So there you have it. Mikado has spoken and we should all be assured. Or should we? Consider Mikado the opera, allow me to summarise the plot.
A year before the action of this opera begins, Nanki-Poo, son of the Mikado of Japan, fled his father's imperial court to escape marriage with Katisha, an elderly lady. Disguised as a traveling musician, he met and fell in love with Yum-Yum, the young ward of Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor in the town of Titipu. Yum-Yum, however, was already betrothed to her guardian, and Nanki-Poo left Titipu in despair.
So the Mikado is a tale of those who were desparate to mislead in order to satisfy their own selfish desires and everybody ends up miserable. So no change there then (Have I got news for you)......