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Apparently, I'm writing again...
I attended the premiere of the restored/rereleased "The Red Shoes" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mHgGU4AbOA, and there is of course an arguably pivotal moment in that, when it dawns on Boris Lermontov that the leading lady he has driven away isn't going to be coming back or extending any olive branches, and that he is going to have to be the one to humble himself and make the first move... and then news suddenly arrives that she is going to be back in Monte Carlo on holiday, and he immediately abandons his nascent letter of appeal and starts scheming to assert his will over her again, with tragic consequences for everyone involved. So the question is what that letter would have contained ( Read more... )

I did find myself very conscious of the "Love Never Dies" parallels in the moment when Vicky's husband begs her to leave with him now, before the performance, and her impresario puts pressure on her to perform and signal the end of her marriage, and Vicky is pleading that please can't she get the performance over first and then talk to her husband afterwards... :-(