The Phantom Gets Mask-Blocked

Funny story written by Ana Sian

Monday, 30 January 2023

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Your Deformity is Fine ... Your Breath is NOT!

Old Vic
London
Estonia:

A new production of “The Phantom of the Opera” will be opening soon, and tickets are sold out!

This is a revamped version of the beloved musical to reflect modern times. The Phantom usually wears a mask to hide his disfigurement so that he can fall in love and play organ music (girls love that shit!) in his basement …

… but with Covid, he will now be wearing a mask over his mouth. Will he sound as good? Critics are eager to find out.

An advanced show was put on just for a handful of select people, including theatre critics, some who said:

“Ah come the fuck on! Make it stop! He’s choking on the mask!” said Rex Rool of the L.A. Times.

“I … I …I can’t hear him … was there supposed to be sneezing in the lyrics? It sounds like he’s inhaling his own snot. I … I … I don’t get … is this what’s called modern art?” said Lois Scoobie of the Guardian Sunday Theatre Review.

“I laughed my ass off until they kicked me out – I made the fucker shut up for two seconds – now that’s a musical!” said Sally Hoppedup of the Chicago Wacky Picayune.

A new block of tickets will soon be released, so act fast and get your seats reserved for the all-new original masked singer … unless he chokes to death on his notes and has a great death scene!

The funny story above is a satire or parody. It is entirely fictitious.

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