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Re: CATS
Posted By: Issachar, on host 206.138.46.251
Date: Wednesday, December 9, 1998, at 06:46:17
In Reply To: CATS posted by Ni'tharn on Tuesday, December 8, 1998, at 16:49:29:

> Just a question out of the blue;
> has anyone seen the CATS (broadway show -- you know?) video? Or has anyone been lucky enough to see the show live? Just wondering...

I'm sorry to say, I have seen CATS (although not on Broadway), and it did absolutely *nothing* for me whatsoever. My best guess is that this is because I had my own copy of T.S. Eliot's _Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats_, on which the musical is based, and the images that the poetry put in my head were so disparate from the stage presentation. I didn't like the score either; again, it seemed to interfere with the way I thought Eliot's verses "should" sound. This is a highly subjective personal reaction, I know. But CATS just wasn't my cup of tea at all.

Iss "Especially that hideous pop score for the Rum-Tum-Tugger cat! Gawwd!" achar