Word: frauleins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...illusion of authenticity by neglecting key figures. He is far more effective with Pena, racked between his heritage and his ambitions. The sergeant is a winning creation, even though he stretches belief by conducting a lot of personal business as a noncom assigned to a supersecret project: trysting with Fraulein Weiss, trying to buy a nightclub, getting into shape for a high-stakes boxing match, taking care of Indian affairs and sidetracking Captain Augustino's plot to make Oppenheimer look like a Soviet...
Portraying the elderly landlady Fraulein Schneider and her suitor Herrr Schultz, Doretta Massardo and Michael Waxenburg, respectively, supply a good deal of low-keyed comedic charm. Occasionally just a mite too quaint, their courtship is spurred on by their mutual admiration of fruits. While Fraulein Schneider is greatly pleased with the apples and peaches, the pineapple proves quite overwhelming--such a gift"...it is not proper...it makes me blush." He insists "If I could, I would fill your entire room with pineapples!" Thus, they launch into "The Pineapple Song," a romantic anthem. While Massardo possesses an able voice...
...Sellon brings to his part, mostly mime except for his songs, helps tie the carefree world of the cabaret to the despairing lives of the characters. the frenetic chase of pleasure, which first draws people to the cabaret, slowly creeps into their lives outside it. The middle-aged widow, Fraulein Schneider (Holly Sargent), calls off her engagement to the Jewish Schultz (Joshua Milton) because of her terror of the Nazis. Sargent's singing starts off a little shakily, but she recovers quickly. The only changes that creep into the life of Fraulein Kost, deftly portrayed by Holley Stewart...