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I agree. I haven't seen all of the special features. No time to do so. I watched the deleted scenes recently. Those were fun especially the one that was cut where Nash was developing his new game after loosing at Go. Very interesting.

Anyway yeah I agree having the protagonist die in the end and everything wouldn't have been appealing to audiences. Still like the stage version better than the movie for a number of reasons.

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I agree, the special features for A Beautiful Mind are well worth watching. I especially liked the small documentray they had about the aging process and how they portrayed it. They really did an amazing job on that, it didn't even look like Russel Crowe in the end but he didn't look "fake." You couldn't tell that it was prosthetics. Anthony, just out of curiosity, while watching that I noticed that they used the aging process on you but I don't remember seeing it in the actual film. Though obviously it was done at some point since they had footage. How was that? Must have been kind of wierd to basically see what you would look like 30 or 40 years.

I saw the original movie version of LSoH with Rick Moranis and, maybe I'm biased, but I liked the stage production better then the movie. Sad that Seymour gets eaten by the plant but I actually think its a more interesting ending then the typical happily ever after. But how the heck did they portray Seymour getting believably eaten by a giant puppet plant for the play??? Maybe its just because I haven't seen it, but I have a hard time imagining how that worked. Could someone explain that to me please?
Thanks!
-Mika

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Haha niiiice. I really wish I could have seen that! The only visuals I have seen are a few article pictures where Audrey 2 is only a few feet tall. I didn't realize it got so big near the end. Though I was thinking, isn't the Audrey 2 supposed to be a girl? Well as far as plants go anyways, but it is named after Audrey after all. But the voice of Audrey 2 is really really deep and powerful. Don't get me wrong, I loved the singing he did (especially in Get it/Feed Me) but it's kind of funny to think about.

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I figure that somebody here will be able to answer this! Forgive me for being confused, but I had been under the impression that Jonathan Larson had HIV himself, and had died from that. Recently, though, I was reading the book on Rent and realized that no, he died from an aneurism. Did he have HIV himself or not?

He died from an aneurism or a brain hemorrhage, I believe. I'm not sure of the difference, or of which. I don't think he had HIV himself, but I could be wrong.

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It was a chest anuerism.
He had been to two hospitals that told him they were something other than what they were. (This could be due to the fact that he had no insurance, but that is speculation). One doctor told him he had bronchitus. So, he went home thinking everything was fine. Later, he was found, dead. Before he could ever see the opening of this show - something he had worked for for a very long time. It's quite a sad story - but, what's better about it, is that through his work, he has touched so many lives.

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Duh. I totally overlooked tTB, TGIF.

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Yeah he did not have HIV to the best of my knowledge. I just got the RENT book and have been reading through it and as far as I can gather, what everyone has been saying is accurate.

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"I think what he died of what's called an aortic aneurism.

Aortic dissection. I discovered this article last night while I was searching for something completely different. God, I was such a loser- I actually started to cry just reading this. I'd heard the story so many times before, but just the fact that they're trying to raise awareness it because HE was left undiagnosed touched me.
Marfan's Syndrome

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Thanks for the link orangeskittles! That was a really moving article. I feel like crying now because I just finished watching Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and it was so moving and sad (in a happy way.) They do the most amazing things for the people who truly deserve it and it is such a good show (none of that reality TV crap where they pay girls to get in cat fights and guys treat women like sex objects) and it always makes me cry. sorry, off the subject I know, but I felt like sharing.

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Just a reminder to everyone, tomorrow marks the aniversary of Jonathan Larson's death
I don't know how religious everyone is, but please keep his memory in your thoughts

What's up Anthony? About the Rent rating. I think there might be a possible chance that Rent could be rated PG-13. If you saw Meet the Fockers, you would understand. Much of the material in Rent is in Meet the Fockers, and it was PG-13. Oh well. It is what it is. I can't change it. But if you get a chance, see Meet the Fockers. It's hilarious!!!

I hope you are enjoying yourself in SF!!

My 6th grader neighbor had to go through hardcore sex ed this year (with information about contraceptives and everything) because kids in her grade were making out in the hallways...

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