Lest We Furr-get: A Script That Was Once Thought To Be Brilliant

By Baxter

This is not an entertainment blog, but we need to comment on the passing of screenwriter William Goldman.

His script for "All the President's Men" was superb. "The Princess Bride"? So good, it's inconceivable. His "Butch Cassidy," not so much.

We cats love both Paul Newman and Robert Redford. But nearly 50 years later, we find that Butch and Sundance don't wear very well. We think that "Slap Shot," another Paul Newman film, made just a few years later and written by Nancy Dowd, is more clever and interesting, and better stands the test of time. But we know that Hollywood has never rushed to lionize women, so — what else can we say? We cats switch our tails and look annoyed.