Afterthoughts of the musical "Cats

Because it was the first time I watched this musical, I was also more impressed. Although I can't appreciate it with an artistic and professional eye, there are still many touching things that moved me with an ordinary person's eye.

In the opening credits, the first thing you see are many pairs of cat's eyes, intimidating, but very spiritual, as in the darkness of the cat shows a pair of eyes. The music in the opening credits, gives an eerie feeling.

At the beginning of the play, you can see various kinds of cats on the stage: different colors of fur, different faces, different expressions, and different movements. The author appreciates the actors' movements, which are very realistic and flexible, and make people feel that this is a living world of cats. In the real world, you seldom have the chance to see so many cats gathered together, and seldom can you see so many kinds of cats. They danced joyfully on the stage and showed themselves as much as they could. A cat extravaganza, in this case, is their paradise. Although it is difficult to grasp the general plot, and each "cat" has its own story, which is scattered and cannot be pieced together at all, behind each "cat", we can vaguely see the general social background. Here are a few examples.

1, rich and poor contrast

We can see a wandering old cat in front of the cinema, thin, dirty body, although very poor, but very kind, so we all respect her, but more sympathy for her; and she contrasted with another shiny fat cat, dressed in western-style clothes, holding a walking stick, very gentleman, we also respect him. And in the author's eyes, the group of cats are all a bit flattering and flattering. Their contrast shows the gap between rich and poor in the cat world, but at the same time, it can also introduce the owner of the cat also has the same gap between rich and poor, the cat is still so, the difference between people is even greater.

2. Blind Worship

In front of the old fat cat with high prestige, every cat wants to satisfy him as much as possible, and they are all showing themselves constantly. In the face of power, they all hope they will get that chance - to be born again. The old cat's choice seems to determine their life and death, so they see the old cat as the supreme "God". What about in real life? We can also see some examples of blind worship. Let's say superstitious activities, many witches or goddesses after playing tricks are believed to be "God's spokesman" or even "God", which must be said to be human ignorance and stupidity. Although there are many phenomena that we cannot explain through science, we should not be confused by witchcraft, which often occurs in China. Also, in Western countries, there are people whose religious fanatic behavior is the same problem. These are seen through the behavior of cats.

3. Class Concepts

Later, the stage slowly walked up to an old cat, who was thin, with gray fur, tattered paws, and a pained expression, and seemed to have wandered for a long, long time. At this time all the other cats were very repulsed by her, unwilling to touch her, as if once they had a relationship with her they lowered their status. So, what kind of reaction did the old cat make in front of such unequal treatment? Of course it was agonizing. Neglected, ostracized and left out, this is in what a miserable situation! We are all of the same kind, why is there unfair treatment? Is our reality not like this? Western countries have always been very hierarchical, and people are often categorized into three, six, nine grades, with different performance in front of different people, and they cannot go one step beyond. Our ancient society is also divided into grades, and also to observe etiquette, can not be disrespectful to the upper. These behaviors of cats do not reveal the true picture of human society?

The above is the reality of human society as reflected in the behavior of cats. In addition, we can also see the touching aspects of this drama.

As it is recognized, what touches people's hearts the most in the play is the song "memory", which is sung by the stray and spurned old cat, and the song is mournful and touching, emitting a faint sense of desolation from the heart. Lyrics excerpts are analyzed as follows:

"I can smile at the old days, I was beautiful then" recalling his own youth, how beautiful he was at that time, "The time I knew what happiness was, Let the time I knew what happiness was, I knew what happiness was. The time I knew what happiness was, Let the memory live again" brought people much joy at that time, but the time is no longer, I really hope that people remember that they were once beautiful.

"I must wait for the sunrise, I must think of a new life, And I mustn't give in, a new day will begin" There is always a belief, never give up, never say goodbye!

"If you touch me, You'll understand what happiness is, Look a new day has begun." "Wake up people's conscience, people, do not give up this old cat! Once again, I firmly believe that a new life has come, optimistic, positive and upward, making people infected.

In fact, this guardian song not only sings the old cat's heart, but also sings the heart of those who are no longer in their years but are full of confidence in life. "The most beautiful but the sunset red", we will eventually come to that day, when they slowly grow old, we can still recall their past, and the most beautiful memories is to bring joy to people. The most important thing in a person's life is how he or she walks through it, if he or she can shed beautiful footprints on the road, if he or she can bring beautiful scenery to others, then your memories are the greatest happiness. We can't help but think, when we grow old, what kind of MEMORY will we have? The young generation, vigorous, as long as you can do what you want to fight for, then there will be no regrets in old age; in the youth to do something marvelous, but also not in vain; of course, more importantly, in the youth, what you can leave behind for future generations