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Big brain move

but why. does a skate park exist. if the city doesn’t want skateboarders. this is not a walmart parking lot we’re talking about. this is not a thing that was designed for a purpose other than skateboarding that skateboarders encroached on like an invasive species. you are trying to deter loitering in a place where it should not be possible to loiter. it’s not like the sand was put there to stop homeless people from sleeping there. which is awful but I can at least comprehend cities doing it to benches and shit. the sand was specifically meant to deter skateboarders

you built a skate park. with money. presumably taxpayers paid for there to be a place specifically made for skateboarding. and then those same taxpayers paid to get those nasty skateboarders out of the big concrete bowls that are just there for show I guess

dogs are not allowed in the dog park

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bigscaryd

Oh I know the answer to this: skaters used to be mostly white. Now there are a lot of Black skaters.

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mewmeow8

Something.!. I love about the 1998 Gumbie cat song is while for most of the show the older cats do get to have fun a lot of what they do is for the sake of protecting. Entertaining or explaining things to the kittens however in this song while the kittens do participate the older cats are mostly the ones having more fun. Its nice to see

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My final post for Naoimh Morgan as Rumpleteazer in the Cats International Tour 2018 in China.

I know the first half of pictures have been seen before by most people, but that first picture is probably one of favourites.

I still have some more pictures for tomorrow as a treat.

With Dean Ambrose as Bill Bailey, Gregor Stewart as Munkustrap, Gabrielle Parker as Victoria, and Nathan Zach Johnson as Mungojerrie.

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Naoimh Morgan and Billy Mahoney singing ‘Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer’ at a press event in Hong Kong, December 2017. (They were cast to play the roles in the 2018 leg of the international tour, which opened in Hong Kong in January.) It’s lovely to hear them be able to concentrate on the vocals for once, but also sort of entertaining watching them not be able to dance.

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munkthehunk

!!!!!

Look at them!!

Look at HER!!

I love how badly they clearly wanna dance lol, but seriously they play off of each other so well! My second fave horrible cat duo T-T

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More Mistoshanks from Chris and Paul!

No, really, he called it Mistoshanks.

Paul Giarratano as Misto and Chris Salvaggio as Skimbleshanks - plus a confused Pouncival (Dominic Fortunato) peeking in at the back. 2021 US tour, posted 4 November while they're on break (X).

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munkthehunk

*stumbling into your space gasping and crying*

they they THEY

HE CALLED IT MISTOSHANKS

THE BOYS

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Pouncival: Thanks, Dad… Why is everyone staring at me?

Alonzo: You just called Munkustrap dad; you said “thanks, dad”.

Pouncival: What? No, I didn’t. I said thanks, man.

Munkustrap: Do you see me as a father figure, Pouncival?

Pouncival: No, if anything, I see you as a bother figure, ‘cause you’re always bothering me.

Jellylorum: Hey! You show your father some respect!

Pouncival: I didn’t call him Dad!

Munkustrap: No, no. Pouncival, I take it as a compliment.

The Rum Tum Tugger: It’s not a big deal. I called Bombalurina mom once and she’s my mate.

Pouncival: Guys, jump on that. Tugger has psycho-sexual issues!

Cassandra: Old news. But you calling Munkustrap daddy.

Pouncival: Hey, daddy is not on the table here!

Macavity: Well, you did call him dad, dude.

Pouncival: You shut up. You’ve done nothing but lie since you got here.

Macavity: Okay, I was lying about where I was, but the daddy thing that happened.

Pouncival: Ah-ha. He admitted the alibi was a lie. All part of my crazy, devious plan.

Munkustrap: I believe you-

Pouncival: Thank you.

Munkustrap: -son. You want to talk about it later over a game of catch?

Pouncival: …I’d like that.

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munkthehunk

You know what I absolutely love?

In the addressing of cats, when they’re all looking out and doing their own poses, look who’s in the middle doing a very Munk like pose

Like?? Pouncival??? Big boy??? Strong boy???

Will you become a fierce protector???

Maybe it’s just because it’s late and I’m exhausted but this is heavy on my mind and I just needed to acknowledge how ridiculously adorable it is

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen a bootleg of a production where he got super involved in the Macavity fight! I’d have to go digging for it but the point is 100% agree, he is gonna be a fierce protector one day!

@munkthehunk Now that it’s not an obscene hour of morning, I went digging through all of the Macavity fights I’ve seen recently and I believe it was this one! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DIPTpBRH8E The actual fighting part starts around the 14 minute mark, and I believe it’s Pouncival who jumps in at about 14:26! I’m not SUPER well versed at recognising the cats, especially in the dark and when I can’t see makeup, but I’m about 80% sure! (And it’s definitely not Alonzo, at least).  (Also please note protective Cori and Tanto at the bottom right in 14:34. I love them your honour)

Ohh the 2016 revival! Daniel Gaymon is my fave Mac he’s so babey.

But YESSSS look at my Pouncie do a protect!

Such a big boy, strong baby! I’m so proud of him 🥺

(also Cori and Tanto are amazing angels and deserve nothing but love!)

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munkthehunk

You know what I absolutely love?

In the addressing of cats, when they're all looking out and doing their own poses, look who's in the middle doing a very Munk like pose

Like?? Pouncival??? Big boy??? Strong boy???

Will you become a fierce protector???

Maybe it's just because it's late and I'm exhausted but this is heavy on my mind and I just needed to acknowledge how ridiculously adorable it is

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen a bootleg of a production where he got super involved in the Macavity fight! I’d have to go digging for it but the point is 100% agree, he is gonna be a fierce protector one day!

Ahw I love this!! Strong boi 🥺🥺🥺🥺

He does have his legs apart so I’d say it’s a valid argument 😂😂

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Rosemarie Ford singing 'Memory' in a variety concert, 1989. At the time she was playing Grizabella in the UK tour; and, although she had done a brief stint as Bombalurina before that, she went on playing Grizabella in the tour and the London production up until 1997, when she was cast as Bombalurina for the film.

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munkthehunk

This really makes that look she gives Griz during memory hit different 🥺

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OKAY let's sort out the Plato/Admetus/George thing again!

This is Admetus. In the UK tradition, he's the cat who doubles as Macavity, and he usually does the pas de deux with Victoria. He also tends to be have like an older kitten, sometimes hanging out with the boy kittens and sometimes helping the adults to organise them. Him eyelash boy, with red wig (and a black spot and stripe) and reddish-brown markings all down his right side.

This is Plato. In the European, Australasian, and Broadway traditions, he did the Macavity track, but usually didn't do the pas de deux. As you can see he's based on a completely different design - in fact, in the UK tradition the same Napier design was used for Victor. Plato is an adult and mostly hangs out with Alonzo. He's usually nondescript greys and browns, often with a grey base rather than a white under his darker patches, and in the Broadway tradition he often has a square patch over his left eye.

This is... Admetus, renamed Plato for the 1998 film. (Possibly. Bryn is only credited as Macavity in the film, but it's a reasonable guess since the other two boy kittens were definitedly given their American names for the film - Pouncival and Tumblebrutus, rather than Carbuckety and Bill Bailey. In any case, he's either called Admetus or Plato, and he's the cat we're used to calling Plato in the film, so let's go with that.) Eyelash redhead baby brat boy, hello!

After the 1998 film[1], a lot of other European productions followed their example and began to use the London designs, while using the Broadway names for the boys (and sometimes Sillabub instead of Jemima). So this is Plato in the Dutch tour and the German tent tour: redhead eyelash boy!

[1] Also Zurich/Euro tour 1991–94, which followed the Vienna tradition for naming but merged the designs with the London ones.

And then of course with the revival era (c. 2014 onward), ALW etc have been trying to remove all designs except the London ones, so Oasis and the Broadway revival use the Admetus design and the Plato name. Meanwhile, other productions (UK/International tour, Vienna, Paris, Asia tours) call him Admetus.

So basically: redhead boy design is called Admetus, but sometimes gets used nowadays in productions where they call him Plato instead. George is not involved.

This is George. UK swing or minor kitten, two eye patches and a mouth patch. Never called anything but George until the Broadway and UK revivals decided to have a Carbuckety and a Pouncival, so renamed George to Pouncival and left splashy-eyepatch boy as Carbuckety.

Frank Thompson is only credited in the film as 'Rumpus Cat', but this is more or less George as he was being played in London at the time (just with the makeup redesigned a bit for the film).

The reason some fans of the film have historically used the name Admetus for George is due to Frank being credited as 'Admetus/Rumpus Cat' on the film's short-lived official website. I'm fairly sure that listing is an error: there are plenty of other errors on there, if you look carefully, and a website in 1998 was less 'official Word Of God' and more 'neat gimmick which might link customers to where they can order the DVD', so accuracy on points like minor characters' names probably wouldn't have been such a big deal.

It is possible that this was meant to be an intentional renaming of the character—or even the creation of a new character, like Femi Taylor's, based on George's design like (one of) hers is based on Cassandra. But if so, it never caught on: outside the film, there is no tradition of using the name Admetus for a George-like character. So historically, Admetus just means 'redhead eyelashes boy, who sometimes gets renamed to Plato'.

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munkthehunk

Okay thank you for this! I get so confused when I see it. Basically all of the other versions of the names I get - idk why this one has caused so much trouble for me. 🤦‍♂️

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Rosemarie Ford singing 'Memory' in a variety concert, 1989. At the time she was playing Grizabella in the UK tour; and, although she had done a brief stint as Bombalurina before that, she went on playing Grizabella in the tour and the London production up until 1997, when she was cast as Bombalurina for the film.

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munkthehunk

This really makes that look she gives Griz during memory hit different 🥺

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