1:41pm

I always assumed that on his way to the lot he ran into Collins and Angel and returned back to the loft with them.
"except isn't he already back in the apt. before collins and angel show up? I mean he doesn't walk in with them if I remember the staging correctly."
I took that as Mark went in first to introduce them to Roger with the line "Enter Tom Collins, computer genious, teacher, vagabond anarchist who ran naked through the Parthanon..." I don't think Makr was actually there before him...does this make sense?
"Because what is more like love than the ocean? You can play in it, drown in it. It can be clear and bright enough to hurt your eyes, or covered in fog; hidden behind a curve of road, and then suddenly there in full glory. Its waves come like breaths, in and out, in and out, body stretched to forever in its possibilities, and yet its heart lies deep, not fully knowable, inconceivably majestic."
#14

re: RENT continuity question???

Posted: 7/17/05 at 2:22pm

This is definately one of the book's flaws
Like most, I just assumed that he met Collins and Angel on his way to Maureen's
#15

re: RENT continuity question???

Posted: 7/17/05 at 2:31pm

Thanks everyone for your insight! You're all great. I hope the movie sheds even more light on the situation.
"It's like children's theatre for 40-year old gay people!" - XANADU THE MUSICAL

← Back to Message Board

BroadwayWorld TV

View all Videos

Ticket Central
Ticket Central
Ticket Central
Hot Show
Tickets From $89
Hot Show
Tickets From $123
Hot Show
Tickets From $72
Hot Show
Tickets From $65
More Hot Shows Discounts

Recommended For You