Joanna Lumley: Catwoman (2009) User Reviews

Beautifully presented, stays positive despite ugly human truths

[jetlagahp · 8/10 · 20 February 2018]

Not sure what the last reviewer was watching, but in this show Joanna Lumley hit the nail on the head, so to speak, when she questioned why people are forcing an adaptation of a animal into a world they don't quite fit into. The two-part series was exactly about that - how we have changed them, and how they have changed us. She starts out exploring ancient associations between cats and humans, discusses superstitions and how that biased society, cultures which revere cats as deities, and then how we interact and associate with cats today. Very interesting show; she maintains a positive spin on the show, despite uncovering some of the vile things humans have done to cats in the past, how humans have overcome some of the stigmas with cats, and what humans continue to do, good and bad, in the present. Definitely a show all ages can watch.

I gave the show an 8 instead of higher because she stops short of actually exposing all of the ugly things humans have done to cats through the ages, and doesn't go into great detail about how that harms genetic population, adaptation and survival. Lovely soothing voice, would love to watch any more documentaries she narrates.

Joanna Lumley's commentary is deluded biased garbage.

[junkhere-93138 · 1/10 · 9 May 2016]

The narrator, Joanna Lumley, is an absolute snob. Some of the things she says are so stuck up and from her own extreme bias and prejudice. How dare she publicly judge people the way she has.

Just an example, "..they shouldn't have a cat" This was part of a personal judgment on her part, about how some cats were being shaved because they're owners are allergic. I ask, you stupid dumb B----, who the F-- is going to take all the cats that live in homes with people who are allergic to them? There are already 1000's of cats put down each year now.

Another example.."If Romey could speak, I bet he wouldn't be begging to have his handsome coat shorn off." - Really?? What about your children.. your human children. You let them tell you what's best for them too? Because 90% of your grocery would be gummies and general grooming would probably be out too.

Her judgmental and unfair commentary, made her a poor choice for narrator and guide for this series. Her negative views in regards to the way other people, in her own culture and other very different cultures, sought to identify with their domestic cats, should of been kept to herself, as long as neither long term physical or emotional harm came to these animals. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if further on in this series, we see her express outrage at spaying/neutering. I mean, it would fit quite nicely into her theory that humans should stop meddling with the nature of cats, right?