The Reel Rejects - RENT (2005) HAD US GROOVING!! MOVIE REACTION!! First Time Watching

Starting point is 00:00:00 Thank you to Huell for sponsoring this video. More on them in just a bit. Andrew. Agor 7-Eleven. You ready to hop in this? I'm ready. Let's watch rent. Three, two, one, and let's have some fun.

Starting point is 00:00:19 We did it. We did it. We did it. Listen, I'm going to stand for a second, Andrew. Because I need a back some pain a little bit. you know how it goes it all stays in the video no time to cut i want to think prep are afraid to have these uh highlights because you know any musicals gain invisible not exactly the easiest task in the world ladies and gentlemen hey we've made a lot they leave a like on this video ain't that right

Starting point is 00:00:49 andrew gordon it would mean a lot also you know make sure to subscribe and click that notification bell too it's okay to uh stretch a little bit you know mobility people take it for granted if you're gonna be in a musical you got be able to hey let's read some questions from a page we got some questions here we'd like to let our Royal Reject submit some cues that we can answer kick off our review here the first question we have today from a fellow real royal rejects for supporting us Valerie Fisher who says what was your favorite song it's really hard to top five i don't know that i knew you were going to go

Starting point is 00:01:36 with that i don't even know what song it is i don't know it's called five hundred twenty five yeah it's a good one it's really hard to top that one i know that song um and it's kind of cool to watch a movie and watch the experience i'd actually say my favorite one weirdly was the restaurant one the one where i was like i don't exactly know what's going on in the scene but i like this So that was probably my favorite. Yeah, that's a good one. I would say my favorite is the one with Mimi and Roger. And they're, you know, trying to let it out.

Starting point is 00:02:09 Mimi Rogers? Yeah, Mimi Rogers. Tom Cruise is, actually. No, with Mimi and Roger, where they are, you know, trying to get it out and say, you know, what they have. And I think that one was a good bonding song. And it was the other, oh, the one with. Actually, Angel, yeah, that was the one.

Starting point is 00:02:29 And then the way they bring it back, the way they're able, I love that you pointed out that they're able to give different renditions on the songs and it holds different weight and meaning gives you a different feel on the songs as well. But it still has that parallel feel to it as well. But that song as well really hit me in the feels big time in two different ways. Yeah, because it brought them together and also, too, you felt that sadness as well. I take that back. Yeah, I would agree with you.

Starting point is 00:02:58 That's the one. Slip my mind for a second. But I thought that was a great duo. To be fair to you, there's a lot of songs. And in this film, great songs, by the way. But I can understand why you could forget a song in this. Thank you, Valerie. Thank you, Valerie.

Starting point is 00:03:11 Appreciate it. I will read the next one. From Lee Marks. Lee Marks, thank you for the question. Thank you for being a Patreon. We appreciate it. Being a Patreon. A royal reject.

Starting point is 00:03:23 Thank you. Thank you. Okay, so Lee asks, the person that created this musical, Jonathan Larson, actually died the day before it opened. Whoa. What? So he never got to see what it became and how it changed what was expected from a Broadway show. Oh, my God, that's so horrible. The same thing happened again with Hamilton.

Starting point is 00:03:48 What? What so you think it is about these musicals that allows them to transcend into pop culture? Oh, wow. What a, I didn't see that question coming at all. I think for me is, I just think how grounded they are and how we're able to resonate. I mean, there's just so many different situations in there that I can personally relate to. I mean, you know, when it comes to love and trust and just how the characters are feeling, and they're able to express that in the musicals. And there was just so many times where I was, like, again, feeling that the, the resignation and it was just hitting me.

Starting point is 00:04:25 And I was just so emotionally pulled by it. That's how I feel. What about you? I think music in particular says a lot more than the lyrics. You know, there's so much emotion and there's like an unspoken dialogue happening from what is coming out via through the tunes itself. And I think that's where people can latch on to that even if it's not so much the narrative. But the narrative can also be kind of niche where, you can see a cult following happening

Starting point is 00:04:57 and then it evolves into something more like to my understanding this movie was not well received when it came out that's my I bet if we want to rot it tomatoes would be a pretty poor rating I put it I already have it up on my phone I didn't look it up though I just added it as an extra tab I remember it not being

Starting point is 00:05:12 particularly like but then you go on prime video out of 14,000 ratings it's five star you know and this movie has been requested for us so I obviously it has transcended another part It dawned on me when watching this is that and it kind of happened when watched Chicago is there's like a song I might know like I might actually know the song and that opening song I've known for years and I didn't know this like what it really meant or what it pertained to. And so I already have an emotional connection to it and then I'm watching the film which then elaborates.

Starting point is 00:05:54 provides more understanding and sometimes people will also you know get the soundtracks and and hear the soundtracks before knowing what the overall narrative actually is and you know like there's so many different ways uh it can it can actually translate but particularly when it comes to like broadway i was have you ever seen a broadway show i have not there's one thing i love about the theater and is so much i love this so much about the theater that no film can ever capture is it's an event every showing like they do multiple showings uh several times a week and it's an event every single time versus a movie theater experience or is not really an event every time a lot

Starting point is 00:06:38 times it's just a screening is happening right it's nothing but a theater it's always it's live so even if it's not a fully packed audience it's freaking live like they're going to do something a little different every time they might sing this note a little different they'll do this delivery or a mistake might happen that you catch and you have to watch the mirror fries and so there's always an exciting part of like this can this can this maybe might not go according to plan or they might that they might do something spontaneous and there's room for mistakes you got to watch them be on you know it's it's it's so there's there's a connection there with watching it live and so there's a multitude of reasons and i could totally say how this one in particular like there's so many

Starting point is 00:07:16 stories about the AIDS epidemic um and to do a actually is that what is that i think is you think you've seen team america i've never seen it there's this song at the beginning of team america i'm wondering if it's about making fun of this movie that did come out in 2003 i believe so two years before this film i'm not mistaken i know the play's probably been around a lot longer the bravo show right um that i that i didn't know yeah i'd imagine but yeah i think there's a lot of ways i'm i'm trying to sound like i'm smart and i know the answer but really that is just a guess i think you really quickly we'll get to the next question i like the point you make though about that first song because I didn't have obviously I just had the words and I thought it was

Starting point is 00:07:56 interesting point because I didn't even think about how many minutes there are in a year but then as the story goes along through the film and then you understand and you're getting to know these characters and what the uh the substances it's like it actually hits you a lot harder what do you do with those minutes yeah like when you break it down it's like oh that's not really that sounds so much smaller we have so much less time you know when you break when you realize you can break it down in a minutes yeah and what would you do if you only had a year left too it makes you question yourself as an as an audience drugs a lot of hookers go to the cat what was it called the cat scratch club a lot i would go to the cat

Starting point is 00:08:35 scratch club a lot and i'd convince iMac to re-release all the mission impossible movies so i can watch i'm just in iMac i see the dark night and then maybe the dark night trilogy while i'm added to i just convince i max let me like can i just watch a bunch of imax excuses um stephanie horden thank you thank you step oh here we go did either of you see this as a live theater yes i did several times and if so how do you think it translated for you it was perfect um well we can use this opportunity we'll break we'll use your questions to

Starting point is 00:09:08 break down the review a little bit um as a uh would you think of it as a musical film i mean as a musical film again i think the whole point as a musical is you need to be able to register what the character's thinking and express that out through the songs. And I think other than that one song where I was a little bit lost where they were at the bar, I thought the film did a great job of doing that. And again, emotionally just throwing me in

Starting point is 00:09:35 and making me feel what these characters are feeling and what they're going through. And I really thought there was a lot of depth when it came to that. So from a musical perspective, I really liked it. I'm curious how you you said that you felt there was a lot of deleted scenes

Starting point is 00:09:52 how did you I'm just how did you feel about what do you mean by that I think in the last half hour some stuff really started feeling like it was being rushed over you know like fucking Benny shows up and then Benny is now dating

Starting point is 00:10:05 and then Benny's not with her and then you have Roger who they literally starts like okay he's left New York and then two minutes later all right he's back in New York and they're like you don't get time to feel this time of them being apart i think in the last half hour that's when like film seems

Starting point is 00:10:23 start to show where shit's getting cut or trimmed down it and shit like that translates also very different in a broadway show and a in a live theater where you you don't cut around to as many sets because you just don't know you usually have like very few sets i'm not a crazy theater you you can switch it up and shit but even then you're so much more limited on what you can show and do because you're on a theater that a lot of these things when they might not they wouldn't probably feel glossed over in the medium of theater but in film it feels like there's stuff that's been truncated or trimmed down or stuff like that so that's like some examples but i do feel like shit was cut out yeah i could feel you on the bennie stuff it definitely feel like while you're

Starting point is 00:11:06 talking about look at how long the rent Broadway musical yeah i i can i can totally feel you in the bany thing because it definitely felt like the thing with mimi and i mean i know they said like he's the landlord so I can I could totally see that and I definitely would have liked to see just a little bit of the dynamic with his relationship with his wife sure because I don't know if like the interpretation is like he just married her so that he could just live a nice life in terms of in terms of wealth but yeah so the film I'm sorry I will tell you after no you're good go go ahead um well we were renting that rent we were renting rent they had the option to rent the other uh the live broadway musical that comes in at two hours and 45 minutes oh shit so yeah

Starting point is 00:11:50 they definitely cut some shit yeah okay yeah i was just going to say that it definitely kind came a little bit out of left field in terms of the the whole benny thing and then you know understanding where roger and and uh with mimi sorry i remember all these names with roger and mimi Seeing that, you know, where the relationship kind of dissipated a little bit is obviously, you know, she felt that she wasn't disclosing all the information. But I understand what you're saying in regards to Benny. And then I don't know. I don't know if I felt the exact same way in regards to him going back and forth between then leave. We do not have differing opinions here, a real reject.

Starting point is 00:12:31 Yes, yes. Yes. Sorry, no, please. No, no, no. I'm sorry. No, no, you're good. I know that would interrupt you if it messes with your flow. I'm so sorry.

Starting point is 00:12:41 He's had talks with me about interrupting. And I have had talks about that. I'm just, I'm just kidding. You're good. No, I was just saying I personally did not feel that way in regards to the New Mexico. It did happen abruptly.

Starting point is 00:12:53 I will, I will give you that. You have an argument there to be made, but it didn't bother me. But I see what you're coming from. Wow. So you just want to be the more liked one in this video. And Stephanie elaborates more.

Starting point is 00:13:04 Yes. Additionally, as a born and raised New York. I can tell you that this accurately depicts a certain corner of the city. That's what I was saying while we were watching. It feels that way. I think I've been to most parts in New York. What's your favorite part in New York?

Starting point is 00:13:23 Oh, boy. You had to pick one section that you can only visit. Dude, man, it's like probably the most unpopular answer. Chelsea. It's uptown New York, man. It's just so much cleaner and nice. my last day there i i went on the yorkers my last day there i i took a train at a subway and i went running in central park and i got lost in the park and that was nice the central park apparently is extremely dangerous at night um it's like venice beach beautiful in the day scary at night saying it could be said of the height of in the heights by lin manuel miranda haven't seen that one gregg based on your recent trip to new york city how does new york city then compare to now in your limited experience

Starting point is 00:14:07 and what corners the city experiences of the people, the city would be interesting to you as an observer to have you captured in a musical movie from today? That's a interesting question. I like that. Oh, well, honestly, weirdly, because this wasn't filmed in the 80s, and it didn't really seem like it was going out of its way

Starting point is 00:14:32 to really look like the 80s. Like I didn't really feel, you know, when you watch certain things, they're like, look, we're like. the fucking 80s technology wise hair wise aesthetic wise all that it's like you have that but in terms of the city itself it still looks they shot this only like 20 years ago and it's still look modern and so to me and and i don't know new york well enough to be like yeah i could see how this is totally different or what it was like then it to me it still looks like the same thing and uh what

Starting point is 00:14:58 corners of the city experience of the people the city would be interesting to you captured a musical music oh wow well central parks an easy one um uptown uptown man i would say but this is the 80s right so i mean i don't know if like other parts of the town were cleaner i know new york's pretty dirty now but i love it and it's like dirty but it's still appealing and i think harlem kind of gets a bad rep and i think like to kind of explore harlem is that where the heights explorers i think to to do harlem musical will be pretty cool. So thank you guys for those questions, man. Thank you. But yeah, as we're going to go into talking a little bit

Starting point is 00:15:36 more about it, Andrew, please, who was your favorite character? Wow, that's a great question. Would you connect with the most? Let me ask you that. Who do you think you connected with the most? Who did I connect with? I would say, I would say Mark, I think. Really? Mark. Yeah. I think so

Starting point is 00:15:52 because just C has a hard time dealing with confrontation. It gets a little bit emotionally manipulated. by, well, I feel like Marine emotionally manipulates both him and Joanne. But just being in that position where you vent, like I was saying during the reaction, where you vent to your friends. And then when you get in the position to confront that person, you back off. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:16:14 So like from that point of view, like I, and he's also, he's Jewish. Ah, yeah. Definitely resonate with that big time. And yeah, I would say that that's where I definitely resonate. with him but also too keeping a clear head even through all that exhaustion and all that stress and I like how he did have a you know he still kept that at bay you know he didn't like even though when he vented his friends he would do it in a calm demeanor yeah so I would say he's the one I connected with but still I really I love the way the film really takes a time and just builds that whole

Starting point is 00:16:48 dynamic with the group that by the point that they all break apart at the cemetery it's really heartbreaking but I would say you so you felt really like connecting to the characters throughout the whole journey you would say absolutely yeah and and i wanted him to like i actually felt for him to even though he was getting the money and like obviously we have to pay our bills and we have to survive right yeah so i i did feel bad for him because he said it himself during the film like i'm selling i just sold my soul like at what cost right it's but it's to pay bills and now he's not going to be able to be you know because what is it he he hopes to achieve and do he he loves doing things when it comes to the sound department stuff when it comes to i

Starting point is 00:17:33 filming people document documentary stuff so you know at what cost is the cost of rent for him so before i got i was able to start doing this with you and baseball like i was miserable but i was able to afford rent so from that perspective as well i was read i i resonated with him like okay but at least i can pay my rent yeah so but the stress of that, like selling my soul because I felt like I was doing something I didn't want to do to just pay the rent. Yeah. So,

Starting point is 00:18:05 what about you? I've relate with that. I've been so many times in my life. Freak, or I've been terrified I'm not going to make rent. So many different apartments that I've been on my own. It's not a fun feeling. Reject Nation. I've been following a specific macro plan all year.

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Starting point is 00:20:23 i wish i could be here and be like yeah i'm more like the roger i'm more like the angel i would love to be that way or oh my god what's jesse's uh i don't remember i remember his fucking character yeah i know uh he's jessy martin yeah uh or like him people who are like a little bit more loose and go with the flow yeah and uh reality is like that's just not really me in real life i'm I'm lying it is. If anything, I'm more like a Dina Menzel's girlfriend. If anything, I'm more of a more morally understanding, not morally righteous, but like a more empathetic version of Betty.

Starting point is 00:21:03 Like I am more than those guys. I am more of a Joanne in that regard who strives to be looser in life. So, yeah, I would guess in terms of the relatability side. You know, I'm somewhere in a blend of them. but it's really cool that you're able to find the connection and relatability to them. I think that there were times where I found myself craving a little bit, what is? It's like you do know the characters, of course, but there were times where I felt like I still need to get to know them a little bit more or something on like a bit of a deeper level beyond their musical numbers.

Starting point is 00:21:47 There were times where I felt that. I was craving it a tad more, even though all the actors were good. And, yeah, like, the part that was throwing me the most for the loop in the experience is the choice of Chris Columbus, of doing this musical, which it feels like a gritty film. You know what I mean? And not in the way of, like, the much, like, we watch Chicago here, and Chicago is a pretty mature movie like that stuff they do is very sexual and it's about criminals and see well there's a lot of like a homicide yeah a homicide yeah it's a very mature film uh but it feels very vibrant you know it still

Starting point is 00:22:34 feels like like a broadway thing it still feels like a big musical where here it it this movie is mainly musical numbers but they were going for this like realistic aesthetic which At times where I felt, I wasn't sure how that was really jiving for me personally because it seems like it was incredibly working for you. And I would never want to say so many things to try to rob you of that experience. For me, I found myself having to really adjust to it because I wasn't used to it. And it, like, you would hear these, like, songs that were so, like, exciting and the guitar. And even, like, there were times, sometimes, especially,

Starting point is 00:23:19 with Roger, he would be hitting these notes, but his mouth didn't look like he was singing it to that level. You know what I mean? Like when he was talking, he'd be like, but his mouth wasn't there. And he was kind of like performing like he was just speaking, which of course, in a Broadway show, you're not going to feel that because you will see them, bloody that emotion out. And so I think that sometimes the attempt to make it more grounded was about. sometimes working against it for me to connect with even though I was consistently appreciative

Starting point is 00:23:57 of the choice to do that like the parts where I found myself like like you know when they do the tango number that feels very much like we're watching a musical and then they go into the fantasy of the tango number like that's that was something like that stuff like that which is so limited in this movie you know and so I appreciate the intent because they usually a shit ton of locations. They utilize a bunch of sets more than you could use in a Broadway show

Starting point is 00:24:24 and they really utilize their environments. You don't feel like you're just watching actors. You don't feel like it's just the opening of this movie basically where you're just watching a point and shoot out. Sometimes when you adapt,

Starting point is 00:24:35 when sometimes people adapt plays, I often find myself going, I should just be watching the play because all you're doing is just shooting this up close and it doesn't really feel like you're making this a cinematic language. And I really, really still appreciate the choice to make it a big cinematic language even though at times i was unsure when it was really

Starting point is 00:24:55 working for me and when it wasn't um but i'm obviously not of the popular opinion on that and i can fully live with myself on that that's just my opinion but there was still i felt the emotions man i still did like when especially when rosario dawson comes out of it and when she said she sees angels that started that did bring a tear to my eye like i thought that was a beautiful moment and the embrace of angel and you know with characters like this in the 80s where fucking homosexuality is a right it's still a struggle in many parts of the world but back then more of a struggle like definitely legality struggles your rights you have to say like commit to me and then of course the AIDS epidemic uh it's it's it's such a harsh thing and so the other part of me that

Starting point is 00:25:45 appreciated of going for the film grittiness is that the contrast of it is people who live in the muck people who live in the darkness you can see it in the way the streets are who are able to have like finding some part of the thing i think of the choice of the contrast was to be like finding the love and the joy which is such a big part of the theme of the movie is yeah we have these struggles yeah we have these hardships we often get caught up in the minutia of the day-to-day and the financial limitations that we have but when it comes down to it you know when it's life or death it's about the people we choose to it's about the people that's what human humanity is about it's about the connection so the messaging surrounding it and the lessons for

Starting point is 00:26:33 these characters to learn um but yeah i still i still did feel like we weirdly felt like you know it's a kind of a long movie it's a big cast and i i did still feel like with some of the characters I wish I got to know them a tad bit more. Yeah, it was definitely an ensemble. And it was interesting that you pointed out, like Roger might have been the main character. And then I also noted as well and observed when you said, once we got to the engagement part,

Starting point is 00:26:59 you're like, we haven't had a musical number in quite a while here. And I think it could have breathed a little bit better if they keep the same amount of musical numbers. Right. But maybe for film, have a little bit more dialogue in between to have those moments to really get to know characters. Because sometimes you get, sometimes I have to read into it a little bit more.

Starting point is 00:27:17 Like when they were doing the subway scene, I was like, what's the point of this song? I was like, oh, but they're fantasizing about the life they could have. Okay, I get it. They said it was in Santa Fe, right? And that's where he ended up going. Yeah, yeah, getting lost in the imagination. Yeah, no, I mean, that's where, look, that's, it didn't bother me, but that's where the power of editing is really important to give you that breathing room so that.

Starting point is 00:27:38 But I think it was a very ambitious choice because it's been a, even though I said Chicago was a top 10 favorite film of mine now. I don't remember how many breaks we get in between songs and dialogue, but... Not much. No? Not much. I don't know. At least I've... Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's because it's been a while since we reacted to it, but yeah,

Starting point is 00:27:57 that's a good point. But I also too want to point out, I mentioned it during the reaction. I really love how Chris Columbus, whoever the director of photography, I think they did a great job of capturing the essence of the city and making it feel like a breathable character as well. A thousand percent.

Starting point is 00:28:13 every shot you just really feel the vibrancy of new york and just the energy of new york there's just not a shot that does not count when you are seeing the scope of new york as well excellent point because they do a broadway show that's based in new york and to make the choice like hey let's really shoot this on location and use restaurants and and different parts of the city to bring to really capture new york i thought was a that's that's pretty unique to do for a musical and i'm so curious if they actually got like certain sections they were able to rent it out because i'm sure that would have pissed off new yorkers and really yeah yeah or did you were you able to actually like rent out a lot and really turn it into making it look like new york either way

Starting point is 00:28:58 incredible stuff because i was convinced either way and also even for another thing i'm realizing too is like in 2005 to do a very like queer heavy film yeah yeah on this scale with this budget with Chris Columbus directing you got a transgender character is one of your main characters that is a that's a swing what did I say

Starting point is 00:29:23 he I did sometimes Jesse said he I know he did actually so I blame Jesse for the confusion in my mind Jesse Martin by the way I got to look at that damn I paid attention sometimes Jesse called Angel he and it goes you know

Starting point is 00:29:39 I guess I can't really talk because I accidentally said i said uh lev i dumb ass yeah but yeah no the uh the the the there's a big swing back then so i could see how for especially for the audience that this appeals to for fans and people who love musicals the queer community people who love the the show rent i could totally see how this is a banger of an experience and i'd rather just be like celebratory and happy for them and also like uh sex positive too this this thing there's a lot of great things in this movie that I feel they took a big gamble here to make an

Starting point is 00:30:15 adaptation Jesse's name is Tom all right there's that movie literally don't don't recall a single moment someone calls him to me either I really must have missed it too that takes both of us and also all the actors such commanding presences when it comes to singing these songs like phenomenal

Starting point is 00:30:31 job and Zelle oh my God like you can see how she's the seductive yeah like she's fucking owns that role she's so good Yeah, for sure. They're awesome. Rosario Dawson.

Starting point is 00:30:44 I did not know she could sing like that. She's most captivating. I thought she had the best arc, too. Yeah, that free spirit, like you mentioned, too. Free spirit with the pain underneath. Yeah, hiding it at bay. Yeah, there was something about Roger. I was like, why am I not connecting with this guy as much as I want?

Starting point is 00:31:01 I didn't know what it was. Group's a bit narcissistic. That's my favorite kind of group. Yes. Friends, the Seinfeld. If you're doing a New York ensemble, you get a half to be underneath when you break it down that are a bit narcissistic. That's your kind of group.

Starting point is 00:31:16 All right, really quick. Friends. Rent, what do you think of got on Rotten Tomatoes with the critics? Just do the critics only right now. Out of 100. I'm going to go 35. Oh, I'm going to go low. 47%.

Starting point is 00:31:31 That was a pretty good guess. That was a pretty good guess. That's not good. Yeah, 47's not good. Yeah, it's not. Audience. What do you think audience? I must have grown over it

Starting point is 00:31:42 Because sometimes you're on to me That shit doesn't update with the times I guess like 80 83 Yeah At a 250,000 It's pretty good Yeah

Starting point is 00:31:55 All right What do you think the budget was for this film This is back in 2005 Oh my god I'm gonna say like Just kind of light I'm gonna say like 20, 30 million $40 million with a marketing budget

Starting point is 00:32:07 Of 50 million Excuse me with a marketing budget of 25 that's a swing that's what i mean that's a swing that's a big gamble of doing a movie like this back then what do you think the world wide box office oh i feel like this flopped i imagine this was a flop and then became a cold hit it was it like uh it's a 50 million budget i would say probably made like 60 million dollars not even that 31 million that's a flop right there you can't put this in china uh so domestically domestic domestically it made 29 million international made 2.5 million.

Starting point is 00:32:41 Yeah, it's a horror film of the market. This is a very niche film, so they took a big risk on this. Yeah. But it's definitely grown in popularity over time. And we saw the ratings at the beginning was all positive.

Starting point is 00:32:52 Yeah, so I wouldn't put it as one of my favorite musicals I've ever seen. There was still a bit of a disconnect, even though I was jiving and having a good time and still really enjoyed watching the performances and the singing, all the technical stuff is just like so good. I didn't know Tade Dix could sing.

Starting point is 00:33:09 I didn't know Radar. Mario Dawson could sing. It was really, it was still, I had a really fun time being here and more bear on that. I'm really happy to be here to witness your connection to it, man. I really love feeling that. I love seeing that. That makes me happy. I appreciate that. And yeah, I was definitely captivated by the songs. And, you know, was it Chicago? I wouldn't go that far, but I still really enjoyed the film. I enjoyed the performances, the singing. And I like the narrative. And I like just to what it kind of just made me question in my own head. Like, what would you do with a year left?

Starting point is 00:33:43 Or just what do we do with a year in general? So I thought that was an interesting thing to ask the audience. And then as it like, again, as we were going through the film, just what the narrative told us, why we were asking that question. Yeah. So I really dug this film a lot. Absolutely, man. So freaking lowly.

Starting point is 00:34:02 But what did you guys think of rent? Leave your gay thoughts down below. Subscribe. Leave a like. Hey, man. The gay community finds me way more attractive than the hetero community. So I, that's all it takes, you know. Before, wanted nothing to do with the gay community.

Starting point is 00:34:26 And once they found me, so I started realizing, like, oh, more men like me than women. I was like, oh, I'm all about the gay community. That's why I like my narcissistic. assistic groups. Yes. Because you're looking at one. A little sleep happy. Slap happy right now, guys.

Starting point is 00:34:44 No, I think the representation is great. And we'll catch on the flippity flip, guys. We had a fun time with this one. And seriously, prom month. Woo! McHale. If I were to guess how long, how many minutes. minutes you have been pledged here i would guess 500 25 000 600 minutes yes yes 525 000

Starting point is 00:35:25 and i would also guess that you have HIV oh sure it's the next logical conclusion Which, I mean, you know... Just kind of lines up with Mikhail's personality. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And you've taken your, you know, hormonal therapy, experimental treatment money, and you have paid it forward by giving it to us instead. Oh, thanks. So that you can pay the rent, not on your own mortality,

Starting point is 00:35:54 but on your enjoyment of this classic content that you get every single month. A thousand percent. And, hey, you know, I appreciate it. You know, we are your well-being. And, you know, if you weren't here to support us, well, then what is your life even about? For sure. Why would you even need to stick around? So I appreciate you putting your priorities in the right place.

Starting point is 00:36:17 And I can't wait to see, you know, if you were to write a musical, I would be there to check it out. You know, I feel like you could write a pretty interesting Swedish musical. Mikhail. About Swedish things. Thanks for being a royal reject for all this time, my friend. And they've cured HIV, so you'll be. good time. Your time.

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