Cabaret
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Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force.
Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force.
In 1972 alone, Fosse directed Cabaret to massive box-office success and critical acclaim in February; given its popularity, he directed Liza Minnelli in a rare television concert movie, Liza with a Z, for NBC in September; and he bowed Pippin on Broadway, which he directed and choreographed, in October.Although Cabaret remains lauded today, some contemporary critics saw Fosse’s work as a betrayal of blithe musicals from Hollywood’s Golden Age. They weren’t ready for Fosse to redefine the boundaries of the genre.
For the bohemian misfits of Cabaret, it is easy enough to believe that the Kit Kat Club is a safe refuge to escape the angry politics of 1930s Germany, but as Bob Fosse skilfully intercuts its musical numbers with scenes of hope, love, and violence, we discover the chilling tension that exists between the dwindling escapism of one subculture and the burgeoning totalitarianism of another.
