Word: hotly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Watson, Little Hot...
Japan, Victorian England, and Harlem is a wild combination in any man's way of thinking. But such a combination conceived by Messrs. Todd, Short, and Robinson, and put on as "The Hot Mikado" is an all-time high in sacrilegious lunacy. Gilbert and Sullivan worshippers would probably rather hear a Goodman rendition of Beethoven's Ninth than their beloved "Mikado" slapped into the groove by a lot of Darktown strutters. But like so many iconoclasts, Michael Todd seems to be getting away with his Great Idea and packing the houses as royally as any D'Oyly Carte company ever...
...trouble is that Mr. Todd doesn't seem to have the courage of his convictions. For instance, after whooping up the "Three Little Maids" red hot out of a ladies' seminary with a gorgeous syncopated score and a crew of jitterbugs in the best traditions of Harlem's Savoy, if not the London Savoy, he promptly repents his sins and returns to the original G. & S. script for a while. Heaven forbid that any criticism should be smeared on the original, but it did sound pretty dull. It's too bad that Mr. Todd couldn't bury his conscience deep...
...back and shrug. It would be nice to bounce one's grand-children on one's knee many years hence and tell them about Bill Robinson. But the chances are that it won't be necessary, for he'll probably still be dancing then,--and in "The Hot Mikado...
Newest promotion of the National Sausage Casing Dealer's Association (heartily accepted by the Institute of American Meat Packers): the turkeyfurter, or hot turk. Its ingredients: one part smoked turkey, one part veal, one part pork, plus breadcrumbs, thyme, sage, an emulsion of turkey fat and broth, all stuffed (like brother hot dog) into sheep casings. Its economics: price 37? to 41? a Ib. in bulk (about 10? above best frankfurters), to retail at 15? each, complete with cranberry sauce and roll...