What Is the Big Leering Image of the Devil?

H Hades is singing in a sort of fo operatic style. He's wearing the opera cape, he's got the stylized facial hair that was typical of stage productions at the time. And eo here, the opera elements are very, very obvious. You'll also see a lot of this imagery in um. A lot of early twentieth century burlesque art tradition really plays up the red i image.

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