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Gerard butler phantom of the opera masqu5/11/2023 For this being the "third edition" there were comments in early 90s reviews entries calling it the most current adaptation yet While there are certainly merits to a compendium of this nature I couldn't help but feel it was lacking as well as the author's tone was. Despite trying to seem academic, there was a level of subjectivity inherent that left me feeling I could have gotten more insightful information on blogs and discord. While there are certainly merits to a compendium of this nature I couldn't help but feel it was lacking as well as the author's tone was. This book is a tribute to Leroux, his most famous novel, and those adaptations inspired by it.more Most of the productions have been as equally rich with great scenes and great performances. The original story contains so many richly textured scenes that each of us, at one time or another, has been seduced by the Phantom, and embraced the dark, labyrinthine world of author Gaston Leroux. Still another guest may describe the scene in which the Phantom cuts the cables free and sends the magnificent chandelier crashing down upon the patrons of the Paris Opera House. Another guest is likely to burst into song, recalling The Music of the Night from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. Someone will undoubtedly pantomime the famous scene from the silent era film in which Mary Philbin (as Christine Daae) sneaks up behind the Phantom, while he is playing the organ in his subterranean lair, and unmasks the great Lon Chaney, revealing his horribly disfigured face to the audience and her. Mention The Phantom of the Opera at a dinner party, and each guest will have his or her own vivid, almost visceral, recollection of the tale of a disfigured musical genius and his unrequited love for a beautiful, young singer. Mention The Phantom of the Opera at a dinner party, and each guest will have his or her own vivid, almost visceral, recollecti Revised and Updated, Phantoms of the Opera: The Face Behind the Mask includes lots of new material from the Gerard Butler-Emmy Rossum Phantom as well as dozens of other productions that had come out in the 12 years since the book was first printed. Revised and Updated, Phantoms of the Opera: The Face Behind the Mask includes lots of new material from the Gerard Butler-Emmy Rossum Phantom as well as dozens of other productions that had come out in the 12 years since the book was first printed.
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