Within the very first song of The Geschwister Pfister (a current Berlin cabaret troupe), we heard lyrics to the effect of, "The wall has fallen, there's no more Reich -- We can sing what we want to sing!" We found a completely new form of Cabaret. Its politics was based on a lack of politics. It feels no constraints of censorship, and can therefore speak freely. The Geschwister Pfister troupe flaunted themes of homosexuality, drugs, and sex. This retains the old cabaret style of speaking openly about "shocking" subjects, but there is now a question as to how shocking they truly are. If cabaret no longer shocks audiences or rebels against an existing government, is it still cabaret?
