Dan and Brian continue Musical Decades Month with a look at two musicals written by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Join as they discuss the influential and divisive career of Webber, his style and cinematic approach to stage production, and his legacy. Then, they discuss their own relationships with Phantom of the Opera, its contradictory views of romance, its high and low points as a story, and whether we’d want to live in a subterranean cave. Lastly, they give themselves a headache trying to make head or tail of the upsetting nonsense of the much-maligned Cats from 2019; Dan explains his philosophy on pets while Brian reveals a formative Cats-related moment in his life. Jellicle podcast episode for Jellicle movies.
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Episode Number
244
Films Reviewed
- Phantom of the Opera (2004)
- Cats (2019)
Is It Good?
- Phantom of the Opera (2004) – Good (5/8)
- Cats (2019) – Not Not Good (3/8)
- Phantom of the Opera (2004) – Good (5/8)
- Cats (2019) – Very Not Good (1/8)
Supplemental Media
Paris Opera House pics:
Dan’s photos:
Hyatt Regency walkway collapse
Brian Terrill is a filmmaker and horror host.
Dan Stalcup writes reviews for The Goods and is a member of OFCS. Follow Dan on Letterboxd.