Oh yes it is! Oh no it isn’t! Is the panto dame still a suitable cause for mirth?

Panto season | The Guardian: With his thick eyebrows drawn way up high on his forehead and the tip of his nose heavily powdered with rouge, Dan Leno’s Mother Goose was a sensation. A music hall celebrity, a standup comic and a champion clog-dancer, Leno was the star of late Victorian pantomime.