--- title: Idina Menzel's Oscars 2020 Reaction Makes a Great Cats Meme description: Idina Menzel's priceless reaction during the 2020 Oscars made a pretty great meme when you combined it with the night's tribute to Cats. canonical: https://time.com/5781230/idina-menzel-eminem-reaction-oscars-2020-cats-meme/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-02-10T15:47:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:17.219Z og:title: Idina Menzel's Oscars 2020 Reaction Makes a Great Woman Yelling at Cat Meme og:description: A moment made for the Internet og:url: https://time.com/5781230/idina-menzel-eminem-reaction-oscars-2020-cats-meme/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6960fbf29b1d1575/698a09ff929fad641cbf5ac1/Idina-Menzel-reaction-cats-Oscars-2020-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US-ENTERTAINMENT-FILM-OSCARS-ARRIVALS og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Idina Menzel's Oscars 2020 Reaction Makes a Great Woman Yelling at Cat Meme twitter:description: A moment made for the Internet twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6960fbf29b1d1575/698a09ff929fad641cbf5ac1/Idina-Menzel-reaction-cats-Oscars-2020-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Someone Ingeniously Made a Meme Out of Idina Menzel's Reaction to Eminem and the Cats on Stage at the 2020 Oscars  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 10, 2020 3:47 PM UTC  US actress-singer Idina Menzel arrives for the 92nd Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on February 9, 2020\. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images) US actress-singer Idina Menzel arrives for the 92nd Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on February 9, 2020\. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 10, 2020 3:47 PM UTC Despite a [slew of historic moments](https://time.com/5778650/oscars-winners-2020/) at the [2020 Oscars](https://time.com/5780826/oscars-2020-recap/), it appeared that there was still plenty of time for the Internet to have a little fun. Case in point? The inspired decision to combine [Idina Menzel](https://time.com/87908/idinia-menzel-wicked-let-it-go/)‘s priceless reaction to [Eminem’s surprise performance of “Lose Yourself”](https://time.com/5780916/eminem-2020-oscars/) that puzzled viewers alongside an image of James Corden and Rebel Wilson’s homage to their roles in the notorious [_Cats_](https://time.com/5752569/cats-movie-review/) to make a very meta [“Woman Yelling at Cat” meme](https://time.com/5762380/woman-yelling-at-cat-meme/) for the ages. From the jump, it was apparent that Eminem’s performance was going to be a viral moment, thanks to [notable reactions](https://twitter.com/thisbemesara/status/1226697722192752640) from Martin Scorsese, Billie Eilish, and Menzel. However, the _Cats_ moment also proved to be Internet gold, with Wilson and Corden providing quite the visual spectacle for Oscars viewers. So perhaps it should come as no surprise that the Internet found a way to make both of these outrageous moments converge in one hilarious meme featuring Menzel and _Cats_, two topics that the interwebs have historically loved. See the Oscars 2020 version of the “Woman Yelling at Cat” meme below and catch up on the best moments of the 92nd annual Academy Awards, [here](https://time.com/5774472/everything-to-know-2020-oscars/). > [](https://twitter.com/kschaffstall13/status/1226708940643278849) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5781230/idina-menzel-eminem-reaction-oscars-2020-cats-meme/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5781230/idina-menzel-eminem-reaction-oscars-2020-cats-meme/"},"headline":"Someone Ingeniously Made a Meme Out of Idina Menzel's Reaction to Eminem and the Cats on Stage at the 2020 Oscars","datePublished":"2020-02-10T15:47:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:17.219Z","description":"A moment made for the Internet","url":"https://time.com/5781230/idina-menzel-eminem-reaction-oscars-2020-cats-meme/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","awards","viral","onetime","clickmonsters"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6960fbf29b1d1575/698a09ff929fad641cbf5ac1/Idina-Menzel-reaction-cats-Oscars-2020-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6960fbf29b1d1575/698a09ff929fad641cbf5ac1/Idina-Menzel-reaction-cats-Oscars-2020-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-ENTERTAINMENT-FILM-OSCARS-ARRIVALS","caption":"US-ENTERTAINMENT-FILM-OSCARS-ARRIVALS","creditText":"AFP via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5781230/idina-menzel-eminem-reaction-oscars-2020-cats-meme/","name":"Someone Ingeniously Made a Meme Out of Idina Menzel's Reaction to Eminem and the Cats on Stage at the 2020 Oscars"}}]}] ```