What would an ordinary life be like if you added a little song and dance to it. Well this perfectly describes the genre of a musical. My favorite film, which falls underneath this genre, is that of the Stage show turned movie musical RENT. This show is literally about nothing at all.. but it encorporates everything in life. It is about the day-to-day lives of a group of people living their poor lives and trying to get by. However, sporadically thrown into the mix of illness, Debt and survival are songs about hope, love, survival and sadness. As a former Drama Greek my theatre teacher used to rant and rave about how horrible, of a show, RENT was and how it was useless. When the highly successful movie was released, he was flabbergasted at the fact that this horrible show was a successful movie. There is just something about the story of these people that I think everyone can relate to, everyone at sometime has had a loved one who is ill, been dumped or has felt as though just surviving is more than they can do. The Characters in RENT have to face all of this. However, no matter what their view of life is optimistic... looking forward and living life to its last moments. This is the part of RENT that I believe speaks to the majority of people, including myself. So to the world… La VIE BOHEME! Forget regret or life is yours to miss, and live like there is no day but today!!
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