How in the world could you send your daughter out into the night, knowing that a leopard is loose in town? How could you lock the door? How could you mock her as she cries for help? What is wrong with this Mother?
This is how I feel today.
This is how I feel everyday!
She had her daughter killed by being an idiot.
shareI think this little drama within the film is intentional. First, it makes Kiki and Jerry Manning more sympathetic because they take on the guilt of accidentally letting the leopard loose.
The mother is pretty awful to the girl, but isn't Clo Clo to blame the way she scares the leopard?
Or the guy who loaned Jerry the Leopard?
KiKi and Jerry say they don't want people to think they are "soft" but they both secretly give money to the family of the victims.
I think this movie's message is that being "soft" is what makes us human and we shouldn't be so on concerned with being tough all the time.
An interesting contrast to the propaganda films of WWII that got everyone worked up for the fight.