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Ulrich Tukur Denounces Digitalization, Warns Social-Media Metrics Are Warping Casting

Speaking to dpa in Hamburg during promotion for a new film, the 68-year-old cast the metric-driven culture as a burden on younger actors.

Overview

  • Tukur called digitalization “the most undignified” development he can imagine and described a sweeping societal shift he rejects.
  • He argued that celebrating digitality paves the way for the “abolition of the human,” saying, “We will soon consist only of zeros and ones.”
  • He criticized productions that consider follower counts in casting, calling the practice “horror” and “the destruction of art.”
  • He said he feels fortunate not to depend on these structures anymore but described the outlook for younger colleagues as “bitter.”
  • His remarks were carried by dpa and widely picked up on November 17, as he appears in cinemas with Anke Engelke in Dann passiert das Leben.