Merchant Ivory’s Gay Love Story, and a Visit with Noriega

The New Yorker Radio Hour

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🗓️ 9 June 2017

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

James Ivory talks about E. M. Forster’s “Maurice,” a gay love story with a happy ending. Plus, Jon Lee Anderson talks about the rise and fall of Manuel Noriega.

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0:00.0	Don't clap too soon. Wait till they're done. Don't clap too soon. Wait till they're done. Don't clap too soon.
0:22.0	Wait till they're done.
0:25.0	You're listening to the New Yorker Radio Hour.
0:31.4	I'm a grown man, and I don't know when to clap.
0:32.8	Great night.
0:34.0	Glad we're doing this.
0:37.4	And we get to do it four more times this year.
0:40.9	Two tickets to five concerts plus parking.
0:42.9	Don't think about it.
0:45.7	Don't think about what you could have spent that money on.
0:48.5	Like one of those three-wheeled motorcycles.
0:50.8	Why'd that pop in my head?
0:52.0	I don't want one of those.
0:55.5	He was zoned out. She noticed.
0:57.0	Now she's pissed.
0:59.7	I'll hold her hand. Smile.
1:07.0	You think for what these tickets cost, the seats would at least be comfortable.
1:10.7	Those box seats are probably pretty plush. I guess if you're about to be assassinated,
1:14.3	you deserve to be comfortable. That guy looks like he could be an assassin. He's got the assassin's
1:21.0	hair. Why do I think an assassin has a certain hair type? That's probably politically incorrect on some level.
1:29.2	Just listen to the music.
1:31.0	Listen to the music.
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