| One of the more inexplicable details in the movie | | | | the three Little Lotte prefers. The secret is hinted |
| version of The Phantom of the Opera consists of | | | | at by the name of the game -- Little Lotte |
| Christine confessing to her friend Meg that when | | | | prefers items with double consonents in their |
| she and Raoul were children, he nicknamed her | | | | names.So now, we have the lyrics: Little Lotte |
| Little Lotte. Lotte was a common diminutive | | | | thought am I fonder of dolls or of goblins or |
| nickname for Charlotte, not Christine. It seems | | | | shoes?The correct answer should be dolls |
| that the dialogue was added simply to explain to | | | | because it has the double-L. Since they both know |
| the audience why they then sing a duet about | | | | the answer, they don't bother answering, merely |
| Little Lotte.So why does Andrew Lloyd Webber | | | | posing the next set.Or of riddles or frocks? Or of |
| have a duet about Little Lotte in his musical, then? | | | | chocolates? Again, Lotte would prefer riddles, |
| Simple. It's in the original story by Gaston | | | | because of the double-D.You can see why the |
| Leroux.Now we get to the crux of the issue. In | | | | game quickly fell out of favor. Once you know |
| the 1980's, when Phantom first debuted, no one | | | | the secret, there's no challenge. And that's why |
| knew who Little Lotte was. The offhand | | | | modern theatre-goers needed an explanation for |
| reference in the lyrics made no sense to most | | | | who Little Lotte was.Jennifer Dunne is a Phantom |
| theatre-goers. But at the time when Leroux was | | | | phan who was thrilled to discover a mention of |
| writing his book, readers would have known | | | | Little Lotte in an old book of Victorian Parlor |
| exactly what he was referring to.Little Lotte is a | | | | Games that she picked up at a used book sale. |
| parlor game, similar to Twenty Questions, where | | | | She also writes hot and heartwarming fiction |
| one person knows the answer, and other people | | | | books of her own, some inspired by the |
| try to guess it. But in this case, the person lists | | | | Phantom's classic love story. |
| three items, and the others must guess which of | | | | |