The Advantage of Two Legs

In ‘One leg too few’ Peter Cook plays a casting agent; Dudley Moore’s a one-legged actor auditioning for the part of Tarzan.

As the interview progresses Cook points out that Tarzan is ‘a role which traditionally involves the use of a two-legged actor’, and that ‘it is in the leg division that you are deficient.’

Moore: The leg division?

Cook: Yes, the leg division, Mr Spiggott. You are deficient in it to the tune of one. Your right leg, I like. I like your right leg. A lovely leg for the role. That’s what I said when I saw you come in. I said, “A lovely leg for the role.” I’ve got nothing against your right leg. The trouble is – neither have you.

On Saturday we took Grandson-Luca to see the film ‘Inside-Out 2’. I hadn’t seen Inside-Out, so I had some catching up to do…

In Inside-Out we’re introduced to eleven-year-old Riley and her animated, personified emotions Joy, Disgust, Anger, Fear, Sadness. Joy acts as their leader…  

In Inside-Out 2 Riley’s now thirteen and about to go to High School. Riley discovers four new emotions – Envy, Embarrassment, Ennui, and Anxiety.

For much of the film Anxiety is the dominant emotion, creating a very insecure Riley. It’s only when Anxiety and Joy work together that Riley’s life becomes more balanced… two legged.

Musing:

….Denise on Father’s Day… grieving for her Dad who died a few years ago, but grateful for the loving, loyal family she has.

…Graham on his hospital appointment… anxious about the results of the tests, but appreciating the care and skill of hospital staff.

…Maddy on her current and future employment…  identifying and balancing the parts that she likes and is good at with her boss’s unreasonable demands.

…Jesus… ‘Let us fix our eyes on Jesus… who, for the joy set before him endured the cross…’

Balancing the good with the bad, the pleasurable with the tough, the joy with the anxiety, present suffering with future hope… the advantage of two legs.