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phantomonabudget · 6 days

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"𝑷𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖊 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏?"

I'd like to think Erik had one friend he could talk to. Perhaps he and The Persian, or even Christine, had a chat toward the very end...after he snapped out of his absolute insanity.

Don't dwell in darkness. Seek the light. 🤍

Phantom Cosplay & Makeup: @phantomonabudget

Audio: Raymond Reddington, "The Blacklist"

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phantomonabudget · 10 days

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When there’s drama in the Phandom and you’re not entirely sure why:

#shameless reblogging #phantomonabudget #phandom

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phantomonabudget · 10 days

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We need to talk, Pham. Stop shaming Christine Daaé.

I have seen this behavior consistently for the 30+ years I have been a Phan. What's worse is that I see A LOT of it from grown women. I see posts calling her foolish for leaving Erik. Slut shaming her or calling her a gold digger. Calling her stupid, weak, or unworthy because a "real woman" (presumably the women posting these absurd notions 🙄) would have loved him better and been worthy of his awesome talent and capacity for love. 😳🤮

It's disturbing, disheartening, and disgusting. And it needs to stop.

First off, none of these characters are real, so perhaps let's take things a little less seriously in general. It's a fictional story. I get it: we all love it, and probably love the Phantom's character. That's fine....I've made a 20+ year career dressing as the dude, for crying out loud. 🤣 Maybe we all identify with Erik/The Phantom to some degree. Regardless of the version of the story, if the actors or authors do their job well, we *should* feel pity and compassion for him. But feeling compassion and completely ignoring the character's dangerous and abusive behavior are two very different things. It has the potential for some severe consequences in the real world.

By shaming Christine for leaving Erik at the end, you are potentially telling young people that staying in abusive relationships is the right thing. You make them think that if their significant other is talented, misunderstood, been abused themselves etc, then they should stay and love them into a healthy relationship. That if they just love their abusive SO harder, sacrifice themselves a little more or for a little longer, or keep putting that person's needs above their own, that the relationship will suddenly become this wonderful, euphoric experience. It won't. As a survivor of longtime abusive myself, I can tell you from experience: it doesn't happen that way.

Celebrate healthy relationships and enforcing healthy boundaries. Stop shaming Christine for fighting for and winning her life and saving the man she loves.

And please stop calling this a romance. It's the antithesis of romance.

I am sick of members of this Phandom completely ignoring Erik/The Phantom's behavior to justify their blind adoration. Erik is an abusive and dangerous character, and extremely toxic. He lies to and manipulates Christine using her trauma from her deceased father. He kidnaps her, multiple times. Threatens her and her colleagues. He extorts hundreds of thousands from the business managers. He endangers dozens of people with the chandelier crash, and effectively holds hundreds hostage for months or years at a time with his reign of terror at the Opera.

Then there are the murders. Several of them. Probably been at that for awhile so we can assume it's far more than the two we see in the show. We don't know his actual body count, but we do know he's adept and comfortable taking human life.

And yet, I see some mature phans out here completely ignoring all those things and still shaming Christine for leaving him. Why? Because he's "sexy" (author's note: PLEASE go re-read Leroux. Please). And he's talented. And has so much love to give. And is misunderstood. And society was terrible to him...so it's all fine. 😳🤮 She should have just stayed and loved him like he deserves to be loved. 🙄

Recently I saw a post shaming Christine and the justification was that Raoul was so much worse. He isn't. Is he a perfect character? No, not at all. Does he make mistakes and try to use Christine? In some versions, yes. Does he run around extorting, manipulating, threatening, and killing others? Also no.

Pleasw don't ever use LND!Raoul's character assassination as some kind of justification, because he's still the most sane, normal human being in that show, and Erik is still 1,000 times worse than Raoul in LND. Also, using LND as justification for anything makes for a very weak and uninformed argument.

"Hurt people hurt people." Ever heard that phrase? Abused people sometimes abuse others, especially if they haven't done the work to heal themselves. Their previous abuse does NOT entitle them to abuse others. That is always a deliberate choice and those choices have consequences. The dangerous, disgusting rhetoric I see in the Phantom community basically excuses toxic behavior because Erik was previously abused and nothing is his fault. That is simply not true. Those that abused me were previously abused. Didn't make my abuse hurt any less. And I made the choice to do the work so that the abuse stopped with me. Previous trauma is a reason for the behavior, but it is NEVER, ever an excuse.

And don't let the fact the dude can sing or that he's a snappy dresser blind you to his toxicity.

We can all enjoy the Phantom character's complexity and love him, while still acknowledging his flaws and holding him accountable for his deeply inappropriate choices.

We talk a lot more these days about trauma, toxicity, and self care. And yet, as a community, we still shame the character of Christine Daaé for doing the healthy, correct thing. The ONLY thing. And in doing so, we set a disturbing precedent for our young or vulnerable Phans who now might think that staying in toxic relationships in the real world is okay.

Please do better, Phandom.

#phantom of the opera #poto #christine daae #raoul de chagny #the phantom #erik #gaston leroux #andrew lloyd webber #the phantom of the opera #toxicity #phandom #phantom phans #fandom

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phantomonabudget · 13 days

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Photos from rehearsals for POTO Japan! More photos can be found here (x).

#Phantom of the Opera #POTO Japan

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phantomonabudget · 16 days

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Phantom Cosplay (makeup & wigs): @phantomonabudget

📸 @vanitystudiosuk

Mask: @longshoremasks

Prosthetics: @studio_d_fx

Costume: @ajmachete

Cape: @viscountess

#phantom of the opera #phantomonabudget #phantom of the opera cosplay #phantom cosplay #phantom costumes #phantom makeup #poto #phantom broadway #phantom of the opera costumes #the phantom #Erik #opera ghost #musicals #musical theatre #broadway #west end #cosplay #cosplay photography

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phantomonabudget · 17 days

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Thanks I hate it.

I get so uncomfortable when I imagine Beneath A Moonless Sky in action. All I can think of is Christine lying on a stack of hay, opening her legs, and screaming, “ENTER AT LAST MASTER!!!!”

#phantom of the opera

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phantomonabudget · 23 days

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Well this is unusual! The Phantom of the Opera Chinese production opened the rehearsals to selected audience members last night with He Liangchen (Phantom), Yang Chenxiuyi (Christine), and Ma Tianlong (Raoul) and it appears the Phantom took his bow without the mask and the prosthetics in full display.

The Chinese version premieres on May 2, 2023.

#poto china #he liangchen #yang chenxiuyi #ma tianlong #the phantom's deformity

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phantomonabudget · 24 days

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AHHH, thank you!!!! 🥰🥰 This made my night!

"𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞...𝒉𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐𝒖𝒔."

(ʀᴀʏᴍᴏɴᴅ "ʀᴇᴅ" ʀᴇᴅᴅɪɴɢᴛᴏɴ, ᴛʜᴇ ʙʟᴀᴄᴋʟɪꜱᴛ)

Let me introduce you to a character that I think many of you will enjoy: the Concierge of Crime, the Man in The Hat...Raymond "Red" Reddington from the long-running TV series, The Blacklist. The tortured, stylish, witty criminal mastermind whose words of wisdom make for so many great crossovers with our favorite Ghost with the Most.

Phantom Cosplay: @phantomonabudget

Mask: @longshoremasks

Prosthetics: @studio_d_fx

#phantomonabudget #phantomoftheoperacosplay #phantomoftheoperamakeup #phantomoftheopera #thephantomoftheopera #poto #phantomlondon #cosplay #cosplayers #cosplayersofinstagram #theblacklist #blacklist #raymondreddington #jamesspader #quotes #hideous

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phantomonabudget · 28 days

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"𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞...𝒉𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐𝒖𝒔."

(ʀᴀʏᴍᴏɴᴅ "ʀᴇᴅ" ʀᴇᴅᴅɪɴɢᴛᴏɴ, ᴛʜᴇ ʙʟᴀᴄᴋʟɪꜱᴛ)

Let me introduce you to a character that I think many of you will enjoy: the Concierge of Crime, the Man in The Hat...Raymond "Red" Reddington from the long-running TV series, The Blacklist. The tortured, stylish, witty criminal mastermind whose words of wisdom make for so many great crossovers with our favorite Ghost with the Most.

Phantom Cosplay: @phantomonabudget

Mask: @longshoremasks

Prosthetics: @studio_d_fx

#phantomonabudget #phantomoftheoperacosplay #phantomoftheoperamakeup #phantomoftheopera #thephantomoftheopera #poto #phantomlondon #cosplay #cosplayers #cosplayersofinstagram #theblacklist #blacklist #raymondreddington #jamesspader #quotes #hideous

#phantom of the opera #phantomonabudget #phantom of the opera cosplay #phantom cosplay #phantom costumes #phantom makeup #phunnies #poto #phantom broadway #phantom of the opera costumes #the blacklist #raymond reddington #rant

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phantomonabudget · 28 days

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Phantom of the Opera cosplay by @phantomonabudget

Prosthetics by @studio_d_fx (IG)

Masks by @longshoremasks (IG)

#phantom of the opera #phantomonabudget #phantom of the opera cosplay #phantom cosplay #phantom costumes #phantom makeup #poto #phantom broadway #phantom of the opera costumes #phantom london #michael crawford #opera ghost #erik

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phantomonabudget · 1 month

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It's been almost a year since Phantom closed on Broadway, and I miss these folks.

#phantom of the opera #poto broadway

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phantomonabudget · 1 month

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C - L - O - A - K !!!

Peter Jöback, Stockholm

Jeon Dong Seok, Daegu or Seoul

Killian Donnelly, West End revival

Ben Lewis, West End

Ben Crawford, Broadway

Brad Little, World Tour

Jon Robyns, West End

Brad Little, World Tour

Jonathan Roxmouth, World Tour

Ayanga, Shanghai

Brad Little, World Tour

Peter Jöback, Stockholm

#phantom of the opera #cloak twirl of doom #the phantom's cloak #first lair #peter jöback #jeon dong seok #killian donnelly #ben lewis #ben crawford #brad little #jon robyns #jonathan roxmouth #maria bjørnson

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phantomonabudget · 1 month

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Who designs the different masks for the Phantom? Within replica productions there is such a spectrum of shape, shading and cut, one has to wonder who makes the final decision?

I mean, the main design is as always by Maria Bjørnson. But as you point out, there’s been a great variety through the decades and from production to production. To take some extremes:

(from left: Ethan Freeman in Essen, Michael Crawford in West End and Yuichiro Yamaguchi (?) in Tokyo)

I guess a mixture of what the head of makeup and/or costume wants, what the supervisor approves, and how much liberty the mask maker is given. When the designer herself was around, she probably also had the liberty to veto or advice.

The West End and Broadway productions has had its own, permanent mask makers. They’ve slowly been updated to feature new details - for example a more “angry” eyebrown, or different shading, or a less curved forehead. But overall they stay the same from Phantom to Phantom. In West End they’ve kept custom making individual masks for their Phantom, which accounts for a bit more variety, while Broadway has choosen 3-4 main models, where the actor wears the one that fits the best.

Internationally, productions has collaborated with either “the motherships” in West End or on Broadway, or went for local specialists. The local specialists often do special makeup for movies and TV, and you can usually find them credited at the back of the programmes/Playbills and souvenir brochures.

The deformity and then the mask are made based on a mould of the actor’s face. Their heads are literally covered in plaster, which has to dry as they sit there with only a small hole for the nostrils. Here done by Chris Tucker, UK legend:

And here by Bob McCarron, special effects makeup who’s done a lot of the deformities for the World Tour:

With a cast in place, the mask (and if needed, the deformity) can be custom made to that specific actor, like here for Mathias Edenborn in Hamburg:

Or here, for Tomas Ambt Kofod and John Martin Bengtsson in Copenhagen, done by Thomas Foldberg at TFMUFX (who also did the masks):

If you want specific names from specific productions, have a look at the credits in either programme/Playbill or the souvenir brochure. The names of the mask maker and the deformity maker (which sometimes is the same, and sometimes different companies) should be listed there.

#phantom of the opera #the phantom's deformity #the phantom's mask #maria bjørnson

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phantomonabudget · 2 months

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Has the phantoms makeup on the normal side of his face changed much over the years? I know the deformity has many different versions, but I noticed on the most recent London phantom that he doesn’t really wear a lot of makeup on that side of his face and now I’m curious to know lol

I agree with you about the current look. The original makeup gave the Phantom a whole new face, both on the "bad" side and the "good" side. The "good" side was exaggerated to contrast the "bad" side, making the features grander and bolder and more highlighted. A thing they worked a bit with was to give the Phantom a sneer, a hint of something beastly, achieved by building the lip on the "bad" side, and highlighting the eyebrown on the "good" side. Here's Michael Crawford and Dave Willetts, the two first principal Phantoms in West End:

I wanna say the essence of this was kept up until the original production closed in 2020. There was changes along the way, adapting the look to the respective actors as well as trying out new stuff, but the main idea and the heavy makeup remained. The two most noticable changes, in my opinion, was the silvery highlighted eyebrow (2000s), and the added "brain" (2010s). Depicted is John Owen-Jones (left) and Simon Shorten (right):

A more "natural" look (I say "natural", as obviously we're still talking lots of makeup and latex pieces) was introduced around the time of the RAH concerts in 2011 - not for the deformity itself, but the "good" side. The amount of makeup was toned down. This has been further perfectioned in the West End revival. Whereas it looks like the deformed side is more or less kept as it was, the "good" side is not contrasted or highlighted. I realize Killian Donnelly wears makeup on both sides, but it doesn't LOOK like it. Which makes him look... like a young dude in mask. I miss the sneer and the sculpted "good" side.

(I actually had problems finding a photo where I was sure he was wearing stage makeup, which I feel underlines my point...)

#the phantom's deformity #phantom of the opera #poto west end #poto west end revival #michael crawford #dave willetts #john owen jones #simon shorten #killian donnelly

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phantomonabudget · 2 months

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IN THE MAKEUP CHAIR: Deformity and wigs

Peter Karrie, Toronto (with baby Ramin Karimooo watching!)

Jonathan Roxmouth, World Tour

John Martin Bengtsson, Copenhagen

Michael Crawford, West End

Peter Jöback, Stockholm

Tomas Ambt Kofod, Copenhagen

Hugh Panaro, Broadway

Flemming Enevold, Copenhagen

#erik the spook #phantom of the opera #the phantom's deformity #the phantom's mask

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phantomonabudget · 2 months

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Hey! Have you got any close up or clear images of the makeup for the phantom's non-deformed half of his face?? Thank you!

The makeup tends to change from production to production, and from era to era. but here’s a random selection hopefully giving you an idea of some of the variations :)

Michael Crawford, West End 1986: