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I want to know what some of the people who are currently on Broadway think of the movie. Like, maybe Matt. He was a fan of the show, and he's been with it for somehting like 6 years, I want to know what he will think about it. :)

"Lyk ZOMG Adam Pascle is teh sex!!11one!! And i'm just, sooo lyk maureen! cause I'm crazy and wild and i like performing andzzzz omg I loveeeee rent!"

^That's what I'm afraid of.

Oh, I to want to know what Daphen will think. All this hype about the movie and all this promoting makes me want to see it now...not a minute later now. I don't know how many times i'll probably end up seeing it opening day, but it'll be many time..i can feel it.

Or lord am i going to cry.

Mandi, i'm like you, with movies i've never cried once. But the first rent trailer, the seasons of love trailer, i couldn't help but smile real wide and the my eyes watered...and it happened. Thinking about it gives me the shivers.

its amazing how well they did the trailers... usually trailers just kinda try and interest you and get you to relate to the story lines but these ones really really reach out to you...even just the way they start out gives me chills!

and ive had lots of friends, who are not exactly "musical"people tell me how they can't wait to see it after seeing the previews...so its pretty cool they can reach out to both rentheads and the rest of the world so well!

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I talked to Yassmin Alers a little about being in the movie last week. (She was at Karmine's last show and while everyone was fawning over Karmine, I talked to her) She was like "Oh, I'm just an extra" but when I said that just having Rent alumni involved in the movie was awesome, she said that was the best part about it.

I wish more alumni- not just current cast members, but anyone who was in it in the past- had a chance to be in it. Even if they were just extras, it would be cool to acknowledge the history of the show. Kind of like when ACL became the longest running show on Broadway and they brought in every single cast member that had ever been in the show to dance onstage during the finale.

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Updated On: 10/26/05 at 11:02 PM

it would have been cool to have everyone from the show past and present as extras or one-line speaking roles, like one of those things only fans would notice

does anyone not realize that there are public relations people editing what we hear and ofcourse the cast is going to say the movie is good, they are actors, they are told what to say, maybe not specifically, but generally. although i dont know how they made it through the regis and kelly interview after that disasterous performance.

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zzannahk, at this point, I trust the sincerity of the actors. I mean, all of them understand how much the fanbase means to this movie or else they wouldn't have bothered creating the Rent blog and all these promotional events that directly involve the fans. So I don't think they would all so willingly alienate the fans with a bunch of PR bullsh*t if they didn't really mean it, especially when they know they'll have to answer for it. And quite literally answer for it, considering they have that Q&A session with the cast at that one screening they're having (that I would give up my firstborn to attend, but can't for so many reasons beyond my control... )

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I think in other cases I'd be more cynical and say things like that, about how the PR stuff is filtered and we're being fed some farce of happy faces and smiles.

But this is totally different. I trust these actors. This isn't just a job for them; it's something very, very close to their hearts. They're not feeding us PR bullsh*t -- yes, they're biased, but they're telling us the truth. I think their opinions, at this point, are the most important. This means too much to them for me to brush much off as a publicity stunt. They've shown that they care, in a very "we're all in this together" sort of way.

ETA -- what they're doing with Bloomingdale's is MARKETING. They don't need to raise awareness for the existence of the movie amongst fans. The Bloomingdale's events are to spread the word that it's even happening at all. Don't forget that there are a lot of people who don't know about the movie. Not everything is for the fans.

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Updated On: 10/27/05 at 12:32 AM

I hope Adam's happy that we're happy that he's so blunt about his happiness (or his non-happiness, as it were).

In all seriousness, if he doesn't like something, he won't be afraid to say it. This we know. This is someone who will openly curse in front of his fans, and will tell them that he doesn't like something that he knows they love. I really don't think he'd go for being asked to play sock puppet.

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Updated On: 10/27/05 at 12:41 AM

The strength of the original stage production was the brilliant cast and the material. I felt Michael Grief's staging was rather sloppy and unfocused. It was hard to follow the plot at times. Hopefully, the movie fixes those problems.

They may not post it in the blog, but will say it to you in person and they have to people here.

And that was my point about the screening. Only really big fans will pay to go to that, because to them, it's completely worth the money.

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maybe it's just cynicism, but i am simply not willing to take everything said at face value

my major is communications and public relations so i know how easily manipulated people can be by the industry

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