So on occasion i call my sister to talk and while we do so we put on the same movie and watch it together over the phone. This week's movie was "The Phantom Of the Opera". This movie is filled with eye and ear candy for all, amazing sets and cinematography, beautiful elegant costumes and dancing, masquerades and murder. LOVE IT! Calm down, stage version is better of course.Watching this movie found me revisiting an old debate and opinion i founded upon the film's release. Is it just me or is Raul a bit of a pansy? I would totally choose the Phantom over Raul any day. What does that say about me? Yes i tend to pick the boys with emotional damage and deep issues. The "fixer-upper" types if you will. The Phantom has major deep rooted issues with abandonment, and self worth. And yes these issues have caused a few dramatic incidents involving broken chandeliers, hanging stage hands, and Carlotta singing like a toad. So what!?! He still is beyond dreamy and just needs a little loving.
Raul, is a mama's boy who has never gone with out in his entire fancy french life. Phantom has street cred, and has a void that my love and patience could fill. He just needs some TLC. So the debate is Phantom or Raul? Most of you know my dating history, i have had a few "Phantoms" in my past, none of which could sing or burn down an opera house. But when it comes down to Christine's sad little choice, i pity the fool. I would live in The Phantom's underground liar with him by my own free will and choice. He could write me operas by day and we could have hot cave loving in his swan shaped bed by night. (that just happened! i just said that!!!) We'd go find that evil carnival and help all of the Phantom's deformed friends escape to freedom. We would start some kind of literally underground gang of misfits who sing and write operas and light candles and Box 5 would be our turf. Raul would be left all alone with his fine white horses and girly hair and French countryside estate.
3 comments:
Urm, if you're taking the phantom then can I take Raoul?
He's less of a pansy in the live musical, I think. Patrick Wilson--bless his golden vocal chords--was emasculated by lots of the choices the director and co. made. No man can look masculine with that hair.
Personally, I'd rather have a dude that's besotted with me even when I think the ghost of my dead father is teaching me how to sing from beyond the grave, and will stop at nothing to help me overcome said hallucination. In fact, he'd rather die than force me to live a life of misery for his sake. Yeah, I'll definitely take Raoul. Take your scream/sing murder man and be done with you!
um there is no need to get ugly about it wendy my dear, and for me to live in the candle-lit cave of wonders underneath the opera house would not be misery at all, unless i can't get satalite down there. anyway you can send me postcards from your romantic life with raul, and i will send you cryptic messages sealed with the phantom red wax seal shaped like a skull, to be dramatic.
I have never wanted to be Christine - take the show or be in the limelight. I just wanted to be one of the ballet dancers in the background - so you can have both :)
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