RENT w/The 'Rents — Page 3

Ok so I will risk being killed by RENTheads and give my opinion on this film.

I will start of by saying that I am both straight and conservative and find it offensive that people like myself are being portrayed as Gay bashers and close minded. Those are very gross generalizations and just show ignorance on the part of the person saying them. I am infact very confortable with the gay subjects and gay people in general and am not bothered with that at all.

However, I found think movie dull and a bit offensive. The Benny character, " a evil sell-out conservative who only cares about big buisness and money", is a gross generalization of conservatives and is just as offensive as some of the stereotypes the movie is against. Also I thought that it contradicted itself by showing how terrible drugs are and what they do to you (Mimi), but at the same time glorifies Marijuana use is La Vie Boheme. Overall I just thought that the film didnt make you really care about the characters and portrayed them more as complaining and annoying. I have heard that the stage version is way better and this film doesnt do it justice. I am sure that some fans of the show loved it, but for many of us whos first experience with RENT was this film, were very dissapointed and put off. My mother, who went with me, felt about the same. I was not embarassed to see it with her or anything though. She has seen all the shows with me and I have really been suprised how openminded she is. Honestly, I was more anxious about M.U.E. in Spelling Bee than this show with her. Again, this is just my personal experience and I am not speaking for everyone but I have talked to many people who felt the same about the movie, both fans of the show and not, so I dont think I am alone with these feelings.

Anyways those are my thoughts, please dont kill me for them.

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Updated On: 3/11/06 at 06:02 PM

I just posted it because of the gross generalizations on Conservatives and straights. Perhaps you didnt see the the first two pages.

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Updated On: 3/11/06 at 06:09 PM

I guess I'll add my thoughts. I saw this movie with both my parents, but at separate times. Both of my parents are conservative. My mom is pretty conservative, and my dad is ultra-conservative. My mom liked it. She has always kind of liked the music and likes musicals. I don't think she loved it or anything, but she was ok with it. My dad, surprisingly, was okay with it as well. He kind of fell asleep at the beginning, but I woke him up. By the end, I think he liked it. I told him about some of the parts that he might not like before hand and he was prepared for them and surprisingly did not say anything. I was pretty proud of him. I don't think either of them will be rushing to see either the movie or the show again, but I'm glad they watched it once.

And I also think Stanton's comments were pretty offensive. I am straight and know tons of straight people that absolutely love RENT. That is a total generalization.

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My mom has given me a hard time over the years and has kidded with me for how many times I've seen the stage show and she hasn't given much interest in seeing it with me either. She never understood what I loved about the show. However, she came with me opening day for movie and LOVED it and finally "gets it". I think she cracked open and watched the DVD before I did after I bought it..lol. Now Im sure shed jump at the chance to see it on Broadway.

My dad, however, took me to my first RENT (the Angel tour) and was done the minute Angel came on in the Santa suit and I think he was completely done when Maureen mooned the audience...lol. Needless to say my dad really has no tolerance for RENT or the subjects it covered. He hated it....I loved it.

Updated On: 3/11/06 at 09:21 PM

My mom saw it and enjoyed it immensely- she had heard most of the OBC recording and said she'd definitely see it again. Thats a high compliment coming from her- she hates seeing movies multiple times.


The Benny character, " a evil sell-out conservative who only cares about big buisness and money", is a gross generalization of conservatives and is just as offensive as some of the stereotypes the movie is against.

I can see why some people think this. With the exception of some cute moments in 'You'll See Boys', they cut every scene where Benny is human.

So far I've watched the movie twice with my mom. The second time, she started singing along with some of the songs.

Then I had her watch the documentary, and she was glued to the screen. She cried when they talked about Jonathan's death. When it was over I asked her what she thought about it, and she said "Now I finally understand why you like it...I get it."

So now we're going to see the play together in Erie in April, which is really exciting because I know she'll love it and I really want her to see it.

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I guess I'll just jump right in here.

I saw RENT with my mom the first time, I wasn't sure how she was going to react to it, but she absolutely loves it and has taken to blasting the music in the car and belting out random lyrics whenever I see her.

My brother loved it too, though he enjoys the music a lot more then watching the movie. But hey, I'll take what I can get.

My father has yet to see it...We'll see how that goes. Though I'm not sure I will be able to convince him to watch it.

My parents, thinking it was A Chorus Line, took me to see it when I was nine, so they weren't very happy at the end and I didn't remember too much about it and was actually totally put off by it (only something about angel gave me that funny feeling in me). But when I bacame older and understood what it meant, I fell in love with it.