Like he is LITERALLY the protagonist and everyone ignores him :( like i love emcee and i LOVE sally but come one man,we need more cliff content. And frenchie! And texas! And all the kit-kat girls! And herr schultz! And frauline schenider! And ALLL OF THEMMMM!!

I really really like cliff bradshaw and i might just start making the art myself (even tho im shit at it)

and yes not all of these songs are technically diegetic but cmon

anyway

Willkommen: German, French, and English, but as likely most of the Kit Kat Klub’s visitors are from Germany the spoken bits not translated twice are probably German.

So What - We can assume English, as based on both Cliff and Fraulein Schneider’s dialogue in the spoken scene it is implied they are both speaking in English (Schneider appears to not understand all of his words and speaks brokenly at times).

Don’t Tell Mama - Mostly English; the word “bitte” is kept in German, and is rhyming with “please, sir,” so it would make most sense if the rest of the song was in English. This would mean that the Kit Kat Girls (apart from Texas) are singing phonetically, which does not have to do with diegetic languages but is interesting to me.

Mein Herr - English and German. Again, it would make most sense that the English parts are English and the German parts are German.

Perfectly Marvelous - English. Cliff and Sally’s native language is English.

Two Ladies - German. There are no German words in the song that could imply otherwise and German is the native language of everybody singing (and the majority of those watching as well).

It Couldn’t Please Me More - German. Schultz and Schneider’s native language is German.

Tomorrow Belongs To Me - German, due to the song’s nationalistic nature.

Maybe This Time - English, as it is Sally’s internal monologue and her native language is English.

Money - See Two Ladies.

Married - Despite the fact that there is a part of the song translated into German, I think the rest of the song is also dietetically in German. It would make the most sense due to the reasons also for It Couldn’t Please Me More, and the intimacy adds to that. This is the one exception to “if there are multiple languages, there are dietetically multiple languages” thesis I’ve been following.

Tomorrow Belongs to Me (Reprise) - See Tomorrow Belongs to Me.

Married (Reprise) - See It Couldn’t Please Me More.

If You Could See Her - The sung part is German, see reasons for Tomorrow Belongs to Me and Two Ladies. However, the spoken part with some double translation (German to French to English) and single translation (German to English) indicates that at least a small portion of the spoken part (that isn’t these translations) is dietetically in English.

What Would You Do - We can assume English with this one too, as Sally reacts to Schneider’s words and seems to have understood what she just said. Sally does not understand German, as she reveals in the scene before Perfectly Marvelous.

I Don’t Care Much - See Tomorrow Belongs to Me.

Cabaret - This is the one I’m least sure about. Sally is singing it, so we might think English. However, now definitely the vast majority of the audience is German and wanting to hear German songs. At the same time though, Sally doesn’t understand German, and she definitely knows what she’s singing. She is also marketed as “a talented young lady from England,” so I’m going to go with English for this one.

CABARET!!

out of all musicals, i think that Cabaret is the most historically impactful to todays society. it was such a good and informative watch, and the ending shouldn't have surprised me but it still did.

when i tell you that i adored Cabaret, i mean it 110x over. the way they gradually set up the descent into chaos was beautiful, the soundtrack was good, each character was complex in their own way, it was overall an enjoyable experience

i first watched like musical back when "Money" was blowing up on Tiktok due to the Ukrainian production of the show (which, by the way, i could talk about that production for hours because of how well picked it was). Fans of Cabaret were talking about how it seemed wrong for a Cabaret song to make it to trending on Tiktok, so I took it upon myself to watch a production to understand the meaning behind the song.

If it means anything, i think that "Money" is the most fitting song to have blown up on Tiktok.

typically with these reviews i would be raving and screaming over how much i love these musicals, but i cant find it in me to consider Cabaret in anything except a deeply impactful and emotional show, so it feels like disrespect to do what i normally do.

from this show, my favourite song is "Wilkommen" because it sets up a completely different vibe for the show then what it actually is for and i love that. My favourite character is Herr Schultz because yes