i think that phantom of the paradise should have been 45 minutes longer and the extra 45 minutes is just a montage of winslow attempting to kill swan or terrorize the paradise in various comedically ineffective ways and swan keeps reading him increasingly hyperspecific contract clauses and scolding him like a kindergartner
this goes so hard
the phantom’s character development be like
oo-wee-oo i look just like doctor faustus
oh-oh and you're mephistophilis
Carrie is such a good tragedy cause. It was already too late from the beginning. Even if the love was there. That teacher? She fucking loved that girl. The girl who had her bf take Carrie to prom? Sure she was a dick at first but she really did wanna help. Even the bf seemed to really enjoy himself.
But it doesn’t matter cause the problem is at home. Carries mother is insanely abusive and manipulative towards her, keeping her unaware, childish and afraid. The teachers and principals are aware of this, but as of the 70s and Carrie almost being an adult they didn’t do anything. And that’s the tragedy.
If someone stepped in before, took her away from her mother, had her live a normal life without the Christian guilt, this wouldn’t have happened.
It’s her mother, after all, who tells her they will all laugh at her.
Even when they weren’t. Save for a few, the laughing Carrie hears is a hallucination. Everyone seems quite awestruck and sad. They were happy for her for a moment. Everything was okay for a moment.
But it wasn’t enough. The love was there but it was too late. Carrie is long past her breaking point. The girl she wanted to be, was so desperate to be, has already had her light snuffed out by her mother. Carrie White the monster burned with her mother that night, but Carrie White the girl died on that stage.
the original png if anyone wants it for some cursèd reason
Paul Williams with one of the swan plushies I made. He now owns a little twerp. Thank you Ari for the help delivering him, I’m glad little Swan didn’t burn your suitcase 🫡