He applauds the shows of the 1930s and 1940s when there were stars, jokes, dances and even dialogue, most of which he finds in short supply in today's lugubrious offerings.
Remove these incredibly detailed, strangling restrictions and levies, and Israel will have one of the most innovative, fastest-growing economies on the globe, instead of today's sputtering, lugubrious economy.
Dvorak's famous (to non-North Koreans at least) cor anglais solo echoed the lugubrious tones of some of North Korea's musical fare, but the cocky jauntiness of the Gershwin bordered on a forbidden realm.