Of course, this scaremongering is always a charade, a Kabukiplay with the outcome predetermined by the initial conditions: The Debt Limit will be raised.
On paper, the ingredients inspiring "Bell" an 18th-century Kabukiplay concerning a ferociously vengeful maiden who has been spurned in love, mixed with the musical and dramatic aspects of a 19th-century ballet classic about a deceived and broken-hearted peasant maid promise a concoction well-suited to Ms. Yokoshi's often outlandish theatrical creations.