Cabaret artist Michael Altinger made a guest appearance at the river festival in Wolfratshausen - and comes out as a flexitarian.
Wolfratshausen - Even the first impression has a long-lasting effect.
In the style of a self-confident entertainer, Michael Altinger enters the river festival stage on Friday evening and first bathes for two minutes in the thunderous applause of the audience.
“I enjoy it like a shower,” explains Altinger.
Like many other artists, he was unable to perform live for a long time due to the pandemic.
By participating in cabaret shows on Bavarian television, writing a book and recording a CD, he bridged the crisis.
Altinger's current program "Schlaglicht" was created in 2019 as the second part of a trilogy with recurring actors and role-plays.
For example, he is expecting his friend Helmut Lux at an imaginary barbecue party, which he depicts through the well-rehearsed noises of a constantly opening door and the squeaking of a refrigerator.
"I blow the grill myself - no hair dryer, no bellows: that gives me an analogue feeling," claims Altinger.
As a flexitarian, he rarely eats meat and only grills evil animals.
Quirky fitness exercises on the river stage
In between, the audience laughs at Altinger's bizarre fitness exercises and applauds the musical interludes with his stage partner Andreas Rother.
Starting with the melancholy “Boid are you oid” to the roaring “Rock me through the House” to the lively chorus line “Pollen allergy, you never had such beautiful eyes” - the Landshut native surprises with unexpected key changes.
It was a wonderful evening in Wolfratshausen, even if the cold is slowly pulling from the Loisach onto the stage and the mosquitos are eating me up. "
Michael Altinger
In contrast, there is hardly any criticism of individual politicians. Only once does he suggest the CSU Bundestag member Andreas Scheuer as "Shame Minister" because his misconduct in the diesel exhaust scandal and the unrealized EU toll would give enough reason for this dubious title. The conversations of wealthy Starnberg women, parodied by Altinger, who meet for "mobbing", are also cause for shame. "Fasciae are laughed right down to the earlobes," claims the cabaret artist who lives in Wasserburg.
After an ironic, lamenting love song to his absent wife and a short “hometown poem”, Altinger says goodbye to the loud clapping audience. “It was a wonderful evening in Wolfratshausen, even if the cold slowly pulls from the Loisach onto the stage and the mosquitos are eating me,” the 50-year-old said, relieved. (ph)
