standuptragicomedy replied to your post “Cold Blustery Saturday Night Writin’ Weimar Notes Poll: What do I name…”
I’m tempted to say The Gereon Rath because that feels like a Concerning Life Choice but I think that’s the Ukrainian mom in me talking lmao
Oh there’s only 1.5 ounces of alcohol in this we’re fiiiiiine, and absinthe is like a Normal Liquor ever since they stopped putting the wormwood in that caused all the hallucinations when it was the wreck of choice of your cabaret bohemians. Admittedly I say that but I say…that. This hit me like missing a step. Anyway I did consider, in honor of its hot toddy origins: a Hot Mess. Which feels in the spirit of yours’ namesake.
Oh shit hold on mine still has wormwood
Also this memento mornkey
So what I’ve heard is that back in fin de siècle Paris there was a drought or something that caused a wine shortage so all those poets etc. were drinking absinthe as though it was wine, so they were actually just hallucinating from alcohol poisoning.
That DOES feel like it would explain Moulin Rouge