Trivia / The Mario Opera

• Development Hell: In 2005 only Acts 1 and 2 were completed of 3 potential acts, and in 2013 Mann lamented that he still hadn't finished the thing.
• Old Shame: According to these articles Mann wasn't proud of the "fancy-pantsiness" of some of the 2005-era lyrics as well as sexual parts that read as immature, which were cleaned up for the 2013 version.