Rent Musical
In the song La Vie Boheme from the musical Rent, why does Benny reference Calcutta?
In the musical Rent, Benny sings the following lyric during La Vie Boheme:
“Bohemia, Bohemia
Is a fantasy in your head.
This is Calcutta.
Bohemia is dead.”
Why did Jonathan Larson choose the city Calcutta (aka Kolkata)? How does it represent the antithesis of Bohemia?
Calcutta, [...]