Janeane Garofalo is a tiny thing, but the air around her crackles | Life and style
One of my favourite romantic comedies was released all the way back in 1996, and while it rarely makes it on to the best-of lists, trust me, The Truth About Cats & Dogs is up there with the greatest. It’s a very loose play on Cyrano De Bergerac, except in this version a man falls in love with the face and body of one woman and the voice of another. That “other woman†is Janeane Garofalo.
As a teen â€" and even now â€" I connected instinctively and intensely with her character: a charming, funny, insecure feminist radio host. I have followed Garofalo’s career ever since, but her lower profile in recent years means I haven’t dedicated much brain space to her.
Last week, I went to see her in the Broadway revival of Scott McPherson’s family drama-comedy Marvin’s Room. My findings are as follows: Janeane Garofalo on stage is just as potent as she is on screen. Her character, Lee, is one of life’s strivers: a bit broken and brittle, a little tart, but possessed of an iron will to have survived thus far.
I don’t go to the theatre as often as I would like â€" 15 months of living in New York has seen only four visits â€" but every time I am stunned by the intimacy of it. Garofalo’s a tiny thing, still, but the air around her crackles.
Afterwards, I spent hours looking up YouTube clips. She’s done so much! (Please watch The Truth About Cats & Dogs and Romy And Michele’s High School Reunion immediately.) I thought about all Garofalo’s combined experience on screen and stage, and smiled at how lucky I am to have seen her in the flesh. It was a smug smile, yes.
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