Everyday I'm Usherin'

https://www.deviantart.com/silverdrgnbane/art/Phantom-Masks-Heart-312741462

Also, this used to be a game. 

http://phantomofthesalle.tumblr.com/post/26565331009/game-rules-1-dont-delete-the-rules-2-look

Game Rules:

1. Don’t delete the rules!

2. Look at the masks and try to name as many of the origins as you can off the top of your head.  These are all from legit movies, book covers, theater, and games.  No version has two masks shown.  That means the little black one is NOT Gerard Butler’s PonR mask.  Guess again!

3. Take that number and compare to this scale:

1-3: Ratcatcher 4-6: Stagehand 7-9: Chorus girl 10-12: Manager 13-15: Patron 16-18: Prima Donna 19-21: Opera Ghost

4. Reblog and write your level name in the caption so all your friends can see how much of a crazy phan you are!

5. Don’t mention the mask origins in the reblog so everyone can have a fair go at it.  If you are absolutely stumped by one feel free to ask me! 

If not counting the Asian productions, POC Raouls seems far and few. At the top of my head I can only think a handful:

Ramin Karimloo, West End (Canadian-Iranian)

Jordan Donica, Broadway (Afro-American)

Nadim Naaman, West End (British-Lebanese)

Rodney Ingram, Broadway (Mexican-American)

Kevin Gray, Broadway/US Tour (American-Ukrainian-Chinese)

Paul Matsumoto, Hamburg (Hawaiian and/or Japanese ancestry?)

Sean MacLaughlin, US Tour and Broadway (American-Philippine-Irish)

No romance, no action.

have you ever met an Italian man

Alternative ending E, which is closely related to A and B: Have you tried eating healthier?

“The first film adaptation was made in Germany in 1915, with Nils Chrisander as the Phantom of the Opera.”

And, as I think I’ve mentioned before, I’d call it, The View (from Box Five).

SUBMISSION: Soooo, I saw this ad (first time) for the Swedish Gothenburg POTO. Do you have any speculation what the h*ck they’re doing/going for?

MY COMMENT: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

I can’t explain that mask. No-one can explain that mask. But why oh WHY - for the love of God, why - must non-replica productions go for weird gold masks? I mean, the Restaged UK Tour’s Red Death mask:

Which - correct me if I’m wrong - split into two pieces, but that was too tricky an act so in the US leg of the tour they wear it as a half mask:

And then, of course, it’s the Finnish/Swedish mask with leather strap and 1980s graphic strass eye decoration:

And then - BOOM - Norway also wanted to play, and put this gold mask super model on their posters:

Meanwhile I’m just… GOLD…? The Phantom? His mask? How? Why?

Ben Lewis as The Phantom.