what_the_heck013
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Five hundred... 27,040 Minutes?What happens to "Seasons of Love" on a leap year? Do they sing "527,040 minutes"?
EDIT: This was meant as a joke, btw.
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norayouadora
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lmao. that is a good question! i think the song was just written to give like the basic unit of a year. the original cast recording was made in 1996, and that's a leap year... so... i guess it didn't matter to him. or maybe it didn't occur to him. hehe. 
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Your Mom
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That was a rather dumb question. I believe the musical takes place in 1989, though, which (to my knowledge) was NOT a leap year.
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norayouadora
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actually, it's the MOVIE that takes place in 1989. the musical, rent, doesn't specify what year it is.
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crazychica
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An actual question...
The lyrics go "525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments so dear"
I figure it's since it didn't fit, but what happened to the 600 minutes from the first number
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what_the_heck013
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Well, you see, there are 525,600 minutes, but a moment is longer than a minute. Thus, there are only 525,000 moments so dear. OR perhaps Jonathan Larson thought that only 525,000 minutes of the 525,600 were dear and the other 600 are pure and utter crap. Or maybe he just sucked at math and didn't have a calculator.
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Descartes
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More practically, how would you fit the extra 600 in the speech and keep the same tune? hum it to yourself, it'd have to be really rushed to work.
Des.
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norayouadora
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| what_the_heck013 wrote: | | Well, you see, there are 525,600 minutes, but a moment is longer than a minute. Thus, there are only 525,000 moments so dear. OR perhaps Jonathan Larson thought that only 525,000 minutes of the 525,600 were dear and the other 600 are pure and utter crap. Or maybe he just sucked at math and didn't have a calculator. |
lmao, i think it's that one hehe.
oh, and i knew you were joking with the first post, but i thought it was funny 
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RainbowJude
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What a bizarre little discussion... | what_the_heck013 wrote: | | Well, you see, there are 525,600 minutes, but a moment is longer than a minute. |
I know that a moment is an indefinite interval of time, but I would never say that a moment is longer than (or even as long as) a minute. I think the repeat is just a shorthand version, like the way you sometimes abbreviate the name of a book or a film.
Later days
David
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theonetowatch
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it's because he originally wrote a 6 and not a 0, but his 6's looked like 0's so that's how it got written that way. he didn't notice it got screwed up. then people just figured he was a genius and he took a little artistic liscense.
jk i have no idea...but im going with the artistic liscense thing.
WAIT A MINUTE....isnt a leap year shorter than a regular year? so how would 527,040 be a leap year? since its more than 525,000? am i stupid?
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Luc
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| theonetowatch wrote: | | WAIT A MINUTE....isnt a leap year shorter than a regular year? so how would 527,040 be a leap year? since its more than 525,000? am i stupid? |
Mmm.....no, a leap year is longer than a regular year....  . In a normal year, there is 28 days in February, but in a leap year there is 29. 
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ShadowInTheWings
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I think every single RENT message board has seen this discussion at least once.
I know the IMDB board settled it in that in fact no year is 525, 600 minutes long, because every year is 365.25 days long. Their decicion was that the math was off, but was close enough to call "artistic liscence."
I personally am very interested in where the 600 minutes vanish to. Larson had exact methods of knowing how many minutes were dear in every person's life? What happened to the "no but today" mentality of
every minute counting?
I used to love this song, and now I can't stand it (not because of math issues, but because I listened to it far too many times).
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theonetowatch
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| musikal_geek wrote: | | theonetowatch wrote: | | WAIT A MINUTE....isnt a leap year shorter than a regular year? so how would 527,040 be a leap year? since its more than 525,000? am i stupid? |
Mmm.....no, a leap year is longer than a regular year.... . In a normal year, there is 28 days in February, but in a leap year there is 29. |
wow....someone should have paid more attention in school
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broadwaybaby246
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| theonetowatch wrote: |
WAIT A MINUTE....isnt a leap year shorter than a regular year? so how would 527,040 be a leap year? since its more than 525,000? am i stupid? |
i thought so too lol  , so dont feel stupid.
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what_the_heck013
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It's funny how I started this topic 6 months ago and it's still thriving. I'm just such a funny person.
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norayouadora
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| what_the_heck013 wrote: | | It's funny how I started this topic 6 months ago and it's still thriving. I'm just such a funny person. |
Well, it was revived pretty recently... But if makes you feel better to think that you're a funny person, far be it from me to stop you. Lol.
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waxypadlockjazz
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RENT takes place in in 1998-1999 since in "what you own" they sing "when your living in america at the end of the millenium"...which would basically mean 1998-1999 the end of the millenium
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norayouadora
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| waxypadlockjazz wrote: | | RENT takes place in in 1998-1999 since in "what you own" they sing "when your living in america at the end of the millenium"...which would basically mean 1998-1999 the end of the millenium |
But see, you can't be too sure about that... It depends on your definition of what the "end" of the millenium is. Technically, any year after 1995 is the "end" of that decade, but the end of the entire millenium could really be anywhere from the late 80s to 90s. I mean, when you think about it... The "end" of 1000 years could really be taken to mean anywhere in the 1900s. Of course, I wouldn't interpret it that way (and we know it has to be after '91 because of the reference to "Thelma and Louise,") but it's something to think about. 
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ShadowInTheWings
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I always just assumed it took place in 1996 because that's when it opened. Then again, Jonathan spent seven (?) years writing it, soanywhere from 1989-1996 fits. Then again, with Roger's plaid pants I'd be more like to place it earlier than '96.
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what_the_heck013
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I believe that current production on Broadway is set in the 2000's. All of the advertisement and some of the costumes look fairly 2000-ish. I could be wrong, though.
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ShadowInTheWings
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Set in 2000ish? That's interesting. I think that changes the play a bit, doesn't it? Now is very different from when the play was written. Issues around AIDS and homosexuality have come a long way since then.
EDIT: does that mean the plaid pants are no longer? One of my goals in life is to see those plaid pants on stage because I never got to see them the first time.
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CYTthespian
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| norayouadora wrote: | | actually, it's the MOVIE that takes place in 1989. the musical, rent, doesn't specify what year it is. |
well, as the movie is based on the musical, i think we can conclude that the musical also takes place in 1989.
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ShadowInTheWings
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^ Or we can conclude the Columbus and/or the production company inferred it took place in 1989.
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DramaRobin2002
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| CYTthespian wrote: | | norayouadora wrote: | | actually, it's the MOVIE that takes place in 1989. the musical, rent, doesn't specify what year it is. |
well, as the movie is based on the musical, i think we can conclude that the musical also takes place in 1989. |
Not necessarily. Chris Columbus was the one who decided Rent took place in 1989. Jon Larson never specified, as far as we all know. So Rent the stage show takes place somewhere between 1989 and 1996. About the 2000 thing in the current production, I don't think they've really changed costumes since '96. The plaid pants are still there, so no worries. Plus, Rent is now known as a bit of a period piece. It's still rather current but definitely not 2000.
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what_the_heck013
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| DramaRobin2002 wrote: | | Plus, Rent is now known as a bit of a period piece. |
As is Sunday in the Park with George, in which 1984 was supposed to be present day. Not any more!
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