| re: Where does Orville Peck fit into the queer legacy of ‘Cabaret’? | |
| Last Edit: lordofspeech 08:00 pm EST 01/21/25 | |
| Posted by: lordofspeech 07:54 pm EST 01/21/25 | |
| In reply to: re: Where does Orville Peck fit into the queer legacy of ‘Cabaret’? - dbdbdb 05:23 pm EST 01/21/25 | |
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| Yes. The politics of Cabaret and I am a Camera really had little to do with gay people. It was about the covert cruelty and discrimination against Jews, in particular, by the Nazi Party, and, in the personal aspect, how that impacted Fraulein Schneider’s last chance at romance. The show also depends on the audience’s prior knowledge and fear about World War II. Sally’s lack of personal or political integrity was part of how the musical indicted people who do not take a stand. But the fixation on who was gay and who was bisexual was inserted by Fosse in the film version. It added little but topical sensationalism at the time. I always thought having Chris/Cliff be gay diffuses the issue. The issue was the violence against Herr Schulz (Jack Gilford). That the show has shifted its focus so decidedly onto ‘divine decadence’ is not correct. It is about apathy in the face of injustice. |
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