HOW DARE THEY!!!!
Look at all that western clothing!
They should all be in Kimonos and Yukatas and Geta Sandals!
I see this kind of thing going on and my “little list” keeps getting longer and longer.
The sun, whose rays
Are all ablaze
With ever-living glory,
Does not deny
His majesty —
He scorns to tell a story!
He don’t exclaim,
“I blush for shame,
So kindly be indulgent.”
But, fierce and bold,
In fiery gold,
He glories all effulgent!
I mean to rule the earth,
As he the sky —
We really know our worth,
The sun and I!
I mean to rule the earth,
As he the sky —
We really know our worth,
The sun and I!
Observe his flame,
That placid dame,
The moon’s Celestial Highness;
There’s not a trace
Upon her face
Of diffidence or shyness:
She borrows light
That, through the night,
Mankind may all acclaim her!
And, truth to tell,
She lights up well,
So I, for one, don’t blame her!
Ah, pray make no mistake,
We are not shy;
We’re very wide awake,
The moon and I!
Ah, pray make no mistake,
We are not shy;
We’re very wide awake,
The moon and I!
But of course.
Political correctness trumps every other consideration nowadays.
The way things are going, every TV show, every movie, every play, made more than about 10 or 15 years ago, will have to be censored or banned, because everything would be deemed offensive to some politically correct grievance group.
I dispute that. "Pinafore" and "Pirates of Penzance" are certainly as well known as the Mikado.
But wait: there's Moor...
I spent my teen years in Japan, have been back numerous times, studied tea ceremony for 30 years, and yes, Mikado is about as ignorant of Japanese culture as something can be. But you don't watch it because of its Japanese culture, you watch it because the music is enjoyable, and it is a unique example of what the West's first thoughts were about Japan after the latter was opened up to the West in the mid-1800s.
I'm sick to death of PC Stalinists telling me what we are supposed to enjoy and what we are supposed to be offended by. I will say to them when they say to us: IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T LOOK.
Maybe we should put Asians into Romeo and Juliet. Oh, wait. That leaves out the transgenders. How bout we make it “Romeo or Juliet, I Can’t Decide”?
The Mikado - The List (Eric Idle)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-_m6EZ1SUk
Not surprising. It is San Francisco. I saw it a few years ago at the Savoy Theater in London (where it originally premiered) and it was fine. The ‘list’ is always updated for topical humor. I was lucky, as a youth, I lived around the corner from the Light Opera of Manhattan. When the D’oyly Carte broke up, that’s where the greatest 20th century interpreter of G&S, John Reed, went.
San Francisco has NO sense of humor.
HOW DARE THEY!!!!
Look at all that western clothing!
They should all be in Kimonos and Yukatas and Geta Sandals!
[ And while they are at it get rid of that gosh darn Shakespeare. Always making fun of Danish folks. ]
Stop “English Cultural Appropriation”!!!
/sarc
Not to mention the blatant anti-semitism of The Merchant of Venice.
Oh wait. I forgot. Anti-semitism is acceptable to the left. Never mind.
Very disorienting.
Hamilton, The Musical has no white actors.
Liberals are so damned confused/confusing.
Maybe they should redo the Mikado in the Hood and call it The Mofodo or something.
Hey, it could work.
The PC fascists strike again.
Uh-huh.
And FYI....there is no such thing as doing THE MIKADO in “yellow face” ! Yes, the eyes are made to slant, but the makeup was/is never yellowish in professional and semi-professional performances.
One can hardly find words to characterize this degree of stupidity.