this is exactly how cabaret is meant to be felt. seeing people enjoy it like it’s some light hearted fun musical is like reading animal farm or 1984 and not getting the allegorical story
i think that someone could theoretically enjoy an allegorical story for what it is, outside of the context of its deeper message. i think it’s the same with cabaret...if you want to sing this song in a way that it’s just very gritty and dark, you can. it’s art, and art doesn’t have to be done one way.
@@siobhancassidy7061 i completely agree w this, but i think the movie sorta missed the point of this song. liza did a great job at singing but i dont think it conveyed the dark message of this song like jane does
@@ImNotOdd I like this version, but the point of the song is to show sally dosnt care about the politics outside and wants to have fun(even if that leads to her death). Liza briefly remembers cliff at the corpse part, but then ignores it. After that she decides she will always continue to be like this, she'll never change. Liza sings it as a metaphor and less literal.
Here's the most interesting thing about this performance: if you've seen Jane in the movie "Little Voice," you know that she actually is a brilliant singer and vocalist, capable of perfectly mimicking everyone from Judy Garland to Marilyn Monroe. If she'd wanted to, she could've belted this number out as gorgeously as Liza Minnelli. But instead, she chose to embody one of the core truths about Sally: Sally's a mediocre talent with limited prospects. She sings at a run-down club because she's not good enough to make it anywhere else. And that mediocrity is what fuels Sally's desperation and self-destruction.
dlweiss yes, that is exactly why I think it's so great. the movie makes no sense in that way. Sally wants to become a movie-star. since Liza is both pretty and sings and dance well in the movie, Sally really would have no trouble with reaching her goals.
And that's why critics say Liza Minnelli's Sally was the best miscast ever. She's good, but she's still oblivious to the world around her and stands up for her principles (something Sally from the play will never do) making her a tragically empowering character. To quote: decider.com/2015/03/12/liza-minnelli-sally-bowles-cabaret/
If the director Sam Mendes wanted her to belt it out, she would have. It wasn't really her call. Unless her voice is gone, that happens with age, particularly with lower registered voices.
So why didn't she go to Broadway with this production like Alan Cummings did? No offense to Natasha Richardson, but if they already had success in London, why tamper with that dynamic for a transfer to Broadway? Surely Sally should have been more important to carry over than the Emcee.
A performance like this take guts. You have to be unapologetically committed to the character. Jane is absolutely absorbed in Sally. She gives a performance that is devastatingly intriguing. You wanna look away, but you can’t. This is how cabaret is supposed to feel. Through and through. Jane is the best Sally. I think Emma Stone also did a good job finding a happy medium.
@@holdynisalive Unlike you, I DO NOT go to drag queen shows that INSULT the HOLOCAUST. CHECK your history and not your GAY over this. What AWARDS didn't Horrocks win for this tragedy? THIS tells you how much it sucked. Got it, little girl?
The screaming into the mic at the end is so reminiscent of Adolph Hitler - one of the most genius things I've ever seen. This whole performance is so uniquely hard to watch, the woman is literally coming apart at the seams - I can see her wincing in fear throughout the song, and the whole section about Elsie is so fantastically demented, it's actually frightening. Not to mention all the technical skill involved to sing properly, out of key, while channeling all of the emotion required. Jane Horrocks as Sally Bowles should finally be acknowledged as one of the greatest musical theatre performances of all time.
I was seated at a table on the stage at this performance in London. Absolutely amazing. It was like watching a complete mental breakdown in 4 minutes as Sally tries to adhere to "the show must go on mentality" whilst coping with events within the country, the loss of her child and an ill fated romance. Jane Horrocks is indescribable.
As I said above I haven't seen the play, but I have been watching various versions of this song and the one thing I noticed that almost all the stage actresses have in common is that when they sing the line "When I go I'm going like Elsie" is when their brain snaps and they lose it (to varying degrees depending on the actress). My theory is that at that moment Sally realizes that she is going to end up the same way and that she is trapped in a lifestyle that is more than likely going to kill her at a rather young age.
HypnoticPhantom Also- well, someone wrote a book about the art/ film/ music scene in Berlin just before the Third Reich, and they noted a weird fatalism and anxiety in a lot of the themes. It’s almost like the creatives acted like “canaries in a coal mine” to quote Kurt Vonnegut about the role of writers in society. Also also- Berlin was like the San Francisco or Fire Island of Europe in the 20’s- it was a place where people of varying gender fluidity and sexual orientations could live fairly openly. Or relatively openly. So, as the Nazi rhetoric began to scream about returning to rigid gender roles and traditional family functions , people like Sally and Fredrick and the MC were doubtless sensing their increasing vulnerability. The cabaret pretty much exemplified exactly the kind of “ garbage art” the Nazis sought to eliminate.
Capt Janeway ( after trying and failing to remember title and throwing various key phrases at Amazon) Here it is: www.amazon.com/Caligari-Hitler-Siegfried-Kracauer/dp/0691025053/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=12X057JCHCT2P&keywords=from+caligari+to+hitler&qid=1554165745&s=gateway&sprefix=from+cali&sr=8-3
this performance specifically caused such an emotional reaction i actually made a tiktok telling people that if they want to see an example of how cabaret can be borderline terrifying when done right, they should see this. jane horrocks is by far my favorite sally.
@@valmacclinchy Can anyone of the British trash prove "Hitler screams" or a "breakdown" not written anywhere? Also, your drag queen version? Where did that crap come from? 1930. No drag queen BS.
VERY disturbing. Usually, I can sing along to this song. All I could do was watch (almost in horror) as Jane displays a very obvious "break" from sanity. WOW. I never understood the degree of Sally's instability before. (NICE) And I LOVE Jane Horrocks so this was a TREAT!!!
The way she says, "And I love a cabaret" at the end sends shivers down my spine. It's as if she's doubling down on her decision to descend down the path of self destruction. Terrifying..
How come NO OTHER Sally's needed to shout "like Hitler" you liars? For this West End production, how many other actresses were wanted first? So many talentless hacks...
Wow tbt to when I was 14 and didn't get it at all and thought this was trash and now as an adult recognize that this is one of the best portrayals of Sally we've ever gotten.
I read once that the character of Sally is meant to reflect Germany's collective, national mental state. I have no idea if this is true, but after watching Horrocks' electrifying performance, the theory is certainly plausible. It can easily be seen as a slow descent into hateful, savage insanity.
I would say that each character in Cabaret reflect their country (this can be more or less apparent depending on the direction of the production). Sally is England, Cliff is America, Herr Schultz is the Jewish population, and then there is Fraulein Schneider. I think she is best fit to reflect Germany's collective, national mental state. A sort of self-preservational way of thinking. Because before all the hate and savege insanity, there was fear, especially in this era - before/during Hitler's rise to power. And that, I think, is echoed most clearly in Fraulein Schneider. This particular portrayal of Sally however, is a good reflection of what is to come.
I know I’m REALLY late, but in this rendition of Cabaret, Horrocks was asked to scream as manically and insane as she could. The idea was that her ghastly screaming imitates Hitler, of course at this point in the world it is July, 1939. Just before the invasion of Poland.
I'd say she's primarily a reflection of the Berlin scene back then. It attracted all kinds of eccentric characters from across Europe, looking to join in on the chaotic explosion of creativity and licentiousness. Like punk half a century later, its boundaries were loosely defined because it was so experimental and indulgent, and a lot of it wasn't the highest quality.
This for me, has to be one of the best performances of Cabaret ever. This performance EPITOMIZES what a breakdown would look like in a song. It screams raw emotionality, and Jane manages to express just how tormented and screwed up Sally is by this point. It is incredible. And stays true to the Sally that I know from the books by Isherwood. Simply astounding.
Isn't she (not Sally the character, but Jane the actress) deliberately performing the last part of the song in the style of Hitler giving a speech? I always thought that was what was happening.
@@melizmatea I think that it does an excellent job of illustrating how the zeitgeist is rubbing off on everything within its vortex, showing up in unexpected places and people. It also indicates that, while Sally may not explicitly agree with the Nazis, her indifference basically makes her one, anyway. In her complacency as the pot begins to boil, she’s as responsible for what’s to come as anyone else. In this song, she’s consciously made the decision to turn off, like so many people in her country, and that indifference allowed the Nazis to get away with it.
Horrocks peels off all the varnish of the glitzy movie version. Raw, fierce, and savage. If you care about emotional content, this is the one to beat!!
She didn't win the Olivier Award that year. She wasn't even nominated for the Olivier Award that year. I guess that the nominating committee must have missed her brilliant performance. Maybe they were all at home washing their hair or re-arranging their sock drawers.
I can’t decide if I like better performing this with faltering fake smiles after seeing everything fall apart, or her having a clear rage filled meltdown on stage. Very different directions, both beautifully uncomfortable and gritty
Jesus H. Christ. Jane Horrocks is a goddess. Which I knew already, yes, but... Wow. What raw emotion. And how hard it must have been for her to sing this bad. Singing off-key on purpose is a lot more difficult to pull off that it looks, especially being the extraordinary singer that she is.
It's just deliciously over dramatic as well. Like she is properly losing it (like when she shouts at bits mid way thorugh, and obv at the end). I also love the way she says the neighbours line, and the way she appears to flit in and out of different personalities throughout. Brilliant. Thanks for uploading! xx
“Well that’s what comes from too much pills and liquor” - the way she says it in such a mocking voice. Like the neighbours’ words still sting, even after all this time has past
Still my favorite rendition. The other ones sound spot on technically but none have the same feeling behind it. She's really telling the story through her performance.
What a disturbing rendition. It's almost like a threat, so much hostility and anger. It dovetails quite nicely with the impending Nazi takeover because by the end, she looked like Hitler ranting in German.
larrydirtybird that's a nice observation, especially since how the movie jumped back and forth from what the nazis did to what happened in the Cabaret. I had always seen Janes performance here as the ultimate mental breakingpoint of Sally, happening during the abortion.
in the breaks between singing, she looks upset, but something is off. it’s like sally was performing this dramatically on stage, but she actually looks upset on the inside. you can see her trying to smirk but it just goes away. and at the end, her body shoots back into a polite posture, almost as if she’s a ragdoll.
The musical theatre world has become so obsessed with hitting each and every note in a song perfectly that it has begun to lose its authenticity. This is not west side story or anything goes where everything is meant to be precise and focused. This is Cabaret! Love this performance
Shit. This is so good I almost hate it, yet I can't stop watching. How did she even do this? I've seen this type of breakdown before, unfortunately, in real life. I'm impressed at how savage this portrayal is. It takes me back but it's so real i keep running it back to watch that perfect transition. Incredible.
I love this performance of this song so much, the more I watch it the more I appreciate the the nuances in the performance. Sally is destroyed, realizing she's condemned to live like Elsie, convincing herself that thats what she wants. The sad dead eyes full of despair, the deep anguish in the voice work perfectly in contrast with the happy laissez-faire lyrics of the song. It's depressing, it's sad, It's the inevitable culmination of Sallys philosophy. Ignore whats happening in Germany by partying and doing drugs, what happens will happen. God I love Jane Horrocks in this show, at the same time showing a deep acknowledgement of shame of her lifestyle while trying to fully embracing it.
Jane Horrocks is genius. You rarely come across someone quite as talented as her. I adore her in this role as well (but frankly I adore her in any role) I've heard a theory that this number is mirroring Sallys emotional state before, during and after her abortion, which no doubt were a rough procedure back in those days. As well as the whole situation of her life, which were going fast to hell, of course.
@@O_Haraa FIND a script with your LIE? As a child liar, can you DO that? Then ask your mommy why you have no talent and lie so much? "Theory" is NOT PROOF, first grade failure. Now go find a job for a Low IQ person?
Life is America is so close to the events of Cabaret it's downright scary. Sally, and Cliff were "fast asleep," as are, I'm afraid, most Americans in 2022. If you're reading this in the future, and things have gone off the rails, I'm truly sorry I couldn't do more to prevent it. God, help us.
@JewishJeff839 Uh huh. And Death of a Salesman is only a play, The Godfather is only a movie, Catcher in the Rye is only a book. You sound like a typical Trump loving ignoramus. Thanks for playing, though!
Sally was not a decent singer. "She had a surprisingly deep husky voice. She sang badly, without any expression, her hands hanging down at her sides..." From "Goodbye to Berlin," Christopher Isherwood.
@Talcum Cabaret the musical wasn't designed to please your ears exactly. It's supposed to make you uncomfortable with the dark story and message it's trying to come across. Sally's character in this song is having a mental breakdown and going insane. This song may seem like it's about living life to the fullest but it's really a declaration that Sally will end up in an early grave. You feel her distress in her voice which I think is a brilliant stylistic choice on Jane Horrocks' part.
@Talcum This can be seen through it's music. Most specifically in "Tomorrow Belongs to Me" and "If You Could See Her". Both of these songs can show you how easy it is to be swept under the Nazi Regime of the time. Tomorrow Belongs to Me sounds like a song of hope until you realize what group is singing. If You Could See Her at first seems like a funny story about a man falling in love with a gorilla until you realize you've been laughing at the dehumanization of Jews. Also there's the ending of the show. The haunting and distorted reprise of the opening number, Willkommen, plus the moment the MC takes of his cloak to reveal the concentration camp uniform. There have been many performances where the audience just sits in uncomfortable silence before applauding. I suggest you rewatch the musical and try to analyze it a bit if you wish.
Cabaret the musical is based off of the Berlin Stories so the actors would still be somewhat faithful to the book. Someone in the comments actually explained Jane Horrocks singing choices excellently. "Here's the most interesting thing about this performance: if you've seen Jane in the movie "Little Voice," you know that she actually is a brilliant singer and vocalist, capable of perfectly mimicking everyone from Judy Garland to Marilyn Monroe. If she'd wanted to, she could've belted this number out as gorgeously as Liza Minnelli. But instead, she chose to embody one of the core truths about Sally: Sally's a mediocre talent with limited prospects. She sings at a run-down club because she's not good enough to make it anywhere else. And that mediocrity is what fuels Sally's desperation and self-destruction."
Everything that Jane Horrocks has done has been superb. She has an amazing range of talent. Just watched "The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard"...she and the entire cast were great. Loved her as a Bubble in Ab Fab. And Little Voice, wonderful. Hoping to see more of her great work. Thanks for sharing this.
Here’s a question Is the Elsie section something that can be heard by the in-universe audience? Or is it a moment where we , the real audience, finally get to access Sally’s private thoughts/ interior monologue that she usually resists showing to the world? On a related note, are we to assume that this Elsie person was real (and her death was the start of Sally’s implosion that seems to reach its climax here) , or is this just another one of Sally’s stories? What does it mean if the Elsie story is fictional, but can only be heard by us ? I feel like that’s the most likely conclusion in this particular production, but I’d be interested to hear other people’s thoughts In other news I am obsessed with Jane’s bizarre, cartoonish facial expressions. Especially just after “neighbors came to snicker”. It’s as if Sally has forgotten how genuine emotion works.
people who think this is bad have zero idea of the control Horrocks has. Even the screaming is controlled. It takes immense talent to sing this "badly".
If you go back to the source material. Isherwood's stories, Sally did not have a good voice. The version here is the stage version. Liza's version is the cinema version (and fantastic) but Liza does have a great voice - something Sally did not possess. Both versions have their merits, but because of their mediums.
The Liza version was a real distortion of the character of Sally Bowles. They cast Liza because they wanted a big name to make $$$. It's a shame in many respects. If they made a version today, I suspect they'd cast someone who portrayed Sally more as she was intended.
Wild how many people dont know that Sally isnt supposed to be an amazing singer. Every director of Cabaret has had to specifically tell whoever plays Sally to sing worse. They did not want to cast Liza because she was too good of a singer. Learn something about the show, dont just watch the movie and think you're an expert
Everyone is talking about Jane Horrocks performance (and understandably so, she did amazing!!) but what I keep thinking about is the beginning when the Emcee enters and introduces her. There are bruises all the way down his arms and his expression isn't welcoming anymore when he reveals his arms and he yells, if not screams Sally's name. And then comes Sally breaking down in her song and the tragic end to the musical. Amazing writing!
yes, it is wonderful, more wonderful than I have the right words for. and knowing its the same woman who played the daft and quite mousy (but loud) bubble in abfab. just makes it so much more amazing! she is a great actress! one more thing about her when she is singing this song...she sort of makes me think of nina hagen. the facial expressions, the rage, the humor and the voice that is so much bigger than her tiny body. love it!
This is the best version of this song. She really embodies the desperation of the play and Sally as a character. So in love with her. Great rendition, really sums up what cabaret is all about.
@@ChrisS-rr6nw thankfully, I don't live in America, but the effects will be felt here in Europe too. I am so sorry for you over there in America right now.
It goes without saying that this is an amazing performance (one of my faves) but I would like a moment of appreciation for Jane Horrocks' workout routine. Girl those armsss. I'm in love.
You guys could understand that Cabaret is an evolving art piece. The original Broadway musical was primarily based on I Am A Camera, the film adaptation from Goodbye to Berlin, but with many aspects cut from it, especially the ones related to gay themes. The 1972 film was the one that brought back Isherwood themes and subtext to exemplify how much sexual freedom Berlin had and how it was lost due to nazism. The later stage versions bring the best from both adaptations, which makes this performance so captivating. Also, Sally Bowles in the film HAD to be a great singer. Theater and cinema are very different. This performance work because Jane is singing straight to the audience, cause it’s easier to suspend belief when you are in theater. It makes no sense for Sally in the film to have this performance, because in film we’re supposed to believe that she’s still playing in a Cabaret, where people go to have fun. That’s why Fosse uses close ups and camera movements to show Sally’s internalized struggle to keep singing despite all that happened.
it is SO hard to sing badly when you have a powerhouse voice, which also applies to bad performing : master performer. She fucking nails it. I'm used to the Liza version, but I think the next time I do this show, I will def direct the Hitlerian delivery that she snarls at the end of this song, which was just masterful! Kander & Ebb would have been gobstopped by this performance!
Sally Bowles is a third rate singer in a third rate night club , so the singing should be a little off.Liza Minelli to me does not embody this.Jane was excellent here.
Respectfully I think the point of the film version was rather different from the stage. Stage will always be topical and relevant. The polished performances in the film were juxtaposed with the ugliness of the age.
@@JewishJeff839 . . . it's . . . OBVIOUS to anyone who's ever seen this performance and a newsreel of Hitler. How do you know she's singing off-key and in English? Because you can hear it. How do you know she's wearing red lipstick? Because you can see it. How do you know she's imitating Hitler here? Because you can see it and hear it.
@@JewishJeff839 it was mentioned in an interview with jane, it was intentional, i cant find the video since it came up in an interview i dont expect you to trust me, but see if you can find it
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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 Come to the Cabaret. Come taste the wine, Come hear the band. Come blow a horn, Start celebrating; Right this way, Your table's waiting. What good's permitting Some prophet of doom To wipe every smile away. Life is a Cabaret, old chum, Come to the Cabaret! I used to have a 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 you room? Come hear the music play. Life is a Cabaret, old chum, Come to the Cabaret." 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 It isn't that long a stay. Life is a Cabaret, old chum, Only a Cabaret, old chum And I love a Cabaret.
This is my favorite version of Cabaret but it's still so weird to see Bubble from AbFab singing and playing such a serious role LOL. Jane Horrocks is an absolute gem!
I felt the same way when I first saw it, and still do to a degree, honestly. Bubble is my favorite Abfab character, and as a result I adore Jane Horrocks. So very talented. 💕
That’s got to be very difficult, to sing in a way that shows the character is not a very good singer but at the same time not sing so badly people can’t stand to listen
Every single detail on this superb little number is absolutely mesmerizing & astonishing. My Victorian Top hat is off for Jane Horrocks Bravo, Bravissimo!
Stop comparing the 90's revival with the movie. The original musical was not at all like the revival. Fosse's Cabaret is one of the best movies ever, stop trying to make it smaller. Can't you simply understand that the movie was a totally different thing, as was the original musical in the 60's, as was this revival.
Exactly! Had Bob Fosse directed Liza Minnelli to preform Cabaret in this manner, there's no doubt that she could have. But he was of the opinion that if she did Cabaret like this, like it was done in the play that movie audiences wouldn't understand. He was right too. So he altered the performance for the movie.
@@JewishJeff839 You really are an oddball, with all of your strangely phrased questions. Something I wonder when I see people who phrase questions in bizarre ways like you do is whether they write in such a bizarre way in all situations, or if the weird use of language is an intentional part of the trolling.
@@SandymoorFerrariClub 2 MONTHS later and you are still trying to get into the pants of your lesbian lover? IF you can't READ, why are you here, little child? RUclips is NOT a lesbian dating site for lesbo losers. Get an education and stop speaking for all lesbos like you clearly are. Ask mommy why she never aborted the lesbian loser? STOP bothering ADULTS with your GAY issues. Can you DO that lezzy Karen? How UGLY are you that you can't show your lesbian COWARD face?
@JewishJeff839 except she wasn't. The revival ran from Dec 9th 93 to March 26th 94 then it was over. No one was fired, and you know nothing. Tragic you spend hours online slagging off a performer. Go out and touch the grass. Don't bother replying, I mute trolls
I have watched this so many times, always when I need to be re-inspired, and I am never disappointed. It's her biceps towards the end of the song; they terrify me in the best way
Jane is amazing!She's one the of many reasons I've watched Ab Fab! I love her accent and her voice is unique!She has quite a range! She can sing contralto then she can raise her voice to soprano heights!What voice she has! Wow! I love you Jane Horrocks!Was that Alan Cummings in the beginning?
@cleverboi2 SPOILERSSPOILERSSPOILERSSPOILERSSPOILERS Actually me and the person who posted this were having a little discussion about this about a week ago. Apparently, in this production, Sally isn't actually singing in the Kit Kat Club, this is what's going through her head when *major spoilers* she is having the abortion, which if you look at it from that way, would explain the ending alot (including her screaming and her spasm at the end, etc).
That may be true for this production. I think in other productions, and the way others have played it, is she decides to have the abortion at the "when I go, I'm going like Elsie" part. But, what you said makes sense for this particular performance.
It is and should be a non-singer's performance. For my generation, Judi Dench was magnificent... her giggle on "We'll think of something" was one of the suggestively dirty statements of all time!
An absolute brilliant performance by Jane Horrocks. I have also seen her in Annie Get Your Gun and The Rise and Fall of Little Voice and she was just phenomenal - that girl sure can belt out a tune! Just brilliant.
This has ruined all other versions of this song for me in the best way. I can't bear to hear it sung with all the varnish and spectacle of the film version anymore. As much as I love Liza, I hate that since her version of the song is so widespread, people think it's MEANT to sound lovely and that Sally is MEANT to be talented. She's not! It's why she's one of the only Broadway roles I think warrants a celebrity casting, especially by a great actor. Jane just blows any other performance I've seen out of the water. It's criminal she wasn't even nominated for an Olivier. To be fair to the movie though, maybe the reason Sally sounds so good is because the movie is leaning into her delusions. I might be pulling this theory out of my ass, I need to watch the movie again.
Interesting interpretation. I have heard criticisms that it is "over the top". I think she does go over the top in the last stanza. Up until that point, given the grim seediness and the new POV of the Alan Cumming version, which differs significantly from the original (from what I have read), her interpretation makes sense. This is a miserably unhappy woman. And it is sad and depressing. Bleak and joyless. After seeing this I can't imagine ever wanting to see the show.
At 2:10 she genuinely looks absolutely crazy. It really shows how Much trauma this event must have caused her. *If it actually happed at all although she probably had similar experiences.
Jane Horrocks captures everything about this character so perfectly and on so many levels. She's both funny and haunting at the same time and her performance of this song is filled with so much intention and the ending is bone chilling.
We never find out what actually happens to sally after the credits roll/ curtain falls but i think the kit kat club would get trashed and the emcee put in a camp and all the girls wpuld probs be shot but sally i think she would realise what happened and find her dreams shattered then she would take a permanent nap (suicide) rather than be killedor imprisoned and humiliated (or likely worse) thats what makes this version so intense
i had a conversation with a close friend about this. one thought we had was her overdosing as soon as she knew the kit kat club would be raided. another was that she fled and ended up committing suicide or putting herself into a drunken coma. another that possibly she went ended up in a camp also. as she was most likely not completely straight and (i think?) jewish. either way, i don't believe she got to live a full life.
Well, from the endings I’ve seen that weren’t the movie, the Emcee is definitely put into a concentration camp as he is three of the things Hitler hated the most (gay, Jewish and a socialist/Communist). I would imagine that Sally maybe made it back to England as Jean Ross did, but the other girls probably met the same fate as the Emcee.
The only thought that me and my sister had while watching this was that we thought that sally looked absolutely jacked basically went “god damn those veins are really popping out, Jesus Christ she’s jacked”
The interesting thing is, she is capable of singing much better than she does here. Watch Little voice and you'll see what I mean. This isn't perfect, because Sally is not supposed to be some great talent. If she were, after all that time trying to make it, she would have gotten further than The kit kat club.
this is exactly how cabaret is meant to be felt. seeing people enjoy it like it’s some light hearted fun musical is like reading animal farm or 1984 and not getting the allegorical story
i think that someone could theoretically enjoy an allegorical story for what it is, outside of the context of its deeper message. i think it’s the same with cabaret...if you want to sing this song in a way that it’s just very gritty and dark, you can. it’s art, and art doesn’t have to be done one way.
@@siobhancassidy7061 i completely agree w this, but i think the movie sorta missed the point of this song. liza did a great job at singing but i dont think it conveyed the dark message of this song like jane does
Right this way your table's waiting.
@@ImNotOdd I like this version, but the point of the song is to show sally dosnt care about the politics outside and wants to have fun(even if that leads to her death). Liza briefly remembers cliff at the corpse part, but then ignores it. After that she decides she will always continue to be like this, she'll never change. Liza sings it as a metaphor and less literal.
@@buckjohnson3748 to be fair Sally had an abortion right before this number. Having lost everything shes not exactly sane as shes singing
she & the makeup team did a great job at making her look clownishly creepy whenever she grinned/grimaced
i think they did that by putting little lines of eyeliner or lip liner on the corners of her mouth to extend it
The lighting is awesome too
It’s the lighting.
@@TRVBAL Just like the German Singer Nina Hagen in 1982.
@@arianaminhas6495 "I think"? Great "proof of nothing"...
Here's the most interesting thing about this performance: if you've seen Jane in the movie "Little Voice," you know that she actually is a brilliant singer and vocalist, capable of perfectly mimicking everyone from Judy Garland to Marilyn Monroe. If she'd wanted to, she could've belted this number out as gorgeously as Liza Minnelli. But instead, she chose to embody one of the core truths about Sally: Sally's a mediocre talent with limited prospects. She sings at a run-down club because she's not good enough to make it anywhere else. And that mediocrity is what fuels Sally's desperation and self-destruction.
dlweiss yes, that is exactly why I think it's so great. the movie makes no sense in that way. Sally wants to become a movie-star. since Liza is both pretty and sings and dance well in the movie, Sally really would have no trouble with reaching her goals.
This performance is what Sally could actually do; Liza Minnelli's performance is what Sally thought she was doing.
And that's why critics say Liza Minnelli's Sally was the best miscast ever. She's good, but she's still oblivious to the world around her and stands up for her principles (something Sally from the play will never do) making her a tragically empowering character. To quote: decider.com/2015/03/12/liza-minnelli-sally-bowles-cabaret/
If the director Sam Mendes wanted her to belt it out, she would have. It wasn't really her call. Unless her voice is gone, that happens with age, particularly with lower registered voices.
So why didn't she go to Broadway with this production like Alan Cummings did? No offense to Natasha Richardson, but if they already had success in London, why tamper with that dynamic for a transfer to Broadway? Surely Sally should have been more important to carry over than the Emcee.
A performance like this take guts. You have to be unapologetically committed to the character. Jane is absolutely absorbed in Sally. She gives a performance that is devastatingly intriguing. You wanna look away, but you can’t. This is how cabaret is supposed to feel. Through and through. Jane is the best Sally. I think Emma Stone also did a good job finding a happy medium.
have you seen amy lennox perform this song? i definitely recommend it if you love this!
@@madelineharding The drag queen show that no one can recognize?
@@JewishJeff839that production is absolutely fantastic, i’m assuming you haven’t actually seen it
@@holdynisalive Unlike you, I DO NOT go to drag queen shows that INSULT the HOLOCAUST. CHECK your history and not your GAY over this.
What AWARDS didn't Horrocks win for this tragedy? THIS tells you how much it sucked. Got it, little girl?
@@holdynisalive The show called "The Worst Broadway Show Ever"?
The screaming into the mic at the end is so reminiscent of Adolph Hitler - one of the most genius things I've ever seen. This whole performance is so uniquely hard to watch, the woman is literally coming apart at the seams - I can see her wincing in fear throughout the song, and the whole section about Elsie is so fantastically demented, it's actually frightening. Not to mention all the technical skill involved to sing properly, out of key, while channeling all of the emotion required. Jane Horrocks as Sally Bowles should finally be acknowledged as one of the greatest musical theatre performances of all time.
Completely agreed!
@@MamaMidnight98 Excellent college 101 critique.
So a Caberet is a Fiddler on the roof
It's that embarrassing abortion at the beginning with the made-up accent why I hate this genre..... that Jane has some Power about her though👍👍
Brilliant analysis, that. I wish I had your knowledge and insight into theatre. Thanks, Eirika.
I was seated at a table on the stage at this performance in London. Absolutely amazing. It was like watching a complete mental breakdown in 4 minutes as Sally tries to adhere to "the show must go on mentality" whilst coping with events within the country, the loss of her child and an ill fated romance. Jane Horrocks is indescribable.
As I said above I haven't seen the play, but I have been watching various versions of this song and the one thing I noticed that almost all the stage actresses have in common is that when they sing the line "When I go I'm going like Elsie" is when their brain snaps and they lose it (to varying degrees depending on the actress). My theory is that at that moment Sally realizes that she is going to end up the same way and that she is trapped in a lifestyle that is more than likely going to kill her at a rather young age.
HypnoticPhantom Also- well, someone wrote a book about the art/ film/ music scene in Berlin just before the Third Reich, and they noted a weird fatalism and anxiety in a lot of the themes. It’s almost like the creatives acted like “canaries in a coal mine” to quote Kurt Vonnegut about the role of writers in society.
Also also- Berlin was like the San Francisco or Fire Island of Europe in the 20’s- it was a place where people of varying gender fluidity and sexual orientations could live fairly openly. Or relatively openly. So, as the Nazi rhetoric began to scream about returning to rigid gender roles and traditional family functions , people like Sally and Fredrick and the MC were doubtless sensing their increasing vulnerability. The cabaret pretty much exemplified exactly the kind of “ garbage art” the Nazis sought to eliminate.
Capt Janeway ( after trying and failing to remember title and throwing various key phrases at Amazon)
Here it is:
www.amazon.com/Caligari-Hitler-Siegfried-Kracauer/dp/0691025053/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=12X057JCHCT2P&keywords=from+caligari+to+hitler&qid=1554165745&s=gateway&sprefix=from+cali&sr=8-3
She’s like a wild animal being squeezed into a corner.
Wow what an amazing experience for you!!
this performance specifically caused such an emotional reaction i actually made a tiktok telling people that if they want to see an example of how cabaret can be borderline terrifying when done right, they should see this. jane horrocks is by far my favorite sally.
I literally came here form your tiktok. Thank you
Ooh I came here from your tik tok! Thanks!
@@ilovemarblehornets Chinese spies?
@@ilovemarblehornets W MARETU PFP
What’s the TikTok
it’s absolutely amazing how she can go from such a soft voice to imitating hitlers screaming. it’s absolutely terrifying
I didn’t think of her doing Hitler’s screaming. I thought it was her breaking down. Thanks for brining it to my attention
@@AutismThespian1993 its both
@@AutismThespian1993 Zero question. She's imitating Hitler.
It's terrifying indeed. Here it is, 2023, and this show is still frighteningly relevant..
@@valmacclinchy Can anyone of the British trash prove "Hitler screams" or a "breakdown" not written anywhere? Also, your drag queen version? Where did that crap come from? 1930. No drag queen BS.
VERY disturbing. Usually, I can sing along to this song. All I could do was watch (almost in horror) as Jane displays a very obvious "break" from sanity. WOW. I never understood the degree of Sally's instability before. (NICE) And I LOVE Jane Horrocks so this was a TREAT!!!
It sucked Nazi Nuts...
The way she says, "And I love a cabaret" at the end sends shivers down my spine. It's as if she's doubling down on her decision to descend down the path of self destruction. Terrifying..
"Terrifying"??
How come NO OTHER Sally's needed to shout "like Hitler" you liars? For this West End production, how many other actresses were wanted first? So many talentless hacks...
Wow tbt to when I was 14 and didn't get it at all and thought this was trash and now as an adult recognize that this is one of the best portrayals of Sally we've ever gotten.
An illustration of how stupidly naive we are as kids!
@@zeddeka So WHY DIDN'T Jane win an award for her bad performance?
I read once that the character of Sally is meant to reflect Germany's collective, national mental state. I have no idea if this is true, but after watching Horrocks' electrifying performance, the theory is certainly plausible. It can easily be seen as a slow descent into hateful, savage insanity.
I heard that about the Emcee as well
I would say that each character in Cabaret reflect their country (this can be more or less apparent depending on the direction of the production). Sally is England, Cliff is America, Herr Schultz is the Jewish population, and then there is Fraulein Schneider. I think she is best fit to reflect Germany's collective, national mental state. A sort of self-preservational way of thinking. Because before all the hate and savege insanity, there was fear, especially in this era - before/during Hitler's rise to power. And that, I think, is echoed most clearly in Fraulein Schneider. This particular portrayal of Sally however, is a good reflection of what is to come.
Sean Roaney The whole of the KitKat club is meant to represent the Weimar Republic of the time.
I know I’m REALLY late, but in this rendition of Cabaret, Horrocks was asked to scream as manically and insane as she could. The idea was that her ghastly screaming imitates Hitler, of course at this point in the world it is July, 1939. Just before the invasion of Poland.
I'd say she's primarily a reflection of the Berlin scene back then. It attracted all kinds of eccentric characters from across Europe, looking to join in on the chaotic explosion of creativity and licentiousness. Like punk half a century later, its boundaries were loosely defined because it was so experimental and indulgent, and a lot of it wasn't the highest quality.
The harrowing contrast to her empty hollow gaze and screaming against the cheery upbeat music is just so mesmerising
This for me, has to be one of the best performances of Cabaret ever. This performance EPITOMIZES what a breakdown would look like in a song. It screams raw emotionality, and Jane manages to express just how tormented and screwed up Sally is by this point. It is incredible. And stays true to the Sally that I know from the books by Isherwood. Simply astounding.
jane horrock's performance as sally bowles genuinely changed how succeeding actresses would approach sally ... shes the OG, the number 1!
Watching this on Wednesday, November 6th 2024. Just haunting.
@@jackcool914 I feel so sorry for the people in America right now
I am terrified. The parallels are chilling.
November 14, 2024 here. Yup. Feels......apt.
Yep
what do you mean im confused
Isn't she (not Sally the character, but Jane the actress) deliberately performing the last part of the song in the style of Hitler giving a speech? I always thought that was what was happening.
Yes that's what she's going for
OMG! You are sooooooo clever!
@@Firegirl483 and why?! The emcee evokes all of that - there is no need for Sally to. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
@@melizmatea I think that it does an excellent job of illustrating how the zeitgeist is rubbing off on everything within its vortex, showing up in unexpected places and people. It also indicates that, while Sally may not explicitly agree with the Nazis, her indifference basically makes her one, anyway. In her complacency as the pot begins to boil, she’s as responsible for what’s to come as anyone else. In this song, she’s consciously made the decision to turn off, like so many people in her country, and that indifference allowed the Nazis to get away with it.
@@melizmatea not fixing just making it better. you just cant see the bigger picture here
Horrocks peels off all the varnish of the glitzy movie version.
Raw, fierce, and savage. If you care about emotional content, this is the one to beat!!
Who would expect less from Jane?! 💅
Agreed!
Just pure beating muscle
Audience gives polite, terrified applause. Perfect.
Perfectly said!
She didn't win the Olivier Award that year. She wasn't even nominated for the Olivier Award that year. I guess that the nominating committee must have missed her brilliant performance. Maybe they were all at home washing their hair or re-arranging their sock drawers.
Or just sitting alone in their room.
@@XerkDaniels Damn. What good is sitting alone in your room?
And maybe they DID see her performance, and decided that other performers were more deserving of the award...
@@mmdillon1 Proving yet again how worthless those awards really are.
awards for art are the stupidest thing ever
She actually makes something of the the "when she died the neighbors came to snicker/thats what comes from too much pills and liquor"
I can’t decide if I like better performing this with faltering fake smiles after seeing everything fall apart, or her having a clear rage filled meltdown on stage. Very different directions, both beautifully uncomfortable and gritty
Jesus H. Christ. Jane Horrocks is a goddess. Which I knew already, yes, but... Wow. What raw emotion. And how hard it must have been for her to sing this bad. Singing off-key on purpose is a lot more difficult to pull off that it looks, especially being the extraordinary singer that she is.
Felix Lizarraga yes, as a singer, singing deliberately badly is fun but not easy
What's Jesus's middle name?
Nicholas Troy Freeman His middle name is Fucking. Jesus Fucking Christ.
Nicholas Troy Freeman Henry lol
I love this version of the song cabaret. It captures Sally's breaking point so well and how she cracks open.
It's just deliciously over dramatic as well. Like she is properly losing it (like when she shouts at bits mid way thorugh, and obv at the end). I also love the way she says the neighbours line, and the way she appears to flit in and out of different personalities throughout. Brilliant. Thanks for uploading! xx
“Well that’s what comes from too much pills and liquor” - the way she says it in such a mocking voice. Like the neighbours’ words still sting, even after all this time has past
Still my favorite rendition. The other ones sound spot on technically but none have the same feeling behind it. She's really telling the story through her performance.
What a disturbing rendition. It's almost like a threat, so much hostility and anger. It dovetails quite nicely with the impending Nazi takeover because by the end, she looked like Hitler ranting in German.
larrydirtybird that's a nice observation, especially since how the movie jumped back and forth from what the nazis did to what happened in the Cabaret.
I had always seen Janes performance here as the ultimate mental breakingpoint of Sally, happening during the abortion.
Indeed
@@kyrastube WHERE, in this version, is an "abortion" discussed?
@@JewishJeff839 She comes back from the doctor after receiving an abortion in the very next scene.
@@oblivialt ONLY in the movie version.
in the breaks between singing, she looks upset, but something is off. it’s like sally was performing this dramatically on stage, but she actually looks upset on the inside. you can see her trying to smirk but it just goes away. and at the end, her body shoots back into a polite posture, almost as if she’s a ragdoll.
kinda like performing slipping through my fingers as a senior and mama mia is your last show. your tears are real
The musical theatre world has become so obsessed with hitting each and every note in a song perfectly that it has begun to lose its authenticity. This is not west side story or anything goes where everything is meant to be precise and focused. This is Cabaret! Love this performance
Theater Fairy?
Shit. This is so good I almost hate it, yet I can't stop watching. How did she even do this? I've seen this type of breakdown before, unfortunately, in real life. I'm impressed at how savage this portrayal is. It takes me back but it's so real i keep running it back to watch that perfect transition. Incredible.
I love this performance of this song so much, the more I watch it the more I appreciate the the nuances in the performance. Sally is destroyed, realizing she's condemned to live like Elsie, convincing herself that thats what she wants. The sad dead eyes full of despair, the deep anguish in the voice work perfectly in contrast with the happy laissez-faire lyrics of the song. It's depressing, it's sad, It's the inevitable culmination of Sallys philosophy. Ignore whats happening in Germany by partying and doing drugs, what happens will happen. God I love Jane Horrocks in this show, at the same time showing a deep acknowledgement of shame of her lifestyle while trying to fully embracing it.
Jane Horrocks is genius. You rarely come across someone quite as talented as her. I adore her in this role as well (but frankly I adore her in any role)
I've heard a theory that this number is mirroring Sallys emotional state before, during and after her abortion, which no doubt were a rough procedure back in those days. As well as the whole situation of her life, which were going fast to hell, of course.
@@kyrastube Can you hear??
The fact she’s imitating hitler hurts somewhere new
She is? Proof?
@@JewishJeff839 it's a very famous theory and interpretation but many people say she was directed to do that, but i don't know for sure
@@O_Haraa "Theory"? So it must be true to first grade failures, right? 1996. Get over it, loser.
@@O_Haraa FIND a script with your LIE? As a child liar, can you DO that? Then ask your mommy why you have no talent and lie so much? "Theory" is NOT PROOF, first grade failure. Now go find a job for a Low IQ person?
@@O_Haraa She was and ONLY YOU were told because you are trailer trash and a nobody?
3:51- Watch the arms. Holy shit. JANE SMASH She's going Super Saiyan.
Life is America is so close to the events of Cabaret it's downright scary. Sally, and Cliff were "fast asleep," as are, I'm afraid, most Americans in 2022. If you're reading this in the future, and things have gone off the rails, I'm truly sorry I couldn't do more to prevent it. God, help us.
It's ONLY a musical, calm down queen...
@JewishJeff839 Uh huh. And Death of a Salesman is only a play, The Godfather is only a movie, Catcher in the Rye is only a book. You sound like a typical Trump loving ignoramus. Thanks for playing, though!
@@JewishJeff839A musical with an important message.
@@johndalton3180 Not with this chick...
@@JewishJeff839bruh did you not watch cabaret then? It's literally all there
Sally was not a decent singer. "She had a surprisingly deep husky voice. She sang badly, without any expression, her hands hanging down at her sides..." From "Goodbye to Berlin," Christopher Isherwood.
@Talcum Cabaret the musical wasn't designed to please your ears exactly. It's supposed to make you uncomfortable with the dark story and message it's trying to come across. Sally's character in this song is having a mental breakdown and going insane. This song may seem like it's about living life to the fullest but it's really a declaration that Sally will end up in an early grave. You feel her distress in her voice which I think is a brilliant stylistic choice on Jane Horrocks' part.
@Talcum This can be seen through it's music. Most specifically in "Tomorrow Belongs to Me" and "If You Could See Her". Both of these songs can show you how easy it is to be swept under the Nazi Regime of the time. Tomorrow Belongs to Me sounds like a song of hope until you realize what group is singing. If You Could See Her at first seems like a funny story about a man falling in love with a gorilla until you realize you've been laughing at the dehumanization of Jews. Also there's the ending of the show. The haunting and distorted reprise of the opening number, Willkommen, plus the moment the MC takes of his cloak to reveal the concentration camp uniform. There have been many performances where the audience just sits in uncomfortable silence before applauding. I suggest you rewatch the musical and try to analyze it a bit if you wish.
@Talcum Sorry if that's a lot lol the way the musical was written really intrigues me
@Talcum oh lol whoops I thought you were talking about the musical as a whole
Cabaret the musical is based off of the Berlin Stories so the actors would still be somewhat faithful to the book. Someone in the comments actually explained Jane Horrocks singing choices excellently. "Here's the most interesting thing about this performance: if you've seen Jane in the movie "Little Voice," you know that she actually is a brilliant singer and vocalist, capable of perfectly mimicking everyone from Judy Garland to Marilyn Monroe. If she'd wanted to, she could've belted this number out as gorgeously as Liza Minnelli. But instead, she chose to embody one of the core truths about Sally: Sally's a mediocre talent with limited prospects. She sings at a run-down club because she's not good enough to make it anywhere else. And that mediocrity is what fuels Sally's desperation and self-destruction."
Everything that Jane Horrocks has done has been superb. She has an amazing range of talent. Just watched "The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard"...she and the entire cast were great. Loved her as a Bubble in Ab Fab. And Little Voice, wonderful. Hoping to see more of her great work. Thanks for sharing this.
hategreed1 Bubble is an iconic character that couldn’t be written on paper. That is the brilliance of Jane Horrocks.
Wow. Brilliantly disturbing. :) I wonder how she kept her voice intact, belting in the low register night after night?
And screaming lol
Look up estill voice training 😀
Spite and practice
I want those biceps.
I want to touch the biceps
@@selenium3447 wow, 5 years ago, I forgot I commented on this
@@selenium3447 but me too lol
Those biceps are nice
@@JazzyJ96771did you forget this time?
This production & this performance in particular made me realize that Cabaret is a horror musical. It’s supposed to scare the shit out of you.
I LOOOOOOVE when actors *go there*.
Absolutely blown away. Might be the best Sally Bowles I've ever seen?
Here’s a question
Is the Elsie section something that can be heard by the in-universe audience? Or is it a moment where we , the real audience, finally get to access Sally’s private thoughts/ interior monologue that she usually resists showing to the world?
On a related note, are we to assume that this Elsie person was real (and her death was the start of Sally’s implosion that seems to reach its climax here) , or is this just another one of Sally’s stories? What does it mean if the Elsie story is fictional, but can only be heard by us ? I feel like that’s the most likely conclusion in this particular production, but I’d be interested to hear other people’s thoughts
In other news I am obsessed with Jane’s bizarre, cartoonish facial expressions. Especially just after “neighbors came to snicker”. It’s as if Sally has forgotten how genuine emotion works.
this is what musicals should be about singing and great acting not just singing
Lawrence Le Exactly.
My favourite rendition of this song. Jane Horrocks is the definitive Sally Bowles imo.
I agree.
people who think this is bad have zero idea of the control Horrocks has. Even the screaming is controlled. It takes immense talent to sing this "badly".
I’m absolutely captivated by her facial expressions. She is incredible.
If you go back to the source material. Isherwood's stories, Sally did not have a good voice. The version here is the stage version. Liza's version is the cinema version (and fantastic) but Liza does have a great voice - something Sally did not possess. Both versions have their merits, but because of their mediums.
The Liza version was a real distortion of the character of Sally Bowles. They cast Liza because they wanted a big name to make $$$. It's a shame in many respects. If they made a version today, I suspect they'd cast someone who portrayed Sally more as she was intended.
@@zeddeka "Fake producer" now?
Wild how many people dont know that Sally isnt supposed to be an amazing singer. Every director of Cabaret has had to specifically tell whoever plays Sally to sing worse. They did not want to cast Liza because she was too good of a singer. Learn something about the show, dont just watch the movie and think you're an expert
Everyone is talking about Jane Horrocks performance (and understandably so, she did amazing!!) but what I keep thinking about is the beginning when the Emcee enters and introduces her. There are bruises all the way down his arms and his expression isn't welcoming anymore when he reveals his arms and he yells, if not screams Sally's name. And then comes Sally breaking down in her song and the tragic end to the musical. Amazing writing!
Damn I didn’t notice this until she screamed, but Jane Horrocks is RIPPED
Lesbian?
@@JewishJeff839hell yeah brother ✊✊
yes, it is wonderful, more wonderful than I have the right words for.
and knowing its the same woman who played the daft and quite mousy (but loud) bubble in abfab. just makes it so much more amazing!
she is a great actress!
one more thing about her when she is singing this song...she sort of makes me think of nina hagen. the facial expressions, the rage, the humor and the voice that is so much bigger than her tiny body. love it!
This is the best version of this song. She really embodies the desperation of the play and Sally as a character. So in love with her. Great rendition, really sums up what cabaret is all about.
Best arms on broadway.
...patina still wins
Only she was in the west end
Meester Lilith she was in the west end
Shame about the voice
@@deerheart87 sally is described as a poor singer with no hope of future prospects. this song is much more about the acting.
watching this not even 24 hours after my country overwhelmingly re-elected a fascist to the Presidency.... surreal isn't even a strong enough word...
@@ChrisS-rr6nw thankfully, I don't live in America, but the effects will be felt here in Europe too. I am so sorry for you over there in America right now.
It goes without saying that this is an amazing performance (one of my faves) but I would like a moment of appreciation for Jane Horrocks' workout routine. Girl those armsss. I'm in love.
You guys could understand that Cabaret is an evolving art piece. The original Broadway musical was primarily based on I Am A Camera, the film adaptation from Goodbye to Berlin, but with many aspects cut from it, especially the ones related to gay themes. The 1972 film was the one that brought back Isherwood themes and subtext to exemplify how much sexual freedom Berlin had and how it was lost due to nazism.
The later stage versions bring the best from both adaptations, which makes this performance so captivating. Also, Sally Bowles in the film HAD to be a great singer. Theater and cinema are very different. This performance work because Jane is singing straight to the audience, cause it’s easier to suspend belief when you are in theater. It makes no sense for Sally in the film to have this performance, because in film we’re supposed to believe that she’s still playing in a Cabaret, where people go to have fun. That’s why Fosse uses close ups and camera movements to show Sally’s internalized struggle to keep singing despite all that happened.
it is SO hard to sing badly when you have a powerhouse voice, which also applies to bad performing : master performer. She fucking nails it. I'm used to the Liza version, but I think the next time I do this show, I will def direct the Hitlerian delivery that she snarls at the end of this song, which was just masterful! Kander & Ebb would have been gobstopped by this performance!
Sally Bowles is a third rate singer in a third rate night club , so the singing should be a little off.Liza Minelli to me does not embody this.Jane was excellent here.
I thought she was a second rate singer in a third rate club
Respectfully I think the point of the film version was rather different from the stage. Stage will always be topical and relevant. The polished performances in the film were juxtaposed with the ugliness of the age.
@@brennabrodbeck5183 That is what Sally Bowles was as John van Druten and Christopher Isherwood wrote her character.
I think she's a third rate singer in a second hand dive bar
It's because Liza is mediocre, but she can't PORTRAY mediocrity 😅😅
i’ve watched this nearly a dozen times. the hitler screaming part gives me chills every time. this show is so brilliantly horrifying when done right
"Hitler screaming"?? PROVE this was in the script. Reading TOO much into things makes you a liar...
@@JewishJeff839 . . . it's . . . OBVIOUS to anyone who's ever seen this performance and a newsreel of Hitler.
How do you know she's singing off-key and in English? Because you can hear it.
How do you know she's wearing red lipstick? Because you can see it.
How do you know she's imitating Hitler here? Because you can see it and hear it.
@@JewishJeff839 it was mentioned in an interview with jane, it was intentional, i cant find the video since it came up in an interview i dont expect you to trust me, but see if you can find it
@@TheNewAlien Prove it.
@@TheNewAlien WHY would anyone do your homework for you, useless? Plus it never happened and you are a desperate child liar. Grow up child, you can't be here. Find a LIARS site for loser children. Ask mommy why you are such a dumbass? Ask daddy if he's proud of the daughter you are? When you DIDN'T go to "special school" who did your homework FOR you, ret@rd? GOOGLE? Find out why mommy didn't abort you? Then ask daddy why you act like a girl on a comment board and have your period? Can you, child loser?
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
Come to the Cabaret.
Come taste the wine,
Come hear the band.
Come blow a horn,
Start celebrating;
Right this way,
Your table's waiting.
What good's permitting
Some prophet of doom
To wipe every smile away.
Life is a Cabaret, old chum,
Come to the Cabaret!
I used to have a 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 you room?
Come hear the music play.
Life is a Cabaret, old chum,
Come to the Cabaret."
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
It isn't that long a stay.
Life is a Cabaret, old chum,
Only a Cabaret, old chum
And I love a Cabaret.
She's such an incredible performer, like no one does it like her, and I can't get over how muscular she is!! Jane got her reps in!!
i can't describe how many times i've watched this. absolutely mesmerized by jane's performance. unmatched in my books
This is completely off topic but she is buff.
Not off topic.
You said what we were all thinking.
She's got arms like fucking Schwarzenegger!
Currently feeling like Sally rn. The party's over America, hope you enjoyed it while it lasted.
This is my favorite version of Cabaret but it's still so weird to see Bubble from AbFab singing and playing such a serious role LOL. Jane Horrocks is an absolute gem!
I felt the same way when I first saw it, and still do to a degree, honestly. Bubble is my favorite Abfab character, and as a result I adore Jane Horrocks. So very talented. 💕
@@kyrastube What else has Jane done after this to be "talented"?
That’s got to be very difficult, to sing in a way that shows the character is not a very good singer but at the same time not sing so badly people can’t stand to listen
Every single detail on this superb little number is absolutely mesmerizing & astonishing. My Victorian Top hat is off for Jane Horrocks Bravo, Bravissimo!
Stop comparing the 90's revival with the movie. The original musical was not at all like the revival. Fosse's Cabaret is one of the best movies ever, stop trying to make it smaller. Can't you simply understand that the movie was a totally different thing, as was the original musical in the 60's, as was this revival.
Exactly! Had Bob Fosse directed Liza Minnelli to preform Cabaret in this manner, there's no doubt that she could have. But he was of the opinion that if she did Cabaret like this, like it was done in the play that movie audiences wouldn't understand. He was right too. So he altered the performance for the movie.
the revival is similar to the original in a way the movie isn’t
Oh my, stop.
Jane Harrocks looks like a german expressionist painting come to life. Her performance is brilliant.
I've seen multiple people play Sally and I never understood what the hype was about the character. This woman made me understand. What a performance!
Which "multiple women" in the West End? Or are you lying for attention?
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Jane's performance WAS Sally Bowles
4 months and then she was fired. Who replaced her since you seem to "know nothing"?
@JewishJeff839 except she wasn't. The revival ran from Dec 9th 93 to March 26th 94 then it was over. No one was fired, and you know nothing. Tragic you spend hours online slagging off a performer. Go out and touch the grass. Don't bother replying, I mute trolls
not all music is meant to be beautiful. oh how i love this musical.
My god I love this version. This is the only musical I’ve cried over, and the only one I’ve had to sit in silence for a LONG TIME after.
I have watched this so many times, always when I need to be re-inspired, and I am never disappointed. It's her biceps towards the end of the song; they terrify me in the best way
Jane is amazing!She's one the of many reasons I've watched Ab Fab! I love her accent and her voice is unique!She has quite a range! She can sing contralto then she can raise her voice to soprano heights!What voice she has! Wow! I love you Jane Horrocks!Was that Alan Cummings in the beginning?
kelsee o'shea yup! This is from their west end production in 93
@cleverboi2 SPOILERSSPOILERSSPOILERSSPOILERSSPOILERS
Actually me and the person who posted this were having a little discussion about this about a week ago. Apparently, in this production, Sally isn't actually singing in the Kit Kat Club, this is what's going through her head when *major spoilers* she is having the abortion, which if you look at it from that way, would explain the ending alot (including her screaming and her spasm at the end, etc).
Matt McLaren THATS what the director said?
That may be true for this production. I think in other productions, and the way others have played it, is she decides to have the abortion at the "when I go, I'm going like Elsie" part. But, what you said makes sense for this particular performance.
forever the best rendition of this song
revisiting in 2024 in the united states this performance is fucking terrifying and bone chilling she peeled my wig BACK honey oh my god
It is and should be a non-singer's performance. For my generation, Judi Dench was magnificent... her giggle on "We'll think of something" was one of the suggestively dirty statements of all time!
That was a different song, though ("Perfectly Marvelous").
It's just my ears or why a lot of people are going so hard on her. I think she has her unique style of singing and it's full of raw emotions.
An absolute brilliant performance by Jane Horrocks. I have also seen her in Annie Get Your Gun and The Rise and Fall of Little Voice and she was just phenomenal - that girl sure can belt out a tune! Just brilliant.
No awards won...
So much power and rage in her voice. Ugh i love it
Damn she is ripped
Truly the best acting performance I’ve ever seen of this song
This has ruined all other versions of this song for me in the best way. I can't bear to hear it sung with all the varnish and spectacle of the film version anymore. As much as I love Liza, I hate that since her version of the song is so widespread, people think it's MEANT to sound lovely and that Sally is MEANT to be talented. She's not! It's why she's one of the only Broadway roles I think warrants a celebrity casting, especially by a great actor. Jane just blows any other performance I've seen out of the water. It's criminal she wasn't even nominated for an Olivier.
To be fair to the movie though, maybe the reason Sally sounds so good is because the movie is leaning into her delusions. I might be pulling this theory out of my ass, I need to watch the movie again.
Interesting interpretation. I have heard criticisms that it is "over the top". I think she does go over the top in the last stanza. Up until that point, given the grim seediness and the new POV of the Alan Cumming version, which differs significantly from the original (from what I have read), her interpretation makes sense. This is a miserably unhappy woman. And it is sad and depressing. Bleak and joyless. After seeing this I can't imagine ever wanting to see the show.
the ending is her imitating hitler’s speeches
this is the human rendition of the phrase “balls to the wall”
This is my favorite favorite favorite performance. Ugh WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SEE THIS ON BROADWAY. With this cast. Jane is wonderful.
Cassandra K. West end ya mean?
i dont know why i love this so much
At 2:10 she genuinely looks absolutely crazy. It really shows how Much trauma this event must have caused her. *If it actually happed at all although she probably had similar experiences.
Jane Horrocks captures everything about this character so perfectly and on so many levels. She's both funny and haunting at the same time and her performance of this song is filled with so much intention and the ending is bone chilling.
This revival of Cabaret is my favorite version of Cabaret. I feel like it is most accurate to what the writers intended.
We never find out what actually happens to sally after the credits roll/ curtain falls but i think the kit kat club would get trashed and the emcee put in a camp and all the girls wpuld probs be shot but sally i think she would realise what happened and find her dreams shattered then she would take a permanent nap (suicide) rather than be killedor imprisoned and humiliated (or likely worse) thats what makes this version so intense
i had a conversation with a close friend about this. one thought we had was her overdosing as soon as she knew the kit kat club would be raided. another was that she fled and ended up committing suicide or putting herself into a drunken coma. another that possibly she went ended up in a camp also. as she was most likely not completely straight and (i think?) jewish. either way, i don't believe she got to live a full life.
Well, from the endings I’ve seen that weren’t the movie, the Emcee is definitely put into a concentration camp as he is three of the things Hitler hated the most (gay, Jewish and a socialist/Communist). I would imagine that Sally maybe made it back to England as Jean Ross did, but the other girls probably met the same fate as the Emcee.
I think we can assume she went like Elsie
This is my favourite performance ever!!!! ever ever ever xxx
A truly staggering performance. I am absolutely blown away every time I watch Jane in this role. Amazing! Nails it!
The only thought that me and my sister had while watching this was that we thought that sally looked absolutely jacked basically went “god damn those veins are really popping out, Jesus Christ she’s jacked”
I'm a Minnelli fan, but I love how Horrocks has done this. "Bubble" can sing!
The interesting thing is, she is capable of singing much better than she does here. Watch Little voice and you'll see what I mean.
This isn't perfect, because Sally is not supposed to be some great talent. If she were, after all that time trying to make it, she would have gotten further than The kit kat club.
I always come back to this performance. Again and again.
It's hard for a performance to be so visceral it's hard to watch. Damn.