In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.
Considering this an eviction notice Everything I feel about this movie is summarised by the scene where our protagonist is filming a homeless woman for his movie. Rent is a film about poverty tourism. ... Ok I hear you, it's a little bit more than that. There's some queer representation in there and the backdrop of the AIDs crisis is relevant. I may well touch on these, with the acknowledgement there are people far cleverer and more knowledgeable than I who will have more interesting things to say. But the bulk of my affronted feelings lies in it's politics on wealth. Prior to viewing Rent, the only knowing interaction I had with the musical was the Team America parody, which happens to be spot on musically and for its ham fisted emotional manipulation. As such the only thing I knew was everyone has AIDs. What I wasn't aware of was that the film is basically about a collection of problematic 'bohemians' who just happen to have AIDs. Barely any of the characters are likeable an
