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here's my thoughts -- idk if you guys care, but i'm gonna tell u anyway...


i am very happy that the storyline wasn't changed in a major way, ie. - mimi living/dying.

it appears that it wasn't watered down, ie. - they'res still curses, sleazy clothing, etc. it seems it will be rated r, which is good because if it was rated anything else then it wouldn't have been done properly.

i'm disappointed that a few scenes were cut out, ie. - contact, christmas bells, etc. the way angel dies is disappointing, laying in a hospital bed. but some scenes were added, ie. - the engagement party at joanne's parent's house.

i like the flashbacks in some songs, ie. - roger and april in one song glory. i think it's a good idea since scenes like this have been in our imagination for the past 8 years, and i'm anxious to see them.

very few songs are spoken in dialogue, it seems they tried to keep as many to music as possible.

i like the way out tonight, tango: maureen, take me or leave me, what you own, and the finale are to be done.

maureen doesn't have a big entrance. this depresses me.

overall, i'm satisfied with the screenplay. it definitely could have been worse, and we shouldn't take the songs and storyline that we have (at least for now, unless they added/cut something) for granted. everyone is just talking about the negative... what about the POSITIVE?


what do you think?

~ rebecca


EDIT -- i love how the first thing it says is: "This confidential information is the property of Breakdown Services, Ltd., -- DO NOT COPY!" hahaha i was cracking up at that. i love how someone followed directions, now thousands of people have read it.

Updated On: 11/20/04 at 03:07 PM

As soon as I heard a majority of the OBC signed on, I was happy. Just that bit of information gave me faith that the screenplay was decent and that Rent would be alright :)

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Yeah, I had surgery the weekend it was announced...it was the only thing that kept me from being totally depressed. My mom couldn't understand why I was so hyper though...she thought I was doped up on pain pills.

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Yes, I too liked it. I mean, its not the best thing in the world, but if filmed right (in the style of that commercial), it could be pretty good.

To play devil's advocate, how else should Angel die? Any less than what the screenplay had and itd be like "What? He died?" and anymore would be "My lord, could that have been any cornier?".

One thing I worry about is the ending. I like the screenplay endind, but I don't know how the public will take to it. Admittingly, it is a slightly abrupt ending. "Roger's back. They found Mimi. She's dead, now she's alive. 'night folks!". I don't know how the general public will take to that. Although, I say this, and I can't really think of any other way to end it...

And yes, I always love the blatent disregard for the directions. I always used to laugh when my chorus director handed out photocopies of music, with it clearly written (sometimes in picture form) DO NOT PHOTOCOPY lol

Updated On: 11/20/04 at 04:24 PM

I agree. I actually liked the recurring hospital theme (Collins, Angel, April, Roger and Mimi all in hospital, but at different times. It kind of draws them closer). There are definately parts of the Chbosky screenplay I really liked

Some of the Roger/Mimi dialogue was rather corny, but the Angel/Collins stuff was good, really advanced the relationship.

hehe me too

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I dont think Angel is having sex when he dies.

*edited to elaborate*
This is just my interpretation: Contact is more like a montage. While the other principal characters are having relations, Angel is dying. I always looked at Angel's solo in Contact as what his soul is doing while he is dying. He is no longer sick, he is free from the disease.

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Updated On: 11/20/04 at 10:58 PM

glad to know you guys are doing it...

give us a call.

fwb

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Did you guys ever see in the big RENT book - Wilson said that it was a difficult thing to figure out the right balance for that scene, because the way he saw it, Angel was having an orgasm AND dying at the same time (I think that's what it said; I don't own the book, so I'm going based on what I remember reading).

Oh, and welcome Fredi.... I wasn't going to say anything when the little lightbulb in my head went off last night, but since other people are figuring it out as well...

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Yeah, well... I could be going nuts. Wouldn't be the first time - I need to buy that book... or come read yours.

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I am debating over whether or not to read the screenplay; I don't want to spoil too much.

Welcome, Freddi. Feel free to chitchat, about Rent or anything else. We're a friendly (if slightly neurotic) bunch.

The exact words from the rent book:

'My biggest problem was 'Take Me' because it was like public masturbation. I'm singing and touching myself, and I had a problem with expressing myself in that way. Its really the culmination of everything up to that point: Pain, love, death, life, struggle-- all of that is expressed through angel's death dance. He's dying and having an orgasm at the same time. He's breakin' on through.' -Wilson


*edited 'cause I can't spell.

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Updated On: 11/21/04 at 01:51 PM