There's an element to this that always haunts me. Sally has just been to have the abortion. Right when she sings "when I go," that's when she feels the miscarriage start. That may not have been what they were going for, because she has plenty of other reasons to be upset if it isn't that. But the sudden surge of grief and anger, as well as the body language, make sense in that context. In any case, I love Jane Horrocks, and as others have noted, I appreciate her deliberately singing flat to sell the character rather than just show off her talent.
The wonderful thing about long-running musicals is that more than one performer gets the chance to explore one role. Liza Minelli was amazing in the film version of Cabaret and probably would have been on stage too, but Jane Horrock's Sally is daring and imaginative in a way that might not have successful on screen. There is already a great deal of criticism of Anne Hathaways Fantine because she doesn't sing Dream the way Patti Lupone or Lea Salonga did but her version is perfect for film.
I agree, and there's more to the Les Miz singing. To the point of which I won't watch the movie any more, nor the clips from the movie. ruclips.net/video/1ikqU6G6Xgs/видео.html
The real Sally Bowles was based on British actress/singer, writer and political activist Jean Ross. A lifelong communist, in recent years it is thought she was an agent for the Comintern International Socialists. Being a cabaret singer in Berlin was her cover. Her grandfather was the wealthy industrialist and land owner Charles Caudwell. She trained at RADA, and had roles as a serious actress before moving to Berlin. She is described by her Step-son Alexander Cockburn, as being "very beautiful, gentle, highly intelligent and cultured, as well as being very elegant in behaviour and dress" Her daughter author Sarah Caudwell, felt so strongly about her mothers depiction by Isherwood she wrote a piece in the New Statesmen. Jean Ross, never liked Goodbye to Berlin and didn't identify with the character which she regarded as vacuous, more based on Isherwood's male friends. She returned to Britain before the outbreak of ww2, and became a writer and journalist.
@@marquamfurniture To dismiss Judy and Liza as only "Hollywood glitz" is just inaccurate. Judy was a fantastic singer who honed her craft over thirty plus years of live performances. She started out as a young girl as a trouper in vaudeville, ended with her own TV series, and did everything in between. By 1962, no one on Earth was a better live entertainer. Plus, Judy was a wonderful raconteur, as seen on The Jack Paar Show, and an Oscar nominated actress. Check out her amazing, decidedly unglitzy performance in Judgement at Nuremberg if you don't believe me. As for Liza, I think her and Bob Fosse's take on Sally is different, but no less valid than Jane Horrocks/Sam Mendez. With Liza's Sally, the world is crumbling around her, and she's getting her kicks while she can. Horrocks' Sally is having a breakdown and the world is falling on her and crushing her. I agree, she is fantastic, heartbreaking, and scary. She gives a genius performance here.
Esta no es Natasha Richardson, es Jane Horrocks. Ella es la actriz que hizo el papel en Londres antes de que Natasha lo hiciera en Broadway...Es increible!
She gets this character so much more than Liza, Sally Bowles can't sing. That's why she's in a shitty cabaret in Berlin. Also, this song is her giving up on a normal life, it's pure catharsis. I love her interpretation.
@OohcoolProductions HAHA odd you said that b/c Atonements Briony played by Saoirse Ronan and Jane Horrock or in my top ten of beautiful talented thespians! Horrocks must have been conceived during a vaudville intermission & born right on stage!
What good is sitting alone in your room? Come hear the music play Life is a cabaret, old chum Come to the cabaret Put down the knitting, the book and the broom It's time for a holiday Life is a cabaret, old chum So come to the cabaret Come taste the wine Come hear the band Come blow that horn Start celebrating right this way Your table's waiting What could permitting some prophet of doom To wipe every smile away Life is a cabaret, old chum So come to the cabaret I used to have this girlfriend known as Elsie With whom I shared four sordid rooms in Chelsea She wasn't what you'd call a blushing flower As a matter of fact she rented by the hour The day she died the neighbors came to snicker "Well, that's what comes from too much pills and liquor" But when I saw her laid out like a Queen She was the happiest corpse, I'd ever seen I think of Elsie to this very day I remember how she'd turn to me and say "What good is sitting all alone in your room? Come hear the music play Life is a cabaret, old chum Come to the cabaret And as for me And as for me I made my mind up, back in Chelsea When I go, I'm going like Elsie Start by admitting from cradle to tomb Isn't that long a stay Life is a cabaret, old chum It's only a cabaret, old chum And I love a cabaret
@QueenBonesofdarkness LOL in what way is this performance even relatively similar to Minelli? xD her interpretation is entirely unique to her, not only that but she understood the character more than Minelli, who did a great job for a FILM version. this is live theater where this little thing we don't like to talk about much, but its called ACTING happens.
Isn't it also possible that, despite her enormous singing and performance talents, Sally finds it difficult to succeed because of her psychological hurdles (fear of commitment or risk)?
Being troubled and angry is all fine and dandy but Sally also covers her emotions with being sensual. I also wish they could get someone who could actually sing on key and didn't run out of breath so easily.
The original Broadway production (with an English Sally and American (not bi) Cliff was so much more dramatic than the movie. I have always found the movie bitterly disappointing, a real Hollywood sell out/cop out.
I don't know how she could do that eight times a week and still have a voice? Incredible support from her diaphragm.
EXACTLY how Sally Bowles should be portrayed - troubled and angry.
There's an element to this that always haunts me. Sally has just been to have the abortion. Right when she sings "when I go," that's when she feels the miscarriage start. That may not have been what they were going for, because she has plenty of other reasons to be upset if it isn't that. But the sudden surge of grief and anger, as well as the body language, make sense in that context. In any case, I love Jane Horrocks, and as others have noted, I appreciate her deliberately singing flat to sell the character rather than just show off her talent.
The wonderful thing about long-running musicals is that more than one performer gets the chance to explore one role. Liza Minelli was amazing in the film version of Cabaret and probably would have been on stage too, but Jane Horrock's Sally is daring and imaginative in a way that might not have successful on screen. There is already a great deal of criticism of Anne Hathaways Fantine because she doesn't sing Dream the way Patti Lupone or Lea Salonga did but her version is perfect for film.
I agree, and there's more to the Les Miz singing. To the point of which I won't watch the movie any more, nor the clips from the movie. ruclips.net/video/1ikqU6G6Xgs/видео.html
The real Sally Bowles was based on British actress/singer, writer and political activist Jean Ross. A lifelong communist, in recent years it is thought she was an agent for the Comintern International Socialists. Being a cabaret singer in Berlin was her cover. Her grandfather was the wealthy industrialist and land owner Charles Caudwell. She trained at RADA, and had roles as a serious actress before moving to Berlin. She is described by her Step-son Alexander Cockburn, as being "very beautiful, gentle, highly intelligent and cultured, as well as being very elegant in behaviour and dress" Her daughter author Sarah Caudwell, felt so strongly about her mothers depiction by Isherwood she wrote a piece in the New Statesmen. Jean Ross, never liked Goodbye to Berlin and didn't identify with the character which she regarded as vacuous, more based on Isherwood's male friends. She returned to Britain before the outbreak of ww2, and became a writer and journalist.
so beautiful to see such complete immersion of character and true emotion within this performance
Love Jane Horrocks, she's so talented it must be hard for her to sing slightly off like this. fantastic job.
I loved Mein Herr too...she's Sally, no question!
I love her facial expressions. Superb performance!
WOW wot an actress and hell of a singer fantastic ❤️
It's Bubble! It's probably the most accurate interpretations of what a cabaret actress would have been at the time.
This lady is fantastic. She's up there with Judy and Liza.
She is better. Genuine emotional depth. Not shallow Hollywood glitz.
Judy didn't play Sally
Mr Wonderwall Judi Dench played Sally in London in 1972. ( I think)
@@marquamfurniture To dismiss Judy and Liza as only "Hollywood glitz" is just inaccurate. Judy was a fantastic singer who honed her craft over thirty plus years of live performances. She started out as a young girl as a trouper in vaudeville, ended with her own TV series, and did everything in between. By 1962, no one on Earth was a better live entertainer. Plus, Judy was a wonderful raconteur, as seen on The Jack Paar Show, and an Oscar nominated actress. Check out her amazing, decidedly unglitzy performance in Judgement at Nuremberg if you don't believe me. As for Liza, I think her and Bob Fosse's take on Sally is different, but no less valid than Jane Horrocks/Sam Mendez. With Liza's Sally, the world is crumbling around her, and she's getting her kicks while she can. Horrocks' Sally is having a breakdown and the world is falling on her and crushing her. I agree, she is fantastic, heartbreaking, and scary. She gives a genius performance here.
@@johndalton3180 Point taken. I was unnecessarily snarky. My apologies.
Oh my God this might be the best Sally I've ever seen.
Esta no es Natasha Richardson, es Jane Horrocks. Ella es la actriz que hizo el papel en Londres antes de que Natasha lo hiciera en Broadway...Es increible!
Wow, that was terrifying
Brava, Jane Horrocks! The character Sally Bowles is about to get an abortion. Jane Horrocks portrays this very well.
Brilliant ! Art !
She gets this character so much more than Liza, Sally Bowles can't sing. That's why she's in a shitty cabaret in Berlin. Also, this song is her giving up on a normal life, it's pure catharsis. I love her interpretation.
OMG FINALLY SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE FACT THAT SALLY ISNT SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO SING!!!!!
This song is her realizing that she should have taken the normal life and she's having a mental breakdown.
Bravo!!!
@OohcoolProductions HAHA odd you said that b/c Atonements Briony played by Saoirse Ronan and Jane Horrock or in my top ten of beautiful talented thespians! Horrocks must have been conceived during a vaudville intermission & born right on stage!
FIERCE! Dear sweet Bubble werked it out hunty!!!
Man was she the love child of Stanley Donen & Alla Nozimova?! I adore Jane Horrocks & I'm a closet musical lover hehe.
Loved her as Bubbles on Ab Fab....
What good is sitting alone in your room?
Come hear the music play
Life is a cabaret, old chum
Come to the cabaret
Put down the knitting, the book and the broom
It's time for a holiday
Life is a cabaret, old chum
So come to the cabaret
Come taste the wine
Come hear the band
Come blow that horn
Start celebrating right this way
Your table's waiting
What could permitting some prophet of doom
To wipe every smile away
Life is a cabaret, old chum
So come to the cabaret
I used to have this girlfriend known as Elsie
With whom I shared four sordid rooms in Chelsea
She wasn't what you'd call a blushing flower
As a matter of fact she rented by the hour
The day she died the neighbors came to snicker
"Well, that's what comes from too much pills and liquor"
But when I saw her laid out like a Queen
She was the happiest corpse, I'd ever seen
I think of Elsie to this very day
I remember how she'd turn to me and say
"What good is sitting all alone in your room?
Come hear the music play
Life is a cabaret, old chum
Come to the cabaret
And as for me
And as for me
I made my mind up, back in Chelsea
When I go, I'm going like Elsie
Start by admitting from cradle to tomb
Isn't that long a stay
Life is a cabaret, old chum
It's only a cabaret, old chum
And I love a cabaret
Damn those arms
@QueenBonesofdarkness LOL in what way is this performance even relatively similar to Minelli? xD her interpretation is entirely unique to her, not only that but she understood the character more than Minelli, who did a great job for a FILM version. this is live theater where this little thing we don't like to talk about much, but its called ACTING happens.
Isn't it also possible that, despite her enormous singing and performance talents, Sally finds it difficult to succeed because of her psychological hurdles (fear of commitment or risk)?
Dakota Fanning in her 30s
I don't think dakota can pull of an amazing performance like jane did
Would have been good in character as Bubble from AbFab!
She looks like one of those critters from the movie "Avatar"
CIERTO! !! NO ES NATASHA RICHARDSON
Why does she lowkey kinda look like she is mewing
I like this but I still think Natasha Richardson captures her psychological state better than Jane Horrocks does
Heidi Rice I think both of them done a great job, Jane by using her action and Natasha by using her body language.
Oh Oh....Oh dear
Bubble
Bubble Bubble
trying to steal my viewers?
Being troubled and angry is all fine and dandy but Sally also covers her emotions with being sensual. I also wish they could get someone who could actually sing on key and didn't run out of breath so easily.
Felicia Marie Leclair she isnt out of breath, its on purpose
Miserable resemblance to the left hand
The original Broadway production (with an English Sally and American (not bi) Cliff was so much more dramatic than the movie. I have always found the movie bitterly disappointing, a real Hollywood sell out/cop out.
Too theatrical!! . . ?