CATS (2019)
It is no secret that I do not care for Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats (based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats , by T.S. Elliot). In fact, when I was in middle school and high school, I despised it with a passion to the point that it became a joke among my friends. However, I have a secret. When I attempted to watch the filmed version of the show, I grew so bored and tired of the show that I turned it off during the song, "Gus: The Theatre Cat." Since that time, I have not revisited the show, other than the occasional listen to a song or two from the Original London Cast Recording (never the full thing) or when one of the songs would come on as a part of the Andrew Lloyd Webber compilation album that I own. When the trailer was released for the Tom Hooper-directed film adaptation of the musical, I was THRILLED. It looked so awful to the point where I thought I may enjoy it. I thought it would become my most guilty of guilty pleasures. I planned on attend...