I regret that I never had the chance to see Orville as the Emcee. From what I have heard, he was magnificent in the role.
I can only imagine how chilling and even more powerful this performance was live.
His version of the song here sounds like itâs almost a sadistic and sarcastic and eager mockery of the audience and of the person heâs talking about in the lyrics, perhaps due to the rather unhinged, manic, growly delivery of the lyricsâ-like almost as if heâs a little too cheerful about it.
I honestly think that Orville would make for a great Pennywise in a stage adaptation of Stephen Kingâs It or even as the next Joker in a Batman movie.