Welcome back to a “Jellicle” episode of Not A Bomb podcast. Spousal picks continue as Brad’s wonderful wife, Natalie, picks 2019’s musical - Cats. In a film that truly must be seen to believe, Cats is the live-action adaption of the stage musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Considered one of the worst films of all time and one of the biggest bombs, Cats turns some of the greatest living actors into weird CGI cat-humanoids and some of the most bizarre “cat acting” ever seen.

Troy and Brad discuss everything from accidental CGI cat buttholes, spending four months in cat school, weird set designs with scaling issues, the meaning of jellicle, dancing cockroaches, and so, so much more. Additionally, Brad declares to hate musicals, only to realize he likes a ton of musicals. Oh, and Taylor Swift isn’t the main character - Brad was confused for most of the film. But she kinda plays a cat drug dealer so…yeah, there’s that.

Timestamps

(00:55) - Intro

(02:06) - Cats Musical Interlude

(02:39) - Brad’s Wife Film Intro

(03:46) - General Discussion

(21:15) - Box Office Numbers and Critical Response

(25:46) - Development of Cats

(49:14) - Cats Film Discussion

(89:48) - Listener Email

(104:04) - Outro - Optimism by Weird Heat

Cats is directed by Tom Hooper and stars James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson, Francesca Hayward.

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Cast: Brad, Troy