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The novel fell out of popular consciousness soon afterwards, particularly as its extremely graphic descriptions of blood rituals and cannibalism were deemed unsuitable by the National Library system. It was not until 1947 that Rikard Forslund reportedly found a copy at a local bookstore and sought permission from Loveless' estate to adapt the work. Forslund reportedly agreed to remain faithful to Loveless' original story, but at Ulf's advice he increasingly strayed from the work due to a belief that the
== Plot ==
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== Reception ==
''Cats'' released in 1951 and proved to be surprisingly successful, as few audience members were aware of Loveless' book and many came to see the special effects utilized to portray the God-in-Flesh at the film's climax. The actual plot of the film was largely disregarded and dismissed by critics as secondary to the visual spectacle, and its efforts at comedy described as "listless." ''Cats'' very quickly garnered controversy for being extraordinarily speciest even by the standards of Cryrian in the 1950s. The country's nekomimi population is portrayed as a fifth column of questionable sapience that is vulnerable to foreign manipulation. The film explicitly advocates for strong government controls over the nonhuman population and an expansion of forced sterilization procedures to ensure that the human population of Urth is not "replaced."
The film remains the most successful to come out of the otherwise small Cryrian film industry, which has frequently expressed its frustration at being defined by the archaic and virulent piece even in the 21st century. At a conference in 2021, film director Alice Palmstruch reportedly commented that she "Wished that damn thing had gone straight to the ashcan next to Casper [expletive] Ulf." Most theaters and streaming services in Cryria refuse to offer the film today, and the film industry's modern efforts to sever ties between itself and the production have led to criticism of historical whitewashing and demands that the industry take responsibility for its historical role in supporting speciest ideologies in the Isles.
=== Foreign Reception ===
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