D&S #8 - Rent/tick, tick... BOOM!

Happy Thanksgiving! To celebrate the purloining of America, we discuss another stolen work: Rent! This 90s Pultizer- and Tony-winning classic, in revival now at Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia, earned billions for straight creator Jonathan Larson's estate by billing itself as THE standard for gritty, authentic portrayals of life with AIDS, even though Larson stole its queer narrative elements from writer Sarah Schulman, only to sideline and caricature them to make the play more pal...