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The Original Emcee

Joel Grey reflects on his Tony and
Oscar-winning role in "Cabaret"

T o el Grey says he enjoyed play-

ing the role of the evil emcee in
Cabaret. It gave him the opportuni-
ty "to make that character dark and
repellent and dangerous because he
was the embodiment of Nazism,"
In a recent interview; Grey spoke
from the heart about his career and
his Judaism.
Although he's enjoyed all of the
Broadway shows he starred in, his
favorite was Cabaret, he says. His
performance on Broadway was
good enough for a Tony Award in
1966 and an Academy Award for
the film version in 1972, "It was
wonderful winning those awards
because both were great entertain-
nient events and unexpected in
most ways, especially the movie,
because I thought Al Pacino would
win for The Godfather," he heartily
admitted.
How did he feel as a Jew playing
the lead role as the evil emcee? it was
a real opportunity to say something
politically that was close to my heart
— to make that character as had as
possible. And as seductive as he was, I
think by the end of the show or the
movie, you know he's not a good guy,
not at all, intoned Grey.
Grey said his Jewish background
was a factor in his performance
because he knew how horrible the
Nazis were and he was able to real-
istically- interpret feelings only a
Jew could express.
Grey quite obviously enjoys roles
on Nazi Germany. He recently
acted in a movie about Adolph
Hider titled _Empty Mirror
"It's a sort of a monologue look-
ing back over Hider 's life as if he
was in hiding and wasn't [dead],"

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he said. "All the key figures in
Hitler's life appear in the film,
which is a dream." Grey plays the
role of Joseph Goebbels, Hider's
infamous propaganda minister.
"Researching the role as
Goebbels just chilled me to the

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