I think Collins (Jesse L. Martin) in RENT represents the multifarious blackness that bell hooks, Cornell West, and Stuart Hall were talking about. Collins character is so diverse. He is an HIV positive, technology professor. Collins character goes against stereotypes of the typical "black male" and proves that blackness is original, just like him. In addition to being an educated homosexual man, Collins dreams of opening a restaurant in Santa Fe with his cross-dressing boyfriend names Angel. One of the things that stands out to me about Collins, is that h also goes against stereotypes of homosexual men as well. Though homosexual, Collins is still masculine. He proves that his sexuality is also something individual and unique.
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