dust and snow on Mark and Roger's window sill--a discussion — Page 5

What happens to the candle at the end of the song? She's not holding it when she leaves.

She throws it on the table, because Roger doesn't have any more matches with which to light it! And by that point, she's got other things on her mind... it's hard to dance with only one free hand!

Question I thought of the second time of seeing RENT-

If Mark's parents are Jewish, than why are they calling him to wish him a Merry Christmas and wish you were here?

That confused me... lol.

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Thats deep. I'll have to think about how that could ever make sense...


Heres another one: Mimi has been living on the street for 3 weeks. So, why is she hardly mussed up at all? She has that "pretty dirty" which means there are like 5 strands of hair out of place. Wouldn't she be much more dirty and wan looking, to add on to her sickness?

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who knew that the guy from the just can't get enough and mellow yellow gap commercials had HIV/AIDS and went to the same life support metting as "the family"?

also

who knew that blake from so you think you can dance lived in alphabet city and was politically active against benny?

ooh right..i never even thought of it like that. Yea, then Halloween really wouldn't have made any sense.

thats really interesting kringas

"Because Roger plays "Musetta's Waltz" and Mark comments on it, the characters must live in world where La Boheme exists. Do you think any of them ever realized the striking similarities to their lives and that opera?"

And where did they see La Boheme? And how did Roger learn to play Musetta's Waltz. And why did Roger even go to La Boheme? It doesn't strike me as something Roger would do. I don't see Roger as a big opera fan. Maybe I'm alone on this one?

Updated On: 11/29/05 at 08:39 PM

"I've never seen La Boheme (or heard it), yet I still knew what Musetta's Waltz was. That little bit is very popular."

I hadn't heard it before Rent, so I was curious where they knew it. I guess it's more popular than I knew.

what exactly are Mimi and Roger saying to each other during the angry exchange when he confronts her buying drugs in the ally?

Gah, I love that part, he runs up and grabs her face and is all like "WTF!"

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I don't think any of the characters are living in a cultural vortex. It's implied that they're all very educated. They weren't always starving artists. Roger and Mark have been oft described as "two white guys from suburbia", which indeed, it's implied they are. Collins is a professor. Most of the main characters were living in middle class America before they came to the big city to struggle for their art. That's why they all make such intelligent references (especially during La Vie Boheme). It's definitely conceivable that they'd all know La Boheme.
It's a self- aware nod on the part of Jonathan Larson's that gives us the line "That doesn't remind us of Musetta's Waltz." Musetta's Waltz is the song Rodolfo writes for Musetta, no? So it is just as if Anita has shaken Maria, and squealed, "You don't want to end up like Romeo and Juliet, do you?!" It doesn't take the audience completely out of the story, yet we know that the story is universal and can be taken in several different contexts. We are suddenly jolted into thinking about things from the writer's point of view. How do the two stories compare? Many musicals use this convention... Even All Shook Up deliberately reminds us of its source material...

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Are you sure? I thought I read that in one of Scott Miller's books.

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::scratches head:: well it's been a while, but I was/am pretty framiliar with La Boheme...and considering Marcello, not Rodolfo, was Musettas ex-lover, why would Rodolfo write her song?

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Updated On: 11/29/05 at 09:29 PM

I feel very, very, late on this thread but that's A-okay. I must say first though, I love the Mark and camera of secrets icon. Too cute.

Why didn't Roger play his guitar when he sang "You Eyes" to Mimi? If he wasn't planning on using it for his one song, did he really need to buy it back again? But then again, you can't seperate Roger from his guitar. XD

Also, I've fallen in love with the skirt Mimi wears during the engagement reception. Twas very pretty, though it kind of clashed with her bright blue boots. =]

Hehe, tis nice to be back posting things again. *lost password*

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