MC MytholOG - Midas, Medea, Jonah*, ATOWT, Last Gasp, Homeric, Icarus, Murph*, Herc, Orpheus, Dayz*

Most everyone these days has heard of Tyler Perry's M a dea, right, but not necessarily of M e dea , niece of Circe ?  Well, believe it or not, the source for this formidable character (read: badass ) is the Colchidean witch, Medea, who herself has no equal in the canon of classical mythology. This might explain her enduring appeal for MC and others across the millennia. In this episode, Mede...

How will Midas handle himself in the afterlife, having made a mess of his mortal one with his acts of folly? Hear what the judges in Hades think of this inveterate fool. Hearken to their final judgment where the little king of Phrygia will spend his eternity. Lend MC your ears now and find out the final disposition of king Midas. 

In this scene our poor Midas is utterly devastated by the public expose of his donkey ears. The Fool tries to help him out of his funk, but to no avail as Midas cannot see a way out of his humiliation and commits yet another foolish act. Thus ends Act II in a dark place, leavened only by the subsequent (and forthcoming) Epilogue, of which there is a teaser in Midas Outtakes .

As if the golden touch weren't enough to scare Midas from his foolish ways, Act II - the lesser known part of the Midas myth - sees our foolish king committing another act of folly, second guessing the gods' judgment in a musical competition. For this he gets another punishment - donkey ears ( Lord, what fools these mortals be !) How will Midas take his punishment, and will the consequences of his...

Selections from other MC plays:  The prologue to Orpheus and an excerpt of Dionysus's maenads "confronting" the grief-stricken Orpheus.  Two versions of Atalanta's taunt to her suitors in Atalanta/Meleager as she runs circles around them before spearing the losers .  Cameo by Jessica Childs. Prologue to Perseus.   Medusa's talking head sets the table so to speak.  In Atalanta...

As his reward for taking care of Silenus, his old mentor, the god Dionysus grants Midas his classically foolish wish, followed hard by the tragic fallout from the wish, that in turn followed by the subsequent unwish.

In which Midas's gardeners, still hoping for a reward, hand off the old satyr Silenus to King Midas, who is entertained by Silenus's stories and subsequently prepares to return the mentor of Dionysus, Silenus, to the god himself.

After two brief prologues, Dan and Georgie, two laborers of the famous King Midas, he of the golden touch,  discover the body of an old satyr mysteriously passed out in Midas's royal rose garden. Hoping for a reward, they tie him up with vines and dump him on the back of a donkey to take him to the king himself.