Who says people don’t have their priorities in order during these challenging times?
Not fans of the movie version of “Cats,” who are seeking solace in the fact that a “butthole” version of the infamous feline film flop might actually exist.
A VFX producer friend of a friend was hired in November to finish some of the 400 effects shots in @catsmovie. His entire job was to remove CGI buttholes that had been inserted a few months before. Which means that, somewhere out there, there exists a butthole cut of Cats
— Jack Waz (@jackwaz) March 18, 2020
The idea that a version of the film exists showing the computer-generated feline anuses of Taylor Swift, Idris Elba, and of course, Dame Judi Dench, was just too much for many Twitter users.
As a result, #ReleaseTheButtholeCut began trending, with people demanding to know why can’t we have nice things.
Some tried to put themselves in the shoes of the person assigned to craft the CGI cat buttholes.
Just imagine, you worked your ass off to get through college to become a CGI artist. Eventually, you land a job in Hollywood, and then one day you’re hired to draw 400 cat buttholes, and then, THEN, someone comes along and erases all your buttholes. #ReleaseTheButtholeCut https://t.co/Gb8aOqSrIR
— Michael Tushaus (@MichaelTushaus) March 18, 2020
Others made a darn good argument why now was the time for the butthole cut to be released.
And one Twitter user managed to put everything in its proper historical perspective.
HuffPost reached out to Universal, the film’s U.S. distributor, to see if the “butthole cut” actually exists. No one immediately responded.