| re: Where does Orville Peck fit into the queer legacy of ‘Cabaret’? | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 10:03 pm EST 01/21/25 | |
| In reply to: re: Where does Orville Peck fit into the queer legacy of ‘Cabaret’? - Chromolume 09:07 pm EST 01/21/25 | |
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| No, because if that were still there they could have (and should regardless) kept "Why Should I Wake Up", which originally is done with regard to his love affair with Sally but also standing in to be about the time and place and attitude and how fascism took over so quickly... and the song was not only one of the best but one of the most important in the score. No other song on itself own better represented and achieved exactly what the show was trying to do, working on the multiple levels it wants to work on, except maybe "Tomorrow Belongs to Me". But how brilliant it is to be a gorgeous classic love song doubling as a commentary on the rise of fascism via the willful sleep or intoxication of the time/place/people/circumstances. Anyway it's been a shockingly long time since I've seen a production of the new 1997 version of Cabaret, but to my memory her flirtation with Sally only exists long enough for him to come out more and be encouraged to engage with the boys, no? We never actually think they're sleeping together anymore, do we? Or am I misremembering? |
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