"You'll never turn vinegar into jam." The words that Sally sings show how she will not change for anybody, including her love, Brian. The song is very much a foreshadowing of the outcome of her relationship with Brian.
Sally is quite able to ignore the political events of the time, the violence and Nazi propaganda that surrounds her. As Sally and Brian walk through the streets of Berlin with anti-Jewish and Communist posters stuck to the walls, Sally is totally oblivious to the growing political unrest. Even when the Nazis invade the cabaret, and where the presence of the swastika creates tension and discomfort, Sally does not once comment on this. As the owner of the Kit Kat Klub is brutally beaten for removing a Nazi audience member, the MC and cabaret girls giggle and dance around in Bavarian costume. This illustrates how self-involved people can be, especially Sally when not even the political turbulence can distract her from thinking about herself. The Cabaret song performed by Sally and the MC, titled 'Money' shows how money and sex are considered important to Sally, which is the reason for her later involvement with Maximillion Von Heune. "See how love flies out the door" Sally sings of why she is attracted to Max when she is already involved with Brian. .
As Sally and Brian's involvement becomes romantic, Sally is forced to face the fact that there is more to life than money and career success. Sally reveals in "Maybe this time", to a handful of disinterested audience members, that she is searching for the excitement of romance. For the first time in the film she expresses her more vulnerable and insecure feelings that show that Sally is capable of genuine feelings for others. She desperately wants a lasting relationship, yet her immediate attraction to Max destroys this. Sally is so quick to turn from her attitude of 'love won't hurry away' to letting herself be corrupted by money and sex that Max personifies.