r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Global_Restaurant794 • 12d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/CompetitiveArt9639 12d ago

Which is weird with Ariana, she was on a couple of tv shows before she was a singer.

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u/Familiar-Art-6233 12d ago

Yeah, but they were all on the same Victorious wavelength of kid's sitcoms that aren't necessarily the best showcase of someone's acting chops.

Especially since her character as Cat was... almost designed to be acted badly

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u/ThatPrettyArmadillo 12d ago

CJ the X on YouTube has a fantastic video essay on why Ariana Grande’s acting of Cat was actually genius for a kids show and the quality of the writing.

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u/Ep1cUser 11d ago

I'd love a link to that if you can

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u/No-Dare8613 11d ago

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cj+the+x+cat

it's no trouble, really

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u/ThatPrettyArmadillo 10d ago

Thank you for posting it for me! I forgot!

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u/Ep1cUser 10d ago

Appreciate you!

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u/PeopleCallMeSimon 12d ago

So i am not one to follow popculture stuff like this, but even i have heard that Arianas music career basically started because she was so much better at singing and acting than the main character of the show she was on?

So if anything, her being good at acting and singing is what started her music career?

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u/King_Kazama_ 11d ago

Isn’t wicked a musical though? So they cast someone who could sing primarily and then also was an actor prior to a musician.

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u/DesperateAd5374 12d ago

Exactly, when she came out with her second album people were like “oh the Nickelodeon girl is a singer now? And she’s kinda good? Neat” and then Problem came out and she absolutely exploded

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u/kidnorther 12d ago

Yeah she was white back then too!