Cabaret

Just watched the film version of Cabaret, and I have to say I wasn't that impressed. The music was good, but not that good. The entire production stank of the 70s: overexposing every other shot, using sloppy camera angles, and using rapid editing in excess of good taste. Liza is more odd looking than attractive. But mostly, I think I was bothered by the you're-gay-because-you-haven't-fucked-the-right-woman mindset. Even when it doesn't work out between Liza and M. York, it is because deep down he isn't a party guy, not because deep down he likes to suck cock. It is a shame that American cinema was still treating homosexuality like a fetish in 1972. I suppose it is more of a shame that it still does.