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Name: <\/strong>Cat videos.<\/p>\n Age:<\/strong> 131.<\/p>\n Appearance:<\/strong> Legitimate entertainment.<\/p>\n Hang on, <\/strong>cat videos are 131 years old?<\/strong> Clearly, you have never seen The Boxing Cats, a 20-second film of two cats wearing boxing gloves and brawling inside a miniature ring. It was made by Thomas Edison\u2019s production studio in 1894 and can be found in the Library of Congress.<\/p>\n So what you\u2019re saying is that humanity hasn\u2019t progressed <\/strong>meaningfully<\/strong> in almost a century and a half<\/strong>?<\/strong> No, I\u2019m saying that there is something vital about the appeal of cat videos and the manner in which they have evolved with us.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/span>The Boxing Cats.<\/span><\/p>\n But also \u2026<\/strong> Well, yes, humans have always been easily pleased idiots.<\/p>\n Now that we\u2019ve cleared that up, why are we talking about them today?<\/strong> Oh, because CatVideoFest 2025 is preparing to launch.<\/p>\n WhatVideoFest<\/strong>?<\/strong> Do keep your finger on the pulse, please. Every year since 2016, Will Braden has painstakingly assembled a compilation of online videos and public submissions into CatVideoFest, a feature-length, theatrically released montage of cat videos.<\/p>\n Seriously, is this a thing?<\/strong> Not only is it a thing, but it\u2019s a wildly successful one at that. The 2021 edition grossed just $94,000 at the box office, but last year\u2019s took more than a million dollars. If the series continues to get 10 times more successful every three years, CatVideoFest 2036 will be the most successful movie of all time.<\/p>\n So, is it <\/strong>any good?<\/strong> Sort of. Anyone who took their kids to see CatVideoFest 2024 will know that a nonstop barrage of cat videos starts to drag after about 20 minutes. But, boy, those opening 20 minutes were amazing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/span>Feline destruction.<\/span><\/p>\n What sort of cat videos do the films contain?<\/strong> Oh, all the fan favourites. You can probably expect videos of cats sneaking up on people, cats knocking stuff off tables and cats climbing up things.<\/p>\n What about videos of cats using <\/strong>toilets? <\/strong>Ah, a classic of the genre. I didn\u2019t realise that I was dealing with a connoisseur.<\/p>\n Of course. Barely a day passes when I don\u2019t watch the 2011 <\/strong>hit \u201cCat walking on two legs 2\u201d. <\/strong>Yes, I think my favourite part of that is when \u2026 hey, are we just linking to cat videos now? I thought this was a serious website.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/span>Paws for thought.<\/span><\/p>\n No, this is a discussion of how cinemas are learning to adapt to new audiences during a time of industry-wide constriction. <\/strong>Very intelligent. Almost as intelligent as the cat who opened a door for its owner who forgot her keys.<\/p>\n But what does this say about us as a society?<\/strong> Look, the world is a mess. Please just let us dissociate in front of some cat videos.<\/p>\n Do say: <\/strong>\u201cCatVideoFest will save us all.\u201d<\/p>\n Don\u2019t say:<\/strong> \u201cIt can\u2019t be any worse than The Smurfs.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Name: Cat videos. Age: 131. Appearance: Legitimate entertainment. Hang on, cat videos are 131 years old? Clearly, you have never seen The Boxing Cats, a 20-second film of two cats wearing boxing gloves and brawling inside a miniature ring. 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