And whenever Batman ventures out on one of his nocturnal crime-fighting missions, he runs into a mysterious woman who dresses like a cat and carries a whip.

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Regular folk having a brush with fame has already been the subject of Craig Lucas' gentle comedy "The Lying Lesson, " in which a mysterious woman who visits a Maine town turns out to be Bette Davis.

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What we had was a feature story about an elderly woman with a lot of money and mysterious empty mansions.

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