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Jaime J. Weinman lives in Toronto. His writing has appeared in Salon and at his blog, Something Old, Nothing New.
While the influence of Wagner’s oeuvre is heard today even in such folksy phrases as “It ain’t over ’til the prom queen sings,” what endures most from Wagner’s one true masterpiece is its totally bitchin use of character motifs. JAIME J. WEINMAN explains.