The music is very good in this classic Broadway musical put on the silver screen. It involves the interactions between Sally Bowles and Bryan Roberts in World War II Germany. Much of the action takes place in a burlesque house, hosted by the utterly weird Joel Gray. The show is full of bawdy unattractive women, racist representations, anti-Semites, on and on. But blowing in the wind is a kind of fire that Hitler had set. There is intrigue and pain. One of the most moving scenes is when the brown shirts Hitler youth begin to sing "Tomorrow Belongs to Me." This is a show designed to give us an impression of a place and a time. Liza Minellli is very good. Joel Gray is despicably astounding.
