Seattle Public Radio: The Racial Undertones Of 'The Mikado'

Interview with Josephine Lee, author of THE JAPAN OF PURE INVENTION.

Lee_JapanJeannie Yandel talks to Josephine Lee, English and Asian American studies professor at the University of Minnesota, about the checkered history of the Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado."

Lee wrote the book "The Japan Of Pure Invention: The Racial History Of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado."

Listen here.

Published in: Seattle Public Radio
By: Jeannie Yandel and Amina Al-Sadi