Le Fantôme de l’Opéra Article: No plus talk of Boggess...

posted by WildConcerto

All right.

So Tumblr has been crazy with this in the last few weeks since Sierra Boggess has left the Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera on September 6th. A rather short run, so to say: she did start only on May 14th…

I wasn’t going to write anything about this at first. But now, rumor has it Sierra Boggess has stated that her 2014 run in Broadway was going to be the last time she would play Christine.

Cough cough.

Ha.

Of course.

Bullshit. Bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit bullshit. BULLSHIT.

Everyone knows Sierra is Cameron Mackintosh’s and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s darling.

Well, Andrew did state that if he was a few years younger, he would marry Sierra Boggess. (SIERRA, RUN FOR YOUR LIFE)

Now, please, don’t get me wrong. I l’amour Sierra Boggess, she’s a great Christine, but guys, please, she seriously isn’t the best. I do think she deserves her place in what I call the “Phantom Royalty”, but to put her on a pedestal like pretty much everyone does… no.

So, before continuing, if toi think Sierra Boggess is the best thing ever after sliced bread, and that toi can’t stand that someone speaks of her in otherwise than superb compliments, this is not the article for you. And anyway, as I a dit above, I l’amour Sierra Boggess. I’m not bashing her AT ALL here.

Without further ado, let’s talk about her evolution in the Phantom universe.

She started out as the first Christine in the Las Vegas production in 2006. Don’t underestimate that production. It’s actually excellent. Now, Sierra Boggess in Las Vegas presented to us a very emotional, not to say hyper Christine. Don’t compare her to the Christine we see in the 25th anniversary at Royal Albert Hall. They’re like night and day. I must say I prefer a quieter, demure, shy Christine, but that’s my head-canon, so don’t listen to me. To resume it all, I wasn’t that impressed par her while seeing the bit of footage of her.

She left in 2007 to étoile, star in The Little Mermaid as the titre role, and, skipping a few years and shows, she was chosen to become the first Christine in l’amour Never Dies, in 2010. Why her? No idea.

Anyway, the montrer closed, and in 2011 came the planning for the 25th anniversary production, set at Royal Albert Hall. For the main roles of the Phantom, Christine and Raoul, they cast Ramin Karimloo, who had previously starred with Sierra in l’amour Never Dies and played the Phantom on West End, Sierra as Christine, and Hadley Fraser as Raoul.

Now, I don’t mind Ramin being cast as the Phantom. He has in my opinion the best voice for the role, though overall, he isn’t the best for what is of the acting. To stick to stage, John Owen-Jones was better. I do not, however, understand why they cast Hadley Fraser as Raoul, because despite all my l’amour for Hadley, the guy never played Raoul before. In result, we got a Javert/LND kind of Raoul, but that’s a whole other story.

The thing is, they cast Sierra Boggess while the only time she had played Christine was in Las Vegas (no, l’amour Never Dies doesn’t count). And again, I can’t really say I was impressed par her when I saw her performance.

Just, seriously, why couldn’t they take a West End Christine performer? Well, toi could also see it as a final attempt to promote LND, since it is after all Ramin Karimloo and she who got the main roles…

Now, her approach for Christine had a lot plus nuance than in Las Vegas, and her performance of Wishing toi Were Somehow Here Again was glorious, and the applause she received for it was well-deserved. But, however, her experience with LND really influenced her, to the point the Final Lair was totally f*cked up mainly because of her, that despite her having an excellent chemistry with Ramin’s Phantom, there was absolutely nothing between her and Hadley’s Raoul, the Kiss on the rooftop put aside (probably the best rendition of it. Seriously.), and a good chemistry between Raoul and Christine is extremely important, perhaps even plus important than the Erik/Christine chemistry for the reason that it’s HARD TO EXECUTE AND TO UNDERSTAND IT WELL. But overall, LND put aside, she was a good Christine.

But then, in 2013, they had her on the POTO 25th anniversary production on Broadway. And, just a few weeks before, they had her as Christine on Broadway, so they would have a good (but actually pretty bad) excuse for her playing Christine for the 25th anniversary. Before, she had no prior history with Broadway. So why? If toi know a thing ou two about Broadway, it’s hard to enter its world, a lot harder than in West End. And I mean it. There are many other long-runners who could have received the honor instead of Sierra and who were in the context plus deserving. I mean, why can’t they just give someone else their chance? And it got even better. They made a new souvenir brochure for the 25th anniversary, then another one recently during her run in 2014. It is the seconde to feature her, and she was in a limited run (four months…). Mary Michael Patterson is now in the principal position and for a much longer time. Why didn’t they just put her in instead?

Does this mean she’ll come back again?

Pa-lease.

Of course she will.

Furthermore, no, SIERRA BOGGESS DID NOT DO THE 11 000th PERFORMANCE. IT WAS MARY MICHAEL PATTERSON. But again, they decided to celebrate the jour after, the jour where Sierra was on. Okay, they can say as much as they want that they didn’t want any understudies, but on the 11 000th performance, Greg Millis was Raoul, and not Jeremy Hays. (But hey, who cares about the fop? *sarcasm*)

Also, when it comes to social media, she’s ALWAYS in the promo videos. And on the Broadway Facebook page, when it came to POTO, it only talked about Sierra, Sierra and Sierra. toi guys who take care of the Broadway Facebook page, if toi see this, stop doing that. First of all, it’s like if you’re saying that without her, the montrer is worth nothing, WHICH ISN’T THE CASE. POTO WORKED VERY WELL BEFORE SIERRA BOGGESS CAME IN. (Sorry, I just had to put this in upper case letters) And second, it’s extremely disrespectful to the rest of the cast, who work really hard as well to make the musical an absolute juggernaut as it is since 26 years. (Though I must say as a side note that of the few vidéos I’ve seen of Norm Lewis in POTO, I didn’t really feel like I was seeing the Phantom. It was plus “Norm-Lewis-playing-the-Phantom” plus than anything else (a bit like Ramin’s performance at Royal Albert Hall at times…). Plus, he’s chant in the Broadway/West End style like crazy (the Phantom’s part should NEVER be sung like that), and he’s a bass-baritone. The Phantom IMO should be a baritone plus than a tenor, but not a bass. It’s just… wrong.)

So?

Overall, I feel sorry for Sierra.

I mean, a lot of people hate her now because she’s seemingly ALW’s and CamMac’s pet. She’s got to be at least really embarrassed of it, especially around the other members of the cast she’s working with and who fully deserve praise as well, and especially that she has absolutely no control whatsoever on it! And if what people say is true, that she did state this would be the last time she was going to be Christine, if it’s her will of getting out of POTO, I understand her!

To sum it all up, when it comes to Sierra Boggess, there are two teams: there are those who say: “OMG she’s the best Christine EVAR!” and those who say: “What the hell!? She sucks, and she’s there just because she’s CamMac and ALW’s darling!”

For me… I’m on neither team.

She’s a great Christine, but definitely not the best. Gina Beck, Katie Hall (who was par the way only 16-17 when she took the role and only took private chant lessons… Sorry Emmy Rossum, the excuse that toi were only 16 when toi played Christine just doesn’t work anymore), Tabitha Webb and Lisa Vroman are higher on my list, to be frank. Sierra’s voice, however, is in my haut, retour au début 5: it is glorious, truly operatic. I’m glad she’s chant in the bel canto style and not the Broadway/West End style… okay, most stage-Christines make a really good job of this, but Sierra in particular does it well. (And it’s the reason why I don’t like most stage-Phantoms… they’re all great tenors, but… chant in POTO in the West End/Broadway style is just criminal.)

Don’t start hating her and saying that she’s bad just because she gets a green card everywhere. That’s just rude and disrespectful.

Overall, I like Sierra. I’ve heard they’re going to adapt Ever After as a musical, and that she’s going to get the main role. And honestly, I think she’ll be fantastic and I can’t wait to see her go. But I had enough of her in the Phanverse. Give someone else their chance. That’s all I ask of you.

But mainly, the reason why so many people l’amour her so much and so unconditionally is mainly because of the feedback. No, because it’s the populaire opinion.

So, before saying Sierra is the best Christine ever, go and discover other Christines who deserve a good hand of applause as well. The ones I’ve named above are just a few of them. toi can’t start comparing Christines if you’ve only been aware of Emmy Rossum and Sierra Boggess. Really, toi can’t.

I’ve heard Andrew Lloyd Webber is trying once again to bring l’amour Never Dies on Broadway. I don’t know how his nut head works. Really, I don’t. They’re going to bring again a few changes, and someone else is going to die, apparently… I won’t start ranting on that. That will be for another time. All I know is that they’re talking of having Sierra Boggess as Christine and Hadley Fraser as Raoul.

But of course.

toi think Sierra is done with everything Phantom?

No.

toi feel like dropping an angry comment? Feel free of doing so. I know I have an unpopular opinion and I honestly don’t care. You’re free of having your opinion and saying that Sierra Boggess is the best Christine ever and that she fully deserves all the praise she receives, and I’ll respect you. Just respect my opinion.

Thank you.

wanderingchild7 Nice article! Yes the Royal Albert Hall show was just a big lnd advertisement. I agree with most of the things you said about Sierra. But WTF???!!!! lnd again????? NOOOOOOOOOO!!! And who else does alw want to kill? Meg? Raoul? ERIK??? (i hope neither of them) I have an idea! The greatest plot twist ever: the show ends with Erik hanging webber for creating this shit!

WildConcerto I'm pretty sure ALW is going to get Erik killed, because that's the most logical death... But I kinda want Raoul to die... Okay, it's not the way you think, I really see Raoul redeeming himself by saving Christine and she finally realizing how stupid she had been all along...

wanderingchild7 yes... you are right.... but I don't want any of them to die... nor even Raoul ;) I just want this shit to end forever! But if he kills Erik... well I don't know what will I do then... why can't this asshole webber realize that he makes more damage with this crap than success? oh wait! Did he even make success with this????? but if he kills Erik a part of me will die with him... even after the debut of lnd I was in serious depression... what am I talking about? I don't care about that masked pimp in lnd who claims to be Erik!

Bia97 I agree with you. I love Sierra, but I do not consider the best ever Christine; One of the best, for sure, but the best? it's complicated; Many excellent actresses interpreted this role over the decades, making it difficult to choose one. It is easier to choose a favorite phantom than Christine ... My favorite phantom, for example, is Michael Crawford. Few actors played the Phantom on Broadway \ West End, compared with Christines numbers we had. Hugh Panaro, for example, played the character for nearly a decade. The Phantom is a selective role, beginners never interpret. Christine, by contrast, always have new talented actresses playing the role, making it unfair to choose a better, you always think in one the most. People love Sierra because besides acting and singing even better, she is very charismatic. She has a charisma that Emmy Rossum lacking in the 2004 movie. Rossum is simple indifferent, apathetic to everything; throughout the film, I honestly was don't caring about what was going to happen to her. Most Christines fall into the trap of acting only in the archetype of '' helpless maiden, naive girl '', which Leroux created, not doing the public create any REAL relationship with the character. Sierra, does not interpret Christine only as a helpless maiden, has a lot of excitement and charisma in his performance. Generally, those who hate are those who '' is against anything that makes success ''. Also do not understand how Sierra became dear to Webber, if before she had only played Christine in Las Vegas ... his performance as Ariel in 2008 called his attention and Cameron, probably? Well, what I know is that if I were Sierra would stay away from ALW. If he really is as obsessive as they say he was with Sarah Brightman, I can already see ... they get married, Webber writing a musical for her, and then separating LOL

WildConcerto @Bia97: Well, I really have an unpopular opinion about this, but I actually liked Emmy Rossum. She played the role well... considering that she's a sixteen-year-old terrified young girl who gets tossed and turned by a much older man... which is one of the reasons why I prefer having an older Christine. The Phantom is a selective role, for sure, and not anyone can play it. Though, to me, it actually isn't the hardest male role to interpret, actually: the role of Raoul is actually far more difficult, for the simple and good reason that it's so easy to fall in the trap of considering it as a boring role or as playing Raoul as an arrogant jerk, while he's actually much more than that. But I have to admit that since I've written, I've got to discover many other Christines and I can't really say Sierra Boggess has that much radiance and charisma. Yes, she's good. But her character development for Christine, at least in the RAH concert, is pretty messed up, mainly because of LND and because Laurence Connor was directing the concert. Well, I guess that I'm pretty difficult after seeing, let's say, Gina Beck or Samantha Hill, who are both extremely endearing Christines. And I have to disagree with you about Leroux!Christine being a helpless maiden. She's far stronger than Erik and Raoul in the book, she has quite the feisty moments with Raoul when she discovers he has been hiding in her wardrobe notably, and she has enough guts to stand up to Erik when he kidnaps her and even slam the door in his face at one point. The "helpless, naïve maiden" really comes from the ALW musical if you ask me, and that's really how Sarah Brightman, the original Christine, played her. It isn't really a bad thing, though, don't misunderstand me. XD Seriously, I don't know what's happening between ALW, CamMac and Sierra Boggess. How did she get on LND, no idea. It explains how she got in the RAH concert, though. Anyway, thanks for the thoughtful, long comment. ;)

Bia97 @WildConcerto: Another thoughtful, long comment :D Rossum ... she does well as frightened girl, so maybe you like it. I have to admit that Rossum has a beautiful voice, does not sound like a real opera singer, but she does well in the simplest songs like Think of Me. When she sing The Point of No Return, I was sorry for her because obviously she had no voice for the song. At least she is better than Butler. Yes, indeed, Christine in Leroux, has glimpses of being a stronger girl that ALW's show. The final scene, and a chapter in which she tells the Raoul the time that she was in the lair with Erik, are great. Maybe it's because POTO is a small romance, I do not know, the more I felt that Christine and Raoul were not as developed as Erik. Or is it because Erik is so interesting that overshadows the others? You mentioned Raoul, and I remembered that I like him better in Leroux's book in which Webber's show. In ALW's show, everything we know about Raoul, is that he is in love with Christine ... that's basically it. In Leroux, he is an insecure young man, not just a man in love. For me, the fact Ramin and Sierra have made LND, was the main factor for them star in RAH. And I believe that your problem with the performance of Sierra in RAH, either because the whole show was planned to be a prequel to LND. POTO it was not made thinking in LND, so Christine has more chemistry with Raoul. Sierra, however, was directed at the anniversary concert, made after LND, and the purpose of the production was obviously make LND become a more plausible continuation. This includes, Christine have more chemistry with the Phantom. So no one would be surprised if she came back for him in Beneath a Moonless Sky ... So much so that the DVD of LND was released along with the RAH. Anyway, Laurence Connor did in RAH a version of Webber's show that was plausible for its continuation meaningless. One way to don't make the Love Die :)

fangirlingstuff FINE. I DO RESPECT YOUR OPINION. I THINK SIERRA BOGGESS IS THE BEST CHRISTINE DAAE. RAMIN IS THE BEST PHANTOM. HADLEY IS THE BEST RAOUL. THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY WAS THE BEST!!! LET ME ASK YOU 1 QUESTION. IS IT SIERRA'S FAULT THAT ANDREW AND THESE PPL LIKE HER? WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THAT??!!! NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!! IF YOU LIKE SIERRA, WHY DID YOU EVEN WRITE THIS FREAKING ARTICLE THAT MAKES SIERRA'S BIGGEST FAN SO FREAKING MAD?! IF SIERRA, YOU ARE READING THIS ARTICLE, IGNORE. IT’S NONSENCE 😃 YOU STILL HAVE TRILLIONS OF FANS LEFT. AND WHY ON THE WORLD WOULD PEOPLE HATE SIERRA FOR GETTING GREEN CARDS EVERYWHERE??? WHY???!!! WHY?????????????? DON’T MAKE ME HYPER AND YOU MAY ARGUE WITH ME. ACTUALLY, PLEASE DO. I THINK SIERRA BOGGESS IS THE BEST CHRISTINE, RAMIN IS THE BEST PHANTOM, AND HADLEY IS THE BEST RAOUL! THAT MAKES PERFECT SENCE. PLUS, THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY WAS THE BEST VERSION EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT WAS ABSOLUTELY GLORIOUS. PLEASE DONT MAKE ME HYPER. I AM HYPER NOW. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OPINIONS ABOUT THIS, JUST WRITE THEM DOWN. IT IS YOUR OPINION. IT IS UNIQUE. HOWEVER, DEAR WHOMEVER WHO WROTE THIS, THIS ISN’T A WAY HOW YOU EXPRESS THE FEELING ABOUT SIERRA. SO PLZ STOP. BYE. (ALSO, I MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND CERTAIN STUFF CAUSE I'M YOUNG. DO I HAVE TO STATE MY AGE? FINE. I'M 12. BYE AGAIN. REAL BYE.)

fangirlingstuff Also, seach top ten best Christine Daae. Most of them has Sierra Boggess on the first place.

fangirlingstuff I'm even going to give you the link. https://www.thetoptens.com/best-christine-phantom-of-the-opera/

WildConcerto All right. So I was going to ignore your first comment in the beginning, mainly because this opinion piece (let me put a special emphasis on “opinion piece”) is three years old now and it’s barely relevant as of now. I’m also going to suspect you may have thought I wouldn’t actually reply, since this is a pretty old opinion piece. I don’t really hang out here anymore: I’m mostly on Tumblr nowadays, and my main interests are pretty much other musicals and Star Wars (because obviously, that mixes very well). But since you seem to be taking this to heart, I might as well give you a reply. But I do get emails when I get replies on articles I’ve submitted here. [insert Magenta from RHPS saying “Well-secluded, I see all” gif here] “FINE. I DO RESPECT YOUR OPINION.” Clearly, you do not, considering your first message was written in all caps (which in Internet language means you’re shouting) and my opinion seems to piss you off more than anything else. “I THINK SIERRA BOGGESS IS THE BEST CHRISTINE DAAE. RAMIN IS THE BEST PHANTOM. HADLEY IS THE BEST RAOUL. THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY WAS THE BEST!” Okay. Cool. There’s nothing wrong with that. I’m going to sound like a snob here, but honestly, I think we’ll be even in that case – but have apart from the 25th anniversary and probably the 2004 movie, have you seen other videos of performances of POTO? If you look around a bit on Youtube, you can find tons of snippets. GlassPrism for instance has a lot. I’ve come to a point where I dislike the 25th anniversary, but not so much because of the actors (who are all talented people, which I’ve said more than once in my opinion piece), but mainly because I see it as blatant LND promotion at this point. I still have a fondness for the 2004 movie, mainly because that’s what introduced me to POTO in the first place, but I sure as heck can see how flawed it is. I’ve seen a lot of videos of other performers, so I came to a point where I personally preferred Samantha Hill or Tamara Kotova as Christine, or John Owen-Jones as the Phantom, or Sean MacLaughlin as Raoul. Ultimately, it’s just a matter of personal taste. If you love Sierra, that’s a-okay. I’ve said as such in my text. But note that I also said this: “So, before continuing, if you think Sierra Boggess is the best thing ever after sliced bread, and that you can’t stand that someone speaks of her in otherwise than superb compliments, this is not the article for you.” Honestly, that makes me kind of confused about why you bothered reading my opinion piece after I actually took the time to warn you about what was to come, and why you even bothered to leave me a comment in all caps. “LET ME ASK YOU 1 QUESTION.” Okay. Shoot. “IS IT SIERRA’S FAULT THAT ANDREW AND THESE PPL LIKE HER? WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THAT??!! NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!” No, it’s not Sierra’s fault. Once again, I actually made that clear in my opinion piece. I think I feel sorry for her more than anything else. I’ve heard she’s actually a shy person who has been reportedly uncomfortable when she met fans at stage door and that said fans got, let’s say, a bit too excited. And if anything, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s behavior towards her creeps me out more than anything else. He has a weird old man crush on her, and it reminds me of stuff I heard about him and Sarah Brightman back in the days where they were married. Seeing how he acted with her during the encore at the 25th anniversary concert pretty much only confirmed that. Honestly, I’m at a point where I hope Sierra has projects soon that don’t involve Andrew Lloyd Webber, because that was something I got increasingly worried about when they announced she was going to be in School of Rock and when they announced she was going to be the principal Christine in the cancelled Paris production. (Sidenote: and HOOOLY SMOKES was I correct in predicting she was going to play Christine again. I’m laughing so hard right now.) Anywho, ALW has a track record of treating the stars of his shows like shit at some point or another. Ask Sarah herself. Or Patti LuPone. Or Nicole Sherzinger. Heck, Ramin Karimloo, Celia Graham and the rest of the LND cast got unceremoniously fired when the production closed in London. Andrew Lloyd Webber decided to have it closed on a whim because the Melbourne production had started to roll and it was all nice and shiny, and the cast discovered they were going to be without a job really soon by reading about it in the newspaper. “IF YOU LIKE SIERRA, WHY DID YOU EVEN WRITE THIS FREAKING ARTICLE THAT MAKES SIERRA’S BIGGEST FAN SO FREAKING MAD?” If you’re Sierra’s biggest fan, why did you even bother reading this when I explicitly said at the beginning to not read it if you were Sierra’s biggest fan? I could understand being upset if this was the Sierra Boggess Fan Club page, but this is the Phantom of the Opera fan page. Not everyone in the phandom likes Sierra. It’s just how it is. You’re allowed to think it’s bullshit, but that doesn’t justify you trying to shut down a differing opinion by sending an angry comment in all caps and a follow-up message almost 20 days later with angry smiley faces. “SIERRA, YOU ARE READING THIS ARTICLE, IGNORE. IT’S NONSENCE. YOU STILL HAVE TRILLIONS OF FANS LEFT.” I’m pretty sure she’ll ignore this article, because she’s not only a mature adult, but she’s also a successful Broadway star who’s had a successful career. And I wasn’t disrespectful of her in the article, in my humble opinion – there was a bit of snark here and there, but that’s just me being me. So she probably won’t care that a nobody like me thinks that other actresses should get the spotlight as Christine as well – which was the *whole* point of my opinion piece. But that doesn’t give you a pass for being patronizing and, I’ll say it, childish. Also, it’s “nonsense”, not “nonsence”. And Sierra can’t have trillions of fans considering there are only a few billions of people on this planet. “AND WHY ON THE WORLD WOULD PEOPLE HATE SIERRA FOR GETTING GREEN CARDS EVERYWHERE??? WHY???!!! WHY???????????? WHY LISA WHY????? *cough cough* I don’t hate her for “getting green cards everywhere”, as you said. I’m mostly disappointed with the powers to be for giving her the VIP treatment for… well, no reason at all. The reason why she’s always there whenever there’s some big event having to do with POTO is because she just happens to be Andrew Lloyd Webber’s favorite and, as Christine, she just gives him exactly what she wants. It just makes me sad personally that she gets the VIP treatment and other Christines get stumped all over and are treated unfairly. It’s not her fault at all, she’s not responsible for whoever is cast or not. I also wish the 25th anniversary was more a celebration of everything great about the West End production and not some shameless LND promo. That’s all. Checking out other Christines is worth it. Each of them brings something new to the role and I love comparing them afterwards. And in the end, I have favorites. Who just happen to not be Sierra, because… reasons. And personal tastes. “DON’T MAKE ME HYPER AND YOU MAY ARGUE WITH ME. ACTUALLY, PLEASE DO. I THINK SIERRA BOGGESS IS THE BEST CHRISTINE, RAMIN IS THE BEST PHANTOM, AND HADLEY IS THE BEST RAOUL! THAT MAKES PERFECT SENCE. PLUS, THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY WAS THE BEST VERSION EVER!!!!!!!!!!! IT WAS ABSOLUTELY GLORIOUS. PLEASE DON’T MAKE ME HYPER. I AM HYPER NOW.” Well, dearest, you were hyper since the beginning with your all-caps. I’ll give you this: the 25th anniversary had an amazing orchestra, plus the organ at Royal Albert Hall. And Maria Bjornson’s costumes. I just don’t think it’s the best thing ever. And you won’t convince me, and especially not with all caps. “AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OPINIONS ABOUT THIS, JUST WRITE THEM DOWN. IT IS YOUR OPINION. IT IS UNIQUE, HOWEVER, DEAR WHOMEVER WHO WROTE THIS, THIS ISN’T A WAY HOW YOU EXPRESS THE FEELING ABOUT SIERRA. SO PLZ STOP.” It’s “Dear whoever wrote this”, not, “dear whomever who wrote this”. Also, if your point was to show me “how to write THE FEELING about Sierra”, I can’t say you have succeeded in that regard. And I can’t say you’re in the right position to lecture me, an adult, on how to write an opinion piece. I’m already asking myself why I’m losing my time replying to you, but in the future, you’ll probably fall across people on the Internet who will be far less kind than I am. “(ALSO, I MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND CERTAIN STUFF CAUSE I’M YOUNG.” Clearly, you didn’t, because you got angry over certain things while I stated the contrary in my opinion piece. “DO I HAVE TO STATE MY AGE?” No, you really don’t have to. I won’t give you my age either, because you'd probably be mortified. “FINE.” Okay. “I’M 12.” I guessed as much. You still have a lot to learn, young Padawan. “BYE AGAIN. REAL BYE.” Well, no, not “real bye”, because you posted more, like, 20 days later. “Also, seach top ten best Christine Daae. Most of them has Sierra Boggess on the first place.” I’m not going to bother with the spelling and the grammar mistakes. I’m tired. Also, hello again. “I’m even going to give you the link.” Well, thanks, because I wouldn’t have bothered, otherwise. I do know how to do a Google search, though. All right, so checking out the list, Sierra Boggess is number 1. Sarah Brightman is number 2. They just happen to be the best known Christines apart from Emmy Rossum, but most people don’t like the 2004 movie anyway. She does manage to get to number 8, though. My point here? This list works by popular vote. Probably a lot of people who voted on that list haven’t seen lesser known Christines, like, let’s say, Gina Beck. Or Rachel Barrell. Or Valerie Link. And so on. Again, there’s nothing wrong with having Sierra as your favorite Christine. But just because she’s the most popular one doesn’t mean she has to be my favorite. If I only based my opinions, likes and dislikes about whoever or whatever was the most popular, I don’t think I would have gone very far in life, honestly. Have a nice day.