David Benedict has written in "The Guardian" about "Cabaret"'s influence in musical films: "Back then, musicals were already low on film-goers' lists, so how come it was such a success? Simple: "Cabaret" is the musical for people who hate them. Given the vibrancy of its now iconic numbers – Liza Minnelli in bowler and black suspenders astride a bentwood chair belting out 'Mein Herr' or shimmying and shivering with pleasure over 'Money' with Joel Grey – it sounds strange to say it, but one of the chief reasons why "Cabaret" is so popular is that it's not shot like a musical."