Saw Cats again and I’m not sure if it was cause of the new print (I noticed Grizabella didn’t have rivers of snot coming from her nose, just… creeks, and I think the light on fur and the nose makeup were better), or cause all the surprise was killed, or different crowd (a full theater) of normies or cause the first viewing got me in the right “this is musical theater” mindspace…

But I wasn’t gobsmacked, I just took it as a good movie take on musical theater, specifically Andrew Lloyd Weber’s “Cats”

Started individually judging players on singing, dancing, and… other, I guess “acting”, I mean like non-sung line delivery and facial and other not-dance-move relating and communicating with the body

Victoria’s strongest as a dancer but they use her primarily for that, in contrast they seem to have cast Munkustrap as a dancer first but used him more for dialogue and singing

Mungojerry & Rumpleteazer probably come off most underrated judging that way - they’re fun!

Appreciated the jellicle dance medley more this time around

Whether a cat sings with and whether they speak with an accent seem like independent variables

This movie really begins with haunted carousel synths, doesn’t it?