#allesdichtmachen: More than 50 prominent actors from Germany are protesting on Instagram and Youtube against the federal government's corona policy.
The debate is getting heated.
News ticker.
The campaign #allesdichtmachen causes a huge stir: Well-known actors such as Jan Josef Liefers, Volker Bruch and Ulrich Tukur criticize the corona policy of the federal government * with this campaign on social media
(see first report).
As a consequence, an SPD man calls for the end of Liefers and Tukur in the ARD crime scene (
see update from April 23, 2:30 p.m.
).
CDU boss Armin Laschet * also speaks on the radio
(see update from April 24th, 2 p.m.).
This news ticker is updated regularly.
Update from April 24th, 2.30 p.m.:
The #allesdichtmachen campaign continues to be controversial.
Some of the 50 participating actors express themselves again or have their videos deleted.
A new message on the campaign's homepage is intended to contextualize it and thus counteract further criticism.
Now a scientist has also commented on the campaign: the data and political scientist Josef Holnburger classifies the campaign as problematic with regard to the formation of public opinion. The reason: The actors would use the same "malicious narratives" that are part of conspiracy theories. He gave concrete examples to the German Press Agency: “For example, media that are supposedly synchronized or a ban on criticism of the government. So I'm not surprised that the applause from this scene is particularly loud. "
Update from April 24th, 2 p.m.:
In the Radio Bremen talk show
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, Union
Chancellor
candidate Armin Laschet also
commented
on the video clip campaign #allesdichtmachen.
Laschet had already been invited to the show a few days earlier because of his nomination as candidate for chancellor.
Since the actor Jan Josef Liefers was also present on the show as the best-known face of the #allesdichtmachen campaign, Armin Laschet commented on the actors' protest.
Armin Laschet on the #allesdichtmachen campaign: Opinions must be allowed to be expressed
Laschet said in advance that he wanted to weigh up his words clearly because it was an emotional topic. "Firstly, I believe that it is legitimate to mention the other victims of the pandemic," he emphasized, referring to children, people with suicidal intentions and single residents of nursing homes. It is therefore important to him to weigh up Covid-19 damage and damage caused by the lockdown. In the current situation, the tough measures are necessary.
Thereupon NRW Prime Minister Laschet defended the protest action #allesdichtmachen without showing solidarity with it.
Above all, it drew attention to freedom of speech: “You can say that in a free country.” He went on: “You don't have to share it, you can say it's tasteless - I don't say that - but you can say. “The demand of the SPD politician and WDR broadcasting council Garrelt Duin to end the cooperation with actors like Liefers and Ulrich Tukur, he considers excessive.
Clear words from CDU boss Laschet: Action is not "right"
Primarily, however, Laschet criticized the stamping of the action as “right”. He found clear words: “Of these 50, none is AfD, none is right-wing. They have a different opinion than the majority ”. In his opinion, the minority opinion - of artists and intellectuals - is particularly important in crisis situations. Laschet made it clear that he did not share the opinion of those involved in the protest, but that it had to be possible to express them. Previously, the actor Liefers, who was involved in the video clip campaign #allesdichtmachen, declared and defended himself on the radio broadcast.
Update from April 24th, 7:34 a.m.:
After the video clip action #allesdichtmachen, actor Jan Josef Liefers thought about the chosen means. "I also find the point interesting that maybe irony is really an unsuitable means," he said on Friday evening on the Radio Bremen talk show
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. However, he currently sees a gap: "There is not only grief and suffering on the part of the sick, but also on the part of those who are now really beginning to suffer from these measures, which I do not see really represented."
"If you then say something, it just happens through such framing-like situations that you are immediately pushed quite radically into corners that you don't even belong in," said the 56-year-old actor.
There are people who are currently being lost because there is no vote for them.
In the Corona crisis, it is not clear to him how decisions are made.
“I am lacking transparency at the moment.
After so many basically half, quarter, full, three-quarter lockdowns, how does a federal government come up with the idea of doing it again and again? "
# Make all the sealing: Folkerts admits mistakes - Richy Müller distances himself from action
Videos of around 50 other actors and actresses were released with his. Several distanced themselves from their contributions on Friday - including Ulrike Folkerts. She described her participation in the action as a mistake. “The videos that were created were misunderstood, may be misunderstood.” The “Tatort” commissioner wrote on Instagram on Friday evening. “I made a mistake, I was naive enough to believe that I could start a profitable conversation with my colleagues. The opposite happened. "She is sorry to have" hurt people and offended them ".
Folkerts described the corona measures as "absolutely correct". She is far from “playing arguments into the hands of lateral thinkers and right-wing people,” she emphasized. "It is terrible that they accuse me of that." The action "went wrong and unforgivable".
Actor Richy Müller has now also distanced himself from the action. "I found out that my video hurt a lot of people whom I never wanted to offend or make fun of," the 65-year-old told the news channel ntv. He was naive. He was even indirectly affected himself: “My wife's daughter fell ill with corona at the beginning of the pandemic in her early twenties. And she had breathing problems for half a year. "
Criticism of Merkel's Corona lockdown: "Tatort" -Aus demanded for two TV stars - Now Jan Josef Liefers expresses himself again
Update from April 23, 10:45 p.m.:
Due to his popularity, Jan Josef Liefers is one of the faces of the #allesdichtmachen campaign.
In the
WDR
, the "Tatort" actor comments on the action and the fierce criticism.
“There are studies around the world by people who have also done and studied their homework, who, for example, come to completely different conclusions than we do after a lockdown.
I would like these government decisions to be more transparent and not just take place behind closed doors, in prime ministerial meetings and so on.
That is important to me ”, he shows his motivation.
Liefers does not allow himself to be dissuaded from his basic opinion on the Corona policy and the reporting on it: "I have not mocked anyone who does his job.
And you know, there are so many medical professionals in our circle of friends.
I have great respect and great respect for what is being done there.
This is a protest that is directed against our government and partly also the role that the media play in our country. "
When explicitly asked about his final sentence “You can despair, but do not doubt”, the father explains: “I think you could pay more attention to the desperate - yes, I mean that.” With that he played the ball back to politics and the media .
Update from April 23, 10:05 p.m.:
Lutz van der Horst also criticized the video campaign heavily - but the comedian also has very personal motives for demonizing the trivialization. Because he was infected with Corona, as the self-proclaimed "Punch from the show today" revealed in a video. In it, he sarcastically says, “Thanks to the courageous action #allesdichtmachen. The day before yesterday I tested positive for Corona and I have no idea where I got the ... virus. "
And he goes on to report on the extremely unpleasant consequences: “Thank you for encouraging people to be more careless so that they can enjoy the same benefits as me.
No contact for two weeks, headache, cough and hopefully soon a high fever.
And if I'm really lucky, I'll even end up in the intensive care unit and have to be artificially ventilated. "
Once in a rage, van der Horst asks with a wink: "Now show everyone courage: screw the virus, open everything.
Now.
My apartment too.
So come on over.
Then we'll have a nice red wine together. ”To top it all off, he coughs into the camera - but that was acted out.
Actor videos against corona politics: "4 blocks" star Ramadan asks colleagues about "fucking problem"
Update from April 23, 7:35 p.m.:
Kida Khodr Ramadan reacts with a video to the video campaign of numerous fellow actors. The series star from “4 Blocks” complains about “an art campaign that I was asked for - where I always had a bad feeling about it, because I was never properly enlightened by the inventors of this thing. That's why at some point I stopped reacting to it. I am very, very happy that I didn't make this video at the end. "
For him the question still arises: “What do you want to tell with it?” The following applies to the participating artists: “You are only working, and you are working really well.
Where is your fucking problem? ”Then Ramadan accuses them of not having made a statement after the Hanau attack or in other situations.
The Berliner, who was born in Lebanon, sends express praise to Nora Tschirner, Hans-Jochen Wagner, Christian Ulmen, Sandra Hüller and Elyas M'Barek for their critical reactions.
And that's why he asks the video friends: "Now they're getting a shit storm because you screw up?"
At the same time, Ramadan emphasizes that he does not want to tear down all bridges: “I still like you colleagues.
I don't have a wrong picture of you. ”He mentions Jan Josef Liefers and Volker Bruch by name.
However, he also demands that you really deal with your own work: "Think carefully about what the video you made there is about."
Because, despite all the criticism of the Corona policy, one thing cannot be ignored.
"People die of this fucking disease," Ramadan railed, who concluded: "That's why this is not an art event."
Update from April 23, 7:05 p.m.:
According to
image
information, the idea for the critical videos of the actors had been around since November. This was explained by Bernd Wunder, who is considered the brain behind the campaign. The Munich-based screenwriter and producer himself emphasized that it was a joint action that was created without a budget. "I have now become a point of contact because I can be found in the imprint of the 'allesdichtmachen' page," emphasizes the 46-year-old according to the newspaper.
He further states: “It is up to everyone how he or she deals with it.” However, Wunder wanted to make it clear that “of course the ultimate intention for this art event was to be celebrated by the right side.
The aim was to stimulate discourse.
And it was created on a scale that we ourselves would not have expected with the force that we can now feel. "
Actor videos against corona politics: "Tatort" star Meret Becker defends himself
Update from April 23, 6.30 p.m.:
Heike Makatsch was the first actress who, despite participating in the video campaign against the corona policy, distanced herself. In the meantime, Trystan Pütter and Meret Becker have also followed their colleague - their clips have disappeared from the YouTube page. Art must be able to ask questions, said "Tatort" star Becker on Instagram. "But this action backfired." At the same time, she announced that she would have the video taken down. "And I apologize that this could be misunderstood."
She is getting vaccinated, said Becker, she wears a mask, keeps her distance and gets tested when she comes into contact with people.
The last thing she wanted was for the action to be instrumentalized by the right.
"I also don't want to be compared to aluminum hats or the like."
It was perhaps too cynical an art campaign, said Becker.
And then explains in more detail where she actually
wanted to raise
questions
.
She criticizes, for example, that a door for the economy was always kept open during the pandemic.
The theaters are closed, but the planes are full.
People have to go to work to keep the industry going.
"Perhaps we should have said more what is actually meant," said Becker.
You have also expressed that and doubted. The freedom of art or the questioning of things would have convinced them to participate. "Now it's on the nose," said Becker. Actor Ken Duken also wrote on Instagram that he distanced himself from right-wing ideas. He also didn't want to make fun of victims. “I advocate sensible measures and a vaccination strategy. This action went completely wrong. "
Update from April 23, 5:20 p.m.:
Despite the fierce criticism of the Corona policy, Angela Merkel and her cabinet deal with the video campaign by dozens of actors and actresses calmly. The deputy government spokeswoman Martina Fietz said: “The federal government has taken note of this action and our position is well known: We are working to ensure that Germany can overcome the pandemic quickly. Our decisions are based on that. ”That means: no distractions from the essentials.
Fietz went on to explain that, of course, freedom of expression also applies in this case.
She announced a meeting between the Chancellor and 14 artists and cultural workers for Tuesday.
This will continue the series “Interview with the Federal Chancellor”.
The participants were selected by cultural associations, such as the Federal Drama Association and the German Music Council.
Update from April 23, 2:30 p.m
.: The coronavirus pandemic in Germany * is and will remain a big mess.
After top actors have criticized the federal government's corona policy, they are conversely sharply criticized for their criticism.
#allesdichtmachen causes a lot of excitement in Germany - criticism of Corona lockdown criticism
According to the
picture
, the SPD politician and WDR broadcaster Garrelt Duin is now calling for clear consequences for the actors involved in the action #allesdichtmachen. In his opinion, the main actors from the crime series “Tatort”, Jan Josef Liefers (Tatort Münster) and Ulrich Tukur (Tatort Hessen), should no longer be hired by ARD for their roles.
“Jan Josef Liefers and Tukur earn a lot of money at ARD, they are their figureheads. Even during the pandemic, they were allowed to do their work, for example for the crime scene, under the best protection. With their undifferentiated criticism of 'the media' and democratically legitimized decisions by parliament and government, they encourage those who also want to put an end to the public broadcasters, ”Duin is
quoted
by the
picture
.
They would therefore have made themselves impossible as “their representatives.
The responsible bodies must end the cooperation as soon as possible - also out of solidarity with those who really suffer from Corona and its consequences, "explains Duin accordingly.
Especially Liefers is known among "Tatort" fans as forensic doctor Prof. Dr.
Dr.
Karl-Friedrich Boerne in the Münster format is very popular.
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Criticism of the Merkel government's corona policy: The actors Heike Makatsch (left) and Jan Josef Liefers (right).
But they are criticized for it by colleagues like Christian Ulmen (Mi.).
© Michael Kappeler / Future Image / Eventpress / Guido Kirchner / dpa / IMAGO
#allesdichtmachen: "Babylon Berlin" star accuses the federal government of being scared in a satirical article
Update from April 23rd, 11.30 am
: The actor Volker Bruch, known from the Sky and ARD production “Babylon Berlin” and the historic three-part series “Our mothers, our fathers”, wrote in his video for #allesdichtmachen on Instagram the focus was on the topic of "fear".
“I want to be more scared again.
Because without fear, I'm afraid.
That is why I appeal to our government: make us more afraid.
The people in the country need this fear now ”, says the 41-year-old Bruch and continues:“ Dear government, do not leave us alone in this situation.
It is so important now that we are all scared enough.
Stay healthy!
And hold on to your fear. "
# Make everything: Harsh criticism because of corona policy protest
The top German actors are now exposed to harsh personal attacks on social media for their corona policy protest.
Among other things, allegations of an alleged proximity to corona deniers and the right-wing scene are loud.
At this point it must be classified: Bruch is committed to refugees from Lesbos, for example, Heike Makatsch, who has since deleted her video because of the criticism, is socially committed to Africa.
And Jan Josef Liefers (Tatort) wrote in a clarification on Instagram that “there is no party in the current spectrum of the Bundestag” that “I am further from the AfD.
Because we're at it, that also applies to Reich citizens, conspiracy theorists, corona ignoramuses and aluminum hats.
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# Make everything tight: Jan Josef Liefers, Volker Bruch and Ulrich Tukur criticize Corona policy
Update from April 23,
11:10 a.m.: Among the actors who spoke out against the federal government's corona lockdown in the protest campaign #allesdichtmachen is the German Champions League from film and television.
Jan Josef Liefers (crime scene, honey in the head, the storm surge) criticizes the media for allegedly too uncritical reporting on the government policy of the coronavirus pandemic. In his satirical post on Instagram he misses “an unnecessary critical dispute about the approval of the sensible and always appropriate measures of our government”. This does not listen to "irresponsible, inhuman doctors and scientists who come to different conclusions than the advisory experts of our government". These experts, who are not heard (and are likely to question the effect of the lockdown), would “camouflage themselves” with professorships at renowned universities, says Liefers in a satirical way.
The people in Germany "should just agree to everything and do what we are told, this is the only way we can get through the pandemic".
Liefers wishes his viewers: "Despair, but don't doubt." At this point, it must be put into perspective that Liefers is clearly opposed to the lockdown.
But I don't want to play down Corona.
#allesdichtmachen: Protest of German top actors against corona policy of the federal government
Update from April 23, 9:50 a.m
.: The well-known actress Heike Makatsch (Tatort, Margarete Steiff, VIVA) has deleted her video for #allesdichtmachen on her social media channels.
Like many other colleagues, the 49-year-old Rhinelander criticized the federal government's corona policy with this action.
Now she was evidently compelled to justify it.
She recognizes “the danger posed by the corona pandemic * and never wants to lessen the suffering of the victims and their relatives and possibly injure them as a result.
If that happened, I beg your pardon, ”wrote the artist on Instagram.
# Make everything: Heike Makatsch distances herself from corona deniers
In her posting, Makatsch vehemently distanced herself from “right-wing ideas and right-wing ideologies”.
Through art and satire, she “chose the path to show the changes in our society and to create space for critical discourse”.
At the same time, however, she wrote of a "no longer recognizable world".
Despite her immediate reaction, the actress, who lives in Berlin, was sometimes heavily criticized in the comments on the post.
For example, one Instagram user wrote: “Tip: think ahead.
It wasn't that difficult to see that in advance.
Disgusting campaign, disgusting decision to take part ”.
Another user defended Makatsch on the other hand: “Just because you criticize the government's measures, you are not immediately on the right!
Great action. "
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Coronavirus lockdown in Germany: # Make everything - well-known actors criticize the federal government's corona policy
First report from April 23rd
: Munich / Berlin - You know them from the "Tatort" or the successful series "Babylon Berlin": Dozens of prominent actors and actresses criticized the federal government's * corona policy in a coordinated campaign.
Under the hashtag #allesdichtmachen, artists such as Ulrich Tukur, Volker Bruch, Meret Becker, Ulrike Folkerts, Richy Müller or Jan Josef Liefers distributed ironic-satirical clips with personal statements on Thursday on Instagram and on the YouTube video platform.
Corona lockdown in Germany: actors publish satire clips - some colleagues "are ashamed"
In addition to some praise for the campaign, there was also immediate criticism from fellow actors. Christian Ulmen, for example, only posted the sentence on Instagram: “Today a little ashamed of colleagues.” Elyas M'Barek wrote: “Cynicism doesn't help anyone.” Everyone wants to return to normal, and that will happen. Hans-Jochen Wagner called the action embarrassing. He doesn't understand, wrote the actor, who asked Liefers: “You can't be serious.” Nora Tschirner accused the makers of the clips of acting out of boredom and cynicism.
Satirist Jan Böhmermann countered the action on Twitter that the only video that you should watch "if you have problems with Corona * containment measures" is the ARD documentary from the Berlin Charité with the title "Station 43 - Die" .
He put the hashtag #allenichtganzdicht and a crying smiley.
“The actors from #allesdichtmachen can shove their irony deep into the ventilator,” tweeted presenter Tobias Schlegl, who is also an emergency paramedic.
# Make everything: Corona campaign also finds supporters online - Liefers distances himself from "lateral thinkers"
The action also met with approval on social media: there was applause, for example, from the former President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Hans-Georg Maassen, who called the action “great” on Twitter.
The Hamburg virologist Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit spoke of a “masterpiece” that “should make us very thoughtful”.
AfD member of the Bundestag Joana Cotar tweeted: “This is an intelligent protest.” She celebrates Jan Josef Liefers.
In turn, he expressed himself in a tweet: “A growing closeness to unconventional thinkers and the like, which was oracles there.
I clearly reject it, "wrote the 56-year-old on Twitter.
“There is no party in the current spectrum of the Bundestag that I am further from than the AfD.
Because we're at it, that also applies to Reich citizens, conspiracy theorists, corona ignoramuses and aluminum hats.
Point."
Actors with satirical action on the corona lockdown in Germany - the industry is suffering from measures
In the videos, the actors addressed various aspects of the fight against the pandemic: In his clip, Liefers thanks, for example, with an ironic undertone “to all the media in our country, who have been tirelessly responsible and with a clear attitude that the alarm is there for over a year stays where it belongs, namely right at the top. "
In his clip, Richy Müller breathes alternately in two bags and comments ironically: “If everyone were to use two-bag breathing, we would no longer have a lockdown.
So stay healthy and support the corona measures.
I'm going to take a breath now. "
Die Kunst- und Kulturszene leidet seit mehr als einem Jahr schwer unter den Corona-Maßnahmen*. Laut dem Bundesverband Schauspiel (BFFS) etwa haben viele der Schauspielerinnen und Schauspieler in Deutschland seit März 2020 kaum Einkommen. Dem Verband zufolge leben zwei Drittel bis drei Viertel aller Schauspielerinnen und Schauspieler von Gastverpflichtungen an Theatern, die aktuell nicht oder kaum arbeiten können. In Deutschland gibt es insgesamt etwa 15.000 bis 20.000 Schauspieler. (dpa) *Merkur.de ist ein Angebot von IPPEN.MEDIA.
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