Cats

Slate's Spoiler Specials

Slate Podcasts

Tv & Film, Tv Reviews, Film Reviews

3.6 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

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 Cats, 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 Cats, 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. Does the movie adaptation have more of a plot? Does the star-studded cast add to the many cat introductions? Which cat at the jellicle ball will be picked for another life? And what exactly does jellicle mean? You can read Marissa Martinelli’s review here. You can read Dana Stevens’ review here. You can read Violet Kim interview with Cats’ ‘feline movement expert’ here and read the investigation into how many times the Cats in Cats Say “Cats” here. You can also check out past Spoiler Specials, and you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts. Note: As the title indicates, spoilers galore. Email us at [email protected]. Hosts Sam Adams is a Slate senior editor and the editor of Slate’s culture blog, Brow Beat. Marissa Martinelli is a Slate assistant editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.2	Oh, gosh, bud.
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0:55.0	You made it! You blew it up! What's in the box? You maniac!
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0:58.7	Damn you all the hell!
1:03.0	Hello, and welcome to this week's episode of Spoiler Specials.
1:06.8	I'm Sam Adams, the senior editor, Slate, and I am joined by Associate Editor Marissa Martinelli.
1:11.1	Marissa. Hello.
1:12.1	Hello, Sam. I would prefer you refer to me by my cat's name for this episode.
1:16.2	Okay. I will do my best. What is it? Marmaladium.
1:19.7	Marmaladium. Okay, I'm not going to say that again, but I've said it once.
1:22.5	So on today's podcast, or rather podcast, we are discussing cats, the long-awaited
1:30.5	slash long-dreaded movie version of Andrew Lloyd-Weber's 1981 musical.
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