Yes, when I googled it myself to make sure I had the following line right Pinafore came up before Pirates, and then I felt a bit silly, though I blame G&S for their characters always being so joyously rapturous :)
Hmm, this is true-- this old-men-with-beautiful-wards thing never seems to happen in real life, though I wonder if it was at least slightly more common in Victorian ages. (The Secret Garden comes to mind as a book where there is a young girl ward, though she isn't particularly beautiful and too young to be seductive, so I'm more inclined to trust that picture.) I have always been a little miffed, myself, that the guys seem to get all the great songs-- in the Mikado, for instance, the guys getting the trio "I am so proud" (what a terribly awesome song) and the girls getting the trio "Three little maids" (bleah) :)
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Date: 2007-08-30 04:20 pm (UTC)Hmm, this is true-- this old-men-with-beautiful-wards thing never seems to happen in real life, though I wonder if it was at least slightly more common in Victorian ages. (The Secret Garden comes to mind as a book where there is a young girl ward, though she isn't particularly beautiful and too young to be seductive, so I'm more inclined to trust that picture.) I have always been a little miffed, myself, that the guys seem to get all the great songs-- in the Mikado, for instance, the guys getting the trio "I am so proud" (what a terribly awesome song) and the girls getting the trio "Three little maids" (bleah) :)