ADd+Cabaret

=Cabaret (1972)=


 * //Cabaret// is a 1972 Academy Award winning American Musical film. It was directed by Bob Fosse and stars Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey. The film is set in Berlin during the Weimar Republic in 1931 prior to the coming of power of the Nazis under Adolf Hitler. Some of the techniques used to tell the story in this film are examples of ways Brechtian 'alientation' theatrical conventions have been adapted to film.**

It is the city of Berlin in 1931, a time when political unrest racks the country, the economy has been destroyed, and millions of unemployed roam the streets. Enter into this chaos an American cabaret dancer, working at the downtown "Kit-Kat club" where anything goes on the stage. Into this young dancer's life come several characters such as a rich German politician, a young Jewish man struggling with his identity, an Englishman teacher from London, and of course the all-knowing, all-seeing Master of Ceremonies.

Joel Grey as the Emcee (Narrator) in the Kit Kat Cabaret Club:

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Use of song as a political commentary:

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"Money" - song used as commentary on the grasp for wealth, power and world domination by Hitler and the Third Reich:

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Same song, different context - this time as a lyrical and visual commentary on Charlie's world of poverty in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"media type="youtube" key="NWg8iaLuBDg" height="344" width="425"