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PHANTOM OF THE OPERA MOVIE SERIES

Raoul has no solo in the musical (a huge letdown, Mr Webber), but he and Christine share my favourite romantic duet of all timeвЂ“ All I Ask of You. Comte de Chagny is left completely out of this adaption, though I didnвЂ™t even know he existed until reading the book, so IвЂ™ve never missed him much. In this version, he ends up almost being hanged by the Phantom, rather than burned in the maze of mirrors, or drowned. He still has his faults, but he is, on the whole, a good person, who truly loves and cares about Christine and does his absolute best to protect her. Musical Raoul is given more of a backbone, spends less time whining, and possesses a good deal more courage and common sense. People may criticise WebberвЂ™s Raoul and he may be the victim of much hate, but he is infinitely cooler than his bookish ancestor and I like him a lot. All this he manages to do with an impressive amount of ignoring his brotherвЂ™s good sense, and by whining and just generally acting like a lovestruck fool. He eventually is saved from burning to death, and then drowning, by ChristineвЂ™s love.

He does a bunch of other things, like following Christine to her fatherвЂ™s grave and having skulls avalanched at him by ChristineвЂ™s mysterious tutor, and then later вЂњplaying atвЂќ engagement with her (what even?). Upon noticing Christine, years later, in an opera he and his brother were visiting, he falls head over heels in love with her. Raoul is the youngest child, and was raised mostly by his elder sisters and his brother, Phillipe, the Comte de Chagny, since both of his parents were dead. They used to sit together and listen to Monsieur Daae, ChristineвЂ™s father, play the fiddle, or tell them stories of the Angel of Music. Raoul, otherwise known as the Vicomte de Chagny, was ChristineвЂ™s childhood friend. Raoul, the Vicomte de Chagny (and the Comte de Chagny too)

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA MOVIE MOVIE

So, same as we did last week, IвЂ™ll highlight three differences between the book, the musical and the movie adaption of the musical. A wealthy, deformed genius lurks in the labyrinth beneath the Paris Opera House and falls in love with a beautiful young (somewhat naГЇve) ballet girl.В Throw in some murder, a bunch of noblemen (or just one, depending on the adaption), a spoilt diva and a chandelier and you have a love triangle which accumulates in chaos and torture. Like Les Mis, Phantom has three major incarnationsвЂ“Gaston LerouxвЂ™s book Le Fantome de lвЂ™opera,В Andrew Lloyd WebberвЂ™s astoundingly popular musical, and Joel SchumacherвЂ™s movie version of the aforementioned musical.ДЄcross all three, the plot remains essentially the same.

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA MOVIE SERIES

If you werenвЂ™t around last week, IвЂ™m currently doing a series every Wednesday (*cough* or Thursday) centred around popular books and their musical and movie adaptions, comparing them and then throwing in my opinion on which is best, and asking you for your opinions at the end! Last week, we looked at Les Miserables and this week weвЂ™ll be looking at (you guessed it)вЂ¦

And then it was Thursday and I still hadnвЂ™t written a postвЂ¦hey, I have no idea what youвЂ™re talking about, IвЂ™m not procrastinating or anything. SoвЂ¦.*here we all pause awkwardly* I completely forgot that it was Wednesday and that I needed to write a blog post.

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