EL FANTASMA DE LA ÓPERA/1960 TV

There are various interpretations of why the old Raoul brings the monkey music box to her grave and some even think that all the old Raoul parts of the movie are completely useless. However, I'm one of those who believe that while the film would've worked perfectly well even without Raoul travelling anywhere with the music box, all the old Raoul clips are perhaps the most essential aspect of the entire film's basic point. I think they are the ultimate aspect that drastically differs the film from the stage play.

A monkey symbolizes many things that are strongly related to the story. Essential...

Carlotta is writen as a horrid character. She tells rumors and plans schemes to eliminate christine as her competition. I think what is often overlooked is that Carlotta is one of the so many victims of the book. From what is written you can tell that Carlotta was extremely talented as an opera singer as the book mentions how perfect an instrument her voice was. She had the misfortune to be ill and be replaced by someone far more loved and adored than herself, that in itself is enough to make anyone mad, take a day of sick and your job isnt waiting for you when you get back. Not only was she...

It is no secret that I'm not fond of Love Never Dies. I don't like the idea of ALW making a sequel to a show that had no need of one, I don't like the fact that although a good portion of the music (while fairly pretty) has been recycled or pinched from other sources while Wee Andy brags about how it's the best thing he's ever done and it's SO original, and I especially am appalled by what has been done to the characters. However, as it exists and it is impossible to avoid it in the fandom or erase it from my memory, I have decided that I must analyze it and try to figure out just what in the...

The Haunted Mansion ride at Disney has always been one of my favourite things, and Phantom tops the list at #1 fave thing. And a while back I started noticing really heavy similarities between the two things and I found many of them interesting. I thought I would share these observations here, so that others might enjoy the coincidences, or homages if you'd care to take it that way.

We will begin in the Foyer. Above the fireplace hangs a portrait where a young gentleman (presumably Master Gracey) hangs. It is here that the unseen guide for the attraction first makes his presence known.
"When...

All right.

So Tumblr has been crazy with this in the last few weeks since Sierra Boggess has left the Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera on September 6th. A rather short run, so to say: she did start only on May 14th…

I wasn’t going to write anything about this at first. But now, rumor has it Sierra Boggess has stated that her 2014 run in Broadway was going to be the last time she would play Christine.

Cough cough.

Ha.

Of course.

Bullshit. Bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit. BULLSHIT.

Everyone knows Sierra is Cameron Mackintosh’s and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s darling....

Top 10 reasons for why Erik/Christine doesn’t work.

Yes, I know I was supposed to publish my Love Never Dies rant before, but… this is really to help me write it.

So, short story. Before coming on Fanfiction, I already knew that almost everyone on Earth were E/C shippers. But I was still shocked of seeing the ridiculous number of E/C authors, especially that there are very good ones among them. Now, I’m not being rude, it’s okay to like the E/C pairing (I guess…), but I’m just being really honest. I remember, when I entered the phandom, I was a mild R/C shipper (You know, “I prefer...

I have compiled a list of all the phantom films ever made for phans who have only seen the 2004 version. Or at least the major ones. Philm titles from Wikipedia, but all the info I wrote, and have gathered from research and listening to the Phantom Reviewer. I'll put the links (so its similar to the a/v club. Though you can find them all online, so I'm not really giving you anything hard to find). I just like to make it easier for people, since some seem so lazy to go look for it themselves, or only seem to see Gerard Butler as the ONLY Phantom. I've seen every version on this list, save for...