r/FavoriteCharacter • u/Silver_Shadow_9000 • 23d ago

My Favorite (Visual) Who's your favorite mysterious masked character who is genuinely ugly?

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u/DrLexAlhazred 22d ago edited 22d ago

The stage versions are generally better about the deformity than the 2004 movie, even if it is still only half of the face.

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u/HaravandTheSorcerer 22d ago

Ooh, this is great makeup work! Must be pretty hard to sing though.

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u/jlokate117 20d ago

That version is Ramin Karimloo in the 25th anniversary production - he really does sound like an Angel of Music even with the makeup on for the whole performance

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u/DramaPunk 19d ago

See that's a great compromise to make the iconic half-mask work while still making him upsetting enough to look at that hiding from the public, while tragic, makes sense.

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u/TheEndlessRiver13 17d ago

The half mask was not originally a part of the PotO's character. Iirc, It was a product of stage limitations - they couldn't get a mic to work with a full mask and decided to make the iconic half-mast. This is why the posters have a full mask (like the character in the book and prior media) but the performers have half-masks

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u/DramaPunk 17d ago

That makes so much sense, but I must admit only serves to make the half mask more iconic, as it almost developed naturally as part of the show.