"I've seen it a dozen or more times, but never closer than the rear mezz. I'd give my eye teeth to see it closer, but I simply can't afford it."
I have trouble reconciling those two sentences. Perhaps if you had only seen the show six times, one of those could have been in a better seat.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson