Okay looking at the liberetto again and listening to the movie soundtrack here's what I came up with.
Okay in Think of Me, Rauol's lines were changed. In the play he sings:
what a change you're really not a bit the gawkish girl that you once were...
In the movie he sings:
long ago it seemed so long ago how young and innocent we were
So just because of that it seems "feasible" that he is 46. But geez why is a 46 year old going after a 16 year old. I
understand that during the 1800's it wasn't uncommon for an older man to marry a way younger woman, but talk about cradle robbin'.
I don't think they would have been able to "get away" with that in the movie and that's why his age and the lyrics were changed.
(okay I seriously have no life and no wwwaaaaayyyyy too much about this play)
Oh wait, looking further at the liberetto and at the dialogue. Raoul states that he met her (Christine) when he was 14. So now I'm utterly and completely confused. There is no way he could meet her at 14 and him be 46 when she is supposed to be 16. Does anyone know how old she is actually supposed to be? I'm reading The Phantom of the Opera right now and I think Gaston Leroux made her 16 (now this is according to my friend who has read the book, I'm only on chapter two).
I'm just now utterly confused. LOL.
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