Talk:Macavity
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As far as I've heard, Macavity kidnaps Demeter in all incarnations of Cats. Can anyone find otherwise? Is there some foreign production with a different kidnapee I don't know about? Claudia 08:50, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
I deleted this:
- "(the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories) word for word. Moriarty, in turn, was based upon the real-life criminal mastermind, Adam Worth."
It's not wrong, but if Eliot was inspired (as seems the case) by Doyle, it makes no difference who Moriarty was based on, for Eliot wasn't drawing upon Worth. Leaving it in struck me as somebody trying to show how smart they were knowing that about Moriarty; want to know about him, go to Holmes or Moriarty. Trekphiler 17:24, 6 January 2006 (UTC) (PS: if I put that in to begin with, as I vaguely recall doing, I was stupid.)
I have a long personal history with the poem, and editted the page to clarify that the term "Peke" is a short form for Pekingnese dog, since it is not immediately apparent to most readers. Wondering why that clarification was deleted?
Thanks, that makes more sense.
I removed the bit about Macavity not being a Jellicle, as this boils down to the exact definition of a Jellicle (which is not the topic of the article). While many accept the Jellicles as being a specific tribe of cats, it is loosely implied in the Jellicle Ball that all cats are Jellicles through the range of descriptions. Also, while I have not confirmed this, it's been said that there is an unpublished poem of Eliot's which states that all cats are Jellicles. If this is the case, then Macavity, by being a cat, is obviously a Jellicle.
Regardless of which way it goes, the debate about the nature of Jellicles is better suited for the Jellicle article, and one way or another should not be represented here. --shadowcheets
