As I said in the other blog, RENT is pivotal because it introduced ideas like drugs, AIDS, and drag queen-ism to the theatre, which hadn't been done before. I think that the movie and play were similar in the sense that some of the cast members were the same, and the same things happened in both. But some things like the fire in the beginning was different because it was lame in the play. I do think the show adequately conveyed its message. Essentially we should all appreciate one another, even if we are all different. At least that's what I got from it. Oh, and that time is precious and live in the moment and stuff. That sort of idea.