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 In the 1951 musical The King and I
The British diplomats were coming to visit Siam.  To impress the British the king decided he will have his wives and concubines attired in crinoline bell dresses.  When the British diplomats were introduced they women reacted much like Japanese civilians reacted to Americans in WW2 thinking they were cannibals and white demons.  The women freak out when one abassador puts on his monocle they all lift up their skirts to hide from the demonic goat face of an Englishman.  They essentially flash the whole diplomatic party because they were not wearing any undergarments.

That childhood memory inspired me two days ago when I wrote part 0.05 of Null in void.

Nothing about what I wrote would ever make anyone think,  This guy thought about Juel Brenner dancing and singing like a chad when he wrote this piece.

But I did.  And it was fun.