9. Gerard Butler and Love Never Dying

10. Phantom Re:Adapted

The grand finale! In which I wrap things up and wax rhapsodic over what all these adaptations may or may not mean, what it means to me, and what's happening next! Thanks to everyone who stuck with me and who's joining me just now. Like the Phantom, I will be back. Please subscribe, rate, review, and tell your friends. Or contact me at ⁠⁠⁠⁠my website⁠⁠⁠⁠ [http://www.readaptedpodcast.com], ⁠⁠⁠⁠twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://x.com/ReAdaptedPod], ⁠⁠⁠⁠tumblr⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.tumblr.com/blog/readaptedpodcast], ⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/readaptedpodcast/], or ⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557061272054]. Email me at ⁠⁠⁠⁠readaptedpodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ [readaptedpodcast@gmail.com]! Or join my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ReAdapted.

9. Gerard Butler and Love Never Dying

After the worldwide popularity of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, a film version was inevitable. But the sequel? That's another story entirely. Today we'll get into what the casting of Gerard Butler and the collaboration of Joel Schumacher meant for the movie, and how Lloyd Webber entered into a Freudian battle with his past self to create "Love Never Dies." Special thanks to Joy DeLyria with help on this episode! Please subscribe, rate, review, and tell your friends. Or contact me at ⁠⁠⁠my website⁠⁠⁠ [http://www.readaptedpodcast.com], ⁠⁠⁠twitter⁠⁠⁠ [https://x.com/ReAdaptedPod], ⁠⁠⁠tumblr⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.tumblr.com/blog/readaptedpodcast], ⁠⁠⁠instagram⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/readaptedpodcast/], or ⁠⁠⁠facebook⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557061272054]. Email me at ⁠⁠⁠readaptedpodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ [readaptedpodcast@gmail.com]! Or join my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ReAdapted.

8. Robert Englund, Julian Sands, and Genre

In the 1980s and 90s, horror was big money, so perhaps it was inevitable that multiple adaptations would crop up to take advantage of the trend. But the Dwight Little and Dario Argento Phantoms, played by Robert Englund and Julian Sands respectively, took the character in two new, and very different, directions. Today we'll explore the horror versions of our beloved Phantom, as sex and death become the focus. Please subscribe, rate, review, and tell your friends. Or contact me at ⁠⁠my website⁠⁠ [http://www.readaptedpodcast.com], ⁠⁠twitter⁠⁠ [https://x.com/ReAdaptedPod], ⁠⁠tumblr⁠⁠ [https://www.tumblr.com/blog/readaptedpodcast], ⁠⁠instagram⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/readaptedpodcast/], or ⁠⁠facebook⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557061272054]. Email me at ⁠⁠readaptedpodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠ [readaptedpodcast@gmail.com]! Or join my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ReAdapted.

7. Parallel Evolution: Yeston/Kopit and Song at Midnight

Despite the fact the Lloyd Webber musical's popularity would dominate Phantom fandom for the rest of time, other strains of the story were still percolating. Today we're looking at two directions the story was taken in on opposite sides of the world: into family melodrama by Arthur Kopit and Maury Yeston, and into a romantic revolutionary tale in China by Ma-Xu Weibang in Song at Midnight. Please subscribe, rate, review, and tell your friends. Or contact me at ⁠my website⁠ [http://www.readaptedpodcast.com], ⁠twitter⁠ [https://x.com/ReAdaptedPod], ⁠tumblr⁠ [https://www.tumblr.com/blog/readaptedpodcast], ⁠instagram⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/readaptedpodcast/], or ⁠facebook⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557061272054]. Email me at ⁠readaptedpodcast@gmail.com⁠ [readaptedpodcast@gmail.com]! Or join my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ReAdapted.

6. ALW Continued -- Fallout and Phandom

The Lloyd Webber musical was so big, we needed two episodes to cover it! Here we dissect a few reasons why it affected people so deeply, and look at some of the consequences of that popularity: more works based on the story, an active fandom rising with the coming of the internet, and what I see as a complete shift in our relationship with the title character. Please subscribe, rate, review, and tell your friends. Or contact me at my website [http://www.readaptedpodcast.com], twitter [https://x.com/ReAdaptedPod], tumblr [https://www.tumblr.com/blog/readaptedpodcast], instagram [https://www.instagram.com/readaptedpodcast/], or facebook [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557061272054]. Or email me at readaptedpodcast@gmail.com [readaptedpodcast@gmail.com]! Or join my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ReAdapted.