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OPEN POST: With My Classique Review Of Cats!

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6 years ago, I wrote : So I just returned from a matinee of "Cats," and I have a few thoughts. When the surly teenager manning the ticket booth said "Which movie?" I said "'Cats,' naturally!" He kind of sneered as he pushed the ticket through, saying "Don't get crushed by the mob." I've a good mind to call his manager! When I went into the cineplex I was the ONLY PERSON THERE. (I'm not kidding; I'm thinking everyone just assumed it was sold out and figured it was useless to even try to get tickets). I've never seen the play but I had a vague idea what it was about (cats singing or something), so I was prepared to be wowed by Andrew Lloyd Webber's magnum opus, but honestly...I found it lacking in the dramatic department. There's not a great plot. The majority of the film is introductions to kitty characters vying to be reincarnated (or something). And let's not even TALK about the tap-dancing cockroaches! A...