Jellicles Can and Jellicles Do

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With this blog, I tend to take the approach of writing what I feel like writing about. Which often means I'm probably not writing about anything that is currently relevant in the musical theatre world.
But the Venn diagram of relevance and personal interest has overlapped this week.

CATS.

They are making a movie. And unlike the 1998 movie that was just the West End production on film...its got some CGI. And by some, I mean lots. I'm not going to go so far as to make any assumptions about if they movie is actually going to be good or not, but I literally can't stop thinking about it. I didn't know the plot at all before this week and I can't stop laughing. If you want to learn more about the plot to Cats like I did - I suggest here. (I will be a Wikipedia stan for life.)

I have so many questions that I'll probably compile in a more legitimized blog post once the movie is out, but for now, the only way to summarize my feelings is in Elmo GIFs.

Before the Cats trailer:
A Cats movie? What is Cats even about? 
During the Cats trailer:
Real human faces on CGI cat bodies?!? Poor J. Hud.
After the Cats trailer:
I...What...Who...Why?
What do you think, dear reader? Are you excited? Are you morbidly fascinated? But most importantly, are you going to see it?

Watch the trailer for yourself:

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