Good Bye Lenin ! By Wolfgang Becker: German Comedy
German Comedy Essay
Comedy is the breathing ground for satire, a style of putting a funny spin on political matters and Germany's history is rife with significant events in politics so much so that it has impacted the history of the world. You can't mention the 30's or 40's without mentioning Germany's political standing of the time, they acted out of desperation and poverty under the leadership of a man with questionable motives and morals and committed some atrocious acts on the people of the world. Hitler was your classic super villain bent on world domination and years later would be perfect ammunition for satirists and comedy writers alike. Germany didn't just have the 40's to fall back on when they needed inspiration they also had the 80's because up until the late year of 1989 when the whole western world had started to become the ultra capitalist, technology hungry people we are today there was still a slice of old school thinking in East Berlin which in effect was the largest open air prison of it's day. With so many political points of reference its easy to see how the Germans have worked satire to a fine art. I will be using three films to highlight and compare the comedic satire found in German film.
Good Bye Lenin! (2003) By Wolfgang Becker. …show more content…
Aside from reuniting two vastly different political systems, this remarkable incident marked a turning point for the capitalist uprising occurring within many of the other socialist states. Filmmakers worldwide have since explored the causes and effects of the German Reunification, and even today, they continue to bring new insight and a fresh perspective to an event that occurred nearly twenty three years ago. Wolfgang Becker's Good Bye, Lenin! is among the best of them and the most modern of the three films set after the wall
Comedy is the breathing ground for satire, a style of putting a funny spin on political matters and Germany's history is rife with significant events in politics so much so that it has impacted the history of the world. You can't mention the 30's or 40's without mentioning Germany's political standing of the time, they acted out of desperation and poverty under the leadership of a man with questionable motives and morals and committed some atrocious acts on the people of the world. Hitler was your classic super villain bent on world domination and years later would be perfect ammunition for satirists and comedy writers alike. Germany didn't just have the 40's to fall back on when they needed inspiration they also had the 80's because up until the late year of 1989 when the whole western world had started to become the ultra capitalist, technology hungry people we are today there was still a slice of old school thinking in East Berlin which in effect was the largest open air prison of it's day. With so many political points of reference its easy to see how the Germans have worked satire to a fine art. I will be using three films to highlight and compare the comedic satire found in German film.
Good Bye Lenin! (2003) By Wolfgang Becker. …show more content…
Aside from reuniting two vastly different political systems, this remarkable incident marked a turning point for the capitalist uprising occurring within many of the other socialist states. Filmmakers worldwide have since explored the causes and effects of the German Reunification, and even today, they continue to bring new insight and a fresh perspective to an event that occurred nearly twenty three years ago. Wolfgang Becker's Good Bye, Lenin! is among the best of them and the most modern of the three films set after the wall