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Bernice Summerfield: The Tub Full of Cats
Jul. 26th, 2025 10:17 pmThis is a bit of filler, as the arc plot approaches a critical point. Benny, Brax and another person are on their way back to the Braxiatel Collection, and the whole story is set during their journey on a mysterious space ship.
On plus there are some superb scenes between Benny and Brax, who understandably have major issues.
Also the story is extremely imaginative, which will either work for the listener, or be too wacky. I liked it.
Yet at the same time much of it is very confusing, especially very early on. And it feels like it would have been better trimmed more.
In today's modern era of sometimes more sympathetic views of various gender identities there's also a rather clumsy and prolonged "Is it he or she?" section. This would ideally have been handled with more nuance today.
But an interesting experiment, and I'm glad that I listened to it.
Best quote: "You might very well think that." From Irving Braxiatel, played by Miles Richardson, son of Ian Richardson, who memorably said exactly the same thing in his most famous role in the BBC's 1990s House of Cards. Father and son have incredibly similar voices.
On plus there are some superb scenes between Benny and Brax, who understandably have major issues.
Also the story is extremely imaginative, which will either work for the listener, or be too wacky. I liked it.
Yet at the same time much of it is very confusing, especially very early on. And it feels like it would have been better trimmed more.
In today's modern era of sometimes more sympathetic views of various gender identities there's also a rather clumsy and prolonged "Is it he or she?" section. This would ideally have been handled with more nuance today.
But an interesting experiment, and I'm glad that I listened to it.
Best quote: "You might very well think that." From Irving Braxiatel, played by Miles Richardson, son of Ian Richardson, who memorably said exactly the same thing in his most famous role in the BBC's 1990s House of Cards. Father and son have incredibly similar voices.