Interview with cabaret artist Eva Karl Faltermeier: "Grant comes straight from the gut" - and is underestimated

The start of her stage career fell on April 1, 2020. In the middle of the pandemic.

Reason to be grumpy?

Yes.

But Grant helps with processing, says cabaret artist Eva Karl Faltermeier - and swears by him.

Especially the female Grant is splendid, thinks Eva Karl Faltermeier.

Therefore, the cabaret artist grumbles not only at the regulars' table and on the stage - but also in everyday life.

The woman from Upper Palatinate recently received the Bavarian Cabaret Prize as a “whiz kid”.

Now the 38-year-old gives deep insights into her existence as a grumbler in her new book "Der Grant der Frau".

How he expresses himself - and when it gets dangerous, she explains in the interview.

Good morning, Ms. Faltermeier.

Sans no right miad heid?

Yes, almost always.

Is fatigue a good reason to be grumpy?

In any case.

Also tiredness in the sense of stubbornness not wanting to change anything.

“Des ham mia scho imma so gmacht” is a sentence that makes me grumpy.

And what else?

The search for a parking space, the job - or when other mothers start talking again in my son’s kindergarten.

The worst part of my life is when I work in the garden on my yard.

That is probably because it is not so human.

But where there are people, there is a crunch.

And that's the stuff my stories are made of.

For example, a book about a woman's grant?

The female grant is more complicated than the male and one thing stands out: Society accepts grumpy women less than grumpy men.

You're being belittled, got up on the wrong foot, or having a bad day.

No matter how

scolds -

can be grumpy.

don't.

Bite cucumber, zwiderwurzen or worse - grumblers have to put up with that

What is the worst name for a grumbler?

Bite cucumber, zwiderwurzen or it says: Be careful with the must, a very sharp one with hair on the teeth.

Your husband probably has nothing to report back then.

What are you doing about it?

The problem also exists in cabaret.

Men who groan are funny - women are not.

And this opinion is still very widespread in Bavaria.

I want to break these stereotypes.

Women don't always have to be friendly and smile.

You don't like to hear the phrase “Have a laugh!”, Do you?

I find him abusive and he annoys me because men never get to hear him.

Live and let live, right?

My daughter was able to make a scho gscheid bläd schaung.

But I just leave it uncommented or just ask what's bothering you.

How else do you react?

Everyone wears the clothes they like.

And everyone looks the way he looks.

When I hear the sentence, I just look grumpy.

Often I also say: How am I supposed to laugh when you stand in front of me?

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"Have a laugh!" - a saying that, according to Eva Karl Faltermeier, no longer works.

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Who's the Biggest Grumbler You Know?

My father is very silent when grumbling.

I also.

If I am very calm, it will be dangerous.

My grandpa, on the other hand, could scold virtuoso.

At the regulars' table and us children.

"You put up mouse muck, you're not too kloa!", He said.

I copied something from both of them.

Is Grant protection too?

Yes, Grant has nothing to do with anger.

Those who are grumpy get upset the most.

That is processing.

Anyone who brings me saubläd directly into my Grant will feel it.

After that I am forgiving and I feel better.

Do you have an example?

There are days when an email from my daughter's teacher can really upset me.

In the kitchen I philosophize about what this is like for a rubbish.

My children are amused by it. I can laugh with them after the grumble.

Besides, I have nothing against the teacher.

Really not.

It's all about venting.

Grant or Gezicke?

Eva Karl Faltermeier knows the difference

What triggers you so right?

When people get hurt.

My lion mommy instinct kicks in when I notice that someone in our village is not letting their children play with mine.

Because I'm a single mom and a cabaret artist too.

Whom my Grant meets there should laugh for a moment - but then think about it and hopefully also rethink it.

What is the difference between Grumbling and Gezicke?

Grant comes straight from my stomach and is very down to earth.

Real Grant is like a fire that blazes away and overcomes you spontaneously.

If we make wos really grumpy, hoi i olle saints oba - without thinking about it.

Bickering, on the other hand, happens in the head and is calculating.

When do you laugh?

After situations in which I was grumpy.

Comedy is tragedy plus time.

Afterwards I can laugh at anything.

When did you have your last laughing attack?

My five-year-old son recently dropped his suitcase under the ICE.

Others would have scolded.

I was amused because a female Bundeswehr soldier jumped after the suitcase.

Nobody was in danger - so we could laugh at their mishap the whole trip.

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When things are “human”, Eva Karl Faltermeier not only overcomes Grant often - then she also begins to watch.

After all, that's what my stories are made of, says the cabaret artist.

© Ingo Pertramer

So you're happy when things don't go smoothly?

Of course, as a mother, I was shocked at first.

But that's life and you have to take it as it comes.

This also applies to divorces.

Anyone who wants to avoid unhappiness for the devil lives upright and uninspired.

How much cabaret and how much Eva is there in the book?

75 percent of the texts are autobiographical.

Especially the one about the breakup.

You are newly divorced.

What do your children think when they read your texts later?

I raised a little fear.

Hopefully then they won't discuss this with a therapist.

But: I think you will understand my Grant well - after all, the book is a contemporary document.

Eva Karl Faltermeier: “Live and let live” - Grumbling helps her with processing

You reprimand precocious advice.

Doesn't that also serve as a guide?

It is advice that I can give without patronizing.

Everyone should go through life with common sense and empathy.

Think about beforehand whether you could hurt someone with your question.

And see that there is no one right way.

Is that the moral?

My stories should clear the fronts.

The Grant bridges the gap - honestly and directly.

Perhaps women with children will understand women without them better.

Younger older ones and vice versa.

And men, of course, women in general.

Cornelia Schramm conducted the interview with Eva Karl Faltermeier.