The sequel's going to be a piece of junk! Controversy on renowned stages around the world! Sure, it's Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber; the godfather of musicals, in the production of another classic, but really, there a beginning and an end for everything. There's a beginning and the end the book you have to read for your English class. There's the beginning and the end of the school year. And I believe that Andrew Lloyd Webber's end of the height of his career is closer than you think.

I'm sure you know about the infamous Opera Ghost of the haunted Paris Opera House. There are three well-known phantom-related books: The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, Phantom by Susan Fay, and The Phantom of Manhattan by Frederick Forsyth. This sequel (I would it 'the death') is loosely based on The Phantom of Manhattan. Let me tell that I have read this book, just to see how horrifically bad it was, and I am righteously outraged at Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber for even thinking of using the book by Frederick Forsyth as the foundation of the sequel! I am outraged! This is the outrage of all of outrages!

Why? Why do I feel so negatively about this? I'll tell you why! And I'll tell you right now! The Phantom of the Opera is the world's greatest tragic romance. It's about the human nature and the simple desires that instigate every being's heart. We always say that there's good in everyone even in the cruelest, coldest of souls. The musical explores that ethical debate. The Phantom (whose birth name is Erik) is viewed as a monstrous, murderous blackmailer who falls for a beautiful soprano he supposedly trained since her father died. It seems very unethical, Erik is old enough to be her father, but nonetheless, it's love. Love's something everything parent will give their children from the moment they're born. Instead, His mother is only kind enough to give him a mask for his face. Not even love or acceptance is shared between them. This is where readers start to relate and accept Erik as a tortured boy whose disfigurement deprives him of the normal life that we all take granted. Erik's character develop and the 'phangirls' start to fall for his mysterious allure and loneliness. Hey, who wouldn't want Mr. Tall, Dark and Handsome to sing them to sleep? So the human nature and desires come into play – boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, and everything goes fine until Mr. Better Looking comes along. This musical is great as it is, mystery, love, betrayal revenge all in one package. And it's something we can relate to and understand well. The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return – quote from Moulin Rouge! – everyone gets it!

Having a sequel to The Phantom of the Opera ruins the mystery and the tragic tale! What mystery, you ask? If you haven't read Phantom by Susan Kay, then you don't know the detail by detail story of Erik from the moment he was born. The sequel reveals more of Erik's past which weakens the message conveyed by the musical. And it totally destroys the character that Erik has built up fore himself thus far. Remember the childhood I described earlier? Erik's a man who doesn't show his face to public often, keeps to himself, and despises them for shunning him from the public view. And yet, in the sequel, he goes to Manhattan, New York and becomes wealthy theater owner. That, for one, is messed up! That's not what the real, away-from-the-crowd Erik would do! Forsyth's sequel is an insult to Leroux's and Kay's stories.

I am starting to believe that Andrew Lloyd Webber is "bloody loony" as a phangirl puts it. His cat, Otto, accidentally deleted the music score of the sequel from the digital piano. I am one of those folks who worshipped Otto the cat, hoping that Lloyd Webber would discard and forget the sequel. Unfortunately, a few months later, Lloyd released a statement that Otto was killed by an automobile. Personally, I think otherwise…that Lloyd Webber killed him in a burst of anger for deleting the music score.

That's how desperate I am. This sequel must not go on! If Andrew Lloyd Webber bought a different cat after Otto's death, I pray that the cat might follow Otto's path and delete that score!