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| re: Would NINE have beat CATS (if it went out of town the opened on bway the next season)? | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 02:00 pm EST 02/19/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Would NINE have beat CATS (if it went out of town the opened on bway the next season)? - mikem 09:52 am EST 02/19/21 | |
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| The joke in "Six Degrees" is that making a movie of "Cats" is a terrible idea, and the social commentary is that all of these people are huge snobs who hated "Cats" before it was cool to hate "Cats", but of course would completely forget that in order to be in a movie, any movie, directed by Sydney Poitier. Flan and Ouisa's daughter rightfully calls them out on it, quoting to Ouisa her own withering take down of the musical ("Aeschylus did not invent theater for it to wind up a bunch of chorus boys singing about getting the kitty cat heaven", or words to that effect), which Ouisa deflects by saying maybe she was talking about "Starlight Express" - so we get two ALW take-downs in one beat, the height of snobbish efficiency (he said as a snob). So "Cats" is definitely a joke in the play, and Flan and Ouisa are the butt of the joke. |
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| re: Would NINE have beat CATS (if it went out of town the opened on bway the next season)? | |
| Last Edit: Quicheo 04:13 pm EST 02/19/21 | |
| Posted by: Quicheo 04:12 pm EST 02/19/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Would NINE have beat CATS (if it went out of town the opened on bway the next season)? - Singapore/Fling 02:00 pm EST 02/19/21 | |
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| Your description is exactly right. And, of course, there is a third butt of that joke... | |
| Link | Six Degrees of Cats |
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| re: Would NINE have beat CATS (if it went out of town the opened on bway the next season)? | |
| Posted by: schauspieler 04:55 pm EST 02/19/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Would NINE have beat CATS (if it went out of town the opened on bway the next season)? - Quicheo 04:12 pm EST 02/19/21 | |
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| Thanks - that's a very funny punchline | |
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| re: Would NINE have beat CATS (if it went out of town the opened on bway the next season)? | |
| Posted by: mikem 04:20 pm EST 02/19/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Would NINE have beat CATS (if it went out of town the opened on bway the next season)? - Quicheo 04:12 pm EST 02/19/21 | |
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| Singapore/Fling and Quicheo, thanks for clarifying. I had forgotten that their daughter mentioned their negative feelings about Cats. And in Quicheo's clip, it's clear that Ouisa is known to be disdainful of the property. | |
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| re: Would NINE have beat CATS (if it went out of town the opened on bway the next season)? | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 09:07 pm EST 02/19/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Would NINE have beat CATS (if it went out of town the opened on bway the next season)? - mikem 04:20 pm EST 02/19/21 | |
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| I believe ''Cats'' also comes up for ridicule in Paul Rudnick's ''Jeffrey'' (1993) and as recently as David Henry Hwang's ''Soft Power'' (2019). Alas, the recent big-screen ''Cat''-astrophe didn't help its reputation. Destined to be clawed at, ''meow and forever''? |
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| re: Would NINE have beat CATS (if it went out of town the opened on bway the next season)? | |
| Last Edit: JereNYC 10:59 pm EST 02/19/21 | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 10:58 pm EST 02/19/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Would NINE have beat CATS (if it went out of town the opened on bway the next season)? - WaymanWong 09:07 pm EST 02/19/21 | |
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| The NBC sitcom CAROLINE IN THE CITY, which ran from 1995 to 1999, featured a regular character, a friend of Lea Thompson's Caroline, who was a dancer in CATS. The musical came in for its fair share of jokes during the show's run. | |
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