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MORE ELISABETH DAS MUSICAL ART FOR THE 4 PEOPLE WHO CARE

the actual reason I consume mediocre media is because I have bad taste. the deeper secret pretentious reason is because I think there’s something very revealing about bad media that you don’t get with good media. when you watch a poorly executed plot point unfold, you see the machinery behind it. you see the gap between what’s actually on screen and the true goal the author is striving for. if it’s particularly awful, you can even measure just how poorly mismatched the author’s skills are with the story they’re trying to tell you. watching a poorly executed narrative play out feels like you’re discovering something, because you see all the wiring and guts underneath that better authors hide from you, in the same way that movies hide boom mics and books make you forget you’re turning the pages. if a story is good and executed well you just see the story. but I want to see the guts and wires!

CLUTCHING HIS PEARLS

🎥 @medium-observation

I’m obsessed with him

How far down in your 2024 Wrapped Playlist does the first non-English language song appear?

If never, consider expanding your horizons, hmu for recs if you need them

i love when people say "meg was so out of character in love never dies" because then i have the opportunity to tell them about the theory she was written that way as revenge against patti lupone and her one million dollar andrew lloyd webber memorial pool

Love Never Dies ACT 2 Commentary (First Watch)

2012 Recording with Ben Lewis & Anna O'Bryne

**I know the general plot already**

!!Spoilers ahead!!

“Beneath this mask I wear / There’s nothing of me.” Hmm Raoul & Erik parallels

WE MUST PROTECT MEG <3 darling don’t cry

I prefer the dialogue of the original “Why Does She Love Me?” to this one simply because the old one was much more unsettling. But I’m not bothered.

“He’s just another circus freak!” LND Raoul is collecting douchebag traits like Pokémon

Idk why Erik thinks the musical talent is such a big connection between him and Gustave. Christine is a singer and her father was a violinist.

If a rivalry lasts longer than 7 years then you’re no longer rivals. You’re GAY. (but seriously, the chemistry between Erik & Raoul)

Raoul instantly regrets making the deal? The ONE decent thing he has done so far (would’ve better to not make the deal but I’ll take what I can get).

JAW DROPPED. Meg’s dance performance was fantastic. That dress had wayyy more layers than I thought. Lmao

If Phantom won’t love Meg I WILL.

Dang it Christine, don’t make future plans. I know how this ends, my dear. I’m cryingggg.

The set and Raoulstine’s outfits really do look like the POTO “Little Lotte” scene

Wait isn’t this a double deal? Christine has to sing for Phantom or he’ll hurt her family. But then he makes a deal with Raoul that if she DOESN’T sing then they get to go home? So is it a lose-lose either way? Is the first ultimatum void?

Wonder how the logistics of some scenes work from audience pov (not camera)

Christine: Singing like an Angel / The background: 🦚🦚🦚🦚 (shock to my eyes)

It would’ve been easier if all the love died low key

REPRISING “LITTLE LOTTE”???? EVIL EVIL writing decision. My heartttt.

Simon Gleeson (Raoul) sounds so much like Hadley Fraser when he sings that melody. I’m actually gobsmacked

The sequence to find Gustave looks SO fun

GASP- I knew Meg was gonna try to drown Gustave but I never connected it to her swims. Clever foreshadowing.

POOR MEG. Oh- my darling Meg

“We can't all be like Christine” WHAT THE HECK??? BROOO! HUH?

The ending is sweet. Phantom handing Christine off to Raoul. Phantom crying alone and Gustave comforting him.

Despite all my critiques of this show, I still had fun. The music was great, the choreography, sets, and costumes were perfect. The cast were phenomenal, although I talked more about plot in my commentary than performances. Apologies.

If this show weren’t a Phantom of the Opera sequel and I didn’t have to worry about mischaracterization and message continuity, I think I’d like it much better.

Thanks for reading <3

les mis fans be like 'look at them i'm unwell' then post the most grainiest darkest screenshot of a bootleg you've ever seen in your life recorded from the back row of a theatre in 1997

foreshadowing done well makes me go feral like there’s NOTHING better than getting to the end a book or an important storyline moment and realising that the author laced information so intricately into their writing that weren’t noticeable upon first read but when you read back sections they’re light giant red flags like wow writing is amazing

I love that Jesus Christ Superstar ends at the crucifixion instead going through the whole resurrection. It's the perfect ending for their portrayal of an extremely human Jesus. It's like it's saying that whether or not the resurrection happened doesn't matter, not this time. We know that's the most vital part of every other telling, but this time we're talking about Jesus the man. And if anything crawled out of that cage, it was no longer a man. Whatever happened next, this is where this man, as he knew himself, ended. And so that is where we leave you.