Lady is a Cocker Spaniel given as a Christmas gift from Jim Dear to his
wife Darling as a puppy. Lady grows to find a place at the center of Jim
Dear and Darling's life, but starts to be usurped when the couple have a
baby. Then when they go on a trip and leave Lady and the baby in the
care of Aunt Sarah, Lady finds herself completely shooed out of the
house. On the streets, she meets the stray dog Tramp who shows her the
good life of a dog with no attachments. A terrifying rat and a thunder
storm provide the drama at the climax of the movie, leading to a
happily-ever-after in the conclusion.
There are a couple of dated
elements that make it hard for a modern audience to fully enjoy this
movie. For one, it's full of ethnic stereotypes, which is mildly amusing
when it's Jock, the Scottie, speaking with a Scottish accent, but less
so with the Asian exoticism of the Siamese cats or the comedic fake
Italian dialect at Tony's restaurant. The story also features a macho
male in Tramp paired with a docile female in Lady that is old fashioned,
and not in a good way.
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