Overview
- Wie zerrissen ist Deutschland? airs Monday at 20:15 on Das Erste and is already streaming in the ARD Mediathek.
- The documentary returns to Mannheim’s AWO seniors dance group, showing a new performance in sombreros to Les Humphries Singers’ Mexico that draws enthusiastic applause.
- Group member Erika Schmaltz says she never understood the charge of cultural appropriation and asks why “old grannies” should be barred from wearing a sombrero.
- Former BUGA culture head Fabian Burstein defends his 2023 compromise to drop certain clichéd costumes in favor of a larger stage, citing the need to avoid needless offense and the event’s international symbolism.
- Wellmer broadens the discussion with interviews including Constantin Schreiber, who describes threats of a new intensity, alongside voices such as Riccardo Simonetti and culture minister Wolfram Weimer.