Cheeta, companion of Tarzan and rival to Jane, was in the perfect position to record the less glamorous side of the Hollywood dream-world. From capture in Africa to retirement home in Florida, Cheeta' has seen and done it all. The central relationship with Johnny Weissmuller is tender with its depiction of Johnny's physical decline, but it's the typical 'Hollywood Memoir' style and scathing asides, allied to a distinctly twisted and ape-centric worldview, that provide the humour.
(Clive Yelf - bwl 66 Autumn 2012 ) |
