Two Questions, version 2.0

[shenth]

1) Is it possible to get diabetes or any other unpleasant disease from too much overly-sweet Christmas music?

2) Why is the Vienna cast recording of Cabaret split between English and German? Do they expect the audience to be perfectly bilingual?

Comments

[devils_child7]

1) Interestingly enough, I love Christmas music even though I'm not in any way sentimental.

2) Probably. From what I've read, most people in Germany & Austria are fluent in their native tongue and English (lucky!).

I believe the Canadian production of Les Mis was performed in French and English on different nights (although I might be incorrect).

[shenth]

1) Too much is too much. If you can't walk into a store without hearing it, you are almost certainly ODing. I'm just wondering about the side-effects.

2) That could be. The MC speaks excellent English entirely free of an accent, and the others are about as good.

Canada has too many language issues to count, so I could believe that.

[devils_child7]

1) Side effects? For me, it's generally getting in a good mood (how unnatural!). ;)

2) Lucky bastards.
I mean, seriously. I would kill to live in European country where you take 2 or 3 languages (well, I do now, but it's not the same). The U.S. doesn't have to depend on anyone since we're so huge, but little Germany has to talk with its neighbors.

[manaconda]

1. Yes.

2. Yes.

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[mungol]

Yeah, it's already been said above, but most people in Austria and Germany are fluent or at least passable in English.