The Official Adam Pascal Love thread- Page 596

[N0tThatGirl213]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 8:53pm

Yeah...well, it's not that I'm not an experienced singer. But these are pure belt exercises, and I've never even used these muscles before. ::sigh::

As far as Adam's comment...I definitely know that worrying will make you miss. I overshoot rather than cracking, but it's definitely happened before. As far as trying to force...I think he's suggesting that if he feels like he has to force the note, he misses it.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 8:54pm

http://www.adampascal.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=10

That's a synopsis that I wrote. I haven't read it recently, but I think it's what you're looking for. Scroll down a bit. It's the hideously long post.

The CABARET book has the entire script, and some adorable pictures, and really neat information.

Hold on - the script is online, I believe. Let me get it.

[ashbash6819]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 8:54pm

hey everyone!!
finally done with HW, running, and burning a CD! i can finally devote myself to talking about Adam(admittedly not a hard thing to do)!!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 8:56pm

Nevermind, it's just the song lyrics, not the full script.

[ashbash6819]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 8:58pm

i really have to buy the Caberet Cd, from what i hear it is wonderful...i have to buy that and the Taboo one!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 9:03pm

YES! On both accounts.

[Chloe]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 9:16pm

Great synopsis. It filled me in on somethings I wasn't able to discern from my wa- *listening* experience.

[bwayballerina]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 9:18pm

wow. i read the cabaret synopsis... that has to be one of the most interesting things i have ever read. the whole time through, i was trying to figure out how all of the different stories, so to speak (sally and cliff, frau s. and the jewish herr, etc) were tied together. i also spent a lot of time trying to figure out the importance of the emcee and why the show was named cabaret. my analysis (thus far): the show is in a cabaret style, and it shows different pieces of different stories. to borrow a line from the show (i think)- "life is a cabaret"
I still haven't quite figured out the emcee, but if it took my only this much time to figure him out, then he wouldn't have been such a (for lack of a better word) great character.

Now I'm off to place the book and CD on my Amazon.com wishlist.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 9:20pm

aw, thanks, you guys.

ballerina - It's also that the Kit Kat Club (the Cabaret) - as well as Emcee himself, for that matter - is a representation of Weimar Germany, mostly in the way that everything fell apart. If you have any questions (specifically about my favorite character ) don't hesitate to ask. He's quite the interesting one, if you really pick him apart.

[BroadwayDiva]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 9:29pm

That was a great synopsis, Emcee!! I forgot about some of the details.

Okay, what would be happening on stage at this moment one year ago?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 9:30pm

The show would've JUST ended. It was exactly 2 and one half hours.

[bwayballerina]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 9:31pm

Thanks. After more thought, the Kit Kat Club does seem like Weimar Germany. Actually, before reading the synopsis, for some reason I thought that all of the stuff in the Kit Kat Club was someone's dream... sort of a caricature of what was going on in the real world.

I also originally thought that the Emcee was less important; that he was pretty much only present in the Kit Kat Club and that his main function, so to speak, was introducing the acts and socializing with the people at the club. Now I see he's clearly much more... still trying to figure him out. But overall, this musical made me think a lot more than I thought it would. (I was actually expecting it to be more like Chicago, what with Fosse choreography and a Kander/Ebb score)

btw, is this (see link) the book you were talking about?
edit... here's the link:
Link Updated On: 1/4/05 at 09:31 PM

[Chloe]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 9:32pm

Now I feel like reading the original Christopher Isherwood stories to see how they compare. I know Sally Bowles is in them, but I'm not sure about the Emcee. Was he a creation for the musical? The Weimar Republic of Germany between the wars was known for its general decadence, and the Emcee seems to represent that. And while he's tempting Cliff into the Kit Kat Club, he's drawing in the audience too.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 9:35pm

Well, it may in fact be a dream; a nightmare, more likely. I think it's very open to interpretation. Probably more of an allegory than a dream, since it seems pretty clear that these sorts of clubs actually did exist right before everything fell apart in Berlin. Cabaret is based on the play I am a Camera, which is based on Christopher Isherwood's book, The Berlin Stories, and several of his other memoirs and works. In it, he writes a lot of description about a club, and a young man who could excecute perfect splits, dressed in drag, suspenders, glittered nipples and lots of makeup - the man who would become Kander and Ebb's Emcee.

Originally, Emcee was much less important; as the productions changed, he took on a more narrative presence. In the revival, he was almost always on stage somewhere, watching, observing and commenting on what was going on around him. He very rarely interacted with the other characters. Originally, Joel Grey said that he was a representation of Hitler. More recently, he's gone on to be a representation of all that Hitler destroyed - a much less sinister, more vulnerable person, almost without any identity at all.

ETA - Chloe, you and I posted at the same time. It's on my list of books to read, as soon as I can get my hands on a copy. And yes, Sally was real. She was killed in a concentration camp.

Updated On: 1/4/05 at 09:35 PM

[bwayballerina]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 9:39pm

All of that is interesting... I think I'm going to have to rent the movie now (and possibly read a synopsis of the original bway show) and compare (even after only reading a synopsis of the revival).

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 9:45pm

Would ya believe I've never seen the movie? Some day, I will. I was always worried that it would taint my view of the show, because it's so different. I've never been good and convincing myself that two different incarnations of one thing may be best taken as two separate entities.... hence my quandry with the RENT film. Anyway, now that I've decided to see it, of course my local blockbuster doesn't have it.

[bwayballerina]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 9:47pm

Have you tried the library? I know that my library has a good selection of videos and DVDs, and even with the one dollar per movie fee, it ends up being cheaper than most video rental places in my area.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 9:48pm

I should try that. The libraries where I'm from aren't great, but I'm SURE in the city I'd be able to find it easily. I'll check around when I go back to school.

[Chloe]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 9:54pm

"he writes a lot of description about a club, and a young man who could excecute perfect splits, dressed in drag, suspenders, glittered nipples and lots of makeup"

That's fascinating - so the production team went back to the original stories for the Emcee's costume this time.

I'm trying to remember the movie. It was very well done in many ways, though Sally Bowles was tailored to Liza Minnelli's persona, as you probably know. Although many details are different, the overall *effect* is probably similar, in conjuring up the atmosphere of Weimar Germany, the insidiousness of the Nazis infiltration of it, and the blindness of so many like Sally. But I doubt if anyone was as stunned by it as people seem to have been by the revival.

Maybe this will be a good way to prepare yourself for the Rent movie.

Ballerina, I know what you mean. It's like we're all taking a Cabaret course all of a sudden. Updated On: 1/4/05 at 09:54 PM

[bwayballerina]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 10:02pm

Well, adding to the Cabaret-ness...
Does the show take place during the 1930s/1940s? I know it mentions Sally having an abortion; were abortions possible back then? (Meaning did they have the technology?)
I think that the show could be interpreted as not really taking place during a set time period, especially since most of the action, etc. does seem to be symbolic of Weimar Germany. However, the style of the show does suggest the 30s/40s.

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 10:06pm

Ok fellow Adam Pascal fans: I need your help

I got Civilian for Xmas and it has not left my CD player since
I have a pretty good understanding of all of the songs except for one: The Ringing in My Ear

I like it, but I just don't get it for the life of me

Any advice?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 10:07pm

I guess this is one of the things I loved so much about Cabaret - it's a show you can pick apart and really talk about, on so many levels. After I saw it, I put myself through a bit of a crash course, and did a lot of reading. I really wanted to understand it, and grasp it.

Seems like with Emcee's costume, they felt like they were able to be more daring in the 90's, and go ahead and portray things how they were... raunchy like that.

ballerina, the show takes place right before Germany fell to the Nazi's. I'm not sure of an exact year, but at the risk of looking like a fool, I think it's around 1939, but possibly even a bit earlier. Anyway, abortions were possible, but they were very dangerous. That's why Sally comes back from the doctor so sick.

ETA, and then edited because I was wrong - Star2b - go to the link in my signature and click about the CD. Scroll through, and you'll find what Adam says about it.

And another ETA - I'm starving. I'll be back to pick more brains in a few minutes.

Updated On: 1/4/05 at 10:07 PM

[bwayballerina]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 10:11pm

I see... that makes sense. Wow. Cabaret is really much more than I ever thought it was.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 10:11pm

*nods*
And that's why I love it.
I'm a big fan of double and triple entendres.

Okay, getting food now. Back shortly.

[Chloe]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 10:19pm

The Nazis came to power earlier in the 30's - 1933 maybe? - but it doesn't really matter.

I find The Ringing in My Ear enigmatic too. Adam described it has "an ambiguous love song about how the love of another person can pull someone out of a dark place," but that hardly covers all the very specific references in it. Maybe they have personal meanings for him that he didn't want to get into.