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The real news: It's going to get a prequel soon. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/30/european-new-y...
I think this might actually be good. Always wondered what happened to her guests. Did she do them in her self? Did they trip on the lion while drunk? So many unanswered questions!
I am from The Netherlands and I had never seen it until I started dating my now-wife. I got the impression that many Germans believe it’s a well-known sketch since it is in English. Our 8yo daughter thinks it’s hilarious :).
That's funny. I'm Dutch too, and it was a big part of new years eve in my childhood. We watched it every year and loved it. I don't think I got the final joke about the 'procedure' that happens upstairs after the dinner :) I always thought that almost all Dutchies had the same experience but maybe I was wrong
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That is embodied very well in the Fastnacht (Carneval), especially of the Mainz and southern German variants (Cologne is a little bit more "Kokelores"), with many acts with biting political satire and commentary.
Yes almost all of my German family is from around Mainz.
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I was surprised to discover that Mickey Mouse was more popular and well-known in the US than Donald Duck. Come on, Donald Duck is a much more fun and interesting character!
I grew up thinking the Warner Bros. characters were the superior cartoon stars (and that Daffy is better than Bugs; my wife and I still argue about that). Disney is more like Apple...the people who like them really love them and get sucked into the rabbit-hole, but everyone else sees them as a cult.
Disney artists like Carl Barks created new stories in a genre quite distinct from the animated cartoons. While the cartoons are mostly slapstick humor, the Barks stories were longer narratives where the characters went on various adventures. A lot of the stories were produced in Europe for the European market, since the magazines were never as popular in the US (where I believe superhero magazines were more popular, for whatever reason).
WB and Hanna-Barbera and other studios also tried to publish comic magazines, but didn't manage to adapt to the medium as successfully, so they are less well known.
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I think this might actually be good. Always wondered what happened to her guests. Did she do them in her self? Did they trip on the lion while drunk? So many unanswered questions!
they said prequel, not sequel, though.
A prequel would be the life and times of her now dead guests.
Don't get me wrong, a sequel would be cool too! Perhaps we could get a glimpse into Miss Sophie's legacy after she passes away, and how her butler needs to contend with her snarky relatives who wants to get rid of that infernal tiger on the floor, only to replace it with an even larger bear pelt.
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If you've been raised in Germany a long time ago, you can watch this Hasselhoff/Reim duet to realise your advanced age... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoa9HfWIx6I
I didn't even know David Hasselhoff made music and this song is amazing, thanks a lot for sharing!
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It's important to understand that everything, even fairytales went through censorship / ideology conformity reviews, especially in those years ("normalisation", after the events of 1968/9). Many movies were either not produced at all or banned after production, others were heavily cut. Yes, even fairytales had to adhere to the communist ideology - for example the poor were usually shown as being morally superior, whi…
It's also important not to forget that West Germany wasn't immune to the censorship either, and bans, beside what realistically was a Soviet propaganda, also included some really good documentaries and artwork even by today's standards. https://film-history.org/approaches/not-approved-screening
The very important distinction here is that were the same policies as in Czechoslovakia applied in West Germany, people like Rainer Werner Fassbinder would not be able to create their movies. Not distribute, create.
The last day of the year would not be complete without watching this! Together with "Ein Herz und eine Seele: Silvesterpunch". :)
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For the reverse of the reverse - no one in Germany actually cares about David Hasselhoff.
He certainly dominated the lineup of a major Austrian music festival a few years back. His act wasn’t even really good, but people just love him.