The story
Dubious science.
Ancient wisdom.
Some Words with a Mummy turns Edgar Allan Poe’s comic tale into an opera of gloriously misplaced confidence. Its theatre-organ sound world meets the energy of electro swing and the timing of silent-film comedy.
Fitz, an enthusiastic amateur with an interest in archaeology and a greater one in food, receives an invitation to inspect an ancient mummy at the doctor’s house. A gathering of curious men and a little electrical experimentation awaken Count Allamistakeo.
The Count upsets their assumptions about ancient life. Fitz becomes captivated by the possibility of being preserved alive and waking in a distant future—and decides he wants the same opportunity for himself.
