Woelki as the Devil's own Cardinal
Cologne Stunksitzung provokes - Woelki as the Devil's own Cardinal
Cologne - The Cologne Stunksitzung finds its audience - 50,000 celebrate in the E-Werk, hundreds of thousands watch on television. The alternative carnival remains provocative and cheeky and shows everything up to the bare bottom. We were there at the recording and give a preview.
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If everything were as easy as it is in the Cologne Stunksitzung, Scholz and his Federal Cabinet would really be on their toes. Because the Stunks, who have always been great, great, alternative, active and by no means correct, make the government dance to the tune of Cologne's successful coach Baumgart. The Chancellor becomes a no-show, Lindner drives onto the pitch in a Porsche, Özdemir smokes weed. The Stunksitzung has lost none of its bite even after two years of the Corona break. On the contrary: from gender to cannabis, from the Ukraine war to the chaos in Cologne, everything that disturbs the political scene's peace of mind is discussed in a spirited way.
And despite all the harshness (President Steinmeier becomes Schleimmeier- Grinder) and provocation (the waiting break at the German slow train ends with a naked butt at the train window), the Stunksitzung emphasises its romantic side: there is a ballet to ringing and computer sounds, Father Rhine and Loreley show themselves in a captivating production (great costumes, all crocheted by themselves).
The Stunksitzung offers reverie and ballyhoo in equal measure. Köbes Underground makes sure of that. The band leader plays mouth guitar, sings about the cargo bike, and later, as the prince in the Stunker triumvirate, confesses what hardly any of the men in the audience want to sing along with: "I'm no good in bed." None of this is at all platitudinous, but it is always subtle. What effect will the release of cannabis have on the carnival? The Mariechen are now called Mariehuana. How the war of the gender stars is being fought? By Lucie Skywalker with the reader's sword.
And Düsseldorf also makes an appearance in Cologne - as a good example of better traffic planning. See the Rhine bank tunnel. Cologne can't do it like that. And the greenest court is also in session. Despite waste separation, the green voter ends up in eco-hell. Not enough has been done for the climate. And finally, women conquer the male domain of the brewery - as Köbesinen. A job for the intrepid.
Rainer Maria Woelki has already spoken out in the run-up to the meeting. By his own admission, the Archbishop of Cologne takes it with humour to be mocked as the devil's cardinal. However, he sees himself differently. In the sketch, the devil already has his eye on a successor for Woelki, should he become Pope: Tebartz-van Elst ("he'll do anything for a golden bathtub"). On the occasion of the (belated) farewell to the chancellor, it is announced: "Who does Mutti (Angela Merkel find even more stupid than Schröder? - Markus Söder".
Sooner or later, the question of succession also arises among the stinkers. The meeting has been going on since 1984. Some of the ensemble have been there for decades and are already retired. Bruno Schmitz from Kleve, provocative mastermind and expressive agitator, is now saying goodbye at the age of over 70, but his Scholz whistle is right on the money: "When I say the zero must stand, I don't mean you.
Will the last generation of stunners be on stage? That remains to be seen. So far, the ensemble has always succeeded in attracting new talent. But now the challenge is especially great to secure the brilliance. After all, a good 50,000 are expected to come to the sessions at the E-Werk again next year, cheer, stand on the benches and rejoice: all "because of the customs".
In fact a remake from 2022, filmed in a studio with a smaller audience.
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