"The world up there is unfit for one such as her. Up there is where Hell is, and I will not send an angel to Hell."
— Erik, The Phantom of the Opera 1990 miniseries
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andrew lloyd webber and susan kay, i see your fatphobic erik and i raise you erik who is fascinated with and worships and covets fatness because he doesn’t have it and he probably never will. he sees folds of flesh in paintings and sculpture and the bodies of the opera singers and he yearns and aches
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you’re opinions on Erikstine?
In almost every form of POTO, I don’t ship it (and I think I’ll make a separate post explaining why)… however! The versions of Erik and Christine written by Arthur Kopit (the ones we see in the 1990 miniseries and the Maury Yeston musical) are an exception.
Kopit really strips the original story of many of POTO’s traits, and that isn’t necessarily bad. Erik never tries to deceive Christine into believing he’s a spirit, and Christine never sees him as a master she must obey. They form a very sweet friendship as he continues to teach her how to sing, which then blossoms into love, in different forms for the other.
That really covers Part 1 of the 1990 miniseries, and if you’ve seen it then you probably know why part 2 can be so frustrating to watch sometimes. It adds some odd elements, like Erik’s mother looking exactly and sounding like Christine, then everything with Erik’s father, and then of course, the unmasking scene.
What makes this unmasking scene so different than any form of The Phantom’s other unmaskings is that Christine asks Erik to take the mask off himself, which he does for her! He was willing to allow her to see the part he hated most about himself, to be incredibly vulnerable towards her. And then, after saying that love will allow her to look at his face, she faints at the sight of it.
I have a lot more to say about Kopit’s POTO, but I think I’ll have to talk about it another time. Sorry! Feel free to ask more me questions!
In the meantime, check out a game called “The Phantom of the Black Rose Revue”! It’s a POTO inspired game that also looks inspired by 70s manga, and The Phantom is a mysterious lady! I was so happy to find it when I did!
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“The gods smiled when they imagined you, Christine Daae.”
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