Mchell Morris, "Cabaret", Ameri's Weimar, and Mythologi of the Gay Subject, Amerin Mic, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Sprg, 2004), pp. 145-157
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'CABARET' ANNIVERSARY: JOEL GREY AND MICHAEL YORK RELL MOVIE'S GAY, GENR-BENDG CONTENT
Christopher Isherwood, the thor of the novels on which the mil and the movie are based, was cril of the fact that "Brian's homosexual tenncy is treated as an cent but ic weakns to be snickered at, like bed-wettg. Cabaret was creded The Celluloid Closet as beg the first Hollywood movie to openly celebrate the gay liftyle.
My unrstandg is that the early seventi, merely havg a gay character ma a movie notable. For myself, I did not fd the story or the characters exactly pellg and only a uple of l of dialog would need to be changed for almost all of the gay ntent to be elimated. In spe of Roberts allegedly beg gay, the two fall for each other.
Brian claims that he is gay to Sally and later that he had sex wh Maxian but do not take a lot of persuasn on her part before Brian ends up havg sex wh her. Like Brian's suggtns of beg gay, so much of what uld been ed to create a greater sense of urgency or drama is toned down to the pot where only a bland shell remas. Sally draws Brian to her world, and ially wants him to be one of her many lovers, until she learns that he is a homosexual, albe a celibate one.