Oh the shark has pretty teeth, dear...
https://soundcloud.com/maus-merryjest/mack-the-knife-2023-version
#Music
#Swing #MackTheKnife #ThreepennyOpera

Why Bertolt Brecht is still played around the world

https://www.dw.com/en/why-bertolt-brecht-is-still-played-around-the-world/a-64641419?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#BertoltBrecht #theater #ThreepennyOpera #GDR #SovietUnion

The cross-gender casting in a new production of The Threepenny Opera at the Vienna Volksoper isn’t just a gimmick, but a thoughtful experiment with Brechtian Verfremdung in a piece many theatergoers know all too well.

#Brecht #Weill #ThreepennyOpera #Dreigroschenoper

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/23/arts/music/vienna-volksoper-threepenny-opera.html

@Dustin It's a film that fares the test of time quite well due to G. W. Pabst's direction and Bertolt Brecht's writing. Brecht had a largely uncredited influence on another timeless film (Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles) due his development of the concept of "Epic Theater". #bertoltbrecht #gwpabst #ThreepennyOpera #MelBrooks

#ThreepennyOpera is an incredibly sophisticated & biting satire of the capitalist society where criminals & the law go hand in hand. Even beggars are categorized & commodified. Polly takes over & addresses the board of the bank, "One can rob a bank, or one can use a bank to rob others”. It ends with Peachum declaring allegiance to Mackie & Tiger-Brown. When asked "If the poor are so powerful why do they need us?" Peachum replies. "Because they don't know we need them." Indeed. #GWPabst #musical

I've been reading parts of Bob Dylan's intriguing book "The Philosophy of Modern Song". He has a section on Bobby Darin (born Walden Cassotto) and claims his performance of Mac the Knife to be excellent. I like Darin, but I think I prefer Ella Fitzgerald's "live in Berlin" performance of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vXAtVbZbkI
And on that topic: who would like to see @amandapalmer do Mac the Knife?
#bobdylan
#ellafitzgerald
#bobbydarin
#threepennyopera