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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.36,0:00:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What generalizations does the rest
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.04,0:00:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the world make about Germany?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.80,0:00:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've picked out five German stereotypes,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.40,0:00:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how much truth is in them,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.64,0:00:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and where did they come from.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.88,0:00:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But first of all,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.84,0:00:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which ones annoy Germans the most?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.48,0:00:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.84,0:00:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.28,0:00:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.28,0:00:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.32,0:00:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.40,0:00:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Romanticized images of Germany often
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.20,0:00:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,include a woman dressed like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.24,0:00:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a dirndl, and the male equivalent
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.64,0:00:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is lederhosen, literally, leather trousers.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.48,0:00:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These types of folk clothing are very
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.52,0:00:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,specifically linked to the southern
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.88,0:00:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,state of Bavaria and neighboring Austria.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.20,0:00:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might come across people wearing them
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.68,0:00:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,day-to-day in Bavaria,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.88,0:00:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's most common on special occasions
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.80,0:00:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and during festivals like Oktoberfest.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.80,0:00:59.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The dirndl is just one example
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.72,0:01:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of folk costume in Germany.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.96,0:01:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most traditional dress, known as Tracht,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.40,0:01:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started out as work clothes for peasants.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.00,0:01:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Various aspects of traditional idealized
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.36,0:01:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,German culture, including Tracht,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.24,0:01:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were later used in Nazi propaganda.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.12,0:01:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The dirndl even got a bit of a makeover
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.12,0:01:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under the Nazi regime, a lower neckline,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.52,0:01:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a slightly shorter skirt,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.80,0:01:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a tighter waist.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.64,0:01:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The designs seen today vary
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.40,0:01:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from very traditional to very modern.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.92,0:01:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And apparently,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.68,0:01:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the position of the apron's bow
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.52,0:01:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can indicate relationship status.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.36,0:01:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, tied on the right means
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.20,0:01:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,married or engaged,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.52,0:01:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the left means single.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.20,0:01:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The stereotypical image of a German also
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.64,0:01:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tends to include a beer in the hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.08,0:01:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,usually in one of these enormous glasses.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.56,0:01:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, the mass is another element
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.32,0:01:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Bavarian culture that has somehow come
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.24,0:01:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to dominate the image of Germans abroad.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.88,0:01:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Germany actually has an impressive range
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.08,0:01:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of glassware, sometimes with a specific
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.12,0:01:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,glass to go with a specific type of beer,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.56,0:01:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like this kölsch glass from Cologne.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.16,0:02:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, not all Germans like beer,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.40,0:02:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is an important part of the culture
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.32,0:02:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,overall, with different beers also
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.28,0:02:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,connected to regional identities.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.00,0:02:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Traditional brews which follow the rules
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.72,0:02:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Beer Purity Law still dominate,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.96,0:02:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the country has seen
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.96,0:02:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a boom in craft varieties too.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.48,0:02:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the popularity of non-alcoholic beer
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.00,0:02:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shows that the Germans' taste for beer
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.84,0:02:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is more than just a thirst for alcohol.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.36,0:02:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cheers to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.80,0:02:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[FOREIGN LANGUAGE] so goes the German saying
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.80,0:02:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means that punctuality in Germany
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.60,0:02:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means arriving five minutes early.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.36,0:02:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, whoever decided this
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.64,0:02:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forgot to tell the trains.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.08,0:02:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's practically a national sport
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.72,0:02:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here to moan about train delays.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.60,0:02:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after four years of commuting,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.00,0:02:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm well and truly on board, so to speak.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.48,0:02:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But a lot of German people do pride
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.40,0:02:43.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,themselves on being on time,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.96,0:02:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and punctuality is a characteristic you
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.80,0:02:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see again and again
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.72,0:02:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attributed to the Germans.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.32,0:02:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, where did this punctual
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.36,0:02:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reputation come from?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.68,0:02:51.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's talk to a time expert.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.92,0:02:52.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.28,0:02:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.36,0:03:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.00,0:03:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That brings us on to the next stereotype,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.68,0:03:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,German efficiency, which gets
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.20,0:03:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a big thumbs down from me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.96,0:03:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A dictionary definition of efficient is
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.16,0:03:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working or operating quickly
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.00,0:03:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and effectively in an organized way.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.56,0:03:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, so the Germans might have
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.96,0:03:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the organization part down,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.52,0:03:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but speed and effectiveness, not so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.00,0:03:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you know it took 632 years to finish
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.36,0:03:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,building the Cologne Cathedral?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.72,0:03:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A more modern case study that brought
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.48,0:03:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,global visions of German efficiency
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.52,0:03:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,crashing down was the new BER Airport
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.36,0:03:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Berlin, a project plagued
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.28,0:03:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with problems from the get-go.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.72,0:03:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It finally opened in 2020,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.00,0:03:59.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,billions of euros over budget and 10 years
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.60,0:04:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behind schedule,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.68,0:04:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just in time for the coronavirus to hit,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.60,0:04:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bringing most air traffic to a standstill.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.08,0:04:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Interestingly,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.76,0:04:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it often seems that the Germans' love
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.88,0:04:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of precision and planning
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.40,0:04:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually gets in their way.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.80,0:04:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If Germany ever wants to live up to its
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.68,0:04:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,efficient reputation, it's gonna
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.64,0:04:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have to break up with bureaucracy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.28,0:04:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was it Mark Twain apparently said?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.32,0:04:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A German joke is no laughing matter."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.44,0:04:25.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bit harsh, Mark.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.68,0:04:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Personally, I know plenty of funny
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.56,0:04:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Germans, and I think most people
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.04,0:04:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,appreciate good comedy, right? [APPLAUSE]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.44,0:04:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, what is sometimes missing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.32,0:04:38.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the comedic toolbox here is
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.28,0:04:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ability to take things a little less
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.64,0:04:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seriously and have a good
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.12,0:04:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,old laugh at yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.28,0:04:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But don't take my word for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.32,0:04:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's talk to someone who knows a lot
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.32,0:04:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the German relationship with humor.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.56,0:04:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gayle Tufts is a comedian
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.92,0:04:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the United States who's been
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.36,0:04:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Germany for more than 30 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.36,0:04:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This country is the size of Texas,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.72,0:04:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is incredibly regional,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.84,0:05:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not just with accents,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.44,0:05:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also with what they eat,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.80,0:05:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they drink, and when they laugh.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.28,0:05:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The people who live,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.96,0:05:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come from the Rhineland,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.08,0:05:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're, they're ready to laugh.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.12,0:05:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're ready to have a good time.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.24,0:05:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're the party people of this country.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.08,0:05:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the Berliners have seen
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.52,0:05:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything because it is
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.80,0:05:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the cultural capital of this country.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.56,0:05:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, they'll all sit back and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.12,0:05:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, tell me about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.80,0:05:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hmm?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.12,0:05:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the North Germans
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.44,0:05:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are incredibly dry, but really smart.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.84,0:05:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the South,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.04,0:05:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a warmheartedness.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.64,0:05:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Stuttgart,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.00,0:05:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example, talk about food.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.80,0:05:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can do a 20-minute
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.92,0:05:33.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,monolog about bread.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.76,0:05:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They will be rolling
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.76,0:05:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the aisles in Stuttgart.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.08,0:05:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, where does the no sense
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.20,0:05:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of humor reputation come from?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.44,0:05:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to kind of go back
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.88,0:05:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Second World War.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.36,0:05:42.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In those glorious
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.80,0:05:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the golden '20s where there was so much
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.32,0:05:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,entertainment and so much theater,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.16,0:05:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of the Germans that were
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.20,0:05:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,involved in that were Jewish.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.80,0:05:52.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they were either exterminated
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.56,0:05:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and murdered, or they fled to the States.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.44,0:05:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after the war, of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.44,0:05:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things weren't that funny because
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.88,0:05:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where does comedy come from?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.84,0:06:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It comes from my experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.12,0:06:02.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my storytelling.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.68,0:06:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think there was an entire generation
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.44,0:06:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it was very difficult
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.04,0:06:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find the humor in anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.12,0:06:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although once the '50s, '60s started,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.12,0:06:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there were some great,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.68,0:06:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,great German comedians.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.40,0:06:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Loriot, for example.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.04,0:06:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the '90s and the 2000s,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.08,0:06:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of a sudden,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.64,0:06:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comedy clubs started popping up,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.00,0:06:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mic shows where there would be
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.32,0:06:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,four different comedians a night.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.92,0:06:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now you've got a,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.72,0:06:29.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a comedian for every taste.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.80,0:06:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Germans do have a sense of humor,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.48,0:06:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thankfully, it's thriving because in
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.20,0:06:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these times, we all need a sense of humor. [APPLAUSE]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.40,0:06:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd love to know how many of these things
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.08,0:06:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are part of your image of Germany
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.80,0:06:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and which stereotypes from your
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.40,0:06:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,country get on your nerves the most.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.32,0:06:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Leave us a comment.