the NachtKabarett
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Intro splash image to the Golden Age Of Grotesque era design of MarilynManson.com which contained many elements of the opposing extremes of Expressionism and Fascism, slowed to show more visibly the images subliminally contained within which hinted at the influences of the album and era. With the following both contained within the introduction as well as those which were images of an earlier version of it that illustrate this same thematic element.
There existed more than one version of this introduction with differing images in both. At top is the full speed introduction which existed up until the era's close, containing photos of Manson as well as the elements of the era's influence. Following are as many as found the images contained within both vignettes but above however is an image depicting the first incarnation of the site's introduction which if anyone has the original The NACHTKABARETT will gladly add it here.
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| Weimar era pic of a band consisting of Bertold Brecht on clarinet, tubist Karl Valentin, a skinny German clown, with Liesl Karlstadt, another clown, conducting and Absinthe Terminus poster advertisement. | |
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| A poster commemorating the attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941. Another parallel from the 1930's & 1940's to today in The Golden Age Of Grotesque was the parallelism between September 11th and Pearl Harbour; the latter's "Never Forget" is very reminiscent of the former's "Remember Dec. 7th", both were the only two attacks on the US in recent history on American soil by foreign pilots, and both signified the beginning of a decade and sparked two wars which both span the world over acting as the rallying cries for war in both eras. | |
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| A 1930's/40's big band swing musical, presumably from a Busby Berkely musical and a detail of a nationalistic German rallying poster of the same era. | |
Still frame of the splash introduction to MarilynManson.com featuring a line of high-kicking Rockettes, also presumably from a Busby Berkely musical, whom Manson has referenced as a thematic influence for his ties to the big band swing movement of the 1930's & 40's.
What appears to be an early erotic photo of the Weimar era decadence & fetishism |
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| A prideful & charismatic, ideal Hitler Youth, the pride, joy & hope for the future of the Third Reich and a caricature drawing of a black minstrel, appearing to be a stylized perfume spray bottle. | |
Two more images included in an early version of the Golden Age of Grotesque site design. |
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