22:23: my niece and i were talking about tracie thoms and how lucky she is. who the hell is tracie thoms, you ask?
tracie thoms is the "other new cast member" in the rent movie. she will be playing the role of joanne jefferson, the african american uptight lesbian lawyer. everyone knows who rosario dawson is by now because of all her previous work. but there wasn't much buzz about tracie thoms coz ... who is she anyway? if you've been checking out the new shows on star world lately, you might have heard of wonderfalls. they just aired the pilot last week and it seems like an ok show. something i'd watch, at least. anyhow, tracie thoms plays the waitress friend. i think. i didn't catch her character's name.
so, what i like about this girl is she's a renthead. a fan, like many of us. she auditioned. and auditioned. and auditioned. and almost always made it, but never quite got there for some reason or another. but now she's there. immortalized on film, to boot. she's great. she seems very down to earth. very funny, too. and yeah, she can sing. here's a transcript snippet from her video entry on the movie's blog:
"it's like, i'm like a renthead. and then somebody called me up and said 'hey renthead! why don't you be in the movie? would you like that? would that be fun for you?' i'm like, 'but... but... but before i was st--- you know, standing outside, tryin to get... in, to see the rent, you know? and now you want me to be IN the rent?! i don't understand! what happened? who owed me a favor?'"
cute.
as i was saying, my niece and i were chatting about how great it is to be this girl.
lifecafe: damn bitch... she's living my dream! the renthead who gets to be in the movie, sings with nearly everyone in the original cast AND gets to make-out with idina menzel!
sansan: I know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sansan: I don't know what's better. Being part of Rent or making out with Idina! :D
...i've created a little lezzie monster. incestuous, too. tsk tsk. my cousin will have my head.
i was kidding about the bitch comment, of course. i love her already. the most awesome thing about this is that the rentheads are represented. the role went to one of us common folk, not some big shot actress/musician.
to being an "us" for once, instead of a "them." =)
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