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Here we are going to have more powerful and varied events taking place among friends in New York. The events of that story began through many friends in New York City facing financial poverty, homophobia, AIDS, and, of course, rent. Perhaps there will be more things these friends face as they provide a real example of all those things that preceded.
We'll never know whether a genuinely live version would have come closer to preserving the urgency of Larson's beloved musical, but it certainly would've had a better excuse for showing so many seams.
The screwup on this one is about to become legendary and will probably have massive effects on any live musical theater performances on television going forward.
Rent: Live isn't the definitive version of Rent, but I don't think it set out to be either. Fox's version of Rent is-to quote David S. Pumpkins-it's own thing.