Mirabelle is not sparkling tonight, because she works only … - Steve Martin

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Mirabelle is not sparkling tonight, because she works only in gears, and tonight she is in the wrong gear. Third gear is her scholarly, perspicacious, witty self; second gear is her happy, giddy, childish self; and first gear is her complaining, helpless, unmotivated self. Tonight she is somewhere midshift, between helpless and childish.

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Stephen Glenn Martin (born 14 August 1945) is an American comedian, writer, actor, musician and composer.

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