{"id":2421,"date":"2019-12-22T01:52:20","date_gmt":"2019-12-22T01:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/petdedicated.com\/?p=2421"},"modified":"2019-12-22T01:52:20","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T01:52:20","slug":"what-you-need-to-know-to-make-sense-of-cats-pop-culture-decoded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petdedicated.com\/?p=2421","title":{"rendered":"What You Need To Know To Make Sense Of &#8216;Cats&#8217; | Pop Culture Decoded"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What You Need To Know To Make Sense Of &#039;Cats&#039; | Pop Culture Decoded\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9wU-tSIQZsk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You have likely seen or at least heard of the Andrew Llyod Webber musical \u201cCats,\u201d but did you really understand what you were watching? 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