Cabaret Review

Messages: The messages are complicated, but involve the importance of love and companionship, as well as the incredible human capacity for endurance.

Role models: Certainly nobody would wish Sally Bowles' life on their loved one since it's an emotionally fragile one aided by sex and alcohol. But Bowles and the other main characters are good at heart. A friend, Fritz, reveals himself as a Jew in order to marry the woman he loves, despite knowing that his admission is dangerous in the Nazi era.

Violence: A few violent scenes -- one of a man getting beaten up and left unconscious, one of a crime scene where a man appears dead with blood around him, and one tussle between a main character and some Nazis that results in a bruised face.

Sex: Plenty of discussion about sex -- Bowles talks about how she has frequent casual sex, another character describes an aggressive sexual encounter, brief talk about homosexual relations. A few post-coital scenes. Some kissing. The main character has an abortion.

Language: Moderate frequency of swear words like "bastard," "goddamnit," "screw," and "s--t."

Drinking, drugs and smoking: Frequent smoking and drinking, sometimes to excess and sometimes with the express intent to reduce anxiety.