Word: donee
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...opera artistic director Matthew Epstein. "The visual and musical values are different than in a bigger house, and now the gigantism of the '70s is turning around. These are troubled times for the bigger houses in Paris, London, Vienna. Some of the most exciting work today is being done in smaller theaters like Cardiff or Brussels. There is less emphasis on superstars and more on ensemble...
Jeff Weber, beaming, holds up a calico cat in the palm of his hand. "It's almost done," he says. He hefts the cat a few times to show how light it is. The cat lies curled in a circle in Weber's hand, the way cats do when lounging. Its unblinking yellow eyes are fixed for eternity on its tail. Weber gestures with the cat toward a circular cat bed, hollowed out in the center like a large doughnut. "The owner wanted it the way he always remembered it," Weber says. He lowers...
...When the pets are done," Jeff says, "they'll outlast the life of their owner. They retain natural characteristics no taxidermist could ever duplicate. That's why owners bring them to me. I can mold their pets into positions the owners remember from life. One owner wanted his cat lying so he could put it on his VCR, where the cat always lay. He moves the cat around the house throughout the day, just like when it was alive. Another puts out water for her freeze-dried dog. One guy had his Husky freeze-dried in a sitting position...
...reminded that their own deaths are looming closer. Jeff's natural customers seem to be yuppie types who not only prefer to deny death, but would also like to deny all that is unpleasant in life. Most of those people have heard about Jeff's service through stories done on him in newspapers from as far away as Britain, and on television and radio shows...
...Still, business hasn't been that good," Jeff says. "I've only done about 200 freeze-dryings in two years. If business doesn't pick up, I might have to sell my machine to a funeral parlor. I've been negotiating with one that's thinking of using my machines in the human sector. It has this idea for 'perpetual viewing chapels...