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Larson rent musical5/12/2023 ![]() Just listen to Seasons of Love - it's all in there. ![]() And not only that, for the most part they aren't afraid to experience life - the devastations, the love, the convictions, the laughter, the tears. These characters are vastly different from each other on the surface - but listen to their songs. The elements of humanity that satiate the stage version are virtually all apparent in the film version. ![]() What was it, then? If you ask me, it is obvious. ![]() I am sure he realized in his day that his masterpiece would create quite a stir, but I highly doubt that was his purpose. But - though I never knew the man - I have a feeling Mr. True, the material is not as shocking as it was when it first graced the stages of NYC 10 years ago. ![]() And drug addiction? Yeah let's not even guess how much that statistic has surged. You really think the topic of people living with - not dying from - AIDS is dated? Wake-up, friends.I'm not one to throw around statistics, but even I can tell you that AIDS is a much bigger problem today than when Jonathan Larson - a genius in his own right - wrote this almost 20 years ago. But one theme seems to override them: the material is "dated." Figures that journalists, whose livelihoods depend on presenting news flashes that will easily fall into the shadows after something more captivating happens, would find this material dated. So I'm reading the reviews.none seem too terrible, most are lukewarm, and some are even good. ![]()
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