Matthias Deutschmann - Propaganda à la carte

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Bye, bye Cabaret?
„Propaganda á la carte“ – The world is a madhouse, and fittingly, I premiered at the Tollhaus in Karlsruhe in autumn 2025 - a genuine premiere without 25 previews, but with stage fright. Well, the fever has passed. We are now dealing with the madness of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin a bit more routinely. But a queasy feeling is spreading. The Rhineland Life Insurance "Et kütt, wie et kütt und hätt noch immer jot jejange" has canceled our policy. Fear is in the air. In the old Federal Republic of Germany, it was said: Bonn is not Weimar, but does that also apply to the dilapidated Berlin? Are we heading towards '33?
The political climate is radicalizing. The ZDF television cabaret wants to step out of the comfort zone of entertainment and proactively raise the alarm. Are we really at the point where a celebrated, red-green master pianist has to choose between Sarabande and barricade? Personally, I have decided to found an association: "Kommt Zeit, kommt Rat kommt Attentat e. V." We are a non-profit organization, have our own ethics commission, an AI-supported alarm system with leader early detection software, and can issue donation receipts. And so I can cheerfully call out:
Bye, bye Cabaret! Now it begins! Take care of yourselves!
Matthias Deutschmann