{"id":1121,"date":"2025-11-14T00:35:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T00:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/?p=1121"},"modified":"2025-11-14T00:35:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T00:35:22","slug":"la-boheme-rent-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/2025\/11\/14\/la-boheme-rent-2\/","title":{"rendered":"La Boheme &amp; Rent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On November 8th, our class traveled to the city to see <em>La Boh\u00e8me<\/em> at the MET Opera. I didn&#8217;t know what to expect as I only read a few chapters from Henri Murger\u2019s book. It was difficult to understand the opera as it was sung in Italian, but I was able to pick up on the characters and certain plot points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few days later, I watched the movie, <em>Rent<\/em>. I enjoyed <em>Rent<\/em> a lot more than <em>La Boh\u00e8me<\/em> because it was easier to understand. In <em>Rent<\/em>, I really liked the film the character Mark created because it captured the life of the artists and the poverty in New York City. It was slightly emotional when Mark showed the film as he reunited with his artist friends after they resuscitated their friend Mimi, who was unconscious. Additionally, I liked the music in <em>Rent<\/em>, especially &#8220;Seasons of Love.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While I was watching <em>Rent<\/em>, I noticed it was inspired by <em>La Boh\u00e8me<\/em>. For example, both take place in major cities. <em>La Boh\u00e8me<\/em> is set in Paris and <em>Rent<\/em> is set in New York City. Additionally, both <em>La Boh\u00e8me<\/em> and <em>Rent<\/em> depict the state of poverty, the lives of artists, and themes of love.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The character names were similar for the most part. Mim\u00ec from <em>La Boh\u00e8me <\/em>was Mimi in <em>Rent<\/em>. Her love interest was Rodolfo, a poet in <em>La Boh\u00e8me<\/em>, who is Roger, a songwriter in <em>Rent<\/em>. They met in a similar way, as she asked them both to light her candle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both <em>La  Boh\u00e8me<\/em> and <em>Rent<\/em> depict illness, but there were noticeable differences in who died. In <em><em>La <\/em>Boh\u00e8me<\/em>, Mim\u00ec died, but in <em>Rent<\/em>, Angel died. Another notable difference is that <em>Rent<\/em> highlights the fight against HIV and AIDS, as both Mimi and Roger have HIV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While I did not enjoy<em> La  Boh\u00e8me <\/em>as much as <em>Rent<\/em>, it was still a worthwhile experience to see an opera. I find it unlikely that I would go to an opera in the future, so now I can say I have seen an opera before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 8th, our class traveled to the city to see La Boh\u00e8me at the MET Opera. I didn&#8217;t know what to expect as I only read a few chapters from Henri Murger\u2019s book. It was difficult to understand the opera as it was sung in Italian, but I was able to pick up on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":529,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/529"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1122,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121\/revisions\/1122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}