Opera Ghost

Just a little picture I scribbled in a corner of the Phantom of the Opera.

!Warning : Ranting Ahead!
Okay, I drew this picture because it is from my favorite scene in the play, the masquerade ball. Just last night, I got to see the new Phantom of the Opera movie, and though overall pleased, I was taken aback by the way my favorite scene was handled. In particular, the Phantom's costume. As you can see in this sketch, in the play's version he crashes the party sporting a giant skull head, big red hat and outrageous clothing. In the movie he just shows up in a red suit with one of those little eye-masks and an obvious lack of hat; which is particularly blasphemous because at this point in the story, the public still thinks of him as a super-human entity. The movie's Phantom was lacking a lot in the mystery and eccentricity that made the Broadway version's enthralling. So, there ya go.