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 Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 4:36 pm
Kira the wanderer But what bothers me more are the people who have only seen the 2004 movie and say they hate Raoul because Erik was "hotter". stressed Yay! You just stated one of my greatest pet-peeves. xD Spelling of the characters' names wrong drives me insane as well.
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:18 pm
IlovetheAngelofMusic Kira the wanderer But what bothers me more are the people who have only seen the 2004 movie and say they hate Raoul because Erik was "hotter". stressed Yay! You just stated one of my greatest pet-peeves. xD Spelling of the characters' names wrong drives me insane as well.
Yes, that bothers me too. It shows that they like to act like they know what they are talking about, but haven't picked up the book.
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:16 pm
I agree with those.
Especially number one.
I hate the people who love Erik only because, 'he's' hot with his mask on!
They're totally missing the point of him!
xp
What also bugs me is when people say that ALW version of Phantom of the Opera is an actual Operetta.
It's not!
It's a 'musical'!
I dislike it when people say Leroux's version was terrible.
You wouldn't have ALW's version without him!
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:28 pm
Correction: It was a musical trying to be an operetta and failing miserably.
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:48 pm
Thorn Venatrix Correction: It was a musical trying to be an operetta and failing miserably.
I've always considered it a musical.
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:57 pm
Yes. Hence the style of singing and the way they had everyone sing every. Single. Line.
That got on my nerves a bit.
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:43 pm
Thorn Venatrix Correction: It was a musical trying to be an operetta and failing miserably. It's nowhere close to an operetta. Operettas are light-hearted, funny musical things that often include dancing.
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:45 pm
Edit: Elanchana said it first.
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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:47 am
Elanchana Thorn Venatrix Correction: It was a musical trying to be an operetta and failing miserably. It's nowhere close to an operetta. Operettas are light-hearted, funny musical things that often include dancing. Hah, Elanchana beat Fox! XD Bring out the cider, we have a winner. And she's right. Operettas are classified as humorous Operas that will sometimes have a line or two spoken. PotO would be nowhere near an Operetta. It's not even a "rock opera".
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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:21 pm
Hence the reason I stated the words "trying" and "failing miserably". I never said that it was actually an operetta. Quite the opposite. Which is how it "fails miserably".
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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 3:29 pm
Oh,
Thanks for telling me.
:3
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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 5:56 pm
Thorn Venatrix Hence the reason I stated the words "trying" and "failing miserably". I never said that it was actually an operetta. Quite the opposite. Which is how it "fails miserably". Well if it was trying, wouldn't it have lame jokes and lame attempts at humor? O.o I've got a Jar of Dirt! And guess what's in it!
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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:10 pm
There was the dwarf guy.
I was referring more to how every single line is sung (euh, ignore the slight exaggeration) and how it seems really forced.
The stage show is worse. The whole singing on the "Come, we must return..." line always makes me cringe terribly.
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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:58 pm
The midget was part of the Operetta they were performing. O.o Plus, midgets are kewl.
And I think Webber tried to make it more like a modern opera than a musical, hence a good deal of the lines being sung.
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Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 7:35 am
Utakan Elanchana Thorn Venatrix Correction: It was a musical trying to be an operetta and failing miserably. It's nowhere close to an operetta. Operettas are light-hearted, funny musical things that often include dancing. Hah, Elanchana beat Fox! XD Bring out the cider, we have a winner. And she's right. Operettas are classified as humorous Operas that will sometimes have a line or two spoken. PotO would be nowhere near an Operetta. It's not even a "rock opera". *bows* Thank you, thank you. And actually, the credit would go to...what's that name?...*gets book*...Judy Tatchell (sp?) of Usborne's Understanding Music. Described operetta and musicals very thoroughly and used Phantom as an example of a musical. Speaking of, we're going to see an operetta this weekend called The Mikado. Completely off-topic, I know...
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