Word: catoe
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...there are, of course, the flashbacks: to Clouseau's domestic wars with his man-servant Cato, to his childhood and "accomplishments" sleuthing, and to his characteristic butchering of the English language. The second half of the film is, in a sense, the "Best of Clouseau"--and for Panther devotees, it is glorious...
...just as the flashback sequence was coming to a close. Every head in the house swung around--not just out of ordinary curiosity, but almost as if, in some bizarre perversion of Sensurround. Sellers had survived and Inspector Clouseau had fallen through our ceiling after yet another battle with Cato. Soon. Blake Edwards is going to unveil a sixth sequel. Curse of the Pink Panther, and I, for one, am going to be watching the ceiling...
...Cato Douglass, the novel's slow-burning narrator, has suffered racial prejudice, the sweetened indignities of tokenism and the usual wear and tear of encroaching middle age. He is a writer whose resume has a familiar ring: World War II combat veteran, college on the G.I. Bill, Greenwich Village, Paris, Spain, Bread Loaf and finally a niche in a university English department. (Williams himself is a professor of English at Rutgers University...
...blocked by sirens, ogres and, in the literary Establishment, men who have been turned into swine. There is even a faithful Penelope. On the other hand, Cato Douglass is meant to be a star witness for the prosecution of society. In fact, the novel's memoir form ensures that he is always on the stand. His accusations are clear, but his evidence is not easy to sort out. Eloquence is frequently drowned out by bombast, and testimony too often has the imprecision of hearsay. For all its forthright bitterness, !Click Song is guarded. It is as if its author...
Outraged, he caricatures her in his cato-rama as a snobby imbecile. They meet to fence and soon mend fences. Admittedly, Guardino is a palpable charmer and could probably break the social ice at the North Pole. Sporting bar-buddy camaraderie with Sam's poker-playing pals, Bacall romps through One of the Boys. Inexplicably, inevitably, the pair weds, spats, splits and reknits - how old-hat can you hope...