Being replaced by a younger model is every aging artistic woman’s worst nightmare and Carlotta is living it we can cut her some slack for not handling it well. But think about how you would feel if a set piece almost fell on your head and killed you at your place of work! Or if the career that you had worked so hard for was being threatened by an upstart chorus girl you’d never heard of before! Phantom is Christine’s story, and no one faults her for leaping at her chance for success, but everyone could do with being a little more understanding of Carlotta’s situation. Is she over-the-top with her demands at times and does she express her feelings in a less-than-kind manner? Sure. Carlotta is a diva with a capital “D.” There is literally a song about her called “Prima Donna.” But as Beyoncé taught us all, a diva is a female version of a hustler, and as such, Carlotta deserves more respect.
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