"You know, that's one thing Manon wasn't wearing: a watch. You don't see a lot of watch wearing in the soprano world. Have you ever noticed that? Tosca? No watch. Madame Butterfly? Again, no watch."
He is no longer paying attention, but it doesn't stop me. We have traded places. "If in La Boheme you gave everyone wristwatches, you'd have a happy ending...You wouldn't have that guy singing about his coat. He'd look at his watch and go 'Yikes!'"
--from Who Will Run the Frog Hospital, Lorrie Moore, 1994
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