"Hey Collins! Try not to get your ass kicked this time."

I'm just home from my second viewing of Rent. *le sigh* I'm not going to say anything spoilery. And I'm not going to nitpick the changes. Chris Columbus did a very, very good job of converting the show to film. I completely LOVED it!!!

"Tango Maureen" was PURE perfection! I don't know how it could have been done any better. Mark and his dorky dance moves there and in "La Vie Boheme" were fab! Everyone did a great job. But truly, Jesse L. Martin MADE the movie with Collins. I cannot rave about him enough! Loved, loved, loved him!! "Merry Christmas, bitches!" indeed.

The midnight showing was packed! The theater fell completely silent once the movie started, but cheering happened when Jonathan's name appeared on screen. There was some mooing, but no singing, thankfully. And there was certainly a lot of sobbing all around. I'm glad I brought a kleenex box for us to share.

So, of course, I want to see it again. If anyone wants to go this weekend, let me know when & where!

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If I had this, I might actually make pies.