The sixth installment of the Regionalizing Phantom series centers
on the long-languishing Warner Brothers film musical. Here, former front-runner
for the title role Antonio Banderas gets parodied as a "Phamton"
of Alta California.
Don't get me wrong, I thought he was the quintessential Zorro and THE
MASK OF ZORRO is one of my favorite films. But c'mon, casting him as the
Phantom is like signing Pavarotti as Dr. Frank N. Furter in The Rocky
Horror Show...
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