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And few audiences realise
how many other famous scenes
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have been shot in the very shadow
of the chandelier...
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You should have seen the blood.
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...how many thoroughly modern Phantoms
have held a season pass to box five.
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Raspberries.
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My God, it's Muzzy!
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But audiences give
few raspberries to the Phantom.
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And this timeless fable of the fallen angel,
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told so many times,
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will continue to be retold.
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Through Beauty's compassion,
the Beast will always be redeemed.
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Somehow I always felt drawn to him,
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with a kind of pity, understanding.
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In addition to the three films
released by Universal,
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The Phantom of the Opera
has inspired many other dramatisations.
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The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical
is the most celebrated,
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not to mention the most successful
stage attraction in theatre history.
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Given the story's
incomparable track record,
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there will no doubt be more films
and plays and musicals to come.
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No matter how you look at it,
there's a phantom in your future.
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