"Cabaret suggests that society pays a price when individuals seek to escape from reality" Do you agree.
Cabaret shows an interesting and tragic way that society can pay for an individuals escape from reality. The characters from the film demonstrate to the viewer how the people of Berlin suffer greatly from their attempt to escape reality. For through their own disillusions they allow the Nazi regime to come into power. As a consequence of this, society pays a price through suffering through the turmoil of the rule of the Nazi party. .
Sally Bowles is both an interesting and complex character. Her continuous illusion of wanting to be "a big movie star" demonstrates to the audience that she attempts to escape reality on a regular basis. Sally is so wrapped up in her own world that nothing seems to affect her. A key scene demonstrating this is when Max's limo drives pass the Nazi bashing in the street. Bob Fosse has enhanced this seen by using freeze framing to give it a more dramatic effect and also create resent towards the Nazis. This seen also provides the viewer with an insight on Sally's unawareness of the outside world by showing her interrupting Max's and Brian's conversation, by saying "Hey Max, can we go to the Bristol Bar I"m dying to show off my new fur coat". Whether Sally is just trying to be insular or ignore the facts it is clear that she is attempting to escape from reality. Sally distances herself from the 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" when in reality "the real truth is that he just doesn't care". Nothing affects her state of mind because she is constantly living in this dream world were a movie producer will "whisk her off her feet".
Cabaret works on all levels. ... Whether being a love story, musical or message, cabaret works on all levels. ... Cabaret begins and ends in complete silence, which is remarkable for a 'musical? ... , take place on the stage of the Cabaret. ... Being a love story, musical and message, Cabaret evidently works on all levels. ...
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 music of Cabaret is a fantastic effect that works so well. ... The emotional song Cabaret sung by sally who was played by Deborah Gibson ends the show and allows for the audience member to get hope from a hopeless situation. This song is the theme of the show that no matter what is going on in the outside world there is still hope because the Cabaret would always be there. ... I cannot help but notice that the s...
The Cabaret embraces the hedonistic way of life, and the pursuit of pleasure. ... She works in the Cabaret, which is a perfect environment for Sally to have attention showered on her. The audience first sees Sally performing in the Cabaret in the back of the chorus line, but she is soon center stage singing 'Mein Heir'. ... Even when the Nazis invade the cabaret, and where the presence of the swastika creates tension and discomfort, Sally does not once comment on this. As the owner of the Kit Kat Klub is brutally beaten for removing a Nazi audience member, the MC and cabaret girls g...
Bob Fosse's Cabaret (1972) is a film that uses the historical context of 1931 Germany to convey themes through utilising the various dramatic and technical elements of film. ... Cabaret frequently touches on different sexualities and how they are viewed in society. ... By connecting the audience with the struggles of the characters using music, romantic connections and realistic characterisation Fosse has successfully given each technique and character a purpose in telling the story of Cabaret. ...
Dada was launched in Zurich, its origins in the cabaret. ... Janco, Tzara and Arp joined and became core members of a group around the Cabaret. ... There was an emphasis on modernist works; the Cabaret was a focal point for the "newest art " (displayed inside). ... Performances at the Cabaret became more radical, moving toward the invention and exploration of new genres. ... After the cabaret closed in early July 1916, the Galerie Dada in January 1917 was a sort of continuation. ...
Helen is a gifted performer as we see early in the film when she becomes a famous cabaret singer and she uses to her advantage when she is on the run to make money and to seduce men into assisting her. ... This was most evident when we see Helen take the city of Paris over with her performances at several high society cabarets. ...
Alternating between original skits and live rock music, which is played on a second stage to facilitate quick costume and set changes, one of the cabaret's trademarks, the show's format offered a fairly wide variety of comedy, music and theater (Ross 1). ... The house band starts the night off with the theme song for the cabaret. ...
