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Interesting Article About 'Cabaret'


...and I'm not just saying that because I wrote it.

http://bobtaylorrocks.blogspot.com/2010/06/cabaret.html

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Don't you hate when posters try to redirect you to their blog or youtube channel?
If they have something to day, they should say it on the board.

But to the blog post. It seems the blogger is a little too focused on the relationship
between Sally and Brian at the expense of the big picture. He calls the beer garden
scene is too obvious. But it doesn't start out that way. It starts with a fresh faced
youth with a uniform that is equivalent to a boy scout uniform. It's not until we see
the Nazi arm band that we see where it's going. A bigger twist comes in the "If You
Could See Her Through My Eyes". It seems at first to be about love conquering differences
and a plea for tolerance. It's not until the last line that we realise that it's
really an attack on Jews.
When he writes about "real emotions" he seems to mean only positive emotions.
He seems uncomfortable with Fosse's cynicism.

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