Does the movie capture the quirkiness of the hit musical? Or is Cats’ charm just a memory?
On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Sam Adams and Marissa Martinelli discuss, the movie adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical, which was based on poems by T.S. Eliot.
Many jokes have been made about Tom Hooper’s, mostly stemming from the “digital fur technology.” After the premiere, Universal Pictures released an updated version with “some improved visual effects.” But the 1981 musical wasn’t free from criticism either—yet it was still a hit.
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