Ever read Masque of the Red Death

[Racygrandma]

By Edger Allen Poe. Where the nobility thinks the plague won’t enter their castle, and then it does.

[sop]

1. King Donald as Prince Prospero?

[paleotn]

6. We can hope. Particularly that end bit.

Now that would be justice.

[ColoringFool]

2. YES. I've Made References Numerous Times In My RL.

[Amaryllis]

11. What is RL?

[OGBuzz]

16. RL Real Life

[Ocelot II]

3. There were a lot of references to it at the beginning of the pandemic.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

4. Fingers crossed.............

If only.

[paleotn]

5. Long ago in high school.

Poignant on many levels.

[The Madcap]

7. Right now we live under...

The (Painted) Mask of the Orange Death...

Sorry, I just couldn't resist.

[rampartd]

8. conflation of hantavirus and the ball room.

[ananda]

9. Well discovered.

Among things that make you go hmmmm....

[PatSeg]

10. Excellent analogy

No amount of money, power, or fortresses will protect them. In spite of what they believe, they ARE after all human.

[wnylib]

14. Reminds me of this song from the 1970s by Eric Burden and the Animals

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[dedl67]

13. Actually, I like 'Hop--Frog' better.

[RobertDevereaux]

15. Read it, loved it, used part of it as an audition piece.

Edgar Allan Poe

[msongs]

17. seen the movie. vincent price at his most deliciously hammy nt

[B.See]

18. Read it and like his style. I've a

leather bound book titled, The Complete Tales and Poems.... My favourite being "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether," which is also aptly analogous, I think.

Esp. that bit about the dangers of trying to entertain lunatics.