jewishcowgirl on Yik Yak | The downvotes aren’t bc ppl are in support of removing antisemitism from the plot of cabaret, but rather bc op doesn’t billy porters casting

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Jewish 6w

jewishcowgirl

The downvotes aren’t bc ppl are in support of removing antisemitism from the plot of cabaret, but rather bc op doesn’t billy porters casting

Jewish 7w

Stop universalizing Jewish trauma. Billy porter trying to make it about anti black racism in America is not appropriate. It’s not about general hate and propaganda. It’s about antisemitism during the Holocaust. Stop removing us from the conversation

Anonymous 6w

Porter literally removed antisemitism from the plot😭 proved it in his interviews

Anonymous 6w

Genuinely I do think what Porter said was really stupid and while he might not have meant it yeah it can be a slippery slope of how there has been a lot of Holocaust Universalizing in the past few decades that I think is genuinely harmful to ignore and gloss over. Cabaret may not be the best medium to explore that problem though and as long as it keeps its messages it’ll be fine

Anonymous 6w

Tbh I have seen the show once done by high schoolers quite a while ago now and have trouble remembering this whole thing (or maybe they just didn’t convey it well at all and mostly did the dancing) but you definitely know the show and can explain it well. I am picking up what you’re putting down. The emcee is meant to be an interpretative character - heard.

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I’m not going back and forth with you again, but for the record: - the plot of the show hasn’t changed - the direction of the show hasn’t changed - the show is still overwhelming about antisemitism and the rise of the nazis - the emcee has no backstory, every casting has added a backstory to their variation (Orville’s was a reflection of the German public, Adam’s was a real person watching their city change) - the show does not touch on any other kind of bigotry outside of people hating Jews

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jewishcowgirl 6w

And also: the show is not set during the holocaust, or during ww2, officially it’s set from 12/31/1929 to mid 1930. In the show Hitler has not rose to power, the nazis are still trying to spread their ideology through conversation, as opposed to force. The only version of the show that references the holocaust is the 97 revival, in which the end scene takes place in a camp. This is literally the only mainstream version to set any part of the show later than 1930

Anonymous

#2 6w

This reminds me of when I saw another hs do West Side Story and they dedicated it to the Hispanic community (I’m from TX and this was during the first Trump administration). They got a standing ovation for the speech paralleling the racism in the show with today. They made it known that they were telling a modern story from inside a classic show.

Anonymous

#1 6w

hey bud i saw billy porter in cabaret last week. no the fuck he did not.

Anonymous

#4 6w

Also there is the unequivocal truth (in my personal opinion) that Adam Lambert is the best 2020s MC because he actively called out the complicit antisemitism of the audience in one of his performances and got applauded by Joel Grey (original MC and very Jewish) for his actions.