Re: CATS
Issachar, on host 206.138.46.251
Wednesday, December 9, 1998, at 06:46:17
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
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