Gen, Gen, Genghis Khan
Word out of Mongolia is that a new rock opera has opened that presents the softer, more appealing side of Genghis Khan, superstar.
“He was a good husband, a good son, and a good friend and I wanted to show him that way,” said lyricist Dojpalem Ganzorig. “Not as a tyrant, which is how some people see him.”
Non-Mongolian historians beg to differ; they say Genghis and his Mongol Hordes murdered an estimated 40 million people as they pillaged Asia and Eastern Europe.
Titled Chinghis Khan (which is the Mongolian name of Genghis Khan) reportedly has opened in Ulan Bator to rave reviews.
The production is loosely based on The Secret History of the Mongols - an account of Genghis’ bloodthirsty life and times allegedly penned by his generals. It features 40 dancers, 60 singers, rock group The Black Wolves, and a 50-piece orchestra that mixes Mongol throat singing with electric guitars.
That reminds me. . . Have the Mongolians ever apologized properly to Europe for what they did?
(JP)Consider what this chap might have done to Japan - had not a “huge big wind” divinely intervened.
Nice boshi though - tres chic.
June 2nd, 2006 at 7:00 amMongolian rock opera? I don’t think I’m going to find that genre in iTunes.
June 2nd, 2006 at 9:01 am[...] (Hat tip to Japundit) [...]
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:53 amThen there’s alway’s Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker’s Guide)take on the “Private Life of the Great Khan”
(Excerpt):
(Mrs Khan speaks):
“How…how’s the work going… dear” she yelped miserably again, but this time with a kind of pathetic pout at the end.
The mighty Khan sighed.
“Oh, not too bad I suppose,” he said in a world weary tone. “We swept through Manchuria a bit and spilt quite a lot of blood there. That was in the morning, then this afternoon was mainly pillaging, though there was a bit of bloodshed around half four. What sort of day have you had?”
Rest Here:
http://www.douglasadams.com/dna/980707-07-s.html
Maybe (overoften) might recall the above with John Cleese as Genghis.:neutral:
June 2nd, 2006 at 12:01 pm
June 2nd, 2006 at 4:19 pmHA! And I WAS reading that little snippet you posted with a John Cleese voice. Funniest thing I’ve read all day. Mind you, it’s only quarter past eight in the morning.
June 6th, 2006 at 12:13 am