Rent in MY Classroom- Page 2
Rent in MY Classroom
#25re: Rent in MY Classroom
Posted: 2/15/06 at 8:52pm
With my mom being a dance teacher, she always had the Rent cd with her, when I was 7, I had memorized every song, but I couldn't say LVB that fast, but I knew all the lyrics, including Contact, and i'm 12 now, and i'm not messed up.
p.s. My first voice lesson this year, I sang Out Tonight, then again, my voice teacher got fired not long after that, because I go to a Christian school, my principle heard the song, so, that didn't go over to good, but my teacher rocked!!!
WhatDoINeedWithLove?
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/03
#26re: Rent in MY Classroom
Posted: 2/15/06 at 9:33pmI don't think anyone was saying that listening to or seeing RENT at a young age would mess you up...its just not appropriate.
YessicaB
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/05
#27re: Rent in MY Classroom
Posted: 2/15/06 at 10:17pmExactly my point skittles. Either they allready know it, or it goes right over their head...
#29re: Rent in MY Classroom
Posted: 2/15/06 at 10:32pm
my sister, no word of a lie...7 years old sings CAUSE EVERY NIGHT WHOOOOOOOOOO's in your bed
hehe its funny
i did NOT teach it to her, my dad plays it all the time cause hes a big rent fan too
#30re: Rent in MY Classroom
Posted: 2/15/06 at 10:40pm
Your voice teacher got fired because of you? I hope you've had some sleepless nights over that one, missy.
I think America is a funny country. Americans are such prudes. Big deal if your kid hears a curse word or sees a boob. It's called life, most of them probably here the same out of your mouth all the time. We should give kids more credit, and most of the time the offensive things will go over their heads anyway.
There's certainly material that's not really appropriate for children, but because they won't understand it (a movie like Elephant, for example). But RENT isn't something children must avoid like the plague.
joey
vivs678
Understudy Joined: 1/31/06
BrunetteBombshell
Broadway Star Joined: 1/28/06
#32re: Rent in MY Classroom
Posted: 2/16/06 at 3:11amI agree with you, vivs678. My sister is 10 and she is listening to all(almost all) the Rent songs. I don't think my mother likes it though when we go around singing "To leather, to dildos, to curry vindaloo...", though.
#33re: Rent in MY Classroom
Posted: 2/16/06 at 5:24am
I didn't hear much controversy being stirred up by those conservative "family" groups when the movie came out, surprisingly. I expected them to pounce on it. *shrug*
Oh, but CAP had a field day.
My favorite part is "irresponsibility with fire."
http://www.capalert.com/capreports/rent.htm
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#34re: Rent in MY Classroom
Posted: 2/16/06 at 5:40am
Oh my! I think this is my favorite part:
Since e-v-e-r-y single non-autonomic movement of the human body is a choice, all sexual practices are a matter of choice. No exceptions. No debate. This is the basis for this report. While I know too little to argue what is called same-sex attractions, having same-sex attractions does not make one "gay." Acting on same-sex attractions does.
#35re: Rent in MY Classroom
Posted: 2/16/06 at 11:03amI hate CAP. God. I'd seen that before and it makes me want to throw up. Silly people giving us Christian's a bad rep.
#36re: Rent in MY Classroom
Posted: 2/16/06 at 1:09pmMy friend's mom runs a daycare in her home for some kids... they know the words to quite a few of the songs on the movie soundtrack (including parts of Light my Candle and Today 4 U)... it's quite entertaining to watch them sing it... I just hope their parents won't be mad! RENT o course has great mesages in it, but there is the PG-13 side to the movie, and the R side to the play!
Avatar: Me with Al Larson, Jonathan Larson's father.
erinrebecca
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/29/04
#37re: Rent in MY Classroom
Posted: 2/16/06 at 1:17pmThe stage version is definitely NOT R-rated. It doesn't even have a Mature advisory, unlike shows like Avenue Q, Chicago, The Color Purple, Sweeney Todd, and Cabaret.
WickedRentEder
Stand-by Joined: 12/16/05
#38re: Rent in MY Classroom
Posted: 2/16/06 at 2:12pm
Well, sometimes adults put the 'malice' in the kids. I mean, when I was younger I sang "Boom, Boom Boom, klet's go back to my room so we can do it all night and you can make me feel right". I didn't know what the heck I was singing about. I thought it was a slumber party. My mom wouls say "I hate that song" but didn't say 'you can't listen to that'. Same goes for TV shows. I watched the Golden Girls and laughed myself silly. At what exactly? Who knows?
Parents should be careful what their kids listen to but overreacting can get them in more trouble as the kids will WANT to find out what the freaking outis about!
PurpleCow17
Swing Joined: 2/6/06
#39re: Rent in MY Classroom
Posted: 2/16/06 at 2:33pm
Best Rent "warning":
www.screenit.com informed me that, along with all the other things they objected to, "It's possible the film could inspire some kids to break into song and/or dance."
A friend of mine found this statement and sent it to me asking, "Is this a BAD thing?"
#40re: Rent in MY Classroom
Posted: 2/16/06 at 5:07pmi hope that the kids don't start saying things like, "i think i dropped my stash" etc... but that's cool that they knew that! yeah!!!!
#41re: Rent in MY Classroom
Posted: 2/16/06 at 9:51pmMy voice teacher didn't get fired because of me, it's just that he was gay, and my dumb principle didn't think it was setting a good example for our school, that is why I hate my school, and is why i'm changing next year, thank God.
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