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* [[Expy]]: Of, well, Mimi, the seamstress, from ''[[La Boheme]].''
* [[Expy]]: Of, well, Mimi, the seamstress, from ''[[La Boheme]].''
* [[Fan Service]]: The only reason why in the film, "Out Tonight" is performed while Mimi is at work instead of at her apartment like in the play.
* [[Fan Service]]: The only reason why in the film, "Out Tonight" is performed while Mimi is at work instead of at her apartment like in the play.
* [[Hooker With a Heart of Gold]]: She's an exotic dancer rather than a hooker, but follows this trope all the same.
* [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold]]: She's an exotic dancer rather than a hooker, but follows this trope all the same.
* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]: Mimi to Roger.
* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]: Mimi to Roger.
* [[Spared By the Adaptation]]
* [[Spared by the Adaptation]]
* [[Too Kinky to Torture]]: It's a living ...
* [[Too Kinky to Torture]]: It's a living ...


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* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: At least, the rest of the gang sees him as this.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: At least, the rest of the gang sees him as this.
* [[Expy]]: Of Benoit, the landlord, from ''[[La Boheme]].''
* [[Expy]]: Of Benoit, the landlord, from ''[[La Boheme]].''
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: Foots the bill for {{spoiler|Angel's}} funeral.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Foots the bill for {{spoiler|Angel's}} funeral.


== Secondary ==
== Secondary ==

Revision as of 21:26, 9 April 2014


RENT

Main

Mark Cohen

 Originally played by Anthony Rapp

  • Adorkable
  • Expy: Of Marcello, the painter, from La Boheme.
  • Heterosexual Life Partners: With Roger.
  • How We Got Here: Inverted by Halloween. "How did we get here, how the hell..."
  • The Ishmael: Mark. There really is no central character, though the movie would like to believe it's Roger, it seems.
  • Jewish and Nerdy
  • Le Film Artistique: Mark's raison d'être.
  • Man Hug: Mark and Roger on several occasions, most notably at the end of "What You Own" (only in the movie, they don't actually see each other in the show).
  • Stepford Smiler: While he's always attempting to be Roger's happy, supportive best friend, the song "Halloween" marks him (pun intended) as someone contemplative, mournful, and terrified of the reality of his situation. And when I capture it on film, will it mean that it's the end and I'm alone?
  • Unreliable Narrator

Roger Davis

 Originally played by Adam Pascal


Mimi Márquez

 Originally played by Daphne Rubin-Vega (Rosario Dawson in The Movie)


Tom Collins

 Originally played by Jesse L. Martin


Angel Dumott-Schunard

 Originally played by Wilson Jermaine Heredia


Maureen Johnson

 Originally played by Idina Menzel


Joanne Jefferson

 Originally played by Fredi Walker (Traci Thoms in The Movie)

  • Closer to Earth: Compared to the rest of her circle of friends, she is the only one with a high-paying, steady, professional career, and is basically the only thing keeping Maureen and Mark from imploding.
  • Expy: To a lesser extent than the other characters, but she does vaguely parallel Alcindoro from La Boheme.
  • Green-Eyed Monster: Though mostly because being with Maureen forces her to be extra paranoid whenever it looks like she may be flirting with someone.
  • The Masochism Tango
  • Twofer Token Minority: Black and a lesbian.

Benjamin "Benny" Coffin III

 Originally played by Taye Diggs

Secondary

Mrs Cohen


Alexi Darling


The Man


Paul


Mr Grey