Reaction To German Satire DESTROYS German Politics (Georg Schramm) 

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Georg Schramm was one of my favourite german satire artists!

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

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 .

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!

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!

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

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

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

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 :(

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

I´m a big fan of Schramm 😍

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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"

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

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.

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!

Thank you 😊

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

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

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.

Finally! Schramm is the master!

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.

Schramm is a legend too.

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

Greetings from Germany ❤

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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!

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

Georg Schramm is the best!

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

this time I agree , he’s a genius ❤️

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.

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).

Oha, Offizier anwesend heute :D

Here he plays a "war invalid".

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

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.

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.

I mean, Georg Schramm ist the best.

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 .

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

Schramm for Bundespräsident

Der beste von allen

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.

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).

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.

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.

he is the best for me

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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 .

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

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?

Georg Schramm was the sharpest knife in german Satire and he is hardly missed. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jitdvJ5U3I4.html This is one of my favorite speeches. unfortunality not translated.

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....

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

Zorn = wrath, not anger.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

do URBAN PRIOL pretty please :)

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):

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.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-l1muuLA_Egc.html

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.

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.

I dont like it

I don`t like his comedy.