67. Cats (2019)

So, um, But before we get further into cats, we, you know, we like to just do a quick little catch up of what we've been watching.

Um, Grace, I know this one you also watch, so maybe we could do a very brief and spoiler free discussion of you can see everything.

Alan, have you seen this yet?

I'm probably not going to just because I recognize Nathan Fielder's genius, but everything he does just makes me feel so uncomfortable that I don't feel like I can enjoy it.

Yes.

So this is actually...

I'm glad we're having that discussion.

Yeah, me too.

Because I... feel similarly.

I haven't watched a ton of his other stuff.

And I think the tone of this film draws more from Lance Oppenheim than it does from the field.

Like Fielder is a huge part of it.

And it's very much in the DNA of what they're doing.

But I didn't feel that same sort of secondhand embarrassment.

I mean, there were moments where I had to hide my face in my hands, but for different reasons, you know, You know, it's fine to wait for streaming, but I think you will enjoy it eventually.

I think because I feel like everyone I've talked to has that same reservation about Nathan Fielder.

And I haven't seen enough of his stuff to really have that thought.

But to me in this, he's just a normal guy.

He's a normal guy that's sort of caught up in this documentary narrative that he's become a part of.

And I don't really see a lot.

I didn't feel a lot of that awkwardness.

Yeah.

With what he's doing.

He's kind of not doing that character because...

He's like

So, um, But before we get further into cats, we, you know, we like to just do a quick little catch up of what we've been watching.

Um, Grace, I know this one you also watch, so maybe we could do a very brief and spoiler free discussion of you can see everything.

Alan, have you seen this yet?

I'm probably not going to just because I recognize Nathan Fielder's genius, but everything he does just makes me feel so uncomfortable that I don't feel like I can enjoy it.

Yes.

So this is actually...

I'm glad we're having that discussion.

Yeah, me too.

Because I... feel similarly.

I haven't watched a ton of his other stuff.

And I think the tone of this film draws more from Lance Oppenheim than it does from the field.

Like Fielder is a huge part of it.

And it's very much in the DNA of what they're doing.

But I didn't feel that same sort of secondhand embarrassment.

I mean, there were moments where I had to hide my face in my hands, but for different reasons, you know, You know, it's fine to wait for streaming, but I think you will enjoy it eventually.

I think because I feel like everyone I've talked to has that same reservation about Nathan Fielder.

And I haven't seen enough of his stuff to really have that thought.

But to me in this, he's just a normal guy.

He's a normal guy that's sort of caught up in this documentary narrative that he's become a part of.

And I don't really see a lot.

I didn't feel a lot of that awkwardness.

Yeah.

With what he's doing.

He's kind of not doing that character because...

He's like