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Cabaret

            "Welcome" and "Leave your troubles at the door" were just the words that I wanted to hear on the night before war. Upon arriving at Studio 54 I was very excited because I have longed to see the inside of the theatre that was one of the best nightclubs in the seventies. Having seen the movie and a high school version of Cabaret I was pretty aware of the plot but was still very excited to see how the revival would differ from the original.
             The Studio 54 theatre I believe is as important a part of the play as the singing. The theatre allows for the audience to feel as though they are truly a part of the nightclub scene. The play opened up with the famous "Willkommen" performed by Neil Patrick Harris which allows the audience to begin to understand how the play will work and what is expected of them the audience. The plot continues as we are introduced to the main character of cliff that is an American looking for his nitch in the world. Cliff is persuaded to stay in a very poor inn that is run by Frau. Schneider. This allows him to meet sally at the Kit Kat Klub and therefore sets up the plot.
             The music of Cabaret is a fantastic effect that works so well. The orchestra is not only musicians but also actors and dancers. This effect allows the audience to begin to feel more affection for each cast member since they are doing almost every aspect of performance. This effect goes almost unnoticed by the audience and therefore is a successful technique. The songs of the show, just like any good show, allow the audience to learn intricate details about certain characters that cannot be given in running dialogue. The song "It couldn"t please me more" shows the growing affections of Frau. Schneider and Herr Schultz as well as the caring nature of Herr Schultz. The Emcee has a very important role in the play because he sings certain songs directly to the audience and he alone tells the true underlying meaning of the show.


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... expectations. The musical attempts to establish a diegetic world, one in which the viewer comfortably sanctions song and dance as valid and customary modes of expression. Cabaret begins and ends in complete silence, which is remarkable for a 'musical? and once again, a challenge to audience expectations. The traditional musical expends ... transgresses the pseudo-naturalistic tradition: a tradition which demands that the songs appear to grow organically out of the story. The success of Cabaret is partly dependent on its insistence to avoid the old cliché that musicals have to make you ...

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... problems of society through out the film. At the end this is made clear by her singing "Life is a Cabaret" to a packed audience of Nazis, without commenting or noticing. Clearly Sally is living the life of the Cabaret, constantly making her life to be something it's not. She proclaims her father to be "practically an ambassador" ... affects her state of mind because she is constantly living in this dream world were a movie producer will "whisk her off her feet". Sally has bought what the Cabaret is selling, "leave your troubles outside, here life is beautiful". Sally pays no attention to ...

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... beautiful" and you can "leave your troubles outside." It is a place where people can escape the political turmoil that was transforming Berlin in 1931. The Cabaret embraces the hedonistic way of life, and the pursuit of pleasure. It is a wonderfully decadent, chaotic and sleazy setting that allows for the film to ... to the Nazi influence that is becoming more and more dominant, there are selfish and unselfish traits in all of them. Sally, the fast-talking Cabaret star, appears so caught up in her aspirations of becoming a professional actress; that she doesn't seem to notice the politica...

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4. Film Techniques in Bob Fosse's Cabaret

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... was new; it is the modern form against the modern itself. Zurich dadaists embraced abstraction at this moment of its invention. Performances at the Cabaret became more radical, moving toward the invention and exploration of new genres. There was the invention of a new poetic genre: sound poetry, ... it becomes detached from social purpose, untouched by the historical present, stirring primal memories. There was an affinity between modern and primitive. After the cabaret closed in early July 1916, the Galerie Dada in January 1917 was a sort of continuation. There was a new centrality for ...

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... Eventually, his classmates wanted to change Thurgood's mind when the school voted again. This time a lot of prominent upperclassmen approached Thurgoood among them were; Cab Calloway who became a famous cabaret dancer, Langston Hughes The famous poet and writer, U Simpson Tate, who later worked with Thurgood on civil rights cases, and Nnamdi Azikiwe who became president of Nigeria. Thurgood was still ... Eventually, his classmates wanted to change Thurgood's mind when the school voted again. This time a lot of prominent upperclassmen approached Thurgoood among them were; Cab Calloway who ...

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... was forced to leave the country in his search for a more open-minded country. Latin America put him in the hands of La Senora and the latter brought him to a cabaret where a magical transformation took place: the thin ascetic looking young man turned into " a fantastic creation smothered in feathers and rhinestones- (122). The name Mimi was born in the walls of ... the cabaret. Melesio knew exactly what was the best for him and in him, and I do not think that many people can say that about themselves. Why should society blame a person for ... ...

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8. The Power of Words

... 2002 issue of Glamour Magazine. Paternostro explains the hardships that these women endure though out their lives. The only way to make a descent living in the country is to become a cabaret dancer or prostitution. She writes of their only two options with such emotion. The reader can truly feel their struggle. When the reader sees their pay (fifteen dollars) a month, it ... . It is something that women can relate to more readily. Through out the article, the author throws out descriptive terms that play emotionally on women. For example, Paternostro speaks about cabaret dancers being th...

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