One of the film""s major motifs is the confining, sexually-frustrating institution of marriage.[Note: There are three married couples in he film that provide the commentary: Margaret and her abusive husband John, Professor and Mrs." She also cautioned him about wrinkling her taffeta dress or ruining her nails.She feared that physical contact with the infamous doctor would literally tarnish her appearance.As the train departed, they touched elbows (a substitute for a kiss), and he threw her an invisible kiss.The images switch between the imagined, delusionary, conditioned point of view within the brainwashed soldiers"" heads and actual reality.Cats! I was walking on the street and saw some cats.You ever see cats walk? Just like that.A regular dance rhythm....I got the whole thing all mapped out.Seven boys and seven girls, tomcats and pussycats, that""s down in one.Then we go to full stage with an alley drop, with the ash cans and a board fence.Then we have twelve little girls come out in kitten costumes.They""re the children, see?"She urged him to pay more attention to his health and sanity: "If you don""t let up, you""re going to meow yourself into a padded cell," and he agreed to slow down, although he still thought his idea was phenomenal.She wandered through the police station, where she saw the Little Girl from the film""s prologue lying in the hallway.