Word: cat
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hear some irate Angelenos tell it, coyotes have not only invaded the city's ever spreading residential areas but are also wreaking vengeance on encroaching civilization by decimating the pet population. Local wildlife authorities receive a dozen complaints a week about coyotes making off with dogs or cats. One Brentwood Hills matron lost three cats in 18 months; a Briarcliff public relations man reports losing a treasured Persian cat when a coyote "trotted right up to our front lawn and casually carried it off." Says Charles Rosenberg, a stockbroker in suburban Sherman Oaks: "At 10:30 at night...
...cat who has sold 16 million singles and 42 million albums is giving out with the best-the very best! That cat must be doing something right...
Lessing has always created plausible characters, and those in Memoirs are no exception. Except for Hugo, the semi-anthropomorphic half-dog, half-cat mutation, they are realistic in spite of their bizarre behavior. In order to get past the first page of any fantasy one must suspend disbelief and as long as the characters' emotions are understandable their paws and whiskers don't matter. It's hard to carry fantasy off so well: authors tend either toward the cold creations of science fiction or totally unbelievable little critters with hairy toes. Lessing avoids both extremes. With Hugo as a minor...
...timing of a really good comedian. When she's warned on her first husband's deathbed to remember that "Life goes on," she barely breathes between the moan, "I guess you're right!" and the quip. "Where do we eat?" Keaton pounces on that line like a hungry cat on a tin of smelly mackerel and in this case the bad timing is the joke...
...which luncheon is served by Snorty and Kay, now disguised as a maid, is the funniest in the whole play. Soup is inevitably spilled, plates dropped, and strange crashes are heard from the direction of the kitchen, "Oh, that must be the salmon." McGee explains to the guests. "The cat's had it on the floor three times already." Snorty's calm, almost scholarly manner makes a nice counterpoint to all the chaotic running around, and Maxwell's subtle performance is a welcome break from the usual mugging...