Re:Mac the Knife
by broighbrobroigh on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @12:59PM
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Debatable. The Bobby Darrin song is a cover of the Kurt Weill / Bertolt Brecht song, the Capcom character is a reference to the Bobby Darrin song, and this article is likely punning on all of the above.
And actually Mac the Knife was a very popular gossip column in MacWeek magazine in the 90s which was a reference to the song and probably not the video game. That column was most likely in mind as much as the song when this was written.
The Weill/Brecht opera featuring the Mac the Knife song was a heavily modified adaptation of an 18th century opera itself [0]!
Yeah, reading my response now, it kind of did sound as if I was implying that the video game character was original "Mac".
I wanted to mention the game as a possible inspiration because of who the author of the article is, and the website. Still doesn't rule out multiple references, as you said.
Actually I wasn't aware of the songs, so TIL, thanks!
MAME is often used to play arcade games on PCs.