Day Ten: Cats
(Fair warning, if you like the musical Cats, then do not read this, because today's post is my least favorite musical.)
I have never enjoyed the musical Cats. And I don't know why. I've just never enjoyed it. I tried watching the London Opera House recording of it (a good 15 minutes I watched it) and I thought they were singing the same song and I wasn't paying attention to what they were singing at all!
Don't get me wrong; the actors are very good dancers (this is show is extremely heavy on dancing) as well as singing, and there is virtually no dialogue. I don't think I like the story line very well. I mean there are some cats mentioned (cough cough Mr. Mistofelees) who I thought deserved to go. What about Old Deuteronomy ? He's rather wise, and old. Didn't he deserve to go also? He's bound to die!
Grizabella is just very confusing to me. She left the tribe, and then decides to come back? She should earn her place among the cats, not just fit in, and ironically she gets picked to go be reborn. Don't get me wrong, she's very powerful and moving, and she had a bad life, but the fact that she's moping of how bad her life was, instead of trying to show she belongs in the tribe and making the most of what life and dignity she had left, bothers me.
I won't go into detail, I'll give a quick description; it's a group of cats from the Jellicle Tribe and the show introduces certain cats who have the chance to go to Heaviside Layer and have a chance to be reborn. In the end, the cat that mopes around a lot (Grizabella) gets to be reborn.
Here's a song that people should be familiar with when hearing this show, "Memory," which is sung by Grizabella right before she gets picked to be reborn.
Don't get me wrong; the actors are very good dancers (this is show is extremely heavy on dancing) as well as singing, and there is virtually no dialogue. I don't think I like the story line very well. I mean there are some cats mentioned (cough cough Mr. Mistofelees) who I thought deserved to go. What about Old Deuteronomy ? He's rather wise, and old. Didn't he deserve to go also? He's bound to die!
Grizabella is just very confusing to me. She left the tribe, and then decides to come back? She should earn her place among the cats, not just fit in, and ironically she gets picked to go be reborn. Don't get me wrong, she's very powerful and moving, and she had a bad life, but the fact that she's moping of how bad her life was, instead of trying to show she belongs in the tribe and making the most of what life and dignity she had left, bothers me.
I won't go into detail, I'll give a quick description; it's a group of cats from the Jellicle Tribe and the show introduces certain cats who have the chance to go to Heaviside Layer and have a chance to be reborn. In the end, the cat that mopes around a lot (Grizabella) gets to be reborn.
Here's a song that people should be familiar with when hearing this show, "Memory," which is sung by Grizabella right before she gets picked to be reborn.
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