The low rating is because the story is weak, like the most gorgeous music and actors tell a boring story, mainly because I don't like Phantom and Christine. Maybe it's because I don't have much culture, welcome Paizhuan, I'll watch this musical again in a few years.
The Phantom is very different. For Christine, he wants to be like a father, who dominates her voice and spirit, and like a child, to be comforted and kissed in the dark (ask Christine for selfless maternal love). Although he murdered ruthlessly, he was just repaying the world's viciousness towards him. Genius and clown coexist. In front of the world, the ugliness and darkness of his face make him humble as a maggot. In the opera house, his talent makes him the king of music.
There is no love in this opera, because Christine is looked down on by two men from beginning to end. She wants to be loved, and her small self passively accepts the guidance of the spiritual world of the two men. She is as weak as a dodder flower, and without her father, she clings to the Phantom, spiritually dependent on the angel who guides her singing. When she was afraid that the Phantom would kill her, she attached to Raoul and let him be her elopement harbor. Finally, after discovering that the Phantom was not a god of death, but a man begging for love, she sympathetically kissed the man who could not beg. Therefore, if the Phantom met frankly at the beginning, and did not use the image of an angel to paralyze the girl and exaggerate herself, Christine, a kind, ignorant and sympathetic girl, would definitely not use the eyes of the world to criticize a talented teacher and friend. It is estimated that two People are also HE.
Raoul is like a fake dragon slayer. Spiritually, he doesn't want to believe Christine's fear. She is a child, a flower, a butterfly, and is guarded. The moment he forced Christine to play Don Juan was so similar to the Phantom, he was not a safe haven, but a terrible accomplice who let his lover be the bait. Is there a kind of arrogance and jealousy in this, I want to occupy your spiritual world like a phantom, listen to me.
Raoul understands spiritual massage, he will judge the girl's fear from her body movements, please her, serve her, and guide her emotional needs. The Phantom was more of a mental oppression, his score attracted Nightingale, but his darkness scared her away. To be honest, seeing Raoul and Christine fall in love is challenging the Phantom's mind control. The phantom seems to be saying, you are mentally derailed, you spend my money (singing a song I wrote) to find a little white face, you are unfaithful!
Will the Phantom have intermittent schizophrenia? During the attack, he has a manic temper, acts of violence, enjoys the shivering of others, and gets a moment of mental relief. Very guilty after waking up. His willingness to let Christine go is a very selfless act. It can also be said that he has already got her kiss and love, otherwise why would Christine look back at him while singing onelove. He has a sense of dependence on a fixed object of venting, just as a child depends on his mother, Christine, sick and twisted.
The music is so beautiful, the actor's voice is like the sound of nature, the Phantom is the most interesting, Christine and Raoul are the foils to portray his tragedy.
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