Overview

• Tobias Moretti criticized a homogenized TV jargon he labels 'Reality-TV-Deutsch,' calling the trend a horror in an interview published by Stern.
• He said dialect holds particular importance to him as a Tyrolean and that working with formal language heightens sensitivity to dialectal nuance.
• The remarks were circulated widely after dpa syndicated the interview, prompting rapid pickup by outlets including Tagesspiegel and tz.de.
• Moretti is scheduled to appear on ARD’s improvisation series Die Hochzeit on September 5 as a Tyrolean hotelier, where he will speak in dialect.
• The 66-year-old is widely known for Kommissar Rex and has a background in music studies in Vienna, a farming diploma, and life on a Tyrolean farm.