Dave, look at the real issue - your colleagues may be artistically hemmed in
by the artificial boundaries created by one movie/stage show: Cabaret,
starring Joel Grey and Liza Minelli.
Follow Karen Mercedes' advice and get them to listen or watch other
instances of "intimate venue performance" (i.e., cabaret)
Yves Montand (and Maurice Chevalier) are the most accessible of the French
singers on video. Certainly, since Yves Montand had an affair with Marilyn
Monroe (among others), his macho-ness can't be questioned. Even my mom liked
him!
Also, look for some of the American versions of the same kind of thing -
Holiday Inn provides several scenes of small-club performances; I'm sure
there are others - concentrate on Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, etc.
Point out that performance is performance, and what they project to the
audience is what the audience will believe. Heck, even a drag performance
can be done in a macho style!
Paul Sinasohn
Founding Director, BankAmerica Singers
Baritone/Manager, Vocal Interchange
pauls AT commerceroute DOT com
-----Original Message-----
From: Faber, Dave [mailto:dave.faber@n...]
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 10:14 AM
To: 'vocalist-temporary@egroups.com'
Subject: RE: [vocalist-temporary] cabaret
Just to make things perfectly clear, I'm gay. The concept was proposed by a
female colleague, and I've already found some of my repertoire. It is my
other male colleagues who are uncomfortable with the "concept," and I'm
trying to bring them around. . . .
Dave Faber
dave.faber@n...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Caio Rossi [SMTP:caioross@z...]
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 4:37 PM
> To: vocalist-temporary@egroups.com
> Subject: Re: [vocalist-temporary] cabaret
>
> Laura wrote:
> > You asked about cabaret because some male faculty members were a little,
> > well, perhaps "phobic" - and associated this art form with
> homosexuality.
> > Here is a site about cabaret that might help dispel some of that and
> make
> > them more comfortable. http://www.cabaret.org/.
>
> The opening page of that site makes it very clear: it 'looks' gay! :-)
>
> The point here is: how do you feel about possibly looking gay?! If that
> will
> destroy your whole self-esteem, look for therapy before even rehearsing or
> just give up ( or give up being heterosexual and look for therapy to
> become
> gay! ) :-)
>
> BTW, If YOU like cabaret, it's either not completely gay or you're not
> completely straight! In either situation, I think you should do what you
> feel comfortable doing.
>
> Bye,
>
> Caio Rossi ( whose candidate for mayor in São Paulo is Marta, a leftist
> whose greatest political contribution was proposing same-sex marriage when
> a
> congresswoman ).
>
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