POTO: reverse Oedipal overtones?
POTO: reverse Oedipal overtones?
#0POTO: reverse Oedipal overtones?
Posted: 1/7/05 at 12:04pm
I saw the movie of POTO with my parents a couple of weeks ago, and when it ended my mom said, "You might think this is crazy, but did you get the feel...?"
I knew exactly what she was thinking, and finished the thought for her: "Oedipal complex?"
"So I'm not the only one who thinks that," she said. When we mentioned it to my dad, he thought we were nuts.
Has anyone else gotten that impression from the movie, or are my mom and I *really* nuts?
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#1re: POTO: reverse Oedipal overtones?
Posted: 1/7/05 at 1:01pmTotally! christine sort of mistakes the phantom for her father, or at least father-figure. it's weird and unsettling.
#2re: POTO: reverse Oedipal overtones?
Posted: 1/7/05 at 2:21pmand that would be called an Electra complex--daughter falling for father
Sant
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#3re: POTO: reverse Oedipal overtones?
Posted: 1/7/05 at 2:29pmand it's there in the stage version as well.
GypsyRoseLee
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#4re: POTO: reverse Oedipal overtones?
Posted: 1/8/05 at 12:11am
I think that's one of the big themes of the show. The Phantom manipulates her lack of a father figure because he's in love with her.
There is a lesson to be learned for the fellas; the way to woo a lady is not to make her think you're her father.
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#5re: POTO: reverse Oedipal overtones?
Posted: 1/8/05 at 1:04amDamn.
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