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Curiously, Böhmermann is from Bremen, so I know people who went to school with him, or at least were aware of his earlier history. I find him preposterously entertaining, and insightful... though I only watch selected videos, and none recently.

I thought (because mein Deutsch in not perfect?) that Böhmermanns team actually did create the fake finger, in the original song.

A sad commentary that Merkel chose to side with the Turkish Dictator-n-Waiting.

Böhmermann sure knows how to press German buttons. In the Varoufakis song, where he pokes a finger in the eye of German culture, he claims a predilection for incest, though only in Saarland. When i first saw the original, I split my sides. It was so well done.

Ich Hab Polizei is equally brilliant.

I thought it was goats (Ziegen) in the Erdo poem.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Sun May 29th, 2016 at 12:47:08 PM EST
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Thinking it was goats, my joke was to be incensed that Böhmermann had insulted such a noble species.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Sun May 29th, 2016 at 12:50:22 PM EST
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sheep->goats corrected...

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Sun May 29th, 2016 at 03:32:24 PM EST
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Another great one that probably doesn't translate well is this parody on a Til Schweiger film:

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Sun May 29th, 2016 at 04:14:23 PM EST
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His demeanor is a bit too juvenile and eager for me. It's not at a Harald Schmidt level of slickness yet (but that guy is a total cynic who gives zero fucks). It's a difficult balance to strike in that part of the business. Do you still care when you make fun of everybody and everything?

His meta trolling is appreciated, though a little exhausting when it goes circular.

The police track ("Isch hab Polizei") caused a stir in the German hip hop world because the bourgeois son of a police officer was seen as making fun of the 'heartfealt' hip hop about the experience of the social margins. Quite the analogy to the US. Hip hop is still mostly a black business there. And a sizeable part of it is Turkish/Arab here.

_{Schengen is toast!}

by epochepoque on Sun May 29th, 2016 at 04:21:33 PM EST
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I find hip-hop artist Fler even claimed that Ich hab Polizei was Böhmermann's reaction to his verbal threats of violence, which in turn were inspired by Böhmermann's unwillingness to invite him into his show to react to earlier spoofs of his art. Overall, it's a weird impression when a rapper whines like a pussy and then issues macho threats :-) Another rapper saw it similarly.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Mon May 30th, 2016 at 04:20:05 AM EST
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