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...game of identity exchange. White society had claimed and legislated the irrelevancy of a black man, but Jack Johnson proved the converse. To do so, however, meant that he had to take punches as well as give them. After the Jeffries fight, Johnson opened up a nightclub, the Cabaret de Champion, outfitted in classical opulence, with a Rembrandt in its valuable art exhibit. In a passionate display of righteousness that must have overdrawn their moral account for the next half-century, the Chicago authorities closed the club. To substantiate the case against him under the Mann Act, white women, some...
...summer, admittedly no easy task. So when it came time for the Charles to open its regular season, rather than force the successful Jacques to walk the streets, the Somerset Hotel, a respected but nonetheless dying Back Bay establishment, hastily renamed one of its drafty old ballrooms "The Somerset Cabaret" and invited Jacques over to entertain for a spell. And is the dear boy still doing well, you ask. That, it seems, is debatable. The opening night audience couldn't have been more appreciative. ("Those songs just knock me out," one lady was so moved to confess.) But there...
Problem number one, however: At the Somerset Cabaret everyone sits around tables that seat six to eight; you order drinks and chat until the performance begins. The stage, almost like an old burlesque runway, projects into the midst of the room. Consequently, separation between cast and audience is lacking-alas, the evening's theatricality demands such a distance. Up close, the players' presence is somewhat embarrassing. It's as if the guest of honor has gotten rowdily drunk at just the exact moment when everyone else in the room has suddenly sobered up. Uncomfortable. If the Somerset could offer...
...Harold Prince, this disastrous film represents a vertiginous descent from bravos to catcalls. Earlier this year, Director-Producer Prince won just acclaim for his scintillating musical, Company. Guessing at the aesthetic motivations behind Something for Everyone is a speculative pastime, but ever since his success with the musical, Cabaret, Prince has apparently been captivated by the notion that he is peculiarly endowed to interpret the nature of European decadence and its relationship to the rise of Nazi Germany. The same theme recently caused a bit more flesh to crawl in The Damned, possibly because the decadence was depicted with...
There is only one regular briefing by the Cambodians each day, held at 9 a.m. in a second-story cabaret. As though symbolic of the lack of credibility shared by all briefing officers, the man responsible for informing the world press is named Major Am Rong. The name provides endless amusement for reporters and diplomats alike-a respite from the anxiety. Though Major Am Rong has enough information to answer questions for half an hour, the space reserved for written releases is empty except for a plaque. Stenciled on it is a legend: NO NEWS TODAY...