
English: 
(Background city noise)
(Laughing)
Hello Internet, Welcome to Film Theory
a show that DARES to ask:
just because Jellicles can and Jellicles do
does that mean Jellicles should???
THAT’S RIGHT theater kids
put down your copy of "Noises off"
and hit PAUSE on that "Dear Evan Hansen" playlist
because TODAY we're talking about the
movie that horrified the world.
Or at least would've horrified the world
if anyone had actually gone to see it.
(Haha it did bad)
CATS!!!
The Musical Extravaganza!
See I put an exclamation point there
because all the good musicals have to have to end
end their title with an exclamation point.
Thirsty cats, ~thirsty~ cats if you know what i'm saying...
Rebel Wilson, unzipping off her skin...
Judy Dench, sniffing butts...
Cats is a movie experience,
that truly has something for
everyone.

Chinese: 
哈囉, 網友們
歡迎來到電影理論
一個敢於質疑:
「只因為傑利可貓"可以", 傑利可貓"會"
就表示傑利可貓"應該"嗎?」的節目
沒錯, 劇場之子們
放開你手中那份《噪音遠去》
擱下《致埃文·漢森》
因為今天我們要來談談這部嚇壞全世界的電影
或...至少原本應該要嚇壞全世界
前提是有人真的去看的話
《貓》音樂劇盛宴！
看到我在這裡放了驚嘆號嗎
因為每一個好的音樂劇都必須用驚嘆號做為標題結尾
飢餓的貓
飢渴的貓
你懂的
瑞貝爾·威爾森把她的皮脫掉
茱蒂·丹契在聞大家的屁股
《貓》真的是一個滿足所有人口味的電影體驗

Chinese: 
促成了各式各樣的亮點回覆
像是來自波士頓環球報: 我的眼睛在燃燒, 天哪, 我的眼睛
Comics Beat:《貓》對貓來說是自狗以來發生最慘的事
接著是Collider:
你有沒有辦法把一部電影搞砸到
讓學院收回你的最佳導演獎
最後當然還有我的評論:
《貓》是多年以來讓我笑得最厲害的電影
適當的詞是"嘲笑"沒錯
這東西從詭異開始
當你的腦袋才快要開始接受這樣的詭異時
下一幕他就立刻變得更加詭異
同樣詭異的是電影院裡旁邊的人都在對著螢幕喵喵叫
旁邊的小女孩一直問著: 泰勒在哪
這東西就像闔家觀賞版的洛基恐怖秀
少了一些馬甲, 多了一些毛球
或者...你知道
也許我太早把它放在闔家觀賞分類
因為那似乎不太適當
《貓》有著黑暗且邪惡的內容
當你想碰觸它 它會抓傷你 就像它的名字一樣

English: 
Prompting all sorts of glowing reviews,
such as the Boston Globe's: "My eyes are burning. Oh God, my eyes."
The Beat's: "Cats is the worst thing to happen to cats since dogs."
and Collider's astute observation: "Can you make a movie so bad that the Academy takes back your Best Director Oscar?"
Then, of course, you have my review which is that Cats is the most I have laughed at a movie in years.
"Laughed at" being the operative words there.
This thing starts weird,
and just as your mind is starting to come to grips of what you're seeing
it just ratchets the weird up in the very next scene.
Didn't also help that I was in a theatre full of people meowing at the screen
and also next to a girl who kept asking "Where's Taylor?!"
This thing is like the new family friendly "Rocky Horror Picture Show."
Fewer corsets, more hairballs. *bArFiNG*
Or you know, maybe I am going in too soon by calling it family-friendly
because that doesn't seem to be the right word.
"Cats!" Has a dark, sinister underbelly to it.
If you try and put your finger on it, well it just scratches back.
True to its name-sake.

Chinese: 
所以今天我們要深潛到這個恐怖谷裡
來回答這個長久以來的問題
"傑利可貓"到底是什麼
而藏在電腦特效鬍鬚後的答案是
"傑利可貓"其實更應該被稱作
"傑利可邪教"
一群被洗腦, 灌輸思想的貓
被一個有魅力的領袖欺騙
只為了被儀式性的獻祭
這完全不是在開玩笑
所以今天讓我們來討論價值四十億美元的音樂劇
像弓漿蟲(一種常見於貓的寄生蟲)一樣
將所有人類洗腦成帶爪小伙伴的無腦奴隸
讓我們來看一些事實
據現實存在於紐約的邪教Aesthetic Realism
的前成員Michael Bluejay所說
邪教會使用八個步驟, 對新進人員進行招募和洗腦
令人驚訝的是
那八個步驟完美地與《貓》裡面發生的所有事件吻合
首先, 在我們洗腦任何人以前, 我們需要選個目標
儘管有太多的例子說明任何人都可以成為
一個魅力領袖及其動人說詞的獵物

English: 
So today we are diving deep into this uncanny valley to answer the age-old question, "What is a Jellicle cat?"
And the response hiding behind those CGI whiskers is that Jellicle cats may better be described as a Jellicle Cult.
A group of brainwashed indoctrinated cats lied to by a charismatic leader
only to be ritualistically sacrificed.
This isn't even a joke.
So today let's talk about the 4 billion dollar  musical that, like toxoplasmosis gondii,
brainwashed all us humans into being mindless slaves to our clawed little companions.
Let's look at the facts
According to Michael Bluejay, an ex-member of the real life New York City cult,  Aesthetic Realism,
cults use an 8-step framework in order to recruit and indoctrinate their new members.
And those 8 steps map shockingly well onto all the events
that we see taking place throughout the runtime of Cats.
First though, before we indoctrinate anyone, we have to pick our target.
While there are countless examples showing that anyone can fall prey
to a charismatic leader with a convincing message,

Chinese: 
研究顯示, 最容易受到邪教招募的人
通常是壓力大的人, 情緒脆弱的人,
薄弱或沒有家庭連結的人,
或是生活在較差經濟條件下的人
這聽起來很合理對吧
一個有自信, 過得好, 生活中充滿愛的人
會比過得較差的人有更多的自我認同
人們容易靠近接受度高且合理的解決方案
很顯然的對貓也是一樣的
電影一開始便向我們介紹了維多利亞
一隻單純, 好奇的年輕貓咪
被人類飼主塞進袋子遺棄在路邊
我想在晚上被丟在城裡不熟悉的地方
多少會造成壓力和脆弱感
甚至她的歌: 美麗的鬼魂
也都全是在講想家, 寂寞, 和需要認同感
只要看一眼歌詞就能告訴你所有需要知道的事
"我需要的只有被需要而已"
"如此年輕, 卻在倫敦街上徘徊, 孤單又害怕"
"生來一無所有, 至少你不是, 你有能守住的事物"
"那炫目的房間是我永遠無法進入的"

English: 
research has shown that people who are the most susceptible to cult recruitment
are stressed, emotionally vulnerable, have tenuous or no family connections,
and are often living in poor socioeconomic conditions.
And that makes a lot of sense, right?
A confident, well-to-do person with a lot of love in their life
is gonna have a stronger sense of identity
than someone who's struggling to get by.
Humans are prone to rush to those with open arms and rational solutions.
Apparently the same is true for cats.
The movie opens and we're immediately introduced to Victoria,
a wide-eyed, curious young kitten,
shoved into a sack and abandoned in an alleyway by her human owners.
Let's say that getting dumped at night in a brand new part of town
might inspire some feelings of stress and vulnerability.
Even her song, Beautiful Ghosts, is all about feelings of
longing, loneliness, and a need for validation.
One look at the lyrics tells you everything you need to know.
Quote, "All that I wanted was to be wanted"
"too young to wander London streets alone and haunted"
"born into nothing, at least YOU have something"
"something to cling to"
"visions of dazzling rooms I'll never get let into."

Chinese: 
維多利亞, 蠻直接的就是邪教的完美目標
就像你知道的一樣 傑利可張開雙手迎接了她
打開的...特效...手...掌...之類的?
這些貓有怪異獨特的名字讓他們顯得特別及不同
一個遠大於他們的東西的一部分
我們被告知每隻貓自己都有三個名字
人類取名, 傑利可名, 還有隱藏的祕密身分名
而這些名字是很重要的細節
一件前邪教成員很常講到的事情是:
邪教如何讓他們的新成員脫離舊有身分
邪教鼓勵成員切斷過往的連結
也包含了切斷出生時的名字
這邊最好的例子就是曼森家族邪教
像是一些成員叫自己德州或吉普賽
這些是新的名字
邪教成員被賦予使用的綽號
所以從《貓》的一開始
傑利可貓就有了典型的邪教行為

English: 
Victoria, quite simply, is the perfect target for a cult.
Wouldn't you know it, but the Jellicles are there to greet her with open arms.
Open... CGI hand-paw... things?
These cats have weird unique names that make them special and different,
and part of something bigger than themselves.
We're told that each cat has themselves 3 names:
their human-given name, their Jellicle name, and their unspoken secret identity name.
And those names are an important detail here.
One thing that former cult members talk a lot about
is how a cult manages to separate it's new members from their former identities.
Cults encourage cutting off any ties to the past,
and that often includes cutting off ties to birth names.
A perfect example of this is the Manson family cult,
where individuals identify themselves like "Tex" and "Gypsy".
These were new names,
nicknames that were bestowed and used by the cult members.
So, from the start of Cats the movie,
the Jellicle cats are exhibiting classic cult behavior.
And that's without me even mentioning the fact that
all this naming stuff was told to her in a chant,

English: 
like a creed, in that opening song.
So with our innocent, naive Victoria as a mark all picked out,
it's time to walk her through the steps.
Step 1: inviting her to a non-threatening event,
something that's easy to say "yes" to because it requires a low level of commitment.
Now, this first step can take many forms:
meeting, informational-gathering, a get-together,
a party, a gala, a ball.
Ahahaha... the Jellicle ball,
where all the cats get together to just, you know,
have a night of fun singing, dancing,
ultimately sacrificing one of their members...
BUT! Well, we're not gonna talk about THAT yet,
that's later in the evening.
Let's just invite Victoria to the party for now and have some fun, drink some milk,
go watch the... hip hop cats in their little tennis shoes... perform.
After agreeing to attend, Victoria starts meeting a lot of new faces,
and starts getting herself a LOT of positive attention,
especially from all the males in the Jellicle group.
But of them all, it's Rum Tum Tugger who stands out the most.
You see, his song makes it clear that he's the hot one.
He is seductive, he is the good singer and heck,

Chinese: 
更不用說這命名是透過一個教義式的聖歌來進行的
所以當我們無辜又天真的維多利亞被選作目標後
是時候帶她經歷這些步驟了
第一步: 邀請她參加沒有威脅的活動
一些很容易答應, 因為只需要很低程度承諾的活動
這個步驟可以有很多形式
會議, 資訊彙整, 聚會
派對, 晚會, 舞會
"傑利可舞會"
所有的貓聚在一起, 只是唱個歌, 跳個舞
最後獻祭其中一名他們的成員
但, 我們還沒有要討論"那個"部分, 那個還要晚一點
我們先邀請維多利亞來派對找些樂子就好
喝喝牛奶, 看看穿著網球鞋的嘻哈貓(電影裡真的有)
答應出席後, 維多利亞開始認識一些新面孔
然後開始受到很多正面的關注
特別是傑利可貓中的男性們
但在他們之中, 羅·騰·塔格是最為突出的
你可以從他的歌知道他是帥的那個
他是誘人的, 他很會唱歌

English: 
he's even got himself backup dancers who wear tennis shoes.
And what do you know?
In a lineup of cats thirsty for all of that milk of his,
his... little milk 'cause they're dancing at a milk bar,
he picks Victoria out from the crowd.
This is the perfect example of Step 2 in the indoctrination process: love bombing.
This is when cult members shower potential victims with praise and attention
in the hopes of creating a positive association between the cult and good feelings.
This makes people, or apparently felines, wanna show up for more
and deepen their relationship with these groups
OR with specific members of these groups.
Step 3: dangling the prize.
Now, all these cats have presumably followed Bob Barker's advice
and gotten themselves spayed and neutered,
so nothing should literally be "dangling" here.
Instead, the prize that the Jellicle cats care about
is the "Jellicle Choice".
The cats explain that Old Deuteronomy, a wise cat who's lived herself 99 lives,
who is a cookie cutter example of a cult leader by the way,
will choose 1 cat to ascend to a higher plane of existence.

Chinese: 
他甚至有穿著網球鞋的背景舞者
於是呢, 在所有渴望他牛奶的一群貓中
他實際上的牛奶, 因為他們在牛奶吧裡
在貓群中, 他選擇了維多利亞
這是洗腦過程步驟二的完美範例: 愛的轟炸
在這階段邪教成員會讓潛在受害者沐浴在讚美和注目下
希望藉此將邪教與好的感受做出連結
這會讓人, 或很明顯的, 貓, 想要參與更多
以建立與團體或其中特定人士更深的關係
步驟三: 甩出獎賞
這些貓大概都有接受節目主持人Bob Barker的建議
接受了去勢及中性化
所以基本上沒有"東西"可以甩了
所以取而代之的, 傑利可貓在意的獎賞
是"傑利可之選"
貓解釋到: 老戒律伯, 一隻活了99條命的智貓
順帶一提, 是邪教領袖的完美範例
會選擇一隻貓, 晉升到更高的境界

English: 
Or get reborn or whatever, the details don't matter to us viewers
or quite honestly, to the cats either.
They're already drinking the Kool-Aid here,
except this time "drinking the Kool-Aid" means "drinking the milk".
Anyway! The Heaviside layer is the prize that goes to
the one good deserving Jellicle each and every year.
It sounds completely insane right?
Especially when you start to pick apart what the promise actually means.
You get reborn into a better life, but
you don't get to keep any memories of your former life?
And yet Old Deuteronomy claims to have lived 99 lives
So did she ascend? Did she keep her memories?
The claims just don't really add up,
but unfortunately, this is what cults do.
They dangle an attractive prize
and because you're suddenly in a safe space full of love and people that care about you,
the cult has created this bubble around you
one full of love and acceptance.
Opportunities like the Heaviside Layer and the Jellicle Choice
seem totally reasonable, totally possible
something that you absolutely wanna have for yourself.
We see real life cults doing stuff like this time and time again

Chinese: 
或重生, 或觀眾甚至是貓都不在乎的細節
這部片中貓早就在喝Kool-Aid了
(意指被洗腦, 不加置疑的盲目信任/追隨)
不過這次喝Kool-Aid是指在喝牛奶
總之, "雲外之路"就是獎賞
每年會由一個好的, 夠格的傑利可貓來得到
聽起來根本瘋了, 對吧?
特別是當你開始分析這份承諾的意義
你會重生到一個更好的生活
但你無法保有你前世的記憶
但老戒律伯卻同時聲稱自己活過了99條命
所以她晉升了嗎? 她保有她過去的記憶嗎?
這些資訊都有些矛盾
但很遺憾的, 這就是邪教的做法
他們甩出一個吸引人的獎賞
而因為你突然到了一個充滿愛與關懷的安全環境
這個邪教用一個泡泡包住了你
充滿愛與包容的泡泡
雲外之路與傑利可之選突然就變得很合理, 完全有可能的
一個你絕對是自己想要的東西
我們看過邪教一次又一次的做這種事情

English: 
through tragedies such as Jonestown and Heaven's Gate
In both of these cases, members were pushed to sacrifice themselves
as a way to "ascend", or reach the next step in their evolutionary process.
Even the language that they use is remarkably similar to
how the Heaviside Layer is described in the lyrics of Cats.
The Heaven's Gate cult rallied around the following message, quote:
"The comet brings closure to Heaven's Gate"
"Our 22 years of classroom here on planet Earth is finally coming to conclusion"
"Graduation from the human evolutionary level. We are happily prepared to leave this world." End quote.
And then over in Jonestown, the night when members sacrificed themselves,
cult leader Jim Jones was recorded as telling members, quote again:
"If you knew what was ahead of you, you'd be glad to be stepping over tonight."
And all of these examples share one commonality -
the use of odd or specialized language.
"Evolutionary levels", "stepping over", "Heaviside Layers", and "Jellicle Choices"
All of it is odd, specialized language.
In both the movie and in real life,

Chinese: 
像是"瓊斯鎮"及"天堂之門"這類的悲劇
在這兩個例子中, 人們都被鼓勵去犧牲自己
藉此晉升, 或成為他們下一階段的進化姿態
他們使用的詞彙也與在《貓》的歌詞中
形容雲外之路的方式非常相似
邪教"天堂之門"圍繞在下列訊息:
"那個隕石關閉了天堂之門"
"我們在地球上長達22年的課堂時間終於到了尾聲"
"將從人類這個進化階段畢業"
"我們喜悅的準備從這個世界離開"
而另一方面在瓊斯鎮事件, 信徒自殺的那晚
邪教領袖, 吉姆·瓊斯, 對信徒說:
"如果知道前方有著什麼, 你會很高興今晚跨出這一步"
這些例子都有個共通點
就是使用奇怪或特化的語言
進化階段, 跨出這步, 雲外之路, 傑利可之選
這些都是奇怪, 特化的語言

English: 
it's yet another tactic to reinforce an "us versus them" mindset.
We see this in the final musical number of Cats,
when Old Deuteronomy lists off all the ways that a cat is different from a dog.
Jellicle cats are different. They're special.
This way of thinking supports the idea that
"we Jellicle cats understand things that others don't".
And it also means that when others criticize the cult and point out its dangerous flaws,
members can easily write all that stuff off,
because non-members "just don't get it."
Which, leads us to the end of the movie,
where Victoria is asked to complete Step 4, and perhaps the biggest step in the indoctrination process:
extracting an agreement from you that you want the prize.
Old Deuteronomy singles Victoria out.
She embraces her into the family and asks if she'd like to join the Jellicles,
even giving her her own Jellicle name.
Victoria has met the members, is already romantically involved with at least one,
and has just finished watching her first ritualistic choice, and she says "YES".
She is now in deep.
And from here on out, she's a Jellicle.

Chinese: 
在電影及現實中都是用來強化"我們"與"他們"不同的戰略
我們可以在《貓》的最後一首歌看到
老戒律伯列出了一連串貓與狗的不同
傑利可貓是不同的, 是特別的
這樣的思路支持了
"我們傑利可貓知道的比其他貓更多"的想法
這也代表著當其他人批評或點出這個邪教的缺陷時
信徒可以很簡單的忽略掉它們
因為非信徒們"就是不懂"
這就帶著我們到了電影尾聲
在這裡維多利亞被要求完成步驟四
可能是洗腦步驟中最大的一步:
引出你"想要最終獎賞"的認同
老戒律伯將維多利亞獨立出來
他將維多利亞接納入家庭中, 並問她想不想加入傑利可貓
甚至是給她屬於自己的傑利可名
維多利亞已經見過了信徒們
至少與其中一位產生感情連結
也才剛第一次見到一場儀式
而她答應了
從現在開始, 她成為了一名傑利可貓

English: 
A "Jellicle" is part of her identity now.
She's enlisted into the cult.
And while Victoria may complete the movie only having made it through Step 4,
we actually see the other 4 steps of this framework taking place throughout the rest of the evening.
Step 5 is shutting down dissent with a threat to without the prize.
This is in order to inspire good obedient behavior.
And THAT is the essence of the Jellicle Choice.
Only 1 member can win every year,
which means that everyone vies for the prize only to wind up rejected.
It keeps that prize dangling tantalizingly close in front of their faces,
but always just out of their reach.
It keeps them wanting more.
I mean, Macavity, this film's villain,
is simply a member of the Jellicles driven mad by how badly he wants to be the Jellicle Choice.
Consider this: Why do most of these cats want this prize to begin with?
Why do they want to be reborn?
Many of them explicitly sing about how good they currently have it.
Jennyanydots talks about how she sleeps all day
and finds joy teaching mice and roaches about Jellicle cats in the evening.

Chinese: 
傑利可已經成為她身份的一部分了
她加入了邪教
儘管維多利亞在電影中只有走到步驟四
我們實際上可以在那晚後半見到剩下的四個步驟
步驟五: 以威脅拒發獎賞來排除異議
這是為了激發好的, 服從的行為
這就是傑利可之選的珍貴之處
每年只有一個成員能得獎
這代表著大家追求著獲獎, 而都被拒絕了
這使得這個獎品一直足夠近地掛在他們面前
但就是剛好讓他們搆不著, 這會讓他們更想要
這部片的反派, 麥卡維弟
只是一個如此想要獲獎而被逼瘋的成員
思考一下, 為何大多數的貓會想要成為傑利可之選
為什麼他們會想要重生
有很多貓會在歌曲中講述自己現在過得多好
珍妮點點說她整天都在睡
和自己如何喜歡在晚上教蟑螂及老鼠有關傑利可貓的事

English: 
In other words, she's evangelizing for the Jellicles,
spreading the word of the cult. But she is doing fine.
Why would she want to be reborn?
Bustopher Jones meanwhile sings about how much he loves eating garbage.
He is fat and happy like me after an all-you-can-eat buffet.
What's he got to complain about?
And then there's Skimbleshanks the railway cat
whose song tells stories of an exciting fulfilling life on the rails.
Why would any of these cats wanna die and start again?
It's because they believe that's what they're supposed to want.
It's because they've been brainwashed by Old Deuteronomy's teachings.
Enter Grizabella, a cat that was once part of the Jellicle tribe,
but who's since been ousted from the group.
Through Grizabella we see what happens when someone strays.
Heh get it? "Stray"? You know, stray cat?
Anyway! The strayer is ostracized.
Publicly ridiculed and isolated.
Grizabella serves as a warning sign to the other cats.
She's bad because she strayed from the group.
Doubters bad. Believers good.
Grizabella getting ostracized for doubting Old Deuteronomy and the Jellicles
serves as a warning sign for the others.

Chinese: 
換句話說, 她是在為了傑利可傳教, 宣傳這個邪教
但她過得很好啊, 她怎麼會想要重生呢
而巴斯托佛瓊斯唱的是他有多愛吃垃圾
他很胖, 很快樂, 就像我剛吃完吃到飽自助餐一樣
他有什麼好抱怨的呢
接著是史金伯旋克斯, 一隻生活在鐵路邊的貓
他歌頌刺激充實的鐵路生活故事
為什麼會有任何一隻貓想要死掉, 重新開始?
這是因為他們相信這是他們"應該"想要的
因為他們被老戒律伯的教導洗腦了
接下來說到葛麗茲貝拉
一個曾經是傑利可貓的一員, 但後來被逐出這個團體
透過葛麗茲貝拉我們能看到走偏(stray)的下場
懂嗎, 流浪(stray), 因為, 流浪貓(stray cat)
總之, 走偏的成員會被排斥
被公開的嘲笑, 孤立
葛麗茲貝拉是個殺雞儆猴的目標
她是壞的, 因為她遠離了團體
懷疑者, 壞的; 相信者, 好的
葛麗茲貝拉對老戒律伯的懷疑對其他貓來說是個警惕

Chinese: 
你也有可能變成這樣
再一次的, 這阻止了異議
這是為了為了讓其他貓心中產生恐懼
讓他們對任何懷疑傑利可生活的傾向感到恐懼, 罪惡
但對葛麗茲貝拉, 這實際上有不同的意義
而這就是洗腦步驟六: 建立罪惡感
領袖會羞辱新兵
這會讓他們易於未來的控制
葛麗茲貝拉感到丟臉, 自我被貶低
這讓她爬回來請求一個機會重新來過
這些都與步驟七有關: 軟硬兼施
邪教領袖, 在這裡是老戒律伯, 會獎賞行為良好的成員
處罰行為不良的成員
再一次的, 我們可以透過維多利亞的下場來知道
她得到了名字, 讚美, 在雕像頂端領袖身邊的位置
就像葛麗茲貝拉一樣
她悔改了, 對懷疑傑利可後悔, 恢復"正常"而受到獎勵

English: 
"THIS could be you!"
Again, it's shutting down dissent.
It's meant to inspire feelings of fear in the minds of the other cats.
Fear and guilt about any inclinations they might have to doubt the Jellicle life.
But to Grizabella, it actually serves a different purpose,
and that is Step 6 of the indoctrination process: establishment of guilt.
The leader shames recruits, which in turn makes them vulnerable to further manipulation.
Grizabella is humiliated, knocking her ego down,
which brings her literally crawling back to the Jellicles for her new chance at life.
And all of this relates to Step 7, what Bluejay calls "the carrot and the stick".
when the cult leader, in this case Old Deuteronomy,
rewards the cats for their good behavior, and punishes the cats for the bad behavior.
Again, we see this in the final scene with Victoria.
She is given a name, she's given praise,
she's given high status next to leader on the Jellicle statue.
As well as with Grizabella, who's rewarded for being repented.
She regrets her decision to doubt the Jellicles and comes back to the fold.

Chinese: 
而因為她的行為良好, 她獲得了那年的傑利可之選
這又帶領我們到最後的步驟八, 我們在片中不斷看到的:
對身份, 資訊, 環境進行控制
從傑利可貓的命名
到唱一首列出"傑利可貓應該與不應該做的事"的一首歌
這就是他們控制身份的方法
維多利亞唯一的資訊來源只有其他的傑利可成員
可以告訴她任何想講的事, 而她完全無從查證
環境也是由傑利可貓控制的
根據每一首歌我們可以知道
幾乎城裡所有的建築物都有一隻傑利可貓
無論是牛奶吧, 鐵路, 有奢侈臥室的高級住宅
傑利可貓控制了一切
最後, 這個邪教很明顯的成功了
傑利可之選出爐, 葛麗茲貝拉被晉升
沒錯, 贏得傑利可之選的貓剛好是曾經有異議的貓
把葛麗茲貝拉送走, 這個邪教也消除了一個不滿者

English: 
And thanks to her good work, she's rewarded as that year's Jellicle Choice.
Which leads us to the 8th and final step in this process
something we see hints at many times throughout the film:
control of identity, information, and environment.
By naming them Jellicle cats, the way the cats literally sing a song
that lists what lists off all the things a Jellicle cat should and shouldn't be
is how they control identity.
The only source of information for Victoria in the film is other Jellicles.
They could tell her anything they want.
She has no means of fact-checking.
And the environment is something that's also being run by the Jellicles.
We see that in every song,
in which we discover there's a Jellicle cat for pretty much every building and location in the city,
whether it's the Milk Bar, the railroad, the fancy homes with lavish bedrooms.
The Jellicles control it all.
In the, it's clear that this cult has been successful.
The Jellicle Choice is made, Grizabella is sent off to ascend.
That's right, the cat that wins the Jellicle Choice in this case
also happens to be the cat that has shown dissent in the past.
By sending Grizabella away, the cult eliminates one of its malcontents,

Chinese: 
消除了未來可能的問題, 讓她永遠沉默
讓她覺得這是她自己的選擇, 而且這樣是好的
我的意思是, 在夜晚中隨著熱氣球飄走
怎麼會有除了痛苦尷尬的死亡以外的結果
我們沒有看到葛麗茲貝拉晉升
只看到她孤獨的消失在傑利可的儀式性獻祭中
悲慘的是, 維多利亞也被套牢了
她的歌"美麗的鬼魂"最後的歌詞驗證道:
"也許我的家並不想我知道的, 以為的一樣, "
"但與這些夜晚幻影相處讓我感覺到我活著"
"我也知道這樣的生活並不安全, 但是狂野且自由的"
"我從不知道我會愛上他們讓我進入的世界"
我不知道哪個比較慘
這隻可憐的貓被騙進一個危險的邪教
或是這首歌詞裡的不完全押韻
就連維吉尼亞·吳爾芙都會在墳墓裡感到難堪
我可以一直講下去
傑利可幾乎在所有方面都符合了傳統邪教
到這個地步我甚至不知道這是不是個理論了
也許這部電影, 及其前身的音樂劇本來就都是在描繪邪教
觀眾只是太入迷了而沒有感覺到

English: 
a possible future liability, and silences her permanently.
All while making her think that it's her choice and good thing.
Gaslighting, anyone?
I mean, how could drifting away into the night in a hot air balloon
end with anything but eventual painful awkward death?
You don't see ascend,
we just see see her disappear all by herself
a ritualistic Jellicle sacrifice.
And tragically, Victoria's hooked.
Her final versus of Beautiful Ghosts confirm it. Quote,
"And so maybe my home isn't what I had known"
"what I thought it would be"
"But I feel so alive with these phantoms of night"
"And I know that this life isn't safe, but it's wild"
"And it's free"
"I never knew I'd love this world they've let me into"
I don't know what's worse, the idea this poor cat is being tricked into joining a dangerous cult,
or the slam rhymes that are being used in the song's lyrics.
Ugh. Even Virginia Woolf would be cringing in her grave.
Look, I can go on and on.
The Jellicles hit pretty much every aspect of a traditional cult.
At this point I don't even know if this is a theory anymore.
I think maybe this film, and by proxy the musical before it,
was always supposed to be a portrayal of a cult.
And viewers themselves got too wrapped up into it,
and just didn't notice.

Chinese: 
承認吧, 可能我們都多少有點傑利可了
但, 嘿
這只是個理論
一個電影理論
然後...
在我們結束以前, 我想要對理論家們表達感謝
在幾個禮拜前的"如何冰住冰雪奇緣2裡的艾莎"影片中
這個詞出現了
一個我根本沒有試著唸的詞, 因為很多字母我根本看不懂
所以我請任何知道這個詞怎麼唸的人
從Reddit或推特或任何管道給我這個資訊
我才能好好唸出來給你們聽
才能讓我更懂怎麼說挪威話
*Reddit名單*
*推特名單*
*YouTube名單*
*YouTube評論名單*
*不會唸名單*

English: 
I mean, let's face it, I guess we're ALL a little bit Jellicle now.
But hey, that's just a theory! A FILM theory.
Aaaaand before we close things out today,
I wanna send a quick "thank you" to a lot of special theorists out there.
So a couple weeks ago in our "How to freeze Elsa in Frozen II" video,
I was presented with THIS word, a word that I didn't even try to pronounce
because most of it doesn't even look like letters to me.
So anyway I asked you loyal theorists out there if any of you knew how to pronounce this thing
to send me that info on Reddit or on Twitter wherever
so that way I can shout you out and I could, you know,
understand how to pronounce Norwegian words just a little bit better.
So to all of you guys over on Reddit:
TrueEscape, danny_the_dog1337, Konki99
On Twitter: Oswald Neppl, Christoffer Loke Wol
And on Youtube: M from Norway, TheAdventureKing, Lukas Ladving, and the lightning legend
and so many commenters out there who just left me pronunciation guides,
like YearlyDogs, Allyson Moore, Nigr
Allyson Moore, Nigred- Nigredo
YearlyDogs, Allyson Moore, Nigredo Ooal Gown

Chinese: 
我也許該再尋求一個新的發音指導來唸這些名字
*YouTube評論名單*
以上的各位, 感謝你們的協助
根據你們, 這是它的唸法
然後這是我試著要唸對的版本
等等, 讓我再聽一次
所以, 這個地點:
這依舊感覺好糟
對吧, 超棒的
在聽過你們的發音, 看過你們的影片之後
盡我所能在嘴裡塞滿彈珠好唸對這個詞
讓我再試試:
我表現如何, 在評論區告訴我
再次謝謝各位寄了這些過來
看你們的影片超棒的,
很開心能看到排山倒海的正確發音
我很喜歡學習新事物
但當我無法從網路上找到資訊時會令人有點沮喪
一起分享知識是很棒的
所以我才這麼喜歡這個網路群體, 你們這些理論家很棒

English: 
Probably need to ask for another pronunciation guide on how to pronounce some of these peoples' names.
Rosa Del Reigo, Aery Pear, Simple Citrus
All of you, thank you so much for sending it in.
Here's what it sounds like, according to you guys:
(Sørfugløya)
Now here's me trying to pronounce it the right way:
Hold up let me hear it one more time
(Sørfugløya)
So this, THIS location right here.
(MatPat tries his hardest)
So having listened to all of your pronunciations,
watched your videos,
and done my best to fill my mouth with marbles so I can pronounce this the right way
Let me try it
Sir-foo-lul-yah
How'd I do? Let me know in the comments down below.
Thank you guys again, for sending all that in.
It was awesome to watch all your videos.
It was great to see such an outpouring of,
not grammatical correctness. Pronunciation correctness?
I like learning new things.
And when I can't find something on the internet it's kinda frustrating.
So it's awesome that we're sharing our collective knowledge together.
That's why I love this community.
That's why you guys, as loyal theorists, are awesome out there.

English: 
We'll have to do this again some time. This was a lot of fun.
So anyway thank you all for anyone who sent it in.
I apologize if I missed anyone uh, as I kinda
came up with this list of everyone that I saw
But I wanted to thank you all in person
at the end of this very strange, strange episode of film theory.
Anyway that's it for today
I will see you all next week with another brand new episode
and probably another new pronunciation challenge for ya.
Thank you all so much for watching!
Aaaaaand cut.

Chinese: 
我們應該要再做一次, 這很好玩
總之很感謝所有投稿的人, 如果我漏掉了誰我很抱歉
我已經盡量把我有看到的名字都列出來了
我要以個人身分在這很怪的一集電影理論結尾表達感謝
可惡, 我應該學著用挪威話來說的
總之, 今天就到這邊
下週在全新的一集再見
也許再來一個發音挑戰
感謝各位的觀看, 然後...
卡
 
