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* [[Based on a True Story]]/[[Very Loosely Based on a True Story]]: Many of the events and people in Leroux's original novel were real; likewise places like the lake under the Opera House exist. There is [http://www.messynessychic.com/2014/08/26/unmasking-the-parisian-phantom-of-the-opera/?PageSpeed=noscript some evidence] that the novel, in broad strokes, at least, depicts real events. |
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* [[Executive Meddling]]: The original screenplay of the 1943 version revealed that Erique was Christine's father. But the execs at Universal were afraid that viewers would think the relationship between Christine and The Phantom had [[Squick|incestuous overtones]], so that revelation was cut out. |
* [[Executive Meddling]]: The original screenplay of the 1943 version revealed that Erique was Christine's father. But the execs at Universal were afraid that viewers would think the relationship between Christine and The Phantom had [[Squick|incestuous overtones]], so that revelation was cut out. |
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** Incidentally, it's entirely possible to watch the movie with this in mind, and it makes just as much sense as the canonical unrequited-love plot (since Erique's interest in Christine, unlike his counterparts in other versions, ''is'' more of an ambiguous deep concern for her that could go either way). |
** Incidentally, it's entirely possible to watch the movie with this in mind, and it makes just as much sense as the canonical unrequited-love plot (since Erique's interest in Christine, unlike his counterparts in other versions, ''is'' more of an ambiguous deep concern for her that could go either way). |
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