The article reflects on how a scene from Bob Fosse's film Cabaret epitomizes the gradual acceptance of Nazism. The author connects this moment to their parents' experience in Poland and draws parallels to their own experiences with authoritarian regimes in Russia under Putin and in contemporary America under Trump. The nostalgia shared for the film illustrates how art can unveil unsettling truths about society's inclination toward totalitarianism and the cultural shifts that accompany such changes.
In Vladimir Putin's Russia, my world suddenly felt like a chessboard from which an invisible hand was picking off pieces faster than I had thought was possible.
Living through Donald Trump's America, I am experiencing a similar acceleration of societal change reminiscent of the chilling moments depicted in Cabaret.
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