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What's the point? Panel discussion on the impact of satire
Satirical formats are booming. In print, on TV, online, on stage, in cinemas - they are everywhere. But what do satirists achieve, what do they want? The third panel discussion on June 26 at 7 pm in the Caricatura Gallery will explore new developments and interactions between satire and society.
The power of comedy
Kurt Tucholsky wrote: "The satirist is an offended idealist: He wants the world to be good, it is bad, and now he runs against the bad." But what does this race lead to? Do right-wing extremists become democrats because they have been converted by a satire? Do people change their attitude because a caricature shakes them up? Or do satirists merely feed their own clientele? "People don't want to be lectured. They want to be entertained," summarizes Bruno Jonas. So is satire merely an end in itself or is the power of comedy greater than we think? The historian Prof. Dr. Dagmar Ellerbrock, the "Extra 3" editor Jesko Friedrich, the cartoonist Kittihawk and the journalist and writer Andreas Platthaus will be taking part in a panel discussion hosted jointly by the Caricatura Gallery and the University of Kassel. Amira El Ahl will moderate the event.
Background
For the third time, the Caricatura Gallery and the University of Kassel (Department of Western European History) are jointly organizing the panel, at which actors from satire, comic art, journalism, politics and science will talk about new developments and interactions between satire and society. The event is supported by the cdw Foundation and the City of Kassel. Participants so far: Katharina Greve (cartoonist), Philipp Hübl (publicist), Hasnain Kazim (journalist), Prof. Holger Kersten (literary scholar), Julia Mateus (Titanic editor-in-chief), Til Mette (cartoonist), Boris Mijatovic (Member of the Bundestag), Jasmin Shakeri (actress), Tim Wolff (author)
Organized by the Caricatura Gallery in cooperation with the Department of Western European History (University of Kassel) and supported by the City of Kassel and the cdw Foundation