CSI: Litter Box
In Other Media probably isn’t the place for this, but it makes fun of David Caruso’s tremendously cheesy performance on CSI: Miami, which is the most hilariously over-the-top acting just about anywhere. And it’s from McSweeney’s, so that’s book-related, right? (To ensure there is some direct book-content in this post, check out the other link to another McSweeney’s piece that imagines the feedback Joyce would have received had he submitted Ulysses in a creative writing workshop.)
The premise of Brian Graham’s piece about Caruso is summed up in the title: “David Caruso Scolds His Cat About Its Lackadaisical Litter-Box Use.” Writes Graham, in the voice of Caruso’s character Lieutenant Horatio Caine: “You can purr all you like, but I know that the purr is a lie. I trusted you to use the litter box. The rule was clear and indisputable, and yet you broke it. Again and again. Right on the kitchen floor.”
Related links:
Click here for the McSweeney’s piece on Caruso and his cat
Click here for the McSweeney’s piece about Joyce
“You can purr all you like, but I know that the purr is a lie.” - Ha! Classic.
Cats just love to remain stoic while we get upset at something they’ve done,
almost like it’s a show for them…