Burnt Toast
Passion, Humiliation, Heartbreak, Crumbs. Eight Comic Operas About Love.
2005 · 51m · N/A Comedy, Music
Overview
An irreverent and hilarious spin on opera, domestic drama and the hallowed institutions of love and marriage, Burnt Toast is an hour-long television opera comprised of a series of eight comic operas each depicting a different stage of romantic love. The relationships depicted run the gamut: from the passionate to the fantasized, the bored and of course the dead relationship, each as recognizable as the last.
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