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Post by The-Savage-Nymph on Jan 9, 2012 15:33:56 GMT -6
Maybe a chandelier dropping was more exciting than just a counterweight? Shock and awe and all that... would it be more noticeable to the audience? I think that is actually my favorite (non E/C) scene in the whole book. So creepy! Wikipedia says: "On 20 May 1896, the falling of one of the counterweights for the grand chandelier resulted in the death of one member of the audience. This incident inspired one of the more famous scenes in Gaston Leroux's classic 1910 gothic novel The Phantom of the Opera." So... it really DID kill but one person... Just like the chandelier in Leroux's novel... But a Chandelier is much more epic, of course. |
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Post by salierisantfarm on Jan 9, 2012 21:27:01 GMT -6
would it be more noticeable to the audience? I think that is actually my favorite (non E/C) scene in the whole book. So creepy! Wikipedia says: "On 20 May 1896, the falling of one of the counterweights for the grand chandelier resulted in the death of one member of the audience. This incident inspired one of the more famous scenes in Gaston Leroux's classic 1910 gothic novel The Phantom of the Opera." So... it really DID kill but one person... Just like the chandelier in Leroux's novel... But a Chandelier is much more epic, of course. I think the story may have been based on actual events, but that Leroux changed things up a bit to sell books. |
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