So for those of you who haven't read, Richard's father works nights and sleeps during the day, and during the day the children therefore have to be very quiet.

可能有人不清楚，理查的父亲日出而息，日落而作，因而小孩白天不敢出声。

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The evening is memorable mostly for the searing arias delivered by Big Mama (the electrifying Tonya Pinkins), a bone-tired matriarch who works nights at a hospital only to discover that the little extra money she makes disqualifies her from being relocated to a better housing project.

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Leigh Vasquez is a social worker and mom of three who also works nights in a local store.

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