What is #ReleaseTheButtholeCut and why is it trending on Twitter?
This is one of those stories that really restores your faith in human kind. When people come together on Twitter to try and do good in the world. And by that I mean trying to get hold of the rumoured 'butthole cut' of the Cats movie.
It all started yesterday with a rumour on Twitter that a visual effects specialist had been hired in November "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."
After what was widely described as a "traumatising" trailer, Cats was released in December 2019 to some of the most brutal reviews a film has ever seen, while Twitter went absolutely wild with joy over how terrible it all was.
The whole shambles brought people endless joy, and the cast seem to have embraced it all, with Judi Dench responding hilariously to her nomination for worst actress in Cats at the Razzies and James Corden and Rebel Wilson even taking the mick out of themselves in full Cats costumes on stage at this year's Oscars. And now, people are calling on the film's creators to release the infamous "butthole cut". This really is the gift that keeps on giving.
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
But just as we were constructing butthole-cut placards ready for the protest, an anonymous member of the Cats visual effects team released this statement in response to the butthole movement (sorry), "There were never shots of cats with butt holes. Or at least by design, None that I saw anyway. However, there were a dozen or so shots where the skin and fur sim [sic] was groomed or just folded in a way that really REALLY looked like very furry lady genitals and butthole by accident. The task (as typical with heavy cg shows) fell on 2D to paint out the offending articles where it was brought up and spotted. Daily reviews were constant awkward discussions of people plucking up the courage to point things like this out; 'does that like a fanny to you? [sic]"
URGENT #ReleaseTheButtholeCut update/clarification, emailed to me by a CATS VFX crewmember who has asked to remain anonymous pic.twitter.com/nmta9CG08E
— ben mekler (@benmekler) March 18, 2020
So maybe the butthole cut was just a pipe dream? Either way, let's take a moment to enjoy the very best #ReleaseTheButtholeCut tweets...
*sees #releasethebuttholecut trending, right before switching tabs*
*switches back* pic.twitter.com/g2MHlHiRH0— Aly (pls wash your hands!) (@TheDeathNerd) March 18, 2020
Movie theaters face an impossible challenge. Some say they won’t survive.
We need a flag to rally around; something to inspire passion in every audience. A movie we’ll all clamor to see the moment that silver screen flickers back to life. #ReleaseTheButtholeCut— Russ Fischer (@russfischer) March 18, 2020
I smell a #ButtholeGate coverup.#ReleasetheButtholeCut
— Chris Hicks (@WriteChrisWrite) March 18, 2020
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