have perform the role of ruth at secondary school and i have many fond memory of the pop . this hysterical australian version of the operetta have me laugh aloud . how wonderful to see the art of gilbert and sullivan bring forward around 100 year . the joke and the facial expression and the modernism and the tempo and lyric change and the movement . all do to entertain . my classical musician husband also watch and thoroughly enjoy the humour and theatrical . my young child watch and sing along and laugh consider the effect a victorian operetta would normally have on 3 kid more interested in spongebob and yu gi o. day later they be still sing away . the adaptation work for me . but i be not a purist . i like to have a bit of fun and colour in my life and i appreciate good singing ( be train myself ) and i see no reason why i should drag my kid into victorian time when it can travel towards u .