Here's some of the TV info blurb for the film of the Phantom of the Opera, as shown on Film4:
Joel Schumacher directs this darkly Gothic interpretation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical
Andrew Lloyd Webber's famous musical is, as the name suggests, about a phantom who lives in an opera house. The script requires a few murders and attempted murders and has several significant scenes set in a graveyard and abandoned caves under the opera house.
It contains lines like "Down once more to the dungeon of my dark despair / Down we plunge to the prison of my mind!"
And yet, somehow, the blurb suggests that it might be possible to produce an interpretation of Phantom that isn't darkly gothic!
Don't get me wrong, I think Phantom is ALW's best musical. It's probably my second favourite musical (after Les Mis). It's clever, and has some real feel-good moments. But it is dark, and it is gothic. Oh, and I enjoyed the stage version more than the film.
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As many of Musicals lovers I LOVE the Phantom of the Opera! It is my favourite ever... Last year I’ve been in NY & I tried to get my ticket …guess what everything was sold out that show how great the show is. Anyhow I end up getting it from a site through Casatickets.com. Next week I’m going to visit my sister and I just got some pretty good tix from the same place
http://www.casatickets.com/phantom-of-the-opera-tickets/
So I'll be analyzing as well as enjoying the show.
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