The Lloyd Webber musical was so big, we needed two episodes to cover it! Here we dissect a few reasons why it affected people so deeply, and look at some of the consequences of that popularity: more works based on the story, an active fandom rising with the coming of the internet, and what I see as a complete shift in our relationship with the title character.

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