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Tiger Tanaka/Sharpless: Rule number one: never do anything yourself when someone else can do it for you.
James Bond/B.F. Pinkerton: And rule number two?
Tiger Tanaka/Sharpless: Rule number two: in Japan, men come first, women come second.
James Bond/B.F. Pinkerton: I just might retire here.
Dear Diary:
Today, I started the world thinking about the similiarities between Nancy Sinatra and Mirella Freni rather than their differences.
Also, I challenged people to dig a little deeper next time they encounter Puccini’s Madama Butterfly — they just might discover a Bond film lurking underneath.
Puccini | John Barry
Luigi Illica | Ian Fleming
David Belasco | Albert R. Broccoli & Harry Saltzman
Cio-Cio San as the archetypal freaky Asian Bond Girl
Suzuki, more specifically Christa Ludwig’s Suzuki, as an Oriental Rosa Klebb (or, in this case, “Helga Brandt”)
Placido Domingo’s Pinkerton, a wild-haired Cinecittà Sean Connery …. WILD-HAIRED!
[Being bathed by Tanaka's women]
Tiger Tanaka: You know what it is about you that fascinates them, don’t you? It’s the hair on your chest. Japanese men all have beautiful bare skin.
James Bond: Japanese proverb say, “Bird never make nest in bare tree.”
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