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What is the mikado about?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 7/14/2022

It satires politics and institutions [actually aimed at the British] by disguising them as Japanese. The main themes being death and cruelty but treated them trivial even light-hearted issues. Just to show that political correctness is not confined to today - the British government banned performances of The Mikado from London for six weeks when Prince Fushimi Sadanaru made a state visit in 1907 fearing that he would be offended. However he complained because he had wanted to see the Mikado just like Prince Komatsu Akihito had when he had been in London.

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