| re: Where does Orville Peck fit into the queer legacy of ‘Cabaret’? | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 10:32 pm EST 01/21/25 | |
| In reply to: re: Where does Orville Peck fit into the queer legacy of ‘Cabaret’? - PlayWiz 08:24 pm EST 01/21/25 | |
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| The Cabaret film sticks to the story points of I Am a Camera, with the major subplot being the couple getting married rather than Schultz and Schneider. They were added for the musical. And then the gayness in the film of Cabaret goes back to the original Isherwood stories, whose queerness was stripped from the character by John Van Druten before being reintroduced by Bob Fosse. That’s why Cabaret is an important piece of queer culture, and always has been. And then Mendez broadened that to begin including queer culture in Weimar Berlin, which at the time was at a height of sexual sophistication that wouldn’t be seen again until the modern day, and once again we find ourselves under attack by fascists and Nazis. That’s why Cabaret still matters and why it’s so vital to see it as a queer story. |
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