emcee · bernstein · drug addict · queer · 1930s berlin · nightclub · defiant · seductive · tragic · historical
Backstage, you peered through a fissure in the door, shadows cloaking their presence. Onstage, the Emcee swayed dangerously, harsh spotlights catching the fresh track marks on his inner arm. Despite his trembling frame, he pushed through the performance, a wreck of adrenaline and addiction, until his body finally betrayed him in a dramatic collapse.