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poisonandpages · 2 years

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Gaston Leroux: so really, the Phantom's story is about how harshly the treatment of deformed/disabled people can impede the development of their emotional maturity and cause horror. Erik's actions were awful and shouldn't be swept under the rug, but the fact is he was largely misguided in how to behave due to the way others treated him, and he could have been an extraordinary man & wonderful member of society if only someone had shown him a tiny fragment of real unconditional kindness earlier in his life.

ALW: ...How about we make him a sexy goth in a love triangle? Christine thinks he's almost definitely shaggable and can forget all the murder pretty easily.

Leroux: Quoi?

#don't get me wrong I find the musical fun #I'd just like to see an adaptation that follows the book #like the Lon Chaney version but without THAT ending y'know #where the themes originally present in the novel are a bit more overt #it's kind of the same as how I feel about adaptations of Frankenstein and Dracula tbh #we've had some very fun versions of each story but my book nerd heart will never be satisfied #phantom of the opera

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