Randon Macias

HAVE YOU EVER GOTTEN SOMEONE TO LIKE A MUSICAL???

Well i sorta have.. SO like, every few months or so.. i find a new musical and i am in love with it! lol. its all i talk about. so i finally discovered RENT and all i would do is talk about it non stop. (mainly to my friend Dee Dee.) so i finally MADE HER listen to "Today 4 U" from rent and she actualy liked it! i was surprised causes shes not a musical person. so its like one of her favorite songs now.
- She still thinks RENT is just about a bunch of homosexuals with diseases and drug addictions.. But if i could turn her onto it just a little bit.. I'm glad. =)

ANYONE ELSE HAVE A SIMLAR STORY OR SOMTHIN? =)

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SariPermalink Reply by Sari on November 12, 2008 at 4:26pm
I'm the one who was converted! I was not a musical person at all until about two years ago when I saw "Wicked" in Chicago (where I'm from). It wasn't, like, my first musical 'cause I saw "Spamalot" on tour about a year before that, but "Wicked" really did it for me. My parents took us to see it because some out-of-town relatives with an 11-year-old daughter were going to be in town and the daughter wanted to see it so my parents had to lay on the guilt about seeing these relatives that we never see and "you don't want to be the only one in the family who hasn't seen it, do you?" So I went and loved it and they got to say "I told you so". Now I'm the crazy theatre addict and my parents are probably wishing they had never said anything.
EllenPermalink Reply by Ellen on November 12, 2008 at 5:22pm
this past may i went to nyc with two of my roommates, and i insisted that we see wicked. really. i would not shut up about it. they finally agreed and they were *completely blown away* at the show.. and i am pretty sure they both love it to death now. it's about time, considering i've been talking about it for years..
ElysePermalink Reply by Elyse on November 14, 2008 at 12:15am
i took my sister to 9 to 5 and she's fallen in love with shows ever since. i took her to wicked in LA for the first time last night too :)
Renee KoppelmanPermalink Reply by Renee Koppelman on November 14, 2008 at 5:07am
i convert people to like musicals all the time. mainly phantom...really work with my roomate few years back got her started telling the story and everything and now she obessed. hehehe i am VERY proud.
WendyPermalink Reply by Wendy on March 5, 2009 at 5:53pm
That is so unbelievably ignorant on so many levels, I don't even know where to begin.
WendyPermalink Reply by Wendy on March 5, 2009 at 7:39pm
Just don't judge anything you haven't seen. And by that comment, its obvious you have not seen RENT.
David RiganoPermalink Reply by David Rigano on March 6, 2009 at 11:13am
I saw Rent and hated it, but I have to agree that to simplify it as being about "a bunch of homosexuals with disease and drug addictions" is rather insulting. It's insulting to gays, it's insulting to people living with HIV and AIDS, it's insulting to anyone fighting any kind of addiction. I didn't like the music, I didn't like the characters, but I can see the point that Larson was going for, which is grander than just talking about people with diseases and addictions.

And I have to go back to the comment that--whether it was your intention or not--reads as "it was about homosexuals, but I still liked the music." It is one of the few musicals that puts homosexual characters in the foreground and treats them as human beings, rather than Legally Blonde, which just makes one big joke out of homosexuality.

I really never thought I'd find myself defending Rent, but please let's scrutinize the material and content, not the sexual orientation of the characters.
WendyPermalink Reply by Wendy on March 6, 2009 at 3:39pm
Thank you.

And from a RENThead... I've seen the show an embarrassing amount of times and RENT is so much more than sexuality. It didn't matter whether or not the characters were gay, straight, bi, whatever....and it wasn't about a bunch of people fighting a disease or addiction. The whole message of the show is that everyone just wants to leave their mark on the world. And as the characters go on, they learn that the way in which they can leave their mark on the world is by loving and being loved. They didn't have to create memorable songs or memorable documentary footage, they just had to love. Each of the couples in the show, and all of their characters loved in a different way and showed their love to each other in a different way; gender did not matter what so ever.

I truly believe that the story and the message Larson created BEHIND the story would have been the same exact story even if Angel fell in love with a woman. Or Joanne was a man. The message is still the same; regardless of who was showcasing their love.

Ok, I'm off my soapbox.
delsPermalink Reply by dels on March 8, 2009 at 10:19pm
that was an am-ahhhzing summary of RENT....very well-said and i completely agree!
WendyPermalink Reply by Wendy on March 6, 2009 at 3:42pm
Did I even mention Legally Blonde in my post? I don't believe I did. I have not seen the musical so I wouldn't judge it.
WendyPermalink Reply by Wendy on March 7, 2009 at 9:47am
Of course you are entitled to your opinion. And thankfully for us, you express it in such a mature, eloquent way.
Mia J MerrillPermalink Reply by Mia J Merrill on March 5, 2009 at 3:54pm
i made my friend lauren like spring awakening, and i'm getting my friend rachel brainwashed-i mean fond of-13.

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