Chris Nicholson's Writing Weblog
November 09, 2005 • Wednesday
Last week I saw the musical Rent on Broadway. I've been hearing for years how good it is, especially the writing.
Alas, the show failed to impress me to that superlative degree. I didn't dislike the show; it just didn't strike the same chord (ha! get it?) in me as it has in others.
The "live for today" theme was apparent. But I've heard that theme a hundred times by this stage (ha! again!) in life, so it only strikes as poignant when presented in a way that resonates with my present personal experience.
Ferris Bueller: "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop to look around once in a while, you could miss it." That inspired me in junior high school.
Dead Poet's Society: "Carpe diem ... seize the day, boys ... make your life extraordinary." At 20, that changed my life.
Shawshank Redemption: "Get busy living, or get busy dying." That works for me now. It worked for me the first and 15th time I saw the movie, and worked for me when I read the book.
And so on.
But Rent's "No day but today" didn't resonate. Perhaps I'd just read the quote too many times at the end of my younger sister's emails.
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