"His mind works like a stopped clock, and the time is half-past McKinley."
— Author Unknown
Author
Work Title
Date
1966
Metaphor
"His mind works like a stopped clock, and the time is half-past McKinley."
Metaphor in Context
Bags Full, by Jerome Chodorov. Some actors need funny lines to be funny. Paul Ford needs only Paul Ford. His face is in perpetual mourning; he can bat out a laugh by not batting an eye. His body is always on the point of settling, like a house. His mind works like a stopped clock, and the time is half-past McKinley. Indeed, part of what makes him so phenomenally droll is the sense that three or four entire generations have passed him by and left his features mottled in nonplussed fury.
Provenance
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Citation
"Theater: Dour Delight,†Time Magazine. March 18, 1966. Link to Article
Date of Entry
12/20/2009
