"I don't like that Eddie's posing as a swastika. It's too on the nose." Meanwhile, Alan Cumming's Emcee: 4:38

@rosesleeps

15 күн бұрын

And he does it multiple times throughout the show. It's amazing to me that this was one of the criticisms.

@traybake4972

15 күн бұрын

I came here to post this!!!

@kiwilerner

15 күн бұрын

I've seen Alan's version too many times to count here on YT, and I can NOT even deal w/the fact that I never made the connection between that gesture, which he makes every. single. time. in the "Au Cabaret" line, to a Swastika before this video showed Eddie's gesture! What the hell is wrong with me?! I need to have my music AND history degrees revoked. (Plus I'm Jewish, so I'm questioning that now too, lol!)

@jonelrobinson582

14 күн бұрын

@@rosesleeps yeah it’s very strange that people complained about the Swastika poses that Eddie Redmanye’s Emcee was doing because the Nazis literally wear armbands with them on it in the show.

@lawliet6910

14 күн бұрын

I thought that was what it was, then I was deluding myself like "uhh YMCA?" but no ok haha I was right the first time

The fact that people can discuss Cabaret and the emcee and not even bring up Joel Grey is so wild to me.

@Missjunebugfreak

15 күн бұрын

For real. Joel Grey was phenomenal in the role.

@erinnthered

15 күн бұрын

Given that he was also in the wildly successful and influential film, and won an Oscar for it, it seems odd not to start there. Because part of the criticism comes from those only having that reference. They do not know the 90s revival changed the story further, or that it ends differently. Criticism is valid regardless of your entry point, but not knowing Joel Grey embodies the role for the majority of people is a bit odd.

@heltaku9397

15 күн бұрын

I just watched Redmayne's Tonys performance and it was very unique and interesting. Cartoony and puppetish, awesome creative costuming, strange and funny choreography. I like it. Redmayne is very much an English theater performer, completely unafraid to do a bit of ACTING. I think it's important for each actor to put their own mark on the emcee, and Grey, Cumming, and Redmayne have all done that.

@jonelrobinson582

15 күн бұрын

@@heltaku9397 yeah I was really excited for Eddie Redmanye to perform because Wilkomen is my favorite song right behind Two Ladies

@erinnthered

15 күн бұрын

@@heltaku9397 The US doesn't have the same history with panto, and his ACTING is not seen the same. Someone somewhere else pointed out he is trying to do clown, and clown is a lot harder than it looks. He is not the right actor for clowning. A different take would have gone over better here, maybe. But as you say, he does take from the more overt, panto-like tradition in his work. It's okay. Not everyone is required to have the same taste. Making room for others to like or dislike things is good. The response to "I didn't like it," isn't always, "I did."

Alan literally makes the Swastika in his performance as well ! Some of the people acting like their intelligence was insulted here, are doing too much. Most people didn't even realise about the swastika until screenshotted and pointed out. Plus, the production might not have the mirror, but you literally see the other half of the audience in front of you, laughing at that one particular song in Act 2, until they don't

@mariperalta81

14 күн бұрын

woah great observation on the audience being the mirror, to well…the audience!!

@fionathepersona9409

13 күн бұрын

I read this comment an hour ago and I haven’t stopped thinking about it. this is the perfect explanation for why this production uses the round and makes such a big studio transformation. I love this take!

I saw Mason Alexander Park as Emcee in the West End - having a trans Emcee was a revelation. They looked so *wrong* in the suit in the end, in the best possible way.

@Pixie4

15 күн бұрын

I'm soooo jealous!! They looked like they were slaying in that, I was so close to blowing my savings on a flight to London and a ticket to see them lol

@cuatez2

15 күн бұрын

Yeah, me too. They were really good. Mesmerising in the role.

@josefinarmr

15 күн бұрын

That sounds incredible. We actually have a woman playing Emcee here in Mexico City right now, but they make her look very androgynous, which I think works very well for the character, specially in a modern production.

@rosesleeps

15 күн бұрын

Their version of "I don't Care Much" will haunt me to my grave. It's just so devastating.

@moonisaballoon

15 күн бұрын

Omg I saw Mason too! Their interpretation had my jaw on the floor. Most Emcees become more and more unhinged and hysterical as the Nazi influence creeps into the show. The way Mason’s behaviour became more and more conservative and understated and THREATENING was such a brilliant avenue to go down. The bit at the end where the Emcee says, “we have NO TROUBLES HERE”, it’s like they’re DARING Cliff to say otherwise. Urgh. So good.

4:39 Didn't Cummings just do the same thing with his arms?

@bayleecrute

14 күн бұрын

Yep

@KimmyKeldeo

11 күн бұрын

With more style so it’s not as blatant as Eddie, but I feel like if you’re performing for the Tony’s you’d want to hit some people over the head with the imagery, idk.

That’s why mentioning joel grey’s version is important. Eddie’s version is closer to the original one, where they are enablers instead of future victims. Both versions are amazing. But cabaret could be also about germans were enablers of the growth of fascism in their country. Specially when we are seeing it now. In the 90’s when most Europeans thought there was no way it would happen again, an interpretation in which they present how they hurt everyone around them (like queer people) it’s good. But now, when we see happening again, it’s cool to see how everyone could be an enabler of it. Which is literally the point of the original with joel grey, that’s why they show the mirror at the end. I think you are allowed to dislike this version, but i think some people are rating it based on a thing it’s not. And also, they are using it as an excuse to hate on eddie. And they can hate on him, they just have to be honest about it, instead of creating fake deep reasons. 🤷🏾‍♀️

@skittykay

14 күн бұрын

Love this

@MsJaytee1975

14 күн бұрын

Part of the reason I don’t like this revival is because I don’t think they understand the rise of the Nazis or what the Nazis hated about places like the Kit Kat Club. Honestly I’d aim most of my criticism at the director.

@louisefrazier1302

12 күн бұрын

One of the best ways to understand the rise of the Nazis in Weimar, Germany is to read Christopher Isherwood’s book on which Cabaret is loosely based. The musical emphasizes the Clubs that Isherwood himself attended and builds upon his growing awareness of the rise of the Nazis, that so many Germans, particularly wealthy Jewish families dismissed. The name of the book is , Goodby to Berlin, and it is written in novel form about real life events that Isherwood witnessed before he fled Germany in 1933.

@Stolas1777

6 күн бұрын

Why is it that now a days no one is allowed to just not like something. Eddie redmayne over acts and his portrayal is not good. Plenty of people agree and that’s ok. It’s ok to say something isn’t good. That someone, despite putting their best effort in to something fell short. That’s life. His performance is panned by most because it’s not that great especially compared to what we’ve already seen that has made it such a huge production in the past.

@xeaux

Күн бұрын

THIS! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Musical theatre people have a tendency to cling to certain versions or performances of shows or roles as "the definitive" version, to which all others are negatively compared. And to an extent thats fine coz we all have faves, but when you get people acting like ANYTHING different from THEIR version is automatically wrong, even if whats being done is closer to an older version or even the original, its just annoying. At the risk of sounding like some kind of gatekeeping asshole myself, its kind of whack seeing certain people on twitter bashing Eddie with no actual thoughful discussion on what choices are being made n why just because they stan the most well known modern portrayal of the character and think that makes them a well versed Broadway aficionado. Love or hate it, both are valid, but have a reason beyond "its not Alan Cumming"

@lupin7522

15 күн бұрын

YES! You are so right! I see this all the time and is shows such a misunderstanding of what theatre is and what makes it different (and better in my opinion) than other entertainment media like film and tv. A theatre performance is going to be different every show, every night. Actors have to make choices in the moment and they do it right in front of you. We should always celebrate new interpretations of shows and its characters even if we do not like every choice. Everyone has a different perspective to share and allowing them to share it is part of what makes theatre so much fun to see. The interpretation of an actor who originated the role in not automatically better than the interpretation of an actor who portrays the same role twenty years later in a community theatre.

@anony-missy

15 күн бұрын

It seems incredibly dumb to do this about theatre. Isn’t part of the appeal of theatre that the same text can be reinterpreted and restaged in different ways depending on who the creative voices are behind it? Like there’s a reason people are still doing Shakespeare. Even centuries later you can still draw new meaning out of that material and often do it in a different way than someone may previously have been able to do. That’s not to say every play is Shakespeare, or even that you have to like Shakespeare, but by and large it’s true that most plays have the capacity to become new and fresh works of art whenever they’re staged. And imo that’s such a strength of the medium. Acting like a revival must try to replicate the “definitive” version or it has failed seems very close minded to me. No one has to like the creative direction they chose, but just merely being different isn’t enough to make it bad.

@themaybeso6117

15 күн бұрын

@@anony-missythis comment perfectly encapsulates how boring balletomanes can be too

@jamie5926

14 күн бұрын

Every time I try to watch a recorded protection of this show, its always just trying to replicate what it was. But I want to see different artists take on it.

@kaydinyounger6087

14 күн бұрын

All of this!!! It’s definitely one thing to have preferences, but it’s another to write off an interpretation as inferior or invalid even simply for being different. Its so saddening to watch, especially when you can see so many people putting such hard work into it.

The fact this revival (and thus this discourse) is tied to drag race (Marcia Marcia Marcia plays bobbie and understudys the Emcee) Kayla can never not be even six degrees separated from drag race

@kaylasays

15 күн бұрын

no literally drag race and dance moms will follow me until I die

@carlgrimeseyepatch27

15 күн бұрын

wait this is crazy news now i want to see Marcia Marcia Marcia understudy!

@mrkenny83

14 күн бұрын

Marcia x3 plays Victor, not Bobby.....

@one-onessadhalf3393

6 күн бұрын

@mrkenny83 You know, there’s really only one way to tell the difference…

@benjaminmcelroy6894

5 күн бұрын

@@mrkenny83 oop your so correct

I honestly loved how much control it took Eddie to look so unhinged.

Broadway is in the pocket of big turntable 💀💀

@darkartsninja

14 күн бұрын

Lin Manuel Miranda and his consequences have been a disaster to Broadway 💀

@nimeshsingh4943

13 күн бұрын

Musical theatre actors susceptible to motion sickness: I am never gonna financially recover from this

Maybe I’m in the minority, but I really like his performance. There’s an uncanny valley nature to it that is very offputting. And I think for a show like Cabaret it really fits. he comes across as friendly and inviting and tempting but there’s something off about him. As if lying under the surface, there’s something more sinister and I think that Eddie really captures that about the Emcee. He is our twisted guide to the real things that are going on. Maybe it’s just me, but I think this is really refreshing and truly reflect the message of Cabaret. Beneath all the makeup and color and smiles. There is something dark underneath, and it cannot be ignored. And if I’m understanding correctly, how the show ends and the role that the Emcee plays in that is something that hasn’t been explored. I won’t spoil it, but he truly does get terrifying at the end. With each iteration of the Emcee something new is explored. Joel, Alan and Eddie all bring something different. No two Emcee’s are the same. and they shouldn’t be. Because each one has a message to convey to us and a new perspective that we need to explore with this story.

@chibiktsn3

12 күн бұрын

I’m with you, and I think a lot of people love it for what it is. It is not for everybody, and frankly, that’s something I like about it!

@Stolas1777

6 күн бұрын

I think it’s a travesty that Michael c hall isn’t ever in the conversation he’s my favorite portrayal

All iterations of the Cabaret M.C. have been kind of creepy. I guess people are deciding which kind of creepy they like. I am an old man so I remember seeing the movie Cabaret in the theater. So unsurprisingly I like the Joel Grey take the best. The movie also used mirrors showing the audience at the beginning and end. At the beginning the mirror only reflected one Nazi in uniform in the audience. At the end over half of the audience are Nazis. Very powerful.

My niece works at that theatre and she says Redmayne is wonderful on and off the stage. She says he’s really nice and works really hard

If you go to KitKat in Berlin, they’ll also make you cover your camera with a sticker because most people are very unclothed there (though most Berlin will make you cover your cameras). I’ve watched Cabaret at the theatre I work at in Leipzig, Germany over a dozen times this year. The theme of this last season was about how preventing history from repeating itself needs to begin today. I think the staging winds up being different for a German audience because there isn’t a need for any kind of subtlety. At the end of the play, the Emcee comes out in a N*zi-esque uniform, complete with an armband. And I find it powerful because the emcee is so charming and even tells off one of the n*zis during the show, but then becomes one in the end. You spent two and half hours being charmed by someone who defends the targeted groups, only to see this person become the thing they supposedly hate, which I think works really well for a German audience. On an unrelated note, we sang “Tomorrow Belongs to Me” in my high school choir but without any context and I find that to be such a weird choice to this day. I’ve been keeping that in for years ngl

@ilexdiapason

14 күн бұрын

that's insane why did your choir leader make you do that

@kaliland9296

14 күн бұрын

@@ilexdiapason honestly, I have no idea. I don't think it was meant in a weird way but it was still an absolutely wild choice

@joceery

10 күн бұрын

well the people that NEED to see those things will never watch it ...

my partner and i have been discussing this ever since the tony awards happened. and honestly, we both really appreciated his portrayal of emcee. not saying we liked it or disliked it, but seeing new interpretations of characters that have been around for a really long time is always amazing. and that's the entire point of theater. this was a revival. not a remake. it wasn't meant to be a carbon copy of every other production. Does that make sense? i've probably worded this weirdly.

@mitchkuhnert

15 күн бұрын

My partner and I have had almost exactly the same conversation over the past week!

@Chibbykins

15 күн бұрын

It always amuses me how self-conscious people can be even in a comments section. You didn't word it weirdly, it made perfect sense

eddie redmayne discourse as an eddie redmayne fan always makes me nervous

@tempurashrimp9917

15 күн бұрын

We do not play about Eddie Redmayne 💯

@kinolibby6580

15 күн бұрын

I sold him a ticket once when I was working at an art gallery. More gorgeous in real life and also extremely lovely and polite

@adrianaoviedo8640

15 күн бұрын

same here, lol. But its all okay 😄 at least there are still some reasonable people out there! i was anxious about all the wild opinions, good and bad. But thankfuly im calm now

@saint4887

14 күн бұрын

Same 😭

@linguisticsnerd433

13 күн бұрын

Yes I really need to believe in at least 1 man in the world. Eddie is it for me

Not mentioning Joel Grey feels like a disservice to the discourse. As much as people love Alan Cumming and Sam Mendes' version to essentially suggest by omission that no one now remembers/cares about the original, iconic performance, particularly the one that was immortalized on film, is odd.

@cea765

8 күн бұрын

Agree!

"and they're probably thinking of Moulin Rouge or Chicago" 🤣 lmaooo dyinggg this is so true lmaoo

I found Eddie's portrayal disturbing and weird (in a good way), which is a must for this character. I mean, if you're not off-putting, you're doing it wrong. However, Alan Cumming added that overt sexuality, which added an extra layer of disturbing for me. It was just so dirty, for lack of a better word, and I prefer that artistic choice when portraying the Weimar republic and the rise of Naziism. It's just personal preference.

Cabaret is needed more so than ever. Slowly and steadily we are slipping closer to facism, it’s sweeping across Europe. Rome wasn’t built in a day, the n@zis didn’t just turn up out of nowhere, they were and still are very popular, their ideology is still popular.

@collindysart6472

14 күн бұрын

Go touch grass.

@byungbin1395

12 күн бұрын

@@collindysart6472 You are aware of European electorial results though? Their statement isn't wrong.

@lollabunyxxx

7 күн бұрын

look outside your window. it has been going on for years ​@@collindysart6472

@sazimarroquin

12 сағат бұрын

@@collindysart6472 are you not aware of the global political situation? @mystic_mimi21 is right, the far right is getting worryingly stronger accross various continents.

My husband played in pit orchestra for a local theatre production of Cabaret around the same time as the Tree of Life synagogue shooting. Opening night was 3 days after. This show will always be relevant

@Sophie_Pea

14 күн бұрын

right now as well with what's happening with Palestine. I wasn't familiar with the plot of cabaret until now but yeah it hasn't left my mind since I learned about it. Definitely an interesting time for it to be performed

Im glad you mentioned the mirrors! It's a technique from the orignal production that was used for that exact effect of reminding the audience of their complicity in rising fascism. I find it somewhat upsetting that people seem to be critiical of Cabaret being too on the nose when its always been that way. Very intentionally Brechtian. Also, Cliff was never really that central in the traditional sense. Cliff always gets ovwrlooked bc he doesn’t sing, and Sally + Emcee get all the popular songs that people remember. But hes not really supposed to be the central character; hes the narrator. Like, it shows his journey through it all too, but just not with song, or at least not the popular songs. Fraulein Schneider's songs where she sings to Cliff reveal a lot about him too, but that gets overlooked. Its the unfortunate byproduct of how musicals are consumed by the general public, so it makes sense why people would feel like he gets sidelined. But an invalid argument imo.

“Broadway is in the pocket of Big Turntable.” 😂

@yarnover

13 күн бұрын

And nobody is talking about it! Until now!

When I was 17 we did Cabaret at my college. I played Frauline Schneider the landlady of the boarding house where Sally and Cliff lived. I got to do a solo, and two duets, one was the pineapple song, we just got a quick snap of it in there. Thanks, every time I get a pineapple and watching that takes me back to over half a lifetime ago. “For the sun will shine and the moon will set, and you learn how to settle for what you get, it will all go on if we’re here on not so who cares so vat?” I did a great German accent (an imitation of my holocaust surviving grandmother) It was a fun experience esp on my off night bc I got to be an extra in the club. I’m glad you got to see it, even if it was from the rafters.

@joshbarnes2313

15 күн бұрын

Good for you! She was the best character in the show. I'm sure you did great

4:35 I don’t know about yall but I think Alan Cumming’s pose a few seconds after this could be interpreted as a swastika. Just something I noticed

What good is tweeting alone in your room? Come hear the music play...

What is killing me is that all this discourse, all this "here's my hot take" and "hello, I'm Terminally Online Numbnuts and I'm auditioning for the part of Hit-Tweet-Maker" and at the end of the day, the damn musical is about the rise in fascism and totalitarianism as you said, made in a time when artists and creatives made that kind of stuff, and right now at this moment, the clickity-clackers on their keyboards can type essays about how a musical performance ick'd them and is therefore definitely Bad while they are happily The Audience in Cabaret! Here to be entertained and turn a blind eye to what's happening globally-which they're complicit in!! It's like critiquing the food spread at a funeral service. They are looking everywhere but at the body at the end of the room.

The mirror was from the original Broadway production!

I saw cabaret in London waaaay back in the early 2000s and the ending number was performed with the chorus dancers completely nude, going from sexy nightclub performers to concentration camp prisoners. It was heavy but really unique and powerful.

@MsJaytee1975

14 күн бұрын

I saw that on tour. It was an incredible production.

I love how u do actual investigation for your videos, like not only are you going to discuss a topic you’re going to go and physically experience it in order to make a deep and well rounded video- so good.

I’m deeply passionate about Cabaret. It’s far and away my favorite musical because it moved me and affected me in such a profound way. For me, the best emcee is always always gonna be Joel Grey. But I’ve never seen one I disliked. I haven’t seen Eddie because, regrettably, I don’t live anywhere near broadway, but from what I’ve seen I appreciate his take and what he’s doing. I get why people found Alan Cumming so much more palatable, but that’s what’s great about the emcee. He’s so mysterious and ethereal that it isn’t even clear if he’s a real person or just a concept. I think they should revive Cabaret a million times. I don’t know anyone in my life who has seen it except the people I forced to watch the film with me, and I think it’s so crucial, especially now, that people see it. I don’t think anything new necessarily has to be said. That being said, I think the argument that cliff isn’t getting enough to do does kinda feel like you aren’t that familiar with the musical. Cliff is technically the main character but he’s a boring every man. He’s the audience surrogate. The audience experiences the Kit Kat Club and Sally through his eyes. That’s his whole purpose. The only defining characteristic he has is he’s American and he hates fascism. And honestly I’ve always found that problematic that the only American in the show is the one true hero who stands up to nazis and leaves before shit gets really real. But it was written at a different time when that America-centric view was prevalent. The only massive change I would make to Cabaret, if change had to be made, would be to recharacterize Cliff to be a little more flawed

I said this before in another video: the main issue was the way that freaking number that went viral was filmed. And also, judging two minutes of his whole performance is unfair. We would need to watch the whole show in order to see what the intention of changing the character's demeanor (from the ones we already know) was.

it's called interpretation ya'll are so caught up in the Alan comparison just chillllll

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Shoutout for using Jane horrocks audio for the outro, possibly the most controversial Sally Bowles ever

@froginaclog

15 күн бұрын

Why was her performance controversial?

@dovestone_

15 күн бұрын

She’s my favourite Sally Bowles

@SRLovesPandas1

15 күн бұрын

I loved her performance!

@bubgerkirg

15 күн бұрын

she’s my favorite sally!

@jacobsyoutubeaccount7931

14 күн бұрын

@@froginaclogsince no one else has responded to you yet I’ll just give you the run down lol. Jane’s interpretation of Sally was a lot more abrasive and manic as well as purposely giving a more rough around the edges vocal delivery as opposed to Liza’s more polished world class delivery (Because when you’re Liza fucking Minnelli how can you not? Lmao) and some people were put off by this probably expecting the 90’s version Sally to fall more in line of Liza’s interpretation of the character.

My question is how many people that dislike Eddie’s performance of the emcee saw the original film version with Joel Grey? I feel like so many modern musical theater fans just know about Alan Cumming’s seductive, decadent take on the role that seeing one that’s so uncanny and mechanical throws them off what they know, like Eddie mentioned that Joel Grey was an influence to him in this role so his emcee borrows a lot from him which makes sense (edit: because Eddie’s mannerisms remind me so much of how I felt watching the movie with Joel and it made me feel on edge which works with the show)

as someone who had to watch the Jane horrocks production with Alan Cumming on KZread for my theater class in HS during the pandemic, I really appreciate you approaching this topic with class. While I grew up listening to the Liza Minnelli and Joel grey cabaret soundtrack and watched the movie when it was playing on TCM in High school, people are expecting a whole copy paste production of Joel grey and Liza Minnelli but in reality, it’s not going to be the same and that’s completely okay. While Sally is my dream role, I want to add in my own comments with the Cabaret discourse and say that while I understand people have their own personal reasons to dislike Eddie Redmayne, they need to know that every actor who has played the Emcee will put their own twist on it! The whole message of Cabaret is basically a way to distract people from the horrors of the world around them until we realize that it’s too late and we’ll later get what’s coming to us no matter if we’re complicit or not. I also want to point out that while I didn’t watch the Tony awards as I didn’t feel like ethically supporting the show, the wilkommen performance wasn’t that bad because to me, Eddie was giving joker meets art the clown vibes and I thought it was perfect! If people want an upbeat cabaret styled show then they can go watch moulin rouge because they seem to mix up Cabaret with Chicago. 🤷🏽‍♀️

@jennys1983

12 күн бұрын

Ooh, Joker meets Art the Clown, I like that.

I got to see Cabaret a few weeks ago and a thought it was interesting. I think Eddys performance is closer to the Original performance by Joel Grey. Allen Cummings performance was very much a departure from the original production. So it’s funny that people always compare Emcees performance to Cumming when in reality, Redmanyes performance more closely align to Kander and Ebbs original intentions…

13:22 minutes and not a peep about Christopher Isherwood’s semi-autobiographical book “Goodbye to Berlin”; John Van Druten’s play, “I Am a Camera”, or the incomparable, Joel Grey.

girl why do u keep deleting your videos 😭 stand on business! (im jkn)

I don’t relate to people who dislike theater/musical revivals for being different from the original (or some older version) because that seems like the point of live performances, to me. But I can understand in a way, if you really love some other version it might be disappointing that you’re not able to see it again. I just wish people weren’t so rude about their opinions, like people take the “let me be a hater” thing too far by being incredibly mean and say awful things about *real people* in a public space, rather than just stating their opinions or even just hating privately.

Im going through a very hard time right now and your videos have helped me so much! Love everything you’ve been putting out lately 🩷

The current Mexico City production has the big mirror. It was my first time seeing a live production of Cabaret and I found it to be a very effective element, considering the theme of the show. Editing to add that Emcee is being played by a woman here, but she is made to look very androgynous, which I also found to be a very interesting choice for a modern production (in a good way).

@izzyc127

15 күн бұрын

Oh yeah I’ve seen clips of her being played by a lady and she doesn’t seem that bad.

Eddie Redmayne is a great actor, he may do things differently in this production but you cannot deny he's so talented.

Joel Gray did an amazing job in the movie riding that line of being in the nightlife while still letting Nazi ideology seep into his characterization as the movie goes on.

in terms of the mirror being held up to the audience, I think it happens after "If You Could See Her" when the audience is laughing at the gorilla sequence and all of a sudden that line of the end of the song is dropped and its a shocking twist, the way the theatre is set up so that people on both sides of the stage are meant to look at each other makes you notice the people opposite you. we've all just been laughing at this gorilla and the emcee and now we feel guilty

I recently watched a mini doc on the history of cabaret and it was really interesting, it covered it from the original short stories to the Liza Minnelli movie version. Of course it made the algorithm send me everything cabaret afterwards and just yesterday and today I saw a couple clips of Eddie Redmayne with no context (I didn’t realize it was being staged again) and the comments were kind of unhinged and nasty. I’m so interested to see what you have to say about this because I am lost. Like without context I thought his version fit with what the story of cabaret at its core is? It’s a different version for sure but it didn’t feel out of place with what the character is a supposed to represent in the play. Edit: the Doc was by Matt Baum here on YT if anyone is interested

"broadway is in the pocket of big turn table." when i say i scream-laughed.

I honestly truly believe that people actually don’t understand what Cabaret is about…but eddie’s performance was INCREDIBLE and just deeply unsettling (as its supposed to be!) and im kinda obsessed

Proud to say I was one of those lucky people they pulled onto stage to dance with the cast. Granted, I watched the show when both Eddie and Gayle were out so tickets were cheaper enough for me to consider dropping the money ($220 compared to the usual $600). Most I've ever spent on a Broadway ticket, but at least it was a one in a lifetime experience. I don't know how they choose which audience member to pull to the stage, but I'm assuming the cast base it on vibes like if you seem like you're having fun they'll pull you up.

@MsJaytee1975

14 күн бұрын

so they don’t get consent?

@ahhhhhhhpril

14 күн бұрын

@@MsJaytee1975 I mean you can say no if you want to. They'd probably just choose someone next to you

Haven’t watched yet, but I’ve SEEN this and I’m so f-ing ready

love your theater videos!

Usher from the Wilson Here: Great video!! The shots at the door are Schnapps … it’s a choice

@MsJaytee1975

14 күн бұрын

Do they have a non-alcoholic version?

Great commentary I’m currently playing Sally in a production in LA and I agree completely! I wonder for the next revival of the show (which is bound to happen) if that director will take on the task of truly refreshing it in a way that will satisfy us who hold this show so dearly. Love all your vids btw ❤️

Im loving the reuploads(genuine)

hbomberguy reference ❗❗

Just saw it last week. Eddie was AMAZING. PPL RELAX

Ahh I was trying to comment when the first upload was taken down! So, I wasn’t sure about the Tony performance but realized I do have bias towards the Sam Mendez production. But I’ll be damned that I keep rewatching the Tony performance so they’ve subtly lured me in. I don’t think I’ll be able to see the show, though, since they canceled the performance I was scheduled for and I can’t do another date as of now.

I got pulled up on stage but had no idea it would happen lol... it was crazy to see the audience from that perspective and definitely opened my view of the partying at the end of the world theme that was present

While people are allowed to have their opinions and share them - I do wish people would also realize that their opinion isn't always _...needed_ or wanted. I wish people would from time to time ask themselves "Does this bring anything worth bringing into the conversation or indeed the world? Is this constructive?" If I just don't like a certain actor no matter what they do, sure I'm entitled to my opinion, but does that need to be vocally expressed especially on the internet? If I have no actual critique or reason that they could take to grow or something? Yeah, just say "that actor isn't my cup of tea". And yes, I do actually do the above things myself! I sometimes just delete a comment without posting it if I realise it's really giving nothing but maybe negativity.

I love that you made a video on this! I'm so lucky to have seen Alan Cumming and will go into Eddy's with an open mind.

Thank you, thank you for this video. Im a huge Eddie Redmayne fan, i had the oportunity to see this version in April , and i enjoyed it. And this last week has been..... overwhelming , with too many dramatic opinions, but your video was very middle headed and resonable. it was good ❤👌i liked how you talked about it and the points you mentioned.

They will never make me hate you eddie

Im impressed that they somehow managed to give us a tame eddie redmayne performance.

another day another kayla says slay

12:49 and they're names are: Joel Grey, Allan Cumming and Eddie Redmayne

That performance by Eddie was captivating AF! Incredible.

This is my first glimpse of Redmayne's Emcee, he's graceful and creepy and perfect. Have people never heard of Joel Grey? If anything, it's too close to that, but still unique.

@re-huvane5622

13 күн бұрын

I feel that Eddie Redmayne in regards to everything except for his costume is an exaggerated rip off on Joel Grey. Like an outright parody. I’ve seen countless productions of Cabaret and this production takes from other productions, especially when it comes to Sam Mendes’s vision. This production never would’ve happened if it wasn’t for Sam Mendes. Prior to his version, there was no push to reinvent the MC. The MC was defined a creepy clownish one man Greek chorus that wore heavy make up and a tailcoat. No one tried to change that because no one thought to prior to Mendes and in my opinion, after being a dedicated fan to Cabaret for 16 years of my life, it is impossible to come up with a truly original concert for the MC. Just wait till the replacements come for Eddie Redmayne and you’ll see a lot more Joel Grey with some hints of Alan Cumming because that’s what the majority of Eddie Redmanye replacements on the West End have done.

This is the content that I want 👏👏👏 thank you 😍😍😍

Seen it twice on West End both times got table seats and must say, soooo worth the price! Last time was this Wednesday and I love seeing different interpretations of the roles. Jake Shears was my favourite Emcee of the two but both were fabulous. The last guy we saw Toby Turpin, he was also very impressive, he was very tall which gave him this really frightening looming quality in the second act! Cant wait to go again!

Well, you just convinced me to watch Cabaret. Also, as a fellow bi girl with a straight male partner, that clip of your bf in the theater with you making the Kit Kat Club joke had such “straight bf of a bi girl” energy that it made me laugh out loud. My husband was like, “That sounds like something I would say.” Lmfaooo

@viviakay

14 күн бұрын

"straight bf of a bi girl energy" is my new favourite. signed, bi girl with a straight husband.

to add to your final point: i think people on the internet also need to separate disliking something with it then being objectively bad (and vice versa.) of course, that's not to discourage anyone from critiquing art, but sometimes it's not so much the quality of the art but your personal taste. there's a lot of grey area here, I know, but if people weren't so hellbent on PROVING their opinion is right when it comes to art I think we would all be a little bit more chill.

Saw this in London. Subject matter and performance is sinister, as it should be. The last scene is stunning and you will never forget.

Eddie Redmayne is the bees knees and he does a great job.

I’ve seen many different casts in London and hence many versions of Emcee. For me, Emcee has to be fun but also super unsettling. I went in completely blind having 0 idea about the play and from the first sec I saw Emcee, I loved him and clapped hard etc but felt uncomfortable. Then when tomorrow belongs to me was sang, GOOSEBUMPS! From then, he was just out right scary. Shout out to Jake Shear for being the absolute best!! With that being said, I have always loved Eddie Redmayne’s acting and I completely expected this exact way of performing so loving it!

I've loved Cabaret since high school but it's wild to me that I saw another high school put on Cabaret.

I saw my university theatre department production of Cabaret. I'm a casual theatre enjoyer only vaguely aware of this show, so when the time period and setting was revealed I went "oh no..." I no longer live in the US and sometimes I ache to go back to Broadway to see some shows, but then I remember how financially crippling some of them can cost.

Girl not me watching the video and the first thing I ask myself wen I saw Alan was "girl ain't that nightcrawler?"😂

Thank you for pointing out that we all have our options - and that's OK!!! I couldn't agree with you more 🙌

Why would people hate Eddie wtf

@CaulkMongler

15 күн бұрын

He’s “weird” by normie standards and I think some chronically online people never really forgave him for being in the Danish Girl(?) lol I think he’s fine tho

@teddieprox2307

15 күн бұрын

​​@@CaulkMongler"forgave him for being in the danish girl" ? Why would he need forgiveness?

@Starburst514

15 күн бұрын

​@@teddieprox2307 because he's a cis actor who played a trans person, but everyone forgets that at the time this was the only rep trans people got, and I'm pretty sure Eddie already has made a statement about how if it were today he wouldn't have taken the role Literally most good actors have some kind of role like that is their discography, especially if a certain age when it was unheard of to have actual trans people get trans roles, but a lot of people don't want to be willing to understand that times were not like they were now (and the Danish Girl wasn't even that long ago too, there's be a lot of fast change with trans roles and actors)

@teddieprox2307

15 күн бұрын

@Starburst514 As a trans person myself, I don't see the problem of an actor taking a trans role today tbh. I understand that we need more trans people on screen, but if we start policing who qualifies for a trans role, I think we'll just end up with another kit connor situation

@teddieprox2307

15 күн бұрын

@@Starburst514 kinda like people who whine about brokeback mountain

It sounds like this edition is engaging with Berlin culture which if it's true would be amazing! The red corridor reminds me of the vibe in the actual kitkat club which still exists today, but in a different neighbourhood. Covering your phone camera with a sticker is common practice in Berlin clubs, both to preserve the atmosphere of the event and to protect the k*ink that might be going on inside from prying eyes. The audience interaction and the turntable appear in the Berlin version of the musical, where the audience is served a full meal while watching. The theatre is much smaller, and the prices are much more accessible. I would say the atmosphere inside is still very middle age and bougie though 😂 the theatre is in the middle of Tiergarten, the city's most famous historic park, far removed from where the more experimental indie art is happening. I love the musical to bits so it was very emotional seeing it live.

My problem with this version is that the Kit Kat Klub is supposed to be some seedy nightclub, and this one has its performers dressed is glitzy, expensive outfits for every number. It looks more like a modern drag show than a 30's nightclub. They miss the point from the very conception.

@NorthonBruce

5 күн бұрын

Exactly.

how r yall even catching the first uploads omg

Love that you use Jane Harrocks Cabaret for the credits ❤ thanks for the video! I’m glad you got to see the show. I sat at a cabaret table to see it and I definitely agree that they could have made the audience more uncomfortable with the nazi iconography. I’m also a huge fan of this musical and would never pay those prices again. But with all they had to do to renovate the the theater and how much money they need to make back every week it makes sense economically why it’s soooo expensive. I just love this show so much so I had to see it.

@4:38 Allen does the same movement/arm positioning though.

Thank u for putting Jane Horrock's version at the end of your video, an icon that isnt spoken enough about

I agree with everything you said, and I think that your observations are verywell-balanced and fair. As someone who has seen the stage production several times, I do prefer the sam mendes production… of which, Randy Harrison was by far the best.

OMG, you got it. It's not you liked it, it's not you hate it, it's you have an emotional response to it. Art is subjective. Great video.

Yes, BRING BACK SIMPLY DISLIKING THINGS OR JUST SAYING THAT SOMETHING WASN'T FOR YOU! I think social media has become hyperbolic takes because that's what's funny/gets clicks or views but it can become exhausting

Great video!

the current Emcee on the West End is being played by Layton Williams so that's an interesting choice I feel.

i like eddie in the role, he's weird but i think it works for what his vision of the role. mason alexander park was a really good emcee, personally very good that we're getting a trans actor in that role, as i feel it is better understand from the perspective of a queer person. my favorite is alan cummings tho, i think he really made the role his own and defined the emcee as a character and his needing scene was just so emotional i am in tears within seconds no matter how many times i watch it. eddies not a bad emcee, just different than mason and alan, and i don't think people like that cuz they did such great jobs.

12:56 and it was the end of the world. and I was dancing with Sally Bowles and we were both fast asleep

Please mention Joel Grey's performance He wasn't just another Emcee He was THE EMCEE in the movie!!! And at the very end of the show, it wasn't the way the musical ended, if anything, the movie ending was a lot darker and a lot creepier. They don't show Emcee in the uniform that Alan Cummings Emcee was showed in, they just show the audience and then you realize what is gonna happen after the movie ends. Eddie's performance is close like Joel's performance, but very original in a movement I love this movie and the musical

I saw here lies love in this theatre and the stage design was great for that

Isn't the August Wilson Theatre the Theatre where the Mean Girls productions was?

I wish I could see this new production.

The only thing I didn't like about this sneak peak at the Tony's was the beginning of the number. Could barely hear him & his German accent was lacking & unintelligible, once he began projecting his voice the number got better. I love Eddie's work & my favorite movie is Cabaret & my favorite stage adaptation of the play is the original from the 1960s w/ Joel Gray as the Emcee. He was exquisite because he captured the maniacal character who distracted the audience in the club while the world fell to pieces outside the clubs doors & he did it with breathtaking gusto. You couldn't take your eyes off of him. His Emcee was both despicable & alluring simultaneously. Genius! I'll have to wait & see the current adaptation of the play before I can judge Eddie's version of the Emcee. I'm looking forward to it.❤

I personally enjoyed Eddie‘s performance. But that might be because I was introduced to cabaret via the movie with Joel Gray. So I was expecting it to be creepy and unsettling.

It’s all Eddie Redmayne this or Alan Cumming that no one will top Joel Grey’s emcee performance and that’s my hill 😂😂😂 I kinda joke but the fact people are getting so upset about this is just funny to me. The show has been a thing for decades and each production is new and interesting. No one performance is better than the other just different and it’s okay to like or not like them as much as you want. As long as we all agree Cabaret good n*zis bad that’s all that matters.