Lady and the Tramp

“Sometimes the mere whiff of sex imparts more than the act itself ever could …”

Just look at them. Proof eternal that the couple that sucks together … has more than just puppy love going on. Sometimes the mere whiff of sex imparts more than the act itself ever could. Implications leave everything to the imagination, the ultimate erogenous zone. The film’s title hints at the way girls always harbor a special thing for the bad-boy rebels. And this scene also conveys the idea that sex has something to do with dimly lit Italian ristorantes, cheap Chianti bottles hardened with dripping candle wax, and tossed dishes of slithery spaghetti strands and firm, round meatballs. Lady and the Tramp, despite what the folks at Disney might think, encourages everybody to go out and get some tail.

This article appears in August 11 • 2000.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.