I'm a stagehand on an amateur production of Rent, the musical. The staging, acting and singing is of a very high standard. Shame the bleeding heart, liberalist story is so full of cliché and stereotype, with self-indulgent, whining, unsympathetic characters, accompanied by mostly instantly forgettable, bland tunes.
I was at rehearsals all weekend. Dress rehearsal tonight. I can only imagine it was a Broadway smash hit because it has the kind of over-sentimentalism that septics love, appeals to those who think saying "f***" on stage is really edgy, and the author died 2 hours before the first showing.
The more I see and hear of it, the more I hate it. Unremitting crap.
And they're charging 50CHF a ticket. Way too much for a teenager - the only age group who'd be interested in seeing this dross.
I was at rehearsals all weekend. Dress rehearsal tonight. I can only imagine it was a Broadway smash hit because it has the kind of over-sentimentalism that septics love, appeals to those who think saying "f***" on stage is really edgy, and the author died 2 hours before the first showing.
The more I see and hear of it, the more I hate it. Unremitting crap.
And they're charging 50CHF a ticket. Way too much for a teenager - the only age group who'd be interested in seeing this dross.
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