| The ending of this version (spoilers) | |
| Last Edit: mikem 06:43 am EDT 04/19/20 | |
| Posted by: mikem 06:36 am EDT 04/19/20 | |
| In reply to: Streaming PHANTOM — can we start a petition to fix Ramin Karimloo’s vowels? - GrumpyMorningBoy 05:28 pm EDT 04/18/20 | |
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| (spoilers) At the end of this version, Christine's kiss of the Phantom is much more sexual and passionate than I remember seeing in other versions. And then she starts singing "Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime" to the Phantom before Raoul snaps her out of it and brings her back to the real world. I think of Christine in POTO as being fond of the Phantom as a mentor/father figure, but not seriously thinking of him as a romantic partner. This seems very influenced by Love Never Dies, which premiered a few years before this concert took place, with Ramin Karimloo and Sierra Boggess as the leads for both. I have not seen Phantom since Love Never Dies premiered. Is this concept that Christine has a strong sexual/romantic attraction to the Phantom present in the more recent performances on Broadway or on tour? I think the show works better with the Phantom as a tragic figure rather than a serious romantic option. He's killing people and terrorizing her friends. Christine shouldn't want to be with him as a romantic partner, and the Phantom's realization that she's better off without him should be part of what drives his actions at the very end. |
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