We’re not talking about the original script, because the script had evolved, and the 1998 version is an official script that is the primarily produced one.
But look, here’s the thing, the Emcee is decidedly a character (as others have pointed out). He is a shape shifter who is leading a Weimar cabaret in which he plays a role for his audience while performing acts that undercut the status quo. And he’s doing it at a time when Berlin had a thriving gay subculture.
So we can’t really say anything about the Emcee as a person, because we never see that person. Nothing in the script tells us anything about him.
Does he actually have a wife? He says he does, but he says it as part of a bit, so we can’t trust it. He also says he has two ladies and they all share duties equally, which doesn’t make sense with the idea that he has a wife, unless you think that he found a different second lady because Sally turned him down. But that treats everything he says as true, which is a very weird take.
Does the script say he’s gay? No. Does it say he’s straight? No. There is literally no reason to draw any conclusions. If anything, his sexuality is Clown. You can read him as straight, but you don’t have to, and certainly many people have drawn a different conclusion. |
