Line #1 Awesome/RENT


1	[[AC: Act 1]]
2	* The opening number of the film is made even more powerful by having the tenants throw flaming eviction notices from the windows.
3	-->''We're not gonna pay, we're not gonna pay, we're not gonna pay''
4	-->''Last year's rent! This year's rent! Next year's rent!''
5	-->''Rent, rent, rent, rent, rent! We're not gonna pay rent! 'Cause everything...is...rent!''
6	* Mimi's not-so-subtle ways of flirting with Roger in "Light My Candle" and his subsequent reactions.
7	-->'''Roger''': Oh, the wax... it's-
8	-->'''Mimi''': Dripping. I like it between my-
9	-->'''Roger''': Fingers! I figured...
10	* Angel's story of how she got the money in "Today 4 U".
11	* Mimi showing off her wild side in "Out Tonight," which is subsequently a CMOA for whichever given actress is playing her. It's an extremely difficult song, because not only does Mimi constantly switch between belting in her chest voice and howling like a wolf in her head voice, she does it while flipping, bending, kicking, pole dancing, and a ton of other crazy stuff ''while also'' flaunting her sexiness with all the confidence in the world. An actress playing Mimi is required to do ''all'' of that ''at the same time.'' Ladies, pull that off and you win musical theatre forever.
12	** May be more of a Real Life crowning moment, but Daphne Rubin-Vega's "Out Tonight" at the 10th Anniversary deserves particular mention. Like her or not, you have to admit that actually ''climbing onto the bars'' and doing all the original choreography -- which includes back bends, a split, and high kicks -- in skintight pants and high heels, with barely any preparation (the entire cast had expected to be just sitting and singing, like a concert, not actually performing) is pretty darn impressive. Not to mention that this was [[ActionMom after she'd had a kid]]. She was also borderline flawless with this song in the original Broadway production.
13	* The Homeless Lady's reaction to Mark filming her being harassed by the police in "On The Street" and the ReasonYouSuckSpeech that follows pointing out that he's just filming her to minimize his own guilt, topped off asking him for some money which of course she doesn't have -- Mark and the other poor Bohemian artists of Avenue A are there by their own choices, the Homeless Lady is there by circumstances outside of her own control and she's well aware of it. Mark is so shaken he rethinks his entire approach to filmmaking.
14	* "Santa Fe"; all that dancing 'round on the streets of New York?
15	* Maureen's first appearance in "Christmas Bells".
16	-->'''Company''': And it's beginning to- and it's beginning to- and it's beginning to-!
17	-->'''Maureen''': ''[Taking off her helmet]'' Joanne, which way to the stage?
18	-->'''Company''': SNOWWWW!
19	** Followed by an [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic awesome song]] showcasing Maureen's wackiness. The difficulty of the song "Over the Moon" and the amount of energy needed to pull it off makes the whole sequence a CMOA for any given actress who plays her successfully.
20	*** Music/VanessaHudgens' dynamic performance in Creator/{{Fox}}'s telecast demonstrated that she could still bring her A-game to a dress rehearsal, and that even if she couldn't do Mimì justice at the Hollywood Bowl, she could still find a place in ''RENT''. With help from a wire rig, she even capped off the song by slowly "jumping" into the air, while telling everyone to moo.
21	** "Christmas Bells" as a whole is a very impressive number, with at least half a dozen different parts going on simultaneously right before Maureen's entrance.
22	* "Hey mister..." ({{beat}}) "She's my SISTER!"
23	* ''"Dearly beloved, we gather here to say our goodbyes..."'' evolving into ''"Is anyone out of the mainstream? Is anyone in the mainstream? Is anyone alive with a sex drive? Tear down the walls! Aren't we all? The opposite of war isn't peace, it's creation! La vie boheme... Viva La Vie Boheme!"''
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25	[[AC: Act 2]]
26	* Mimi recounts Angel's epic TakeThat against a skinhead who was harassing her: "I'm more of a man than you'll ever be, and more of a woman than you'll ever get."
27	* Benny gets one by footing the bill for Angel's funeral.
28	* Mark's quitting Buzzline near the end of 'What You Own' can send shivers down viewers' spines, for as relatively subtle a moment as it is.
29	-->'''Mark''': Alexi? Mark -- call me a hypocrite -- I need to finish my own film -- I '''quit'''!
30	* For anyone singing Roger's part, his heartbroken "Mimiiiiiiiii" at the end of "Your Eyes" lasts ''twelve seconds,'' ending in a howl of pain. That takes serious lung power.
31	* The Stage version of RENT. Finale B (which is SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic in itself), at the very end. Singing along, and then suddenly, everyone looks stage-right... and on runs Angel, who joins in singing.
32	** At the very end of the final Broadway performance, the original cast coming out and singing "Seasons of Love" with the final cast is worth the price of the DVD alone.

Context Awesome / RENT