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Episode 480 - The Phantom of the Opera - Part 3 (Patreon)

Published:
2019-12-19 21:03:02
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2024-12-12 19:02:16
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2026-06
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It's time for the unmasking in part three of The Phantom of the Opera! Tune in!

Special thanks once again to our extra-groovy reader Jaime Andrews!

Next up: The Final Phantom!

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Mandy Reznor (She/It)

While "Masterstroke of the Trapdoor-Lover" would have been awesome, the original title of this novel that Gaston discarded was *actually* "Two Incels and a Lady."

Jeff C. Carter

-Phantom Haiku- Chad knows all too well about the master stroke of the trapdoor lover

The Call of Cassandra

I read through the entire story once I learned that it was going to be on the show. It took me about 8 or 9 days to get through it. Normally I can knock out a book I like in about 2 days. So that shows how hard it was for me to get through the novel. I kept finding ways to distract myself from the book by looking up things like the Opera House, the Commune, Faust, anything to spare me from reading. I am glad I was not the only one who found it a slog to get through. The toxicity of Christine's relationships with both the OG and Raoul reminds me of Twilight. When the first novel of that series came out it sounded interesting, so I read some reviews and a synopsis. It all sounded really abusive and unhealthy. So I never tried to read it, or saw any of the films. Reading the Phantom a few weeks ago took me back to everything I had heard about Twilight. Here is a page that details how abusive Twilight is. It is amazing how similar it is to the PotO: https://io9.gizmodo.com/official-twilights-bella-edward-are-in-an-abusive-re-5413428 So I think Gaston Leroux was basically copying from Stephanine Meyer. He probably used HG Well's time machine to go in the future to read her story. Or they both have the same broken ideas of what a romantic relationship is supposed to be like. But then both have been incredibly popular, so what do I know? You brought up the stolen horse again. Remember, the OG had to go to Perros to serenade Christine there. So he had to steal the horse to get there and back. Apparently he just kept it afterward. Imagine all the horse poop down in those tunnels… I was a little confused about the OG blackmailing the opera managers for money. I mean, what does he spend it on? He never seems to go out of his lair except to stalk attractive young singers. Given how easily he pickpockets the money from the manager's pocket, it seems that if he really wanted something, he could just steal it with no one the wiser. Like he stole the horse. Does he sleep on a giant pile of cash?

Steve

Perhaps it's a reference to the Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke, https://bit.ly/2ZeV4LV. It's Victorian painting by the patricide Richard Dadd.

Ben Gilbert

Phantom of the Paradise with Paul Williams? A crazy movie but I like it.

Mandy Reznor (She/It)

Y'know, Eric really was born in the wrong time. Morbid goth aesthetic? Supernaturally good singing voice? Eyes that glow in the dark? Literal skull face? Homeboy could've been the world's greatest Metal singer.

Devin Morse

Writing a story with negligent police is perfectly realistic. 14-year-old Konerak Sinthasomphone, one of Dahmer's victims, famously almost got saved when he was found outside, naked and lobotomized. Instead of running a background check on Dahmer and learning he was a sex offender (for assaulting Konerak's older brother, no less) under probation, the police believed his weak alibi and helped him escort Konerak back to his apartment. Dahmer proceeded to kill the boy and several more victims before he was caught. There's also the homeless veteran LeRoy Carter, Jr. whose decapitated body was found in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Believing it to be an occult ritual murder, SFPD called in an expert, Officer Sandi Gallant. She surmised the ritual killing was for an offshoot of Santeria and predicted the head would be returned in exactly 42 days. It was; but no law enforcement were staked out to make an arrest because nobody had taken the theory seriously.

John Kadolph

The title trap door lover reminds me of that song in Josie and the Pussycats, Back Door Lover, hah hah hah hah

David Halstead

What are some good horror mystery novels?

Rafe Ball

This part of the story would be so much better if the rat catcher was Ghost Rider!

Ben Gilbert

In the Hammer Horror version with Herbert Lom the Phantom is a much more sympathetic character with much of the dirty work being done by a hunchback sidekick. The real villain is the opera’s owner played by Michael Gough who stole Lom’s compositions and published them as his own. This was prior to Lom’s disfigurement.

Ricardo Madrid

The Persian, the rat catcher, the door closer, and phantom play poker on Friday nights in the underground lake.

Louis Carter

The cord joke was awesome, and I think Chris didn't laugh *enough*.