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Who were Gilbert and Sullivan? They were the creators of what has become musical theater. Gilbert wrote the stories and Sullivan wrote the music.
All though Gilbert and Sullivan wrote comic operas, they were serious about critiquing and ridiculing the culture and politics of their time. Monty Python is considered to have been one of Gilbert's offspring.
The Mikado is set in Japan in order to allow G&S to portray British politics with impunity. Koko, a lowly tailor, is promoted to the office of Lord High Executioner. He is judge and executioner but has no concept of crime, punishment, or justice.
G&S insisted that the show was about Japan and in no way was related to criticisms of current British bureaucracy.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DmXWkIZUPmDY&v=mXWkIZUPmDY&gl=US
Who were Gilbert and Sullivan? They were the creators of what has become musical theater. Gilbert wrote the stories and Sullivan wrote the music.
All though Gilbert and Sullivan wrote comic operas, they were serious about critiquing and ridiculing the culture and politics of their time. Monty Python is considered to have been one of Gilbert's offspring.
The Mikado is set in Japan in order to allow G&S to portray British politics with impunity. Koko, a lowly tailor, is promoted to the office of Lord High Executioner. He is judge and executioner but has no concept of crime, punishment, or justice.
G&S insisted that the show was about Japan and in no way was related to criticisms of current British bureaucracy.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DmXWkIZUPmDY&v=mXWkIZUPmDY&gl=US