I have been reading Rent reviews and some of them are particularly nasty. It is amazing to me, that someone can see a story full of such beauty, with an inherent message of trying to "measure your life in love" and not find any positive message to pass along.
Some common gripes: The message is outdated, as dealing with issues such as disease and loss, and choosing to live each day for today are messages that don't apply to today. (One article even said the topic of AIDS is not relevent to our modern day audiences... really? and Aids has been cured and no longer affects our lives anymore? I must have missed that news flash!
Also, that Christopher Cloumbus had the nerve to stick the original material and to not change it/modernize it/add anything new.
All I can say to that is...Thank God! I am glad that the first version of this fabulous story matches so closely to the original! For all the people who have not been able to see the musical, this is their opportunity to see it, in all of its glory.
No day but today!
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