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THE CAST OF “CATS” AS MEDIEVAL CAT PAINTINGS: A THREAD
Dame Judi Dench as Old Deuteronomy
Robbie Fairchild as Munkustrap
Jason Derulo as Rum Tum Tugger
Taylor Swift as Bombalurina
Sir Ian McKellan as Gus the Theatre Cat
James Corden as Bustopher Jones
Jennifer Hudson as Grizabella
Rebel Wilson as Jennyanydots
Here’s my soundcloud! secure.actblue.com/donate/ew-om-d…
Btw I’m an actual ~medievalist~ so this was EXTRA fun to do! Shoutout to my main marginalia inspiration, @DamienKempf — the man who found medieval yoda!! #medievaltwitter
(And Damien, sorry for all the notifs you’re about to get. Feel free to mute this thread 😂)
YES I KNOW I PUT TWO BOTEROS IN HERE I’M SORRY I KNOW THEY’RE NOT MEDIEVAL BUT LIKE, C’MON THEY SO SILLY
PS @ArtDecider mama have I made it?
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Okay kids, it's 8:48pm Pacific on Sunday, I've got my Cats screener ready to stream, so let's do this... #cats
1:14 in and you can tell this is an 80s musical because of the synth music.
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Nicole O’Connor
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It’s nearly 1am and I’m so incredible hyper because i saw Cats (2019) A THREAD:
Context: I was a total musical theatre nerd as a tween/teen & watched my Cats (1998) dvd until it skipped. I tried once to be a jellicle cat myself and was cast in a workshop but our production was cancelled because the West End touring production was coming (which I also saw)
Honestly? This film was not horny enough imo.
No real cat orgy. No Victoria dance solo exploring her nimble cat body.
No Rum Tum Tugger pelvic thrusting into the kittens faces.
These. Cats. Don’t. Fuck.
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Talia Lavin
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im in Cats. i just leaned over and whidpered to my date, “those are the cats”
this movie is already viscerally upsetting. what is a jellicle
lurking in a graveyard contemplating easeful death feels more goth than cat to me tbh
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OKAY LOSERS LISTEN UP I'M TAKING IT UPON MYSELF TO GIVE YOU ALL AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CATS OF CATS
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