African-America Phantom of The Opera?- Page 2

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 7/15/09 at 9:41am

I don't understand why it's an issue at all... his skin can be orange and it wouldn't matter!

[aaronssongs]

Posted: 7/15/09 at 9:43am

I will not. This is a free country.
And if you had been privy to our conversation about Debbie Allen, and her sister, Phylicia Rashad, and the production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, then you might think otherwise.
She has no credibility.

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 7/15/09 at 9:44am

^ Then I vote our next Phantom should be Ernie!

Rubber Duckie could be Christine, with Bert as the Phantom.

[aaronssongs]

Posted: 7/15/09 at 9:45am

Well, based on your avatar, that comment is in character.
And I always thought that the theater was liberal and without racial bias. Silly me.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/15/09 at 9:49am

Well, if you'd see any of the multiple threads about race that she posted her thoughts on, you'd realize just how far off the mark you are.

I mean, really, what's the point of bumping this thread?

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 7/15/09 at 9:52am

Phyllis, your avator is so appropriate.

Updated On: 7/15/09 at 09:52 AM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/15/09 at 9:57am

Isn't it? I saw it on the Daily Show last night and it just made me laugh and laugh so I had to steal it.

And I always thought that the theater was liberal and without racial bias. Silly me

There is so much silliness in that statement it's not even funny.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 7/15/09 at 10:04am

I still find it hard to believe (and sad) that BFB is no longer with us.

I vaguely remember seeing Robert Guillame sing "Music of the Night" on television. Wasn't he with the production of POTO when he suffered a stroke?

[Jon]

Posted: 7/15/09 at 10:16am

No, his stroke was more than a decade later, while he was appearing in the TV series "Sports Night".

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/15/09 at 10:17am

I just found out about her death the other day (apparently posts about it get deleted). I still don't understand why anyone bumps a thread to antagonize someone over a comment made half a year before, acting like these comments were made the day before.

As for BFB, she was a truly divine and wise poster, and her presence is greatly missed.

[darquegk]

Posted: 7/15/09 at 10:22am

book!Phantom isn't white- he's a Turk, if I remember correctly. Only crawford!Phantom establishes him as white.

[Gingersnap2]

Posted: 7/15/09 at 10:48am

"book!Phantom isn't white- he's a Turk, if I remember correctly. Only crawford!Phantom establishes him as white."

The book does not establish his ethnic background at all. He's never mentioned as being a Turk.

According to the story, he lived in Persia for a time, but that was never implied to be his country of origin, either.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 7/15/09 at 11:05am

Thanks, Jon. You're absolutely correct. I forgot about Sports Night.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/15/09 at 11:13am

It doesn't matter what color the Phantom is. It's not as if he's a woman living with her fathers and brother on a farm confusing audiences 8 times a week at Studio 54.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 7/15/09 at 11:39am

The book says that Erik was born outside of Rouen (sp?), France. So that's where he's from.

[BroadwayBound115]

Posted: 7/15/09 at 11:40am

If they go that route, I think Denyce Graves would be an excellent Christine.

[gvendo2005]

Posted: 7/15/09 at 11:50am

And let's not forget Webber's blatant grab for publicity when he recently announced Michael Jackson's connection to Phantom. He used to be black. (Side note: The Jackson jukebox musical that is supposed to be holding up Thriller's Broadway bow is called M1: The Phantom and is supposedly a modernization of a very familiar story, nudge nudge. The creators are now trying to run it opposite Webber's disastrous sequel to steal his business.)

Updated On: 7/15/09 at 11:50 AM

[Justin D]

Posted: 7/15/09 at 12:05pm

Wasn't it mentioned somewhere that Robert Guillame had a problem with heights and thats why he only hnad a short run?

As for a black Phantom, I guess I wouldnt mind, even though there is a line in the show about yellow parchment skin and all that, then again they are gossiping and you know how things get exagerated "a great black hole for a nose" and all that.

But does Norm have that range? I've only heard him sing a few times, he has a nice voice but it does not sound like he can go up that high, but like I said, I could be wrong, I have noe heard him sing much.

I like to think I am open minded, but I do have to take a double take sometimes with colour blind casting. I remember seing a poster in London with a black Javert (Norm did it, but there was a guy in London too, can't remember his name)

I dont read bios, so I always thought Patricia Phillips was Latino.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 7/15/09 at 12:06pm

I remember seing a poster in London with a black Javert (Norm did it, but there was a guy in London too, can't remember his name)

Cornell John.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 7/15/09 at 12:24pm

I'm so sad to hear about BigFatBlonde. I adored her.

And she was not in the slightest bit racist.

RIP, friend.

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 7/15/09 at 12:37pm

The Phantom only goes up to an A-flat. I've heard Norm go higher. I hope it happens!

[blaxx]

Posted: 7/15/09 at 1:03pm

I'm shocked to read about BFB, when did this happen? That is very sad!

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 7/15/09 at 1:05pm

Wait, she died? How?

That's horrible.

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 7/15/09 at 1:07pm

Yeah! What happened, I am the father of this thread...I demand information. That just sounds awful

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 7/15/09 at 1:07pm

blaxx and PJ-
It was around when I had finals, so early-mid May. If you unearth the Kitsch thread on the OT Board, it was locked the day after it happened.