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Cosplay is the name given to the performance art of dressing up as a character or idea from fiction. It seems to have started in the United States as early as 1908, where it was known as costuming, but more recently, it has become very popular in Japan and has now risen to have a worldwide following.

Now you could say that Gustave is the one positive element in her life, I would agree with that. So it's even more unfair that in her dying moments, Webber decides to have Gustave abandon Christine upon hearing that the Phantom is his father. So Christine is unable to see the one positive element in her life before she dies. If that's not cruel, I don't know what is. Sulzberger added that it's unclear exactly what Diana did for her performance; she could have mimed to the song or simply danced to it, as some accounts have suggested. "To minimize the number of witnesses, there is a chance they played a recording," she said.Now while many call it the greatest love story in musical theatre history when we look at the piece through the eyes of Christine Daae, it's not much of a love story at all....and there's a sequel. Gustave is then kidnapped by Meg Giry, due to her jealousy of the Phantom's affections for Christine and she attempts to drown him.After sharing her feelings, Meg decides to let Gustave live and releases him. She produces a gun and holds it to her head, intent on ending her misery. The Phantom tries to apologize and console her, but when he unthinkingly mentions Christine's name, Meg becomes agitated once again. When the Phantom tries to take the gun from her, Meg accidentally shoots Christine. During the ensuing melee, Christine and Raoul escape to the roof where she tells him about the Phantom and rather than taking her fears seriously, Raoul professes his love for her. If we play out this conversation in other terms, it basically goes like this: Now all of this would be quite the ordeal for any character but Webber wasn't done torturing Christine, he wrote a sequel....

It's clear that with the existence of Gustave and this song, that Webber and others had trouble finding where an intimate encounter would make sense when all the while, it doesn't. While performing at the Limby fair, Christine and her father are discovered by Professor Valérius. The professor is so taken with the two that he brings them to live with him and his wife in Gothenburg. This has got to be a big improvement in their lives. Instead of life on the road, Christine now has a stable home life, regular meals, and a chance to receive a proper education. When we first meet Christine, she is a young chorus girl at the Paris Opera House. After a rehearsal incident involving the "Phantom of the Opera", the resident diva quits the show and storms off stage. Christine is then thrust into the lead role by the Opéra's ballet mistress after the owners are told she's been "well taught". When looking at some of our favorite shows through the eyes of different characters, perspectives can change, plots can shift and what might be comedy could become far darker. In the past, we've looked at shows such as Oklahoma!, Grease, Beauty & the Beast and Carousel.Today, we dip into another fan favorite, The Phantom of the Opera. To make matters worse, the show goes out of its way to defend the Phantom's actions and portray him as a heartbroken man who gets away.

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Christine Daaé has worn a few different outfits during her appearances in the Phantom of the Opera movie and theater. Many actresses portrayed Christine, and those characters have dressed in various costumes. Despite the many outfits these character has worn, there are two outfits that people remember the most about her outfit. This article will highlight the characters’ two outfits during the plays.

After Raoul leaves to go drinking, the Phantom reveals himself to Christine and she once again faints. When she wakes up, they recall a night of passion they had right before she married Raoul with the song "Beneath a Moonless Sky." When it comes to wardrobe, The Phantom of the Opera is generally considered the most aesthetically elaborate and lush production on Broadway. With over 230 costumes, designer Maria Björnson (who also designed the set) created the look for the musical theatre telling of the Phantom, his obsession with opera ingénue Christine Daaé, a sweeping romance, and one of the most passionate tales told on stage. Her Tony-winning designs capture the largess of the emotion in the piece and the lavishness of the world of Paris opera in the 1850s. “If she brought these sketches in today to a producer, the show would never have ended up onstage because nobody would spend the money,” says associate costume designer Sam Fleming. Now, the extravagant style of Phantom is as iconic as the production itself. Unfortunately, he’s not very social and is easily jealous which makes him lash out on everyone, including Christine (who he lets go in the end). Christine’s singing and the Phantom’s musical talent is a phenomenon to behold!Raoul: "Oh you silly girl. Let me take advantage of your vulnerability to tell you that I love you." The show opens 10 years after the events of Phantom.Christine, Raoul, and their ten-year-old son, Gustave, arrive in New York for her to sing at Oscar Hammerstein's new opera house. It's revealed that she's doing this because they're essentially broke due to Raoul's gambling, drinking, and poor business decisions. So the man who she chose over the homicidal, obsessive maniac has put her in financial ruin. After the death of her father, the path and decisions of Christine Daae's life are decided by men. Over the course of two shows, she rarely gets any moments to show strength and when she does, it only serves the interests of the men around her. Webber constantly has her playing the victim.If anything, it should be the Phantom dying on a Coney Island pier, not Christine. So to recap,a 30-40-year-old man has been preying upon a 15-20-year-old girl, kidnaps her and reveals a twisted scenario of secretly marrying her. Keep in mind we're only about 20 minutes into the show and this isn't even the worst of it.

Later on in Act 2, after Christine sings, she finds a letter informing her that Raoul has left her. What she doesn't know is that the Phantom and Raoul make a bet that if Christine sings, the Phantom wins and if she doesn't, Raoul wins. If Raoul wins the bet, the Phantom will pay his debts and Raoul can leave with Christine and Gustave. However, if The Phantom wins, Christine and Gustave will remain in America with him and Raoul must return to Paris alone. Her first teacher was her father. He taught her music and singing, filling her head with “dark stories of the north.” She, in turn, did all she could to please him because she enjoyed the music and the stories. What is Cosplay? In the same regard, due to the Phantom's childhood connection with Madame Giry, it's also safe to say that the Phantom is at least 15-20 years older than Christine. To furnish that Christine Daaé dress, you’ll have to style your hair into a high-braided ponytail. You can also add entertainment and creativity to your costume by tying gold ribbons from your braided ponytail and producing them to comply with your stunning hair. Cosplay dresses come in all sizes!Leroux portrays Christine Daaé as a young woman who appears to live in a dream world when we read her story. Okay, let's break a couple of things down here. To begin with, it's very clear that the Phantom has been manipulating an impressionable young girl by exploiting the words of her dead father. How young is this girl? Well, that's up for debate. The original novel hints that she's around 15-16 years old, but this is often misconstrued because the passage describes her heart "as pure as that of a 15-year-old". Christine is a young singer who comes to work in a theater, and there she is discovered by a mysterious man who teaches her how to sing very beautifully. She becomes successful, and then she runs off with another man. In Act 2, the Phantom once again threatens harm if his opera isn't performed with Christine in the lead role. Trying to seek some solace, Christine visits her father's grave where the Phantom is there and once again tries to kidnap her only to have Raoul(now believing in the Phantom's existence) rescue her. The Phantom of the Opera was believed by many to be a ghost. But he is actually a disfigured man who made the cellars of the opera house his ghost. He is also a musical genius who helped Christine get the part she wanted and trained her to sing so well.