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...extermination of the civilian population of My Lai is yet another clear example that man, and not the lion, is the king of the beasts...
NOTES ON A COWARDLY LION by John Lahr. 394 pages. Knopf...
Later this season, when Dorothy and her friends again gather in Oz on their annual TV rerun, only the singing of Over the Rainbow will be more fondly familiar to Americans than the sight of the Cowardly Lion in his boxer's stance, hopefully spluttering "Put 'em up. Put 'em uuuup." Bert Lahr played the lion, of course, and like all his performances, it bore the mark of a unique talent. Most comedians rely principally on their tongues, and Lahr's scratchy voice, wobbly warble and gnong, gnong, gnong earned their share of laughs...
...LION IN THE MEADOW, by Margaret Mahy, illustrated by Jenny Williams (Watts; $4.95). Dazzling illustrations send a small boy, the year's most attractive lion, and the boy's matter-of-fact mother into cheerful orbit...
...Unhappily, draft-card burners and Viet Cong-flag wavers steal the lion's share of publicity. The first clown I run across yelling, 'Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh ... the N.L.F. is gonna win!" is gonna win a punch in the mouth. But why condemn the majority of compassionate, intelligent Americans crusading for peace just because of a few morons...