when you're cold and you're lonely
In an effort to find some time and space for myself amidst all the hustle, bustle, and stress of school, the show, and all the other stuff my life seems to include, I finally read Without You, Anthony Rapp's autobiography. I was very pleased that I did so, because it was exactly what I needed: something to make me laugh and cry and think about all sorts of life lessons, which are much easier to ponder when someone else is learning them. I really appreciated his honesty and writing style and his tendency to repeat words for emphasis--a personal of favorite of mine.
Obviously the Rent-ness couldn't stop when I finished the book, so I'm watching the movie as I write this. While I love the movie and the fact that it made the show that much more accessible to people who really need to see it in some way shape or form, I do a have a complaint or two. That is that the singing is not as open and gut wrenching and goose-bump-giving as the original cast recording. Maybe it's just because most of the voices are more mature or that it's a film, I don't know, but the movie score, in general, has a tamer sound and less of the raw, biting quality the recording from the musical has. I still love the movie, and I still think it sounds and looks great, but I wish it had a little more hot sauce.
Second complaint: the homeless woman who calls everyone artists doesn't say "I thought not" in the film. The fact that Jonathon Larson had an angry homeless person speaking so formally always made me smile and feel bad ass just listening to it in the original script.
Somehow, I always seem to forget how incredible this show is. When I build my time machine, I am definitely going back to their preview at the New York Theater Workshop and their opening nights there and at the Nederlander.
Obviously the Rent-ness couldn't stop when I finished the book, so I'm watching the movie as I write this. While I love the movie and the fact that it made the show that much more accessible to people who really need to see it in some way shape or form, I do a have a complaint or two. That is that the singing is not as open and gut wrenching and goose-bump-giving as the original cast recording. Maybe it's just because most of the voices are more mature or that it's a film, I don't know, but the movie score, in general, has a tamer sound and less of the raw, biting quality the recording from the musical has. I still love the movie, and I still think it sounds and looks great, but I wish it had a little more hot sauce.
Second complaint: the homeless woman who calls everyone artists doesn't say "I thought not" in the film. The fact that Jonathon Larson had an angry homeless person speaking so formally always made me smile and feel bad ass just listening to it in the original script.
Somehow, I always seem to forget how incredible this show is. When I build my time machine, I am definitely going back to their preview at the New York Theater Workshop and their opening nights there and at the Nederlander.