Ovakva koncepcija svakako da je poticala od namere da se kroz karikaturu otkriju nedovoljno otrkiveni mehanizmi ovih vodvilja, a isto vremeno zabavi publika.
At its heart, Menotti's Phone is a small diamond that gives us everything in 23 minutes that opera audiences love: A baritonal anger as from the best of Verdi's opera, a parody of Donosti's lamentations of the main heroes, then remonstring the power of colored colors like the Queen of Night from Mozart, and a passionate love duet as from Pucini's opera.
Nažalost, znatno je bio uspešniji u drugom.