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skygiantsSo genarti and I went to go see Norm Lewis play the Phantom of the Opera last night, and ... I think I've figured it out? I think I know why I can never escape from the Phantom of the Opera and how it got its hooks so deep into me at such a young age? It's because, at heart, it's a WACKY BACKSTAGE HIJINKS STORY. Like, yes, stalking and tragedy and love triangles, oh my, but also: LONG-SUFFERING CHORUS DIRECTORS. I don't know why I never put this together before. I feel a lot better about everything now.
My appetite for narratives about backstage hijinks is vast and unfulfillable, and I am always looking for more recs with which to fill it. Speaking of: I think it wasadiva_calandia who most recently recced me Tanya Huff's Smoke and Shadows, which is apparently a spinoff from Tanya Huff's other vampire books that I have not read, but which is mostly about SINISTER GOINGS-ON at a low-budget Canadian TV production when a wizard starts using an interdimensional portal to send shady shadow-beings to possess various people involved in the show.
I have two main complaints about this book. The first one is: too much supernatural, not enough hilarious low-budget television! Every time Our Hero PA Tony was off having awkward moments with his vampire ex-boyfriend or running around rescuing shadow-possessed people I was like "but when can we get back to the TV station? Can it be now? I'd like it to be now..."
My other complaint is that I imprinted really hard on side character Zev, cute gay Orthodox Jewish tv music director with a crush on Tony, and he's totally not the series love interest because the series love interest is boring hot TV star Lee, and that makes me much sadder than is probably warranted. :( Zev is adorable! I WOULD LIKE MORE ZEV.
There are two sequels which I will probably read at some point, and continue to be sad about the fact that Zev is not a main character.
(PS: Norm Lewis was amazing as the Phantom and fully lived up to the promise of his immortal quote when explaining his process for getting in character: "Who is this man and why is he acting like a giant baby?")
genarti and I went to go see Norm Lewis play the Phantom of the Opera last night, and ... I think I've figured it out? I think I know why I can never escape from the Phantom of the Opera and how it got its hooks so deep into me at such a young age? It's because, at heart, it's a WACKY BACKSTAGE HIJINKS STORY. Like, yes, stalking and tragedy and love triangles, oh my, but also: LONG-SUFFERING CHORUS DIRECTORS. I don't know why I never put this together before. I feel a lot better about everything now. My appetite for narratives about backstage hijinks is vast and unfulfillable, and I am always looking for more recs with which to fill it. Speaking of: I think it was
adiva_calandia who most recently recced me Tanya Huff's Smoke and Shadows, which is apparently a spinoff from Tanya Huff's other vampire books that I have not read, but which is mostly about SINISTER GOINGS-ON at a low-budget Canadian TV production when a wizard starts using an interdimensional portal to send shady shadow-beings to possess various people involved in the show.I have two main complaints about this book. The first one is: too much supernatural, not enough hilarious low-budget television! Every time Our Hero PA Tony was off having awkward moments with his vampire ex-boyfriend or running around rescuing shadow-possessed people I was like "but when can we get back to the TV station? Can it be now? I'd like it to be now..."
My other complaint is that I imprinted really hard on side character Zev, cute gay Orthodox Jewish tv music director with a crush on Tony, and he's totally not the series love interest because the series love interest is boring hot TV star Lee, and that makes me much sadder than is probably warranted. :( Zev is adorable! I WOULD LIKE MORE ZEV.
There are two sequels which I will probably read at some point, and continue to be sad about the fact that Zev is not a main character.
(PS: Norm Lewis was amazing as the Phantom and fully lived up to the promise of his immortal quote when explaining his process for getting in character: "Who is this man and why is he acting like a giant baby?")
