Julie's Massive Phantom 2011 Review

[wao_wao]

I know gummical is on the edge of her seat waiting for this review, but I'm afraid it's going to run long ^_^;;

Hmm.

Comments

[dramaturgca]

I rewatched Sora!Phantom a couple weeks ago and, given the "grand romance" thing and the fact that Wao's disfigurement is so very very minimal, the impression that I get out of the entire show is that it's all Carriere's fault why is he such a JERK? He's married but he gets another girl pregnant, then when the baby is ugly, he drops her even harder. After the mother dies, he gives his son a mask, tells him he's horrifying and keeps him in the dark under the Opera House. Without actually telling him that they're related. (Sidenote: Who taught Erik to garrotte people? You aren't BORN knowing that kind of thing) Then Carriere visits his son occasionally but other than that he has no company except a portrait of his mother and (possibly imaginary) followers. Are we surprised that Erik goes a little crazy? So Erik, with no actual human interaction to base things on, falls in love with a girl and tries to woo her. The only way he can think of, which is basically that of a socialized 5 year old. He takes her to his house and shows her his

[anthy1306]

OMG LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!! XDDDDDDD
*laughing tears*

[gummical]

Honestly...I'm not surprised by your review. I had pretty much readied myself for this.

I'm disappointed, coz it sounds like you really didnt enjoy the show, despite your one sentence near the end of ur review, whereas I loved it. I guess because I'm not associating it with the original novel as much as you are.

I am glad that you liked Tomu's acting and dancing, and Ranchan's singing though.

[wao_wao]

:\ <3

Unfortunately there are very few shows which trigger an "UNCONDITIONAL LOVE" response in me -- without me analyzing things (sometimes too much?) and making a judgement about the production as a whole.

That being said, it's not like I sat through the whole production hating it. If I had I wouldn't have been able to write good things about so many people. Lots of my feelings on Zuka shows, I think, are about separating the parts from the whole because even if the story is nonsensical and/or shallow (see Understudy) I can take the individual scenes and individual actresses and find a lot to love.

I also don't have the advantage of having sat in the theater and watching everything Tomu did like you. Seeing a live performance can really strengthen a person's reaction one way or the other. And I would have given anything to have seen this in the theater with you.

But...I guess, yeah, you should have expected my reaction to the story because as I said, I've always felt this way. If Wao and Hana couldn't make me completely love this

[luthien_mpl]

I had the fortune to see it live twice (on the 28th and the 31st last month, so the roles changed in between), and I have to say, I too am one of the people Aine Harei never left much of an impression on, but I LOVED HER CHOLET. She was indeed completely hilarious, plus, Cholet and Carlotta were freaking ADORABLE as a couple. I really thought that Cholet genuinely loved Carlotta enough to spoil her silly, instead of just being extremely whipped. When they had that whole "tsumari, fuyu da!" conversation, at the end he actually PICKED HER UP princess style and rocked her from side to side. Just, cute. *_*

[anthy1306]

I bow to your explanation of this nonsense plot!! /)_(\
It doesn't make me like that Christine better, nor that Erik, nor that Philippe, BUT at least now I can try to understand their motivations a little more X__X