#jennyanydots and rum tum tugger are not in a competition any more than the candy canes and reed flutes in the nutcracker are

[jellicle-chants]

was nervous to watch the new cats movie analysis because it was hard to judge the vibes, but now I'm happy to report that not only is it very knowledgeable about the stage show there's some very correct takes about widely accepted fanon in it

#cats the musical #cate talks cats #i'm only about halfway through but it's been pretty good so far #yes i AM talking about the wild macavity lore that everyone agreed on at some point-- #--because on some level i think it's fruitless to talk about macavity as a physical cat with a backstory #it's doing exactly the same thing as the people who say everyone's competing to die -- making up a plot where there shouldn't be any #jennyanydots and rum tum tugger are not in a competition any more than the candy canes and reed flutes in the nutcracker are #just like macavity is no more a real figure than the rat king! #i'm not sure i agree with their other stance that bomba and deme can ONLY be read as romantic (maybe in 1998 but not always) #because there's also a lot of thematic analysis that can be done about their sibling dynamic as well as a romantic one #but like i said i'm only halfway through so maybe i'll find something i don't agree with later on lol #good video though!