52:39-52:57 So you said that “The Man Who Laughs” was lost for decades, but what you describe here is similar to how Stan Lee wrote the Thing and Alicia Masters’s romance (though I think Ben did let Alicia touch his face).
You're right, they do bear a similarity! Stan Lee /could/ have seen the film, he was 6 years old when it came out and we never searched /when/ the movie fell into obscurity. The tropes remain even in the movie's absence, however."The Man Who Laughs" novel was perhaps more famous in it's own right (at the time) and "Phantom of the Opera" deals in many of the same themes, seeing much greater theatrical success in Stan Lee's era. Thanks for listening! 🦇
52:39-52:57 So you said that “The Man Who Laughs” was lost for decades, but what you describe here is similar to how Stan Lee wrote the Thing and Alicia Masters’s romance (though I think Ben did let Alicia touch his face).
You're right, they do bear a similarity! Stan Lee /could/ have seen the film, he was 6 years old when it came out and we never searched /when/ the movie fell into obscurity. The tropes remain even in the movie's absence, however."The Man Who Laughs" novel was perhaps more famous in it's own right (at the time) and "Phantom of the Opera" deals in many of the same themes, seeing much greater theatrical success in Stan Lee's era.
Thanks for listening! 🦇