1. Seeing the 20th anniversary tour of Rent
2. Going to a Rent-themed SoulCycle class
3. This video that Einat sent me:
I kind of thought I was "over" Rent. It's, like, kind of passe now, right? But I think it's fair to say that Rent changed my life, as it inspired a deep empathy and curiosity for HIV/AIDS, which placed me on a long trajectory towards a career in healthcare. And Rent changed art, too. It was super avant-garde in the 90s to have a multicultural cast that featured characters who were junkies, drag queens, and lesbians. We're still paying homage now to those bold choices (read: Hamilton), and it's still -- oddly enough -- considered avant-garde.
I guess what I'm particularly struck by, as I reenter an obsessive Rent period, is how important art becomes in the fight for what we believe is right. I think often of "Untitled" (billboard of an empty bed) and its strange magic that made people really *see* what was already in front of their eyes.
I'm super tempted to close with a lyric, but I'll save it for Adam and Lin-Manuel.
Happy Sunday <3
MoooooooooOOOoooo
ReplyDeleteBut if you had to choose a lyric which would it have been?
You're not aloneeeeee. I'm not aloneeeee.