Who do you prefer Daphne Rubin-Vega or Rosario Dawson singing the songs from RENT? — Page 2

I love Simone in the role, vocally.

Marcy Harriell (I love her, too, of course!)

I had no idea there is a competition between Daphne and Rosario.

SHEESH - I only hope Anthony Rapp can be better than Anthony Rapp or someone will castrate him...with that scarf.

(But I will wait until I see the movie to answer this question, since a large part of singing is in appearance.)

Updated On: 10/2/05 at 12:31 PM

Ghetto, get real. You know that isn't even right.
Anywho, I miss Daphne's raw emotion on the song "Without You", but in Rosario's defense she does add a few nice touches to it.

I can't comment on any other "Mimis" I've only seen Daphne Rubin-Vega in the role and so far I've only heard Rosario. I only saw RENT in it's first year and that was beginning with it's New York Theatre Workshop engagement. After that I saw it at least 12 times it's first year on Broadway.

I love Rosario on the soundtrack and I like Daphne but I would take Caren Lyn Manuels Mimi anyday over anyone. Amazing.

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Rosario dawson, hands down.

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I will never prefer Rosario, period.

Daphne, no contest. There may have been a few issues with Daphne that Rosario has improved on (I Should Tell You) but that was the rare exception. After listening to the Rent soundtrack non-stop all week, Rosario just doesn't evoke the same kind of emotion and excitement for me that Daphne does. It might be all the history/memories I have from listening to the OBCR more than the actual quality, but it's still important.

Oh, and I'm gonna be there on October 16th. I've never seen Karmine Alers, so I'm just barely gonna catch her.

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Updated On: 10/2/05 at 03:17 PM

Each of them has their strengths and weaknesses. I prefer Daphne out of the two. She has so much emotional depth to her voice.

Rosario Dawson for sure i never was a fan of dapne's voice.

I prefer Daphne over Rosario. It's just because I LOVE Daphne's voice so much. It's just this thing she has in her voice that sends me over the edge. I love it. Daphne did *such* a great job. Gah, love the girl to death. (Sorry, fan-girl rant over) She's kinda 'love-her-or-hate-her', so, yeah. Rosario sounds great, the only problem with her on the cd is that, IMO, she tried to sound more like Jessica Simpson then she should've. Kind of pop-diva-ish for my taste. She could've tried to ease-up on that, but, toss that aside, and grand. Just grand. Rock-awwwwwn wit ya bad selves, all of ya in the movie. W00tay. But, anyway, I just think Daphne sounds better voice wise. But hey, just my opinion. :o)

*Edited for lack of good ending sentence, so you guys know who I actually like better now, haha*

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Updated On: 10/2/05 at 07:32 PM

I think Rosario's voice is much sweeter than Daphne's so it's a little strange to hear a "sweet" Mimi after all these years. To be honest, I prefer Karmine as well, but from the two choices, I say Daphne because of the roughness in her voice. That epitomizes Mimi for me.

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Updated On: 10/2/05 at 07:49 PM

I will always love Daphne more. She sounds amazing on the cast recording. I do really like how Rosario sounds on the soundtrack though. I agree that Karmine is the best mimi, I have never seen her, but I have her CD and I love her version of Out Tonight. She would have been amazing in the movie.

I contest that Rosario will be the better actress, mostly because she was casted for her acting ability over her singing ability. Her look was the first thing though.

Her bar work in Out Tonight was nothing to write home about (re: Simone)

If I remember correctly, she was scared of heights and wouldn't actually get up on the bars because of it.