Kultur Kapital 10 - Ryen Krusinga

Ich habe die drei Artikel gelesen und "Dinner for One", das sehr lustig war, gesehen. (Ist es OK, dass ich "das" benutzt habe?) "Dinner for One" was funny, but it is overhyped. I prefer any number of Monty Python skits, like "How Not to be Seen" (which is admittedly not New-Year's related, but still great). The interesting thing to me is that the skit is auf English, rather than Deutsch. This suggests to me that most Germans speak at least a bit of English, though you don't really need to speak the language to understand the skit. We may be puzzled at Germany's fascination with an otherwise obscure little black-and-white film reel, but we, too, have our holiday memes. "It's a wonderful life" played on TV at Christmas, for example. Of course, we aren't nearly as obsessed with it as the Germans are about "Dinner for One". There must be something that we do which is more closely comparable, although I'm turning up a blank.

The thing with the store hours would be extremely annoying for me. I, too, enjoy shopping for groceries at midnight. If we can tolerate the noise, why can't the Germans? It seems almost like an overextension of government: regulating something that the store owners should decide. Although the article didn't mention it, I imagine that Deutschen Kneipen stay open nearly 24/7. Which brings me to their drunken father's day - it seems like less of a father's day, and more of a party day for obnoxious men. Sounds like fun. Why can't we do that over here? (Seriously, though, it sounds too irresponsible and chaotic.)