Sony and Columbus appear to have put RENT through the anti-gay shredder — Page 2

All I want is for the gay male relationship to be treated comparably. It is an important part of RENT, simple as that. It is a clear-cut issue and has nothing to do with a gay rights parade or agenda.

I think what you'll find is that the straight characters will get the lingering close-ups and affection opportunities moreso than the gay characters. It will be heavily weighted and framed in terms of a heterosexual love-fest.

I hope so, kor. He deserves it.

I think you, art, will be surprised when you see this movie. There are apparently quite a few close-ups of Collins and Angel, and they are NOT shy. But I think we all know you'll continue typing away, just to rile up the masses.

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They're all so different; I think it's impossible to say. I think everything he's done has showcased a different part of his talent.

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No plans that I've heard of. We'll see!

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Nope, I don't usually post photos of myself. PM or IM me.

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Guys, as long as "I'll Cover You," "I'll Cover You (Reprise)," and "Take Me or Leave Me," stay in, the gay content remains. I really think there is nothing to worry about here.

i'm sorry, I had to steal this response from another board thsat Arthurs posted this same topic on:

where do you get this title? Can you imagine the rejected ones floating through his head?

"Sony has left the No. 2 pencil of male homosexuality unsharpened"

"Sony has three-hole-punched the gay male relationships in Rent"

"Sony has stuffed their portrayal of male homosexuals in a cheap manilla folder that came free with their Sharpies"

"Sony has taken a compass of lies and obfuscation and drawn a convenient, and rather perfect, 6cm diameter circle around the real issues in Rent"

"Sony has purchased the two-pack of 100-sheet marble composition notebooks and negligently left one on the floor in Aisle 3--yes, the notebook that is the honest portrayal of homosexuality in the mainstream media"

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EverythingisRent.... I think the Sharpie one is my fav

And to jump on the threadjack bandwagon: I am sorry it's closing Em, but at least they gave quite a while's notice...So you can enjoy your last few experiences. I am NOT a fan of the whole 5 days notice idea!

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Ok...the point of the original show was not to make an issue of homosexuality. In fact, I'd argue that the show tries to make homosexuality a non-issue. These characters are all equal and all have problems, regardless of if they are gay, straight, or bi. And if sexual preference isn't really that important to the story, it seems that certain scenes that are all about homosexuality would be cut because they are ultimately not that important to the story.

Also, calling Sony and Chris Colombus homophobic is stupid and missinformed. You're talking about the entertainment industry. Homophobic people don't survive in Hollywood.

And finally, the movie hasn't come out yet, and so far we're going by the thoughts of a very few people who have seen it. And moreover, to say that lack of homosexual content in the ads = lack of homosexual content in the film is probably flat out wrong. The studio needs to get middle america in the theater. Then they can bombard them with homosexual content. This is the same thing they did with "The Birdcage." On the poster there was nothing to indicate a homosexual relationship or even that Nathan Lane would be in drag. Still, that was the backbone of the film, and middle America suprisingly loved it. I assume they're using a similar marketing strategy. If they did things another way there'd be a backlash from conservative organizations.

mygfdontliveincanada, don't bother trying to reason with art2. He's just a broken record of complaints and will never admit that he's wrong, no matter how much evidence there is to the contrary.

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Oh man....please can we at least wait until we Actually see the movie???? Then you can be mad and have actual proof.

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Don't waste the bandwithdt.

Art will believe what he wants. No message to the contrary will be absorbed by him.

Oh god, don't get him started on the lesbians. He starts claiming that the world is run by horny straight men that want to see girls kiss each other, but vomit at two men holding hands, so Maureen and Joanne don't count. Only man-dressed-as-man-on-man-dressed-as-man action actually counts as homosexual content.

Did I get it all art2?

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