[jjotto]

So the opera standard ‘Aida’, set in Egypt, is politically incorrect. Bring out the fainting couches for Gilbert & Sullivan’s ‘The Mikado’!

[Olog-hai]

This is actually the play based on the Verdi opera, with music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice. So these students whining about “cultural appropriation” are of course raving homophobes.

[Donglalinger]

“Bring out the fainting couches for Gilbert & Sullivan’s ‘The Mikado’!”

Too late it has already been cleansed

The Mikado in Italy: Leave the Fan, Take the Cannoli

https://www.sfcv.org/music-news/the-mikado-in-italy-leave-the-fan-take-the-cannoli

‘Mikado’ gets a makeover to remove ‘orientalism’

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3432917/posts