{"id":15432,"date":"2017-02-17T12:24:36","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T17:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=15432"},"modified":"2017-02-17T12:36:56","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T17:36:56","slug":"15432","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=15432","title":{"rendered":"The Eternal Mystique of Cats: Kedi (2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Being allergic to cats, dogs, and birds, it\u2019s impossible for me to have a cat, but I can visit friends\u2019 feline companions and enjoy the squinting smile of supreme ecstasy that cats emit when they receive the perfect head, chin, or back scratch.<\/p>\n

The greatest cat I ever knew was Nathan, an oddball who thought he was a dog because he was raised by a dog, and because I was one of maybe 3 people (including owners Norm and Kate) that he liked.<\/p>\n

When I had a tooth pulled without being knocked out, the only thing that tempered the extraction hell was imagining Nathan meowing. It makes no sense, but maybe it relates to a common observation voiced by the humans in Ceyda Torin\u2019s documentary Kedi<\/a><\/strong> \/ KEDi<\/strong><\/a> (2016), in which cats have a history of usurping excess and unwanted energy, and bringing a bit of peace when humans are stressed out.<\/p>\n

“My understanding was this establishment offers a bottomless glass of tea. Has there been a misunderstanding on your part?<\/p><\/div>\n

Stated in different words within the beautifully shot and scored film, \u201ca cat meowing at your feet, looking up at you is life smiling at you.\u201d I\u2019ve posted a review of Kedi<\/strong> which begins its lengthy engagement at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cheers,<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>, Editor
\nKQEK.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Review of Ceyda Torin\u2019s documentary on Istanbul’s age-old, human-feline history in Kedi \/ KEDi (2016), starting its run at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[4950,2562,2563,4947],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Kedi_featured.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s8nuyW-15432","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15432"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15432"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15442,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15432\/revisions\/15442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}