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The Mikado, though expressing understanding and sympathy ("See How the Fates"), discusses with Katisha the statutory punishment "for compassing the death of the heir apparent" to the Imperial throne – something lingering, "with boiling oil ... or melted lead".
Oct 31, 2023 · A year ago, Nanki-Poo (son of the Mikado, in disguise as a musician) met Yum-Yum and fell in love with her. But Yum-Yum is betrothed to her guardian Ko-Ko. When Nanki-Poo hears that Ko-Ko has been condemned to death for flirting, he thinks that he will now be able to marry her.
The Mikado introduces himself with the song, “A more humane Mikado never did in Japan exist.” His object is to “let the punishment fit the crime.” Pooh-Bah now comes forward to assure the Mikado that his wishes have been respected, the execution has just taken place; Ko-Ko, Pitti-Sing, and Pooh-Ball describe it graphically in their song ...
Oct 28, 2019 · But she’s betrothed to Ko-Ko, who has been made Lord High Executioner as a reprieve from his own death penalty, imposed for flirting. When the Mikado decrees that Ko-Ko must do his job, he and Nanki-Poo come to an arrangement that backfires with the arrival of the Mikado in person, and the revelation of Nanki-Poo's real identity.
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- November 30, 2019
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- October 28, 2019
When the Mikado reads the name of the victim, he announces that the heir-apparent has been executed. According to law, Ko-Ko’s life has to be forfeited. Luckily for Ko-Ko, Nanki-Poo and...
Feb 22, 2024 · Our logical Mikado, seeing no moral difference between the dignified Judge who condemns a criminal to die and the industrious mechanic who carries out the sentence, has rolled the two offices into one, and every Judge is now his own executioner.
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The young lovers, Nanki-Poo and Yum-Yum, are faced, as were many Victorian youths, with a father who forbids flirting and courtship, in this case under penalty of death.
