Talk:Rent (film)

message: "In the song "Over the Moon", Maureen sings about being "tied to the hood of a yellow rental truck, packed in with fertilizer and fuel oil". This is most likely a reference to the Oklahoma City bombing, which didn't take place until April 19, 1995." This is speculation and not fact. It could be an unrelated coincidence or irrelevant considering the discussion a few posts down about the time-frame of "Rent."
"The tune that Roger often plays during 'La Vie Boheme' that Mark says sounds like 'Musetta's Waltz' actually IS Musetta's Waltz(No duh! Mark said it sarcasticly!), a piece from the opera called 'La Boheme' which Rent is based on." Does this necessarilly belong in the bloopers section? It is not specific to the film itself. Actually, that whole section reads more like a fansite than a real wiki page, we should clean this up.Shinku Hisaki 08:28, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't remove that particular section, but I did do a *massive* grammar cleanup on the article.  Some phrasing was slightly POV and there were a fair number of run-on sentences, plus one or two that simply didn't read well. 207.216.10.130 10:10, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Bloopers Section?

message: In the top of the article it says this:
Many exterior shots were filmed in New York City; the interior and remaining exterior shots were filmed in San Francisco and Oakland. In order to create a set of squatters living in an abandoned building, the producers found a squat in West Oakland, evicted real squatters, and destroyed their home. They then hired a crew to build a fake squat where the real one had once been.
Did they really or is that vandalism? 64.251.182.80 22:26, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I wondered this as well (notably, my question is below) --JE 15:09, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I can't find any source confirming this claim, so I have removed the sentences about the squat. --Blenda Lovelace 18:07, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

text: That's complete dribble. Unless you can provide an actual reference (and even then, I wouldn't believe it, as Chris Columbus does not even worry about that, as you can see from movies such as Harry Potter, which I assure you was not made using 'magic'), why even bring it up? Morte42 (talk) 21:46, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Is this vandalism or did the directors really do this

message: There is a guy in real life whom the character in RENT named "Mark"
is based on --his name is Paul Garrin, who among other things is known for breaking the story with his video of the infamous
Tompkins Square Park Police Riot that took place in 1988
in the East Village, one of the events that inspired
Jonathan Larson, who lived nearby on Avenue A, to author
his play "RENT".
Paul Garrin became known as the "Man with a Video Camera",
and could be seen carrying his video camera with him everywhere,
often finding himself videotaping the police and the many riots
that went down in the East Village during the 80's and early 90's.
more about Paul Garrin:
http://pg.mediafilter.org
see his famous clip  "Man with a Video Camera":
rtsp://stream.freethe.net/manwcam.mov
or support him by buying his videotape "By Any Means Necessary"
which chronicles the housing struggles in the East Village
between 1988-1991 that inspired the story behind RENT. http://shadowshop.com
go there and click on "video" (or "tapes).
You can view a sample clip there, and order the video online.
 
:Very intersting. Thank you for posting it! ▫ UrbaneLegend talk 23:19, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Source for Mark?

message: Idina Menzel's winning a Tony for her role in Wicked is completely irrelevant. Skiasaurus 02:41, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree.  Anything that doesn't deal with the actors' relations to the show should be removed. Locano 05:28, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  principal characters section 

message: Based on the success of the transfer of Broadway musicals to television and the difficulties getting the RENT film off the ground, an NBC television mini-series was planned with Neil Patrick Harris as Mark Cohen, Rikki Lee Travolta as Roger Davis, and Wilson Cruz as Angel.  However, the rights were pulled so Chris Columbus could adapt the musical to film featuring much of the original Broadway cast.
:Moviesonline seems to post anything, and the author 'David Easton' seems to be involved in astroturfing for one of the named actors, Rikki Lee Travolta (just google for their names) - also check Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Rikki_Lee_Travolta
Ehheh 19:14, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moved here from casting rumors section 

message: In the song "Rent", Mark and Roger tear down the tarp on the ceiling.  In the next shot immediately after they tear it down, Roger is seen dragging it off camera, not adding it to the trashcan (hence its presence through the rest of the film).
This isn't a blooper. They're tearing the tarp down because there are holes in the glass ceiling above, and they're trying to let the smoke from their fire vent. --Wolf530 (talk) 18:30, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tarp trivia 

message: This article includes a lot of information which, I think, qualifies as fancruft, or material that is too detailed and that generally does not appeal to readers outside of the circle of fans. I think that before anything else is done, this article should be trimmed to include only essential information and details. As is, the article is long and, to be brutally honest, a little over-involved. It has a lot of information to make a great article, and then some, and it's the "then-some" that detracts from the good stuff.
If you'd like any help, feel free to ask me. DroEsperanto 05:27, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cruft 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Angle-today 4 u.jpg

message: Does anyone here know how to fix up the "Rent (musical)#Synopsis" in the "Plot" section? I tried to go: Rent (musical)#Synopsis|Rent (musical) but that didnt work. Does anyone else have any other suggestions?--Coin945 (talk) 15:44, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect Problem 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:RentMovie2005.jpg

message: I removed some adjectives from the article that are completely irrelevant, such as Mark's religion, as it has no effect on the story from the movie's perspective. The only relevance it had was a humorous voice mail from his mother that was cut from the movie. Also, I removed the tribute to Angel on the talk page - there was no reason for it to be there. Anonymous~Source (talk) 13:56, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Some small edits and an undo

message: The gross revenue says $350,250,452 when IMDb and Yahoo! Movies say that it is $29,077,547.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.66.146.118 (talk) 22:03, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gross revenue 

message: Article has been tagged for needing references since 2011. Please feel free to reincorporate the below material with appropriate citations. Doniago (talk) 15:59, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced Material 

message: When did Glee's version get put on to the CD? They did their version way before the original was released.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.9.43.75 (talk) 14:18, 19 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll take this a step further and ask whether this section is really appropriate for an encyclopedic article, especially as the entries do not have sourcing indicating how they are considered significant. DonIago (talk) 14:19, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Single track listing

message: Sounds unnecessarily wishy-washy to me, and we shouldn't include speculation in Wikipedia articles in any case. If we're sure Angel is transgender, remove the possibly; otherwise I suggest removing the clause altogether. I have concerns about how relevant it is to the overall plot of the film in any case. Cheers. DonIago (talk) 17:48, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe that Angel identifies as a gay drag queen. Angels first appearance in both the show and the film are out of drag, and the rest of the cast use male pronouns at times in the film and show and this doesn't ever seem to bother Angel. I don't think that Larson ever categorically stated it either way, but Wilson Heredia did I recall state that he considered Angel as a drag queen not transgender. Also the films casting notes states "Angel, Latino, or Asian or mixed ethnicity, Male, Early teens to late 20's, High tenor or falsetto, Actor must be willing to play drag. A fun guy with lots of style". Also MTI (the current Rights holders) state Angel is "The eccentric HIV-positive street drummer. A drag queen with an incredible gift of dance and a magnetic personality. He becomes Tom's lover. Male, 20-30 yrs old - (http://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000281) Jobscomforter (talk) 13:01, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks! DonIago (talk) 19:44, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Possibly" transgender?