Reaction To German Satire DESTROYS German Politics (Georg Schramm)

Reaction To German Satire DESTROYS German Politics (Georg Schramm)
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In this video I react to German comedy satire from German kabarett and satire artist Georg Schramm as he discusses the German language in relation to German politicians and German politics.
Original Video - • Georg Schramm | Anger ...

[@nedi9249]

if Volker Pispers is the fox, Georg Schramm is the tiger --- both retired, because nothing change in german society...they were tired :/

[@NoldorianElf]

Jochen Malmsheimer as the Cheshire Cat. I like your comparison.

[@ileana8360]

@nedi9249 you are absolutely right. They were tired of fighting windmills. Windmills being human's unwillingness to change for the better despite seeing the flaws

[@Baccatube79]

They were just OLD. Schramm has been around forever, and Pispers is about my parents' age, too, so born in 1955 or so. I can see why you don't wanna wake up in a different hotel bed every morning anymore at that age

[@hinekde]

Georg Schramm has various characters he plays on stage. His best known is Lothar Dombrowski a Prussian pensioner and he is portraying him in this video. He also plays a military officer and a worker depending on what character is needed to transport what he wants to say.

[@flusskiesel]

I really lov him in the role of ,,Oberstleutnant Sanftleben'' (,,sanft'' = soft, ,,Leben'' = life)

[@JoachimKuegler1.2]

Das mit dem Arbeiter stimmt nicht so ganz - er spielt da einen Rentner, der SPD-Mitglied ist.

[@hinekde]

@@JoachimKuegler1.2 Ja stimmt, hab ich zu kurz gefasst, es ist ein Rentner und SPD-Mitglied aus der Arbeiterschicht. Hab mir gedacht für ihn ist das Thema SPD-Miglied nur verwirrend weil er nicht drin steckt und wollte auch keine Romane schreiben. Aber hast schon recht.

[@JoachimKuegler1.2]

@@hinekde Ist keine Sache ! Ich glaube, als SPD-Mitglied heißt er August, und spricht Hessisch. Von ihm sind sind einige gute Videos auf KZbin. Schade, dass er aufgehört hat. Bald haben wir nur noch Comedians. Mir scheint nur, "er" kennt sich ziemlich gut aus bei uns, als Schotte in Asien. Ich wohne östlich außerhalb von Köln, und kann nur sagen, die Schotten waren der Hammer ! Man hätte Geld locker machen sollen, damit sie bleiben. Die Kölschtümeleien unserer Nachbarn nerven schon lange.

[@pethel5675]

Just to add a small note: In the role of the energetic World War veteran Lothar Dombrowski, Schramm wears a black glove that represents a prosthetic hand.

[@stennostenno1346]

Georg Schramm is my favorite kabarett artist, and his programme 'Thomas Berhard haette geschossen' is his best.

[@florete2310]

YES👍

[@panther7748]

This man is the best political satirist/Kabarettist in Germany. His last stage program "Meister Yodas Ende" was like a one-man theatre play.

[@florianklatte6186]

Wut = Rage, Zorn = Wrath would be the most fitting translation. Rage being a very unplanned, in the moment thing (blind rage). Wrath being something that can be very cold and calculated.

[@Plantoffel]

Yes! You can hold wrath for years if you have to, (as he said with this „Wut-Bank“) but as rage goes away, lasts for a few minutes, maybe a few days at best, wrath can be held for years, and decades!

[@florete2310]

Schramm's statements are always well researched and furiously well delivered

[@rainerm.8168]

Intelligence paired with highly sophisticated pronunciation and keen acting qualities...one of the great ones.

[@PropperNaughtyGeezer]

He speak a east prussian or silesian accent. Is very rare today. His best figure is "Olt. Sanftleben" a communication officer from the Bundeswehr. Often light drunk and much to honest in Interviews.

[@Roberternst72]

Are you 100% certain? Because that s-t sounds more like some sort of Westniederdeutsch, which wasn’t spoken in Silesia… and I don’t think it was spoken in East Prussia either…

[@markus-pg6me]

​@@Roberternst72Richtig das St ist nur West Niederdeutsch .Auch nicht umgänglich sondern gewollt um sich künstlich elitär abzuheben.

[@chegejesus]

Georg Schramm Kleinkunstpreis 2012 ...one of my all time favourites!

[@newrandomguy4218]

Mert, you mentioned his unique personality - you should know that this is NOT his character, but an artificial character that he only plays - he has several such characters and they appear very differently!

[@tornoutlaw]

Georg Schramm was one of my favourite german satire artists!

[@datoxgaming]

Finally the master of the political branch of german cabaret, very few could really go toe to toe with him.

[@HelenaMikas]

German comedy is always amazing .No swearing which sadly punctuates a lot of UK humour .The public love it & no matter what are clued up on politics .I live over from a Cabaret Theatre but my 1st introduction was in Leipzig -It actually helps with learning German lol .Thank , a big like from Berlin .

[@6666Imperator]

I like his "Warum nicht" (why not) performance. It is mocking motivational speakers but at the same time is a thought through motivational speech itself

[@lanieschatz]

If we're talking old german comedians, I strongly recommend Heinz Erhardt. I absolutely adore his sketches and poems!

[@googlekonto194]

Peter Frankenfeld would be another one. However I guess it wouldn't be as funny in english, since he does all the accent comedy

[@derkatzenfuerst6077]

I have seen him live years ago and read his book. In my opinion, he is the best German cabaret artist, even better than Volker Pispers. Great to see you reacting to him!

[@hendrikfalch6956]

You can‘t compare them really. While pispers points out very detailed facts in recent history, schramm has a more universal approach to point out the drawbacks of the western society/system

[@gehtdichnixan3200]

i would not say better diferent yes but better well that would be your personal oppinion i like them both in there way equaly i think schramm is more "brutal" and pispers has a deeper sting

[@kevinschaluppke3223]

I´m a big fan of Schramm 😍

[@alexandernemenich1202]

He and and Urban Priol foundend again german kabarett in the the ZDF, you know it nowadays as "Die Anstalt"

[@JohnDoe_1237]

finally Georg Schramm. If you like / love Volker Pispers, you will love him too. he has great videos, but they aren't with english subs :(

[@Gaston413]

The best satirists manage to leave the laughter to the audience alone without falling out of the serious role themselves. Schramm is an old master for whom there will be no equal.

[@tim10243]

Unfortunately Schramm is not active anymore. I was lucky to visited one of his shows years ago.

[@Vampirzaehnchen]

Same here. As much as I want him to enjoy the rest of his life in peace, we need people like him.

[@RenegadeSamurai]

@@Vampirzaehnchen Problem is, most people would not get what he wants to say

[@alexandernemenich1202]

me too and I was shocked, that even when he deeply hitted with wrath the german social , political culture etc. at that time which was not funny anymore , most of the audience still laughed...an unbelievable experience for me

[@thecrimsonking187]

Thank you 😊

[@Lightkie]

Since he mentioned the German Presidents: he himself was once proposed as candidate for President by the Pirate Party but he declined.

[@TheAgamemnon911]

Which is a true statement that sounds completely insane out of context.

[@HG_Budde]

@@TheAgamemnon911 I would've thought he would go to "Die Partei", seeing as many of his (former) colleagues did. He's one of the founding artists of "Die Anstalt", together with Martin Sonneborn, the former editor in chief for a satirical magazine called "Titanic" and later founder of the aforementioned, more or less.. joke party. They're not completely passive since they try to intervene whenever some illogical or immoral law, rule or guidelines is about to be passed by being hidden in a completely athematical but much more popular legislative proposal. Something, I believe, we have caught from the US, the last time Trump was here.. 🤢 There are videos of his speeches in the EU parliament, in which he (more or less successfully) tries to get politicians to actually read what they are voting on and signing into existence..

[@TheAgamemnon911]

@@HG_Budde Off the top of my head... was "Die Partei" even founded back when the pirate party asked Georg Schramm? ... anyway, I think he would have declined any offer regardless of which party made it.

[@derPetunientopf]

@@TheAgamemnon911 "Die Partei" was founded in 2004 (!) and the German Pirate party in 2006 (i was there by the way). Regarding your assessment of Georg Schramm i have to agree though.

[@daswasich1147]

Instant click, Schramm is my 2nd favorite "Kabarettist" (political satirician would be the closest i guess) in German History. I regularly rewatch the first half of "Neues aus der Anstalt" mainly bc of him.

[@beckzTown]

Thank u so much 4 watching Schramm. The other vids of him are so good. He is so good. His historical knowledge is impressive and he is quiet politic. The vids about economics and financial topics speaking the truth. He is the king 4 me

[@stefanpopov9507]

Georg Schramm retired about the same time like Volker Pispers as far as i know

[@DaxRaider]

he was right we now have lindner in the government and its the worst ever, he fights vs his own government xD

[@NoGo1581]

Die Grünen aind das Verderben

[@elricofmelnibone8256]

Finally, you reacted to Georg Schramm. For me, he was the best. I have seen his last Programm before he retired. It was incredebely good. Please react to more of his stuff. If you think Volker Pispers is on point, wait till you heared more of Mr Schramm.

[@Annie-ex3ge]

He is so fast and intelligent, it is worth watching his shows several times. 😊

[@erikperik1671]

"Zorn" translates to wrath. "Wut" is the German for anger.

[@antichrist3k1]

Wut is rage and anger translates to Ärger.... you're correct with wrath, though ;)

[@erikperik1671]

@@antichrist3k1 I am correct with both words. Rage is the same word in German: Rage. But pronounced in German ;)

[@hansmolders1066]

​@@erikperik1671Zorn can be seething, while Wut can be action

[@TheGrouch91]

@@erikperik1671 Rage is originally French with its roots in Latin. The pronunciation is also much closer to French than German. As for this whole discussion... it's pointless. Languages and words can't be translated 1:1. They have a meaning behind them and different words can have the same meaning and the same word can have different meanings depending on context. All of the above translations would make sense and aren't "wrong" per se.

[@theholk]

@@TheGrouch91 Except in this case it's not one of those "translations exists in the gaps". Particularly because the "wrath/zorn" pair is used very identically in their most iconic uses like "wrath of god" "Zorn Gottes", grapes of wrath -> Früchte des Zorns. It's a bit more complicated with anger and rage to Wut und Rage, because "in Rage kommen" isn't to rage, that would be wüten, Rage is just a more general "emotional turmoil". But Wut would fit anger well. And it is important, because in the bit he makes a distinction between "blind anger" being the thoughtless cousin of wrath. But "rage" is even less controlled, almost animalistic. While his delivery would in Germany be accurately described as "Er hat sich in Rage geredet" and isn't automatically mindless. And it is quite important, because despite the plea here, all we got in the years after was more mindless anger, but no wrath to counter it, hence the voting patterns currently.

[@moewi75]

Finally! Schramm is the master!

[@RonaldKethers]

I like you a lot and I've been following your channel for a long time and finally, you've reached the top shelf: Schramm is the pinnacle of German satire, congratulations! As a German with more or less great knowledge about German satire I strongly advise you to enjoy Schramm's "Systematische Volksverdummung". It is breathtakingly wonderful. Take care and sorry for the 5:1 my distant virtual friend!

[@19ghost73]

He is one of my all time favourites! It is NOT comedy, but true political satire - i.e. "cabaret", in his purest form. Harsh critizism of the ruling government and (!) the ruled dumb masses, too! Georg Schramm is super unique and reigns way above all the others in his style, his intellect and his performance. Even Volker Pispers isn't in his class, in my humble opinion. However, he is addressing a highly intellectual and very well educated audience, which is becoming a scarcity over here. And he is QUICK with his words & thoughts. Most likely super-hard to dubb or translate, at least not without loosing like 80% of the actual brilliance. Personally he is left-wing / socialist by heart, and he truly wants only the best for all people and a fair chance for everybody. He absolutely hates the uneducated but powerful "upper class", esp. politicians, because they are (in his perspective) nothing but opportunistic and without any real insight, knowledge, wisdom or long-term thinking - esp. not for the nation, only for their own well-being. He doesn't want to make people laugh, nor applaud - but to THINK and REFLECT about their own opinions and choices. Which hurts most people. He hides behind his various on-stage characters, because in private he is too afraid to tell his truth in such a harsh way. But as "Lothar Dombrowski", "Oberstleutnant Sanftleben" or as "August, retired printer" he dares to share his view of the unust world.

[@wallerwolf6930]

I can only agree with your great comments. Schramm is brilliant in his field! Unfortunately, no German-speaking comedian can be translated without great losses, and Schramm's is particularly difficult! Schramm is right! The problem is that there is no alternative to politicians, and certainly not "the alternative fD"! They can only destroy what has worked for almost 80 years, even if not perfectly! Who would actually want to live in a dictatorship, apart from idiots and a few people who profit from it! There are politicians in Russia, North Korea and China too, would we want them? We've had that before. We know the results and their consequences. Have some people really learned absolutely nothing from history to fall for the troublemakers, dividers, (AfD, Trump in America, for example), hypocrites and rat catchers?

[@alexandernemenich1202]

true words, the real wrath...

[@black_platypus]

To me, "Zorn" is _wrath_ and "Wut" is _rage._ In day-to-day speech, few people use "Zorn", which to me sounds a bit antiquated (regional differences apply). The possibility of forming a verb ("Wüten" -> "to rage") also applies, which is neat. Although, "Wut" is the word you'd use in everyday speech, like "anger"

[@sensibille]

So great, one of the best satiriker. I love him💗💗💗 so sorry, he left the stage, but his statements will be actuell the next 10 and more years

[@rincemind8369]

A primary rock of German satire in the post-war era was Dieter Hildebrand who passed away in 2013. His performances are legendary. His particular style is unmatched. He loved to spiral around and prowl at a topic from multiply angles simultaneously, which made him very unpredictable. I believe it is fair to characterize DIeter Hildebrand as the Loriot of german political satire - both in his attention to detail and nuances. Every satirist who came after was inspired by him. Georg Schramm is much more direct and straighforward but is reminding of Dieter Hildebrand in his awareness of detail.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Well done! You spared me a long text...

[@user-vx7mi6jd4u]

Greetings from Germany ❤

[@stefan.defiman]

Please watch more about Georg Schramm. He was the greatest for a time until the presence

[@tjombom]

Schramm is a legend too.

[@tomito8896]

I hope a translation can be found for Jochen Malmsheimer, Das Wurstbrot. He did the piece in Die Anstalt and it's one of the greatest pieces of German Satire out there.

[@DomiNiqueBerlin]

he is and will be for a long time the standard which others have to cope with. well researched, well put, well staged

[@Schwitzmaul]

Love him. Best Work is "initiative Lebe" but it's no longer on youtube

[@stirbjoernwesterhever6223]

I saw him live 20 years back. He had a few personalities. This one, an army officer, an old frustrated comrad of the Social Democratic Party

[@karstenbalamagi8463]

Oha, Offizier anwesend heute :D

[@hansmolders1066]

Wut comes from Wotan the Germanic word for Odin. And ppl were afraid of his wrath! Zorn is seething anger witch can take different ways of retribution than physical violence!

[@insomniagaming9588]

oohh you found the best one...congratz on that :D

[@wonderfool9406]

Georg Schramm is the best!

[@marineforces3214]

this time I agree , he’s a genius ❤️

[@daswasich1147]

The better english translation for "Zorn" here would be "wrath" i think. And just ike in german, it is rarely used in english anymore outside of religious context.

[@Yora21]

Mister Dombrowski is fun, but I like his Lieutenant Colonel Sanftleben even better. The Public Relations officer of the German Army. Who always tries to spin everything very positively. Which ends up being just as mean.

[@treebeard4842]

And the sad thing is that even thogh this clip is at least a dozen years old, every single word is still true today - if not worse! 10:36

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Tbh... It's worse since 1982, since Helmut Schmidt was forced out of office by the traitors of the FDP...

[@DaxRaider]

asking for the difference between zorn and wut is the same as asking the difference between anger and fury. It just means something very different but still is used replacable by most people who doesnt know it xD

[@MrMcKaay]

thas was great. did not know mr. schramm. 👍

[@PpunktP]

Der beste von allen

[@Nikioko]

Georg Schramm and Volker Pispers were the best cabaretists around. Unfortunately, both of them retired years ago and left a gap behind.

[@alexandernemenich1202]

Urban Priol, Frank-Markus Barwasser, Arnulf Rating, Matthias Riechling, Mitternachtsspitzen, Hagen Rether, Serdar Somuncu and so on, we in germany have/had a perfect selection of excellent cabaret artists different in their expression but all allaccurate in their verification of facts for the statements...for me the difference of satire and german cabaret

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Ever heard of Dieter Hildebrandt...?

[@ianetams2279]

A Russian friend just said: don't mix me up with the other ones/ it is always like that - friends - no friends? No matter of where, when. I still like them to be chosen by myself .

[@maikgreubel2685]

Georg Schramm has many persons, because most of the time he is just a role. This one is the role of Lothar Dombrowski, a retired person. There are also Oberst Sanftleben, a military role. The wikipedia shows a few of them (german version more than the english one).

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

In fact... Lothar Dombrowski was an news man from the Tagesschau, in the early 70's.

[@florete2310]

Schramm is the best. We really need him back from retirement - now even more than ever

[@The_Mole]

Also from Schramm: Polen am Bau. It's here on KZbin but only Audio. Still, it's worth it.

[@catelyte]

May I correct you: "Polen am Bau" is by Thomas Freitag.. nontheless really funny!

[@The_Mole]

@@catelyte Of course you may. They sound kinda similar, though. I would have taken an oath that it's the same voice.

[@tobiasdegner5526]

I mean, Georg Schramm ist the best.

[@earodeafchild]

Schramm for Bundespräsident

[@Kadarin187]

He is actually my favorite. Maybe I need to sub some of his videos for you :D

[@Kadarin187]

I translated a video from Georg Schramm for you! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJPbiKywgrKMitU This one is about the media and society dumbing down the people

[@wernersondermann5332]

Here he plays a "war invalid".

[@Kivas_Fajo]

they translated Gruß August wrongly. You have heard of the greeters at Wal-Mart? That's a Gruß August. It is also a reference to a political individual, that has the seat on a position with no power, a representative with no claws.

[@alexandernemenich1202]

unfortunately the auto translations are rubbish, lost words or phrases, wrong 1 to 1 translation and sadly no cabability for the enunciation

[@tx0h]

thanks to took my suggestion. the big problem is, he speaks fast and just a few of is work has subtitles. the most things already written by the other commentators. by any chance, if someone suggest subtitled material of him, please consider a reaction.

[@jensfuhrmann7989]

Don't worry if you don't understand everything. His language is so distinctively that it looses a lot in translation. Even a few Germans will have problems to follow his presentation.

[@darkredvan]

Interestingly several German political cabaret stars retired because they were disappointed that there isn‘t even a slight change in public. Voicing the issues again and again and seeing no difference at all seems to be frustrating to say the least. Georg Schramm is one of the best.

[@stefanadolfspies]

he is the best for me

[@leckmich_amarsch]

Finally, he found Georg Schramm, he is (was) my #1

[@grauwolf1604]

As a german I like to read the english undertitles. So I learn the best translations of german words into english. That's sometimes not as easy as it seams to be.

[@dontshanonau1335]

Note: It is far better to translate Zorn as wrath, not anger. It's the word generally used to translate Latin "ira Dei" (Zorn Gottes / wrath of God).

[@BurnTheNotice]

I don't think one of the very best speeches he held will be translated any time soon. He attended the 40th anniversary of the GLS Bank and, in front of politicians, bankers, investors and what have you, he basically called all of them out on the spot. Just insane.

[@rogerdembski7818]

It is so sad that characters like Georg Schramm or Volker Pispers are disappearing from stage. Satirists with intelect and a wide knowledge. What Schramm is saying are highlights in a velocity of a machine gun. One has to listen more than once to catch that all. Absolutly iconic - especially in his role of Lothar Dombrowski. After listening to a full program you don't know if you should laugh or cry.

[@torstenkersten8566]

Georg Schramm has carefully developed the characters he plays on stage. In this case he displays a kind of thinking and a certain class of west german society with certain political beliefs. His habitus is the Lower Saxony squire with silesian roots. He fine tuned his style when working with the great Dieter Hildebrand, who was as essential for the post-war political cabaret and satire in western Germany as BB King or John Lee Hooker were for the modern blues or blues rock. The following generations were all inspired by their work. Pispers and Schramm - both worked with Hildebrand and his genius is still living in them.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

And Urban Priol...

[@durchreiser6573]

There's many Germans who can't tell the difference between Zorn and Wut. I'm one of them.

[@skadimusic]

Although Wut and Zorn have a similar expression they differ in its cause and/or purpose. While Wut is more of an unaimed and less controlled expression which leashes out to everything around, Zorn mostly appears as an expression of anger against false or unrighteous behaviour (although also subjective and based on feelings) which is more directed to the cause which angers you.

[@its_w4yne]

In social sciences feelings and emotions are distinguished, feelings being the things you feel and emotions how you express your feelings. Wrath (Zorn) is a feeling and works as intensification of outrage (Empörung). Anger (Wut) is an emotion and describes a destructive way of channeling your feelings. It can result from wrath/outrage but can also be triggered by a series of feelings. I personally agree with Schramm that Zorn/wrath is an important feeling and can be helpful if channeled in a constructive way.

[@DeReAntiqua]

Zorn is more accurately translated as wrath, Wut as rage or frenzy. Wut is fleeting, it's an initial strongly angry reaction to something that is likely to ebb off relatively soon. Zorn, on the other hand, is a persistent, well-founded (though equally strong) reaction, usually to some fundamental injustice (or of God in the Bible when people don't follow his rules). Zorn does not simply go away with time, because something deeply disturbed your sense of what is right.

[@maja-kehn9130]

I think you should watch current episodes of the heute-show or extra3 to get a better idea of the recent political situation in German. Saddly these artist like Volker Pisper or Georg Schramm are not very current anymore, I really miss Volkers voice in the current political climat.

[@7thSmurf]

by the way.. with the black glove he was imitating a WW2 injury !! 8) .. the character he played was an old veteran . AND EVEN IF this skit is very OLD the NAMES he mentions are NOW the HEAD of the FDP party ( Christian Lindner ) and teh freaking head of the EU ( U. von der Leyen ) .. he talks about them as rather small figures . which they were..back then .. but times changed.

[@Kivas_Fajo]

To explain the nouns Zorn and Wut as the adjectives to them zornig and wütend to an English native is kind of hard, because you intermix both. Let me explain. Anger=Wut and Zorn in your common daily life talks. In literacy it is separated into: Wut = fury and Zorn = wrath. What you what formulate "I am angry!" means "Ich bin wütend!" or "Ich bin zornig!" at the same time depending on the context. Wut is uncontrolled and often suddenly. Zorn is gradually growing until it boils over. It is basically the same and the opposite at the same time. You get angry in the end, but the way to it is different. One is quick, the other builds up. Got it now?

[@newrandomguy4218]

Georg Schramm was the best (together with Volker Pispers) - it's a pity that both have retired.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Warum überseht ihr Kerls eigentlich ständig den Dieter Hildebrandt? So ein kurzes Gedächtnis...?

[@newrandomguy4218]

@@melchiorvonsternberg844 Sorry mann, ich bin 41; den Krieg hab ich nicht mehr miterlebt. ;-)

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

@@newrandomguy4218 Glaubst du etwa ich, wäre dabei gewesen? Ich bin Generation X und du bist ein Millenial...

[@newrandomguy4218]

@@melchiorvonsternberg844 Worauf ich hinaus wollte ist, dass Hildebrandt mit Kabarett 1955 angefangen hat und sich daraus ergibt, dass die meisten seiner Fans aus1-2 Generationen vor mir kommen. 🙂 (Auch wegen der Frage mit dem "Gedächtnis" - ich kann mich eben nur erinnern an das, was ich auch gesehen habe.)

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

@@newrandomguy4218 Er hat aber praktisch gearbeitet, bis kurz vor seinem Tod, der erst lächerliche 11 Jahre her ist. Und du...? Bist du erst 15, oder was...?

[@jornschneider2723]

....not only western world.......

[@woodwind314]

Mert, we don't have them any more. Sure, people like Dieter Nuhr are good, but Pispers and Schramm remain unsurpassed. Each unique in his own way. Schramm is the most intellectual one, his words cutting like a katana. Too bad he's retired now....

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

And we lost Dieter Hildebrandt in 2013. It was the same big loss, like Loriot 2 years earlier...

[@gehtdichnixan3200]

well german has two words wut and zorn zorn usually has a target wut is just a state of mind schramm was right with his description but most people just use them the same way

[@7thSmurf]

FINALLY MERT found a really dark and sharp satirist. BUT .. he ended his career sadly 25 years ago .. I and MANY MANY others would really LOVE to hear his opinion on the actual current state of the world .. but hes not comming back . he shall enjoy his retirement .

[@RicWalker]

A little clarification for everyone not german. Germans liked to find the right word for everything. thats why we have many words that, metaphorically speaking, perfectly name one shade of a greater thing that have in other languages no word for that shade of the same color. another great example would be the words "bereuen" und "bedauern". Both are translated with the same word: "regret". "bereuen" is practically deep regret. when you are really feel sorry and want to repent for what you did. "bedauern" is way softer. It is the feeling when you are sorry about something you have done or that happened to someone else because of something you did in the past, but ultimately can live with the outcome and would do the same again if you were in the same situation. German is full of such distinction words. I mean some of those are used in english day to day life, like "schadenfreude" (that one makes me smile every time i read it in a book or see it used in a fanfiction). Same as "Zorn" and "Wut". "Wut" is when you are angry in the moment. its when something triggers you in the moment. But "Zorn"? Thats the anger you feel about some general concept that makes you angry all the time, no matter the specific reason. like in the instance of this video, if you are angry about the constant failings of the politicians. you know that they could do a great job if they would actually work on fixing a problem and not what bare minimum do we have to agree with so that it helps us win the next election by promising we fix it completely if we win. it makes you angry at them just thinking about it and it does not need a trigger.

[@Kain2211]

Georg Schramm was the sharpest knife in german Satire and he is hardly missed. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJrXlamAarpmf5Y This is one of my favorite speeches. unfortunality not translated.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Well... There was a guy, called Dieter Hildebrandt. He was the epee of political cabaret...

[@hanshansen8137]

Georg Schramm is even better than Volker Pispers. But both have retired.

[@JacobSprenger]

Zorn = wrath, not anger.

[@Braisin-Raisin]

My absolute favorite satirist is Mathias Richling. Check him out! Georg Schramm is amazing. I think he may have retired.

[@ulrichhaepp2657]

He`s a bit a difficult figure, as he always mimics those post war injured military persons, with his fake hand prothesis , still continuing their habits in the 90s and 2000s. But these figures were around in the 60s and 70s but not 70-80 years after the war.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

I'm afraid you haven't quite understood. With this figure he represents the highly educated German middle class before the Nazis plunged Germany and then Europe into the abyss. Hence the thing with the prosthesis...

[@timqbic2238]

I do not believe he stated his emotions or feelings, while they showed. I believe he worked out at least one way to view greed and why it is so destructive. Thus rightfully calling it evil. He tried to shame the people for beeing stuck in the shortsighted anger for not caring enough to cultivate wrath towards destructive behaviour while showing diffenrent ways to find a better way to stand in for themselfs and arming them with sources to find their own path to a more healthy and fruitful relation with some of our feelings. There was more packed into these few minute. But this is already a lot of letters for a comment.

[@gehtdichnixan3200]

and thats schramms thing he has multiple personae and he uses them by changing his jackets

[@Kivas_Fajo]

Dude, the German Z is pronounced like the English ts sound as in bits. It's not Zzzzzooorrn, it's Tsssorrnnn.

[@HellBrYnger]

do URBAN PRIOL pretty please :)

[@WASMITAUGEN]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/omLQpqiCdsR4ncU

[@TheAgamemnon911]

The german context is irrelevant. The root problem he is talking about is omnipresent in many societies. And his conclusion is timeless. Here a (if just a little) reflection and a smidge of analysis would have made for much better content. There comes a time when just pointing out problems (and mindless clapping) is no longer enough.

[@zubinsethna7358]

Dear Mert, I've English subtitled for you one of Georg Schramm's works, some weeks ago, for you to watch, if you like (follow the link below):

[@zubinsethna7358]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4DVaZibZsRkbJo

[@zubinsethna7358]

Somehow the link gets filtered out here, so here is the title to find it on youtube: Georg Schramm - language of politicians (subtitled)

[@julioverne579]

I would very much appreciate it if you would not say "politics" as in "Die Politiker" "Die da oben". Please don't generalize. Schramm Pispers, Rether and alike specially destroy neoliberal, bourgeoise, capitalist and far-right politics. Some of them even openly say vote greens or leftists over social democrats, christian conservatives, neolibs or alt-right.

[@frenchmontana4348]

British people are much more funny than us germans why do you react to german comedy?! You guys are funnier and we are better in almost everything else.