RENT the Musical

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SEX, DRUGS, AND ROCK & ROLL MUSICALS! ASSIGNMENT: RENT STEP 1: Please ‘Copy’ and ‘Paste’ this complete template EXACTLY as it appears here and below. STEP 2: Use this template as the framework to complete your response. STEP 3: ‘SAVE’ your completed response as a WORD .doc file format. STEP 4: Submit your completed file response to me BEFORE the Due Date and Time. Thank You.   The Listening Resource I used to listen to the entire Original Broadway Cast Recording             of RENT was:   The Resource I used to read the Synopsis from RENT was:   VITAL STATISTICS: (Hint: Look to the ‘Background’ page in the Module for these Answers).             Question A: WHO is the COMPOSER of RENT?                                    Answer:             Question B: WHO is the LYRICIST of RENT?                         Answer:             Question C: WHO wrote the BOOK of RENT?                         Answer:             Question D: WHAT was the YEAR of the ORIGINAL Broadway Opening of RENT?                         Answer: 4. RENT was a musical overflowing with relevant and urgent ISSUES of the day, with most of these issues still raging in our current public forum!  Some of the predominant Issues and Themes of RENT include but are not limited to… Struggle of the Artist Poverty Homelessness Betrayal Selling Out LGBTQ: Homosexuality HIV / AIDS LGBTQ: Transgender Friendship – specifically during times of great challenge and hardship. Love – specifically during times of great challenge and hardship.  Community – specifically during times of great challenge and hardship.  Death Disease Loss The 3 Issues and Themes from RENT that have impacted me the most are:             a.             b.             c.   The Issue or Theme from RENT that I have chosen as the subject of my response is…             Issue or Theme:   The CURRENT EVENT(S) or CURRENT PHENOMENON that I Researched is:             Briefly describe in a word, a phrase, or a sentence:   The NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, published within the LAST 3 MONTHS, that captures the essence of the Current Event(s) or Current Phenomenon, and I related my response to is:      Title of Article:      Date:      Newspaper:      Author:      Link:   8. ESSAYS ESSAY 1:  Two Paragraphs. (250 Word Minimum / 125 Word Minimum Each Paragraph).  Paragraph A. How does your News Article from the last 3 months DIRECTLY RELATE to the THEME or ISSUE you chose to discuss from the Musical? You must give SPECIFIC EXAMPLES from the News Article and DIRECTLY RELATE its content to the THEME or ISSUE from the show. NOTE: Please do not discuss Characters from the Musical in this paragraph; that comes in Paragraph B.  Paragraph B: How does your News Article DIRECTLY RELATE to the STORY and the CHARACTERS? You must give SPECIFIC EXAMPLES of How and Why this News Article is RELEVANT to the Theme or Issue you chose to discuss from the musical. Write Essay 1 here…   ESSAY 2:  Two Paragraphs. (200 Word Minimum / 100 Word Minimum Each Paragraph).  Paragraph A: WHAT SONG from Rent most DIRECTLY RELATES to the Issue or Theme you have chosen to discuss? Tell me about the Character (or Characters) that sing the song, and what SPECIFIC circumstances and situations they are experiencing during the Song that DIRECTLY RELATES to the Issue or Theme so SPECIFICALLY vital to their lives.   Paragraph B: Relate how your NEWS ARTICLE is relevant to THIS SONG. What Lyrics (Words) of the Song SPECIFICALLY relate to a vital Issue or Theme of the News Article? What person or people discussed in the article could hypothetically sing this song? Write Essay 2 here…   ESSAY 3:  Five Paragraphs. (500 Word Minimum / 100 Word Minimum Each Paragraph).  HOW does the Current Event or Current Phenomenon discussed in your Newspaper Article Directly and Specifically Relate to Each of the following?  Paragraph 1: YOU Paragraph 2: YOUR PEERS (Friends and Family) Paragraph 3: YOUR GENERATION             Paragraph 4: OUR SOCIETY (America) Paragraph 5: OUR WORLD Write Essay 3 here…