The Emcee
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The Emcee is the flamboyant, unsettling master of ceremonies at Berlin’s Kit Kat Klub in the musical "Cabaret," symbolizing the decadence and looming menace of pre-Nazi Germany.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
musical theatre character ⓘ stage character ⓘ |
| alignment | morally ambiguous ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Cabaret NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInAdaptation | Cabaret (1972 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kit Kat Klub
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Weimar culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | unnamed master of ceremonies in Christopher Isherwood’s Berlin Stories (indirectly) ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
ambiguous
ⓘ
flamboyant ⓘ unsettling ⓘ |
| cityContext | Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| costumeStyle | androgynous ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Fred Ebb
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joe Masteroff NERFINISHED ⓘ John Kander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdForWork | Cabaret (1966 stage musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employeedAt | Kit Kat Klub NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalLocation | Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPortrayedBy | Joel Grey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | musical theatre ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance |
English
ⓘ
German phrases ⓘ |
| medium |
film
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stage ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
commentator on events
ⓘ
framing device ⓘ master of ceremonies ⓘ |
| nationalContext | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePortrayalBy |
Alan Cumming
NERFINISHED
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Eddie Redmayne NERFINISHED ⓘ Joel Grey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | master of ceremonies ⓘ |
| performsSong |
“I Don’t Care Much”
NERFINISHED
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“If You Could See Her” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Money (Makes the World Go Round)” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Two Ladies” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Willkommen” ⓘ |
| roleIn | Cabaret NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | pre-Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| sexuality | sexually ambiguous ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
decadence
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looming menace of Nazism ⓘ moral decay ⓘ political apathy ⓘ |
| thematicRole |
embodiment of Weimar decadence
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harbinger of fascism ⓘ |
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