Round 2: Tossup 14

Two split-second shots in this film recreate a painting of a monocled woman in a red-and-black checkered dress smoking. This film briefly (15[1])cuts to one of its leads grinning at the camera after a character asks “do you still think you can control them?” In this film’s closing shot, a cymbal crash caps off a crescendoing snare drum roll as the camera pans across a distorting mirror. After angrily using the verb “screw,” a character in this film says “so do I” to reveal his bisexuality. A character in this film wears rosy red powdered (*) makeup on his cheeks in a scene pairing him with an actor dressed as a female gorilla. Louise Brooks inspired the look of this film’s (10[1])heroine, who often wears green nail polish, a beauty spot, bob cut, and top hat. (-5[1])This film opens and closes with audiences being greeted in three languages by Joel Grey’s Master of Ceremonies in the song “Willkommen.” For 10 points, name this Bob Fosse adaptation of a Kander and Ebb musical about a Berlin nightclub. ■END■ (0[1])

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