Who Are They? (Historical Character)

I have chosen a Kit Kat Girl as my Historical design because I like the way the Girls represent and introduce everything that Berlin was in the 1930s era and I think it would be fun to explore this more and create a character that can represent Berlin altogether or even just a piece of it such as this is what the Kit Kat Club stands for.The Kit Kat Girls are the dancers of the seedy Kit Kat Club. Aswell as Emcee symbolizing Berlin's lifestyle, the Kit Kat Girls give the audience a full example of Berlin! Some of them are men dressed as girls with wigs and heavy makeup and the girls also have makeup on that makes them look androgynous. In the film 'Cabaret' the Girls have a style of basically looking close to a prostitute by showing off their lingerie, wearing stockings and short skirts. By choosing this character I can explore in depth what the nightlife entertainment was like in Berlin and what was so influential about this life. Throughout the musicals made of Cabaret there have been a variety of ways the Kit Kat Girls have been styled for the show. The images of the Kit Girls below in the film and different musicals of Cabaret also set different moods of what the Girls are like. Their are different types of clothes that they could be wearing but still represented in a sleezy or sexual way. Their style to me is as if they think they look attractive and maybe in those days that was attractive but now looking at their style they come off looking like prostitutes. I think the mood they portray in the 2nd and 3rd image is very musical and full of styles but in the 1st and 3rd image they portray ugly pretty which I think gives a better and more intriguing idea of who the Kit Kat Girls are.