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The article says: "they parodied the stiff, precision-obsessed German stereotype to perfection". I never had the sense of Kraftwerk as parody, or even as ironi
by blast 3y ago
The article says: "they parodied the stiff, precision-obsessed German stereotype to perfection".
I never had the sense of Kraftwerk as parody, or even as ironic. In fact the opposite. Did I miss something?
- ddingus 3y agoEver listen to "Boing Boom Chuck?" It is respectable parody, also ironic in that it is also trope, not trope. Self referential too. Great tune!
- dezsiszabi 3y agoIt's called Boing Boom Tschak (not Chuck) and I never heard anyone refer to it as a parody.
- _a_a_a_ 3y agoOff-topic plug for another german institute that parodies, Henning Wehn, the the German Comedy Ambassador. If you are in the UK see him if you can but beware he can really rip into Brits (it can be brutal but it's never mean. He doesn't spare Germans either). From wikipedia . Of his decision to stay in the UK, Wehn later wrote:[5] I initially planned to stay in the UK for only 12 months to improve my English, but the good weather, the tasty food and the classy women made me stay. In order to blend in with the locals, I decided to get extremely lazy, spend money I don't have and, most importantly, to unjustifiably bang on about my great sense of humour . He is a very, very good night out. (Edit: his 2011 tour was entitled My Struggle)
- robotresearcher 3y agoYes, absolutely. They were very knowingly taking the stereotype to the extreme. They didn’t wink at you while doing it because that would have been totally opposed to the angle.