During the quarantine I have been catching up on my movie watching. A couple of years ago I read “The Art of Racing in the Rain.” It popped up on HBO last night, so I watched it. While I was watching it, I came to the realization that there are many sappy, emotional movies about dogs (“Marley and Me,” Homeward Bound,” Beethoven,” to name a few). I can’t name one about a cat. Why is that Bubbles?
- Movie Watcher in San Francisco
Dear Movie Watcher in San Francisco,
Yes, this is definitely true; cats are rarely the emotional focal point of a film. More often they are simply used to progress a plot (in how many scary/suspense movies have the characters come home to a bloody scene and yelled "the cat!" in horror?).
These sappy dog movies play to our emotions in an easy, cheap way. The human heart becomes a marionette to these formulaic, soundtrack-laden films. Quite frankly, humans are simple creatures, and they crave the easy to understand, things they don't have to work hard for. You do have to work for a cat's love, and even when it's earned, it never comes on command. There's nothing romantic about boundaries and self respect, so we're left out of these Blockbuster films. But that's fine with me! I'd rather be left out of the scene completely than be dumbed-down to a two-dimensional caricature of a cat.
I prefer watching basketball anyway. That silly ball just goes everywhere! I'm seeing a lot of this "Jordan" player on the TV lately. I think he'll be a star!
XOXO,
Bubbles
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