If Zooey Deschanel was a cat ...
She would be a ragdoll cat, a cat that has a pretty wacky all-American hustler backstory that I dug into for Topic Magazine, and I'm not sure if I'm done with this piece: I have many, many more pages of crazy stories and found a 93-year-old man that I need to interview. I wanted to share it so you can read it, and if you want to share it somewhere, much obliged! The pictures are gorgeous and will at the least make you squeal, audibly.
Here is a tiny excerpt:
"The 1991 BBC documentary Cat and Supercat shows Ann Baker at her cattery, literally tossing a Ragdoll in the air to a visitor, as in a father-and-son game of catch. The presenter asks in a plummy voice-over, “Is this the ultimate docile cat? A cushion cat? Are we in danger of losing the spirit of the cat in exchange for a soft living toy?” (The question is never actually answered in the film.) A gray-haired Baker, then in her 70s, wearing a Hawaiian-print shirt and seafoam-green pants, motions for a visitor to toss the cat back her way. She catches it, and starts swinging the animal in front of her, left to right, like a pendulum. The cat’s legs are splayed out in surrender. “See what a pretty kitty he is?” she says, rubbing its belly." Read more.
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