Pro Charlie Kirk rally in my small red town

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39. Yes, it's bone chilling.

Watching it this time, I was struck by how skillfully this scene was staged and shot. The song starts out sweet and lyrical; the young man singing it almost angelic looking. Then the tension s-l-o-w-l-y starts to build, as visual clues like the swastika armband are introduced. The varying reactions of people in the audience build gradually as well, as more and more people start to sing along and the music increases in tempo and intensity. I love the old man who seems to embody alll of our feelings of foreboding as he shakes his head sadly and refuses to join in.

It's just one song and one seemingly simple scene, but it's used to convey so much. It's easy to see why Bob Fosse won the best directing Oscar for this film. He was a genius.