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...that the subject of this somber book is the postmodern 'condition' would imply that the condition is now universal, perhaps even ingrained in human nature and society. This is empirically a falsehood, since, for the most part, Zulus and Czech window-washers do not fret over, let alone care, about postmodernism...
Only Grant could walk down a street with a leopard following him and Katharine Hepburn yelling out the window in a high-pitched voice, "There's a leopard following you!" and handle the situation with aplomb. You just don't see too many men like that walking the streets these days. You don't see too many leopards either, but that's another point entirely...
...instance, in "His Girl Friday," when Rosalind Russell walks into her ex-husband's (Grant's) newspaper office where she once worked as his star reporter, Grant says to her, "There's been a lamp burning in the window for you, honey...
Russell tosses back, "Oh, I jumped out of that window a long time ago, honey...
Amon Goeth, commandant of the Plaszow death camp, strides into the basement of his barracks mansion and sees his maid, the lovely Jewish internee Helen Hirsch (Embeth Davidtz). He had chosen her as window dressing for the mausoleum he runs, but her strength and grace have touched him. For a crucial moment, on the face of actor Ralph Fiennes, evil pauses to consider itself. Could I have a decent feeling? Could I love this base creature, this beautiful thing, this Jewess? Just as quickly, and subtly, Fiennes' face tells us no. Goeth's fists flail out, not so much...