Theater
February, 1965
It's difficult to peg the exact moment when The Owl and the Pussycat reveals its true slim-witted nature, but it may be the second time Diana Sands calls the bookish Alan Alda a fink—which is about five minutes after the play has begun. The first cry of Fink! is funny. Diana, the whore next door, is battering at the door of Alan's bachelor digs, demanding admittance because he has had the landlord evict her. She yells "Fink!" at the top of her voice. To quiet her, he lets her in. She c...
