Life, 1914-12-03 · page 87 of 92
Life — December 3, 1914 — page 87: what you’re looking at
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This page satirizes famous operas by presenting their plots as absurd recipes. Each opera's dramatic elements—murder, passion, family feuds—become ridiculous "ingredients" for dishes. **Rigoletto**: A hunchbacked jester, a lecherous duke, a molested girl, and bloodthirsty scheming create "a hot pudding unsavory—the kind boiled in a sack." **Romeo and Juliet**: Shakespeare's feuding families, fencing matches, love scenes, and tombs yield mere "milk-toast." **Die Walküre**: A forest, forbidden sibling romance, and armor become "two poached eggs on toast." The joke mocks operatic excess—the overwrought melodrama, convoluted plots, and emotional intensity of these celebrated works are deflated by reducing them to mundane cooking instructions. It's satirical commentary on opera's tendency toward melodramatic absurdity. The page also includes an unrelated advertisement for Artbronz book rocks as Christmas gifts.
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