POTO Soundtrack out - anyone have it? — Page 6

So the Phantom is in drag? GASP! Or wearing FUBU? PIMP!!!!

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"Also, people think that others will notice that his voice isn't up to par with other Phantoms, but you have to think that a lot of the people that will see this movie, have never seen the musical and will have no prior knowledge of past Phantoms to compare Gerard and Emmy too. I think we are so used to what is on the stage and other singers that have portrayed these characters, that we refuse to accept people who would not work on the stage. Does that make sense? "

Yes, spider, that does make sense. There are people out there who have never seen any version of the show, touring cast or otherwise. Likewise, they may have never heard the OLCR. For some the Phantom they remember best may be the Lon Chaney or Claude Rains versions.

As for people who HAVE heard the original cast and others after that... you may be right in some cases. I am one who saw MC and SB on Broadway. I've also seen six other Phantoms in productions in Vienna Austria, London (twice) New York, and Washington DC. I never heard a "bad" Phantom. Some I liked more than others -- the last Phantom I saw was Matthew Cammelle in London, and he was Excellent. However, I kept an open mind about the film Phantom, especially when I heard his singing experience was somewhat limited. When I finally heard the highlights I was very pleasantly surprised, and liked what I heard of Gerard Butler's singing. There is room for improvement, but the basics are there, and I think he handles the singing very well.

"that's true kec, sometimes the best teacher isn't always the best singer.

keeping that in mind the darker sounding Phantom makes more sense with the tone. he's a tortured soul, who's gone through much pain in his life.

a new approach was needed, it's been nearly twenty years since the show was originally produced. change is good sometimes. that said, i can't wait to see this on the big screen"

Exactly, Marquise. A new approach was definitely needed. I also am anxiously awaiting the coming of this film. The next 14 days won't go by fast enough!

Updated On: 12/3/04 at 04:48 AM

Type_a_Tiff wrote:

Really liking Emmy so far. The one thing I actually didn't like about the musical was that the Christines were too vibrato, too operatic (yeah, they're opera singers, but it's just my personal taste). Here, Emmy SOUNDS like a young talent chorus girl, and I think it suits her part well."

..but the thing is that Christine isn't supposed to sound like a "young talent chorus girl" She's supposed to sound like a girl with a phenomenal singing voice that is enough of a threat to Carlotta.