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We have to talk about Cats. It's one of the weirdest shows in the history of musical theater, but also somehow one of the most successful. There's been a lot...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eTry CuriosityStream free for 31 \u003ca href='http://www.curiositystream.com/12tone' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'\u003edays\u003c/a\u003e and use promo code \"12tone\" Alright, look. We have to talk about Cats. It's one of the weirdest shows in the history of musical theater, but also somehow one of the most successful. There's been a lot of talk about it in light of the new movie, and as far as I've seen, that talk has centered almost exclusively on the ways in which it's weird, but I think there's a better question to be asked here: Why? And how? And also, to reiterate... Why? 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