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re: It's a beautiful love story with a happy ending

Posted by:	JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 04:37 pm EST 11/03/15
In reply to:	re: It's a beautiful love story with a happy ending - jimn 04:08 pm EST 11/02/15

There's no scenario that I can think of in which the Phantom and Christine live out their lives together as a happy romantic couple living together in the bowels of the opera house. I can't figure out what the Phantom's end game actually is here. He has to know that, once he begins killing and kidnapping (serious crimes that rise above simply playing pranks on the opera management and employees), that he will never be left alone and, with or without Christine at his side, he will be hunted down and likely will not survive. His only chance for continued survival under the opera house would be to remain as unobtrusive as possible and mentor Christine until she becomes a huge star. Then her power as a star will protect him and allow him to compose and have his work aired to his heart's content. She would probably even find him a place to live outside the opera. Nothing that he does in the show really makes sense to me.

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