This has to be the world's lamest attempt at adapting any pre-existing work. The Cool Mikado is not an updating of the original Mikado's story; it has almost no story at all.
Gilbert and Sullivan's MIKADO is one of those classic works which seem to work almost as well in the most bizarre settings. The original satire on British mores was introduced just as the first ambassadors from the relatively newly "re-opened" island empire were arriving on English shores and the Foreign Office nearly closed it for fear of offending the Emperor's representatives, but when showed the work, the Mikado's representatives thought it hilarious and that it had next to nothing to do with their country and everything to do with the country they were coming to.
Along with 'The Gentlemen of Titipu', 'The Cool Mikado' has to be the worst treatment of Gilbert and Sullivan there is. It fails as a comedy, it fails as a musical/operetta/opera film and it will make fans shudder in embarrassment at how Gilbert's writing and Sullivan's music is treated.
