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9. Gerard Butler and Love Never Dying
After the worldwide popularity of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical, a film version was inevitable. But the sequel? Th
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00:39:19
November 14, 2024
8. Robert Englund, Julian Sands, and Ge…
In the 1980s and 90s, horror was big money, so perhaps it was inevitable that multiple adaptations would crop up t
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00:31:41
September 13, 2024
7. Parallel Evolution: Yeston/Kopit and…
Despite the fact the Lloyd Webber musical's popularity would dominate Phantom fandom for the rest of time, oth
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00:26:06
June 06, 2024
6. ALW Continued — Fallout and Phandom
The Lloyd Webber musical was so big, we needed two episodes to cover it! Here we dissect a few reasons why it affe
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00:31:35
May 23, 2024
5. Andrew Lloyd Webber and the Mainstre…
In 1986, a musical hit London. Two years later, Broadway also succumbed. And the Phantom would never be the same.
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00:23:41
May 01, 2024
4. Phantom of the Paradise and Pop Cult…
In 1974, Brian de Palma hadn't yet made Carrie, Scarface, or the Untouchables. But he did make a version of Ph
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00:32:00
April 16, 2024
3. Claude Rains, Herbert Lom, and the T…
In 1943 and 1962, almost twenty years apart, two films named The Phantom of the Opera came out that not only share
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00:33:45
April 02, 2024
2. Lon Chaney and the Bones of Adaptati…
After last episode's summary of the novel, we've got our first adaptation–1925's Universal film starr
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00:22:47
March 21, 2024
1. Introduction and Gaston Leroux
We begin our exploration of The Phantom of the Opera with an overview of the original novel, written by Gaston Ler
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00:30:10
March 20, 2024
