Rent Critique

Throughout the play, Thornton Wilder seems to suggest that everyday events make up a special and beautiful life. The author includes multiple different scenes to represent the simplicity of life. As the Stage Manager describes the death of Joe Crowell, the bright student headed to be engineer, he implies the idea that one should acknowledge the small yet great things in life before it’s too late. The author also includes the death of Emily which questions how much humans understand of life. This event lets readers take in the beautiful moments in their lives and recognize the small things that make them happy.

In my paper I will be discussing what makes Rent such an extraordinary rock musical, the care that went into creating it, and how it was different from what came before. I will provide analysis of characters and the plot, plus I will be describing the importance and relevance of certain songs.

The assignment that really inspired me was writing about the video, From Homeless to Howard, where we learned about peoples perception, and stereotypes. I would like to say that watching the video with James Ward was amazing, he’s 19 and his perception of the world is a lot different from those who had never been homeless or had to carry adult duties at such a young age. During the video, I tried to imagine what my life would have been like if I were homeless and so young. I know that my perception of the world would be a lot different. The things that I complain about now, wouldn’t be my biggest issue. Surviving while homeless would be my concern.

Walk the Line was a really good movie to watch because it portrayed addictions quite well. It shows us how a person reacts when that are addicted to certain substances as well as how they will react when they go through withdrawal. I think the best part of the movie was when the film showed us how Johnny defeated his addiction to drugs and alcohol. Johnny didn’t defeat his addiction alone, in fact he had the help of friends and family, which is what it takes to overcome an addiction. The movie also showed us the changes a person goes through while becoming an addict as well as all the changes they will go through again to overcome addiction. An addiction isn’t something you can overcome overnight, in fact it can take several days, several

To begin with, one major theme that continuously played a part throughout the entire book is desire. To many of the characters, it was the one urge that they could never overcome. One

When I hear the word Rent, I immediately see an eclectic Broadway production, overflowing with talent, adventure, and magic. I picture scantly clad actresses, strutting across the stage. I envision stunning duets and thought-provoking lyrics. That single word transports me to a different time and place.

It demonstrated the need for family therapy before the release of an individual from rehab. Kym’s behavior was horrified me until it was put into context through the understanding of the dynamics that had affected her life. Kym not using drugs during her stay at home took incredible courage. The confrontation between her mother and her in regards to being left to care for her little brother was emotional. I could feel the pain of both the mother and the daughter.

As I go to sleep, I dream of a place where everyone is treated equally and not judged by their race or culture. As I wake up the next morning I tell myself, “Life being treated equally… What is that?”  For years racism has been around, When will it ever stop? We the people are tired of seeing innocent black lives on the news being shot up by police officers for looking “suspicious”. If the law does not seem to notice how big of a problem racism is becoming, One suggestion that I would give them is that they should take their time to read “Room For Rent”,  By Richie Narvaez. After reading that story, it will give you a better view on how racism is a huge problem. While I was reading this story, it made me more interested to find out if this is really happening or is it just a myth. It makes me wonder if people actually face these ethnicity problems.

Most viewers would often find themselves uncomfortable watching a film of characters diagnosed with AIDS. Rent [Musical Live on Broadway, 2008], by Jonathan Larson, is a musical about a group of young adults struggling to pay rent in the, impoverished, East Manhattan, NY. These events Jonathan Larson’s musical is similarly based on the La Bohéme opera composed by Giacomo Puccini. East Manhattan is impoverished with a plethora of homosexual, transvestite, and homeless residents. In the beginning of Act One, the main actors, Roger and Mark, express their irritation after their landlord demands them for rent money. Collin, Roger and Mark’s mutual friend, dates a transvestite named Angel. Mark’s ex-girlfriend, Maureen, is dating another woman, Joanne. Roger dates a dancer named Mimi. These characters, excluding Mark, are diagnosed with the HIV virus and develop a sincere relationship. A traumatic event resonates within the group, realizing that their days are limited because of the HIV virus and Mark will watch the process. This leads them disregard past instances and appreciate the days they have left with each other. Rent’s target audience was aimed at young adults, 18-25, with diverse situations. Rent’s dialogue, music/sound, and events are used to evoke the audience’s emotion evokes joyfulness and remorse for the cast’s by their experiences and diversity. Rent’s dialogue, music/sound, and events evoke the audience to feel cheerful and sympathetic through the diverse groups

And make no mistake, RENT is very much an opera in its character scope. Mark (a spot on Logan Marks) documents a year in the life of his friends while navigating his own guilt of surviving the HIV/AIDS epidemic invading his community. At the same time he is coming to grips with his activist girlfriend, Maureen (vocally powered by Lyndie Moe) dumping him for a civil rights attorney, Joanne (embodied in Lencia Kebede’s no nonsense

“How do you measure a year in the life? In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee, in inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife.” This is the song from the Broadway musical hit Rent. The play is a perfect mix of catchy rock songs, real life problems and experiences with exciting characters and storylines that made the show destined to be a hit. And a hit it became, as it is a winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama. The play is set in New York City’s East Village during the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the late 1980s. The story focuses on eight impoverished young artists whom are struggling with addiction, AIDS and hope. The play was written in 1993 by Jonathan Larson, whom based it loosely off of Puccini’s La Boheme. The production was initially performed in an Off-Broadway theatre until it was moved in 1996 to Broadway’s Nederlander Theatre. With its success, director Chris Columbus transitioned the play into a film in 2005. The film has proven to be an even bigger success and even became an important part of American culture. The storyline with its breakthrough themes have shed a light into the struggles and life during this time period. The musical and film have important comparisons and differences throughout, which this paper will highlight, along with its elements.

Theme: Playwrights utilize the themes of their plays to make a statement or ask questions. In this case, the show’s theme questions or states something along the lines of pride, freedom, and ambition. This play elicits a comedic response from the audience, but merely scratches the first layer of this show. While the full musical has a myriad of themes to choose from, this condensed version has fewer, though, not less meaningful themes.

Overall, both Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire and Miller’s All My Sons inform their audiences about various social issues with similar and different devices in order to achieve their purpose. Both plays utilize outer dialogue in order to present the issues with the American Dream in Miller’s work and mental health with Williams. However, they also use different devices such as motifs or mood to raise other problems in society such as spousal abuse and social

That’s no way to live a life at all. Although I did find some other smaller meanings in the movie, I do believe these are the most important and the ones that stood out the most. I believe if I were to watch this again, I could find even more. This movie brought me to questioning some of the things I did as well and made me wonder where my true happiness can be found. I believe I am on my own quest now to figure where I want life to take

The second theme is love. Morrie is saying that in the absence of love, being in relationships with other people can fill that void. The core of this story is humanity, Morrie is dying and coming to grips with his own mortality. Mitch is also on the verge of losing his through commercialism. Morrie is hanging on because he is afraid of death, and what will happen to him there. Morrie fights on long enough to share his vision of telling his story to the world through his former student. Acceptance would be a sub-theme as the story reflects the importance of facing death. It is basically as important as how we face life.