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.