Just like a football coach who knows the game but can't tackle a linebacker. The character of the Phantom in the film is a musical prodigy when it comes to writing and teaching, not necessarily to singing execution. Here's where we get to the different part. His character never had any formal training. While his singing is not remotely precise, his transitions from mysterious to sexy to haunted to broken to terrifying to pitiful are truly remarkable, and the subtlety of some of his acting moments are something that is often nonexistent in the technique-heavy dramatic Broadway performances. His Phantom has more emotional range than any other. I've yet to hear anyone share my opinion on this so here goes: Gerard Butler played an amazing (albeit different) phantom in the 2004 film adaptation of Phantom of the Opera.
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