bell prize winner i know rick. and an old black and white british comedy sketch that has become a cult classic here in germany on new year's eve. canadian musician and performance artist peaches have been raising eyebrows with her sexually explicit shows since she started performing in the 990 s. bisexual herself gender identity is a big topic in her and her lyrics blur the difference between male and female it's shocking stuff sometimes and yet her music has been used in movies like lost in translation and t.v. shows like south park his stage show features 40 people on stage and right now she's performing it here in berlin.

this is one of peaches best known tracks. it's about shake him what you got. there we can see. if you don't already know the berlin based comedian artist you might be surprised by her rock as explicit lyrics and rampant nudity. a lot of people were shocked when she hit the scene 2 decades ago it's been a lot of years of people. getting it or people not understanding but being excited about it people being afraid of my work his. sexuality and that i'm not asking people to change or anything i'm just showing you and express and of how. to mark the 20th anniversary of her career peaches is putting on

a kind of retrospective show a best of her 5 albums the concert at berlin's for experience theater is called there's only one peach with the hole in the middle. and extravaganza with dozens of performers including a defense troupe from new orleans. the message of the show is one of sex positivity and embracing all bodies. i don't think anybody is interested in perfection and most important to me is that everybody is comfortable in their own body but that's my number one you know you can call it feminism whatever but i think like most important is that i want people to feel comfortable in their own bodies. yes there she just says yes she cares but she doesn't care peaches is. for me very

defining for the sexual identity each and discussions that we're having right now i learned her courage she's very. in your face and without any compromise. people are just like. what is going on on stage these are actual instruments. we're actually playing out. just so you know. how really you know. peaches was a teacher when she started making music at the time she felt there were no lyrics she could identify with from the beginning she was open about her own bisexuality. now she's revisiting old songs. like friends it's a song that's as i knew she together come on baby let's go together i don't have to

make the choice i like girls and i like boys so i actually change the lyrics to that one. i also include the idea of a together. and also i don't have to make the choice. so instead of being boy girl he. is still edgy and political but playful it's not preachy at 53 years old peaches it is ok we're icon still pushing. thank you but i think i need a little more cheese for this is my diva moment. and playing to packed house. today in our continuing series 100 german must reads we come to one of the greats of post-war german literature. who won the nobel prize for literature in 172 in the last bloom he writes about the arrival of tabloid sensationalism in the

media and how it can destroy lives a book as prevalent today as when such sensationalist journalism was 1st emerging in the 1970 s. if someone tries to kill you but you kill them 1st. but what if it's not your life they're trying to take on or. lost on or blum the main character is up against a real bad guy a tabloid reporter who. just an ordinary woman whose only real mistake is falling in love with the wrong person at a costume party we've all been there. it turns out her handsome stranger is running from the law the country's biggest tabloid says he's

a murderer and a bank robber it's a juicy story even if it isn't true and now the newspapers making up stories about . her father was a communist in disguise and her mother stole the sacramento wine and carried on orgies in the sacristy with her lovers for the last 2 years the bloom woman has regularly received male visitors was her apartment a conspiracy against headquarters and arms caps. both book as a radical protest against the tabloid press his main character sees no other way to restore her on or than to kill the reporter who's ruined her life. but words could do more harm than guns now it is with fake news everywhere the seventy's classic is as current as ever.

many years ago i used to be the singer in a british jazz orchestra and was a dinner jackets on stage i was always confused here in germany when fans would say to me the same procedure as every year when i didn't think we'd toured that city the year before that was until i realized they were joking and referring to a catchphrase from a british comedy sketch which everybody knows here but it's unknown in great britain where it was originally performed ages ago he is rachael to explain.

oh by the way the cern procedures last year miss will feel the same procedure as. the question what's going on allow me to explain my name is miss sophie. and that's dangerous. it's my 90th birthday and i've invited my closest friends to dinner then toby admiral von. pomeroy and of course my dear old friend mr winterbottom sadly not actually with us anymore so to speak but no matter james who takes their place as one of us neither moscow move to me. much to my astonishment this little british comedy sketch of us has become a cult classic in germany 18 minute black and white recording has been shown on german television every single new year's eve since 972 millions of people tune in to watch dinner for one in english without subtitles don't believe me come on let's

see just how well the did people of germany know james and i the same procedure as every year actually has called status in germany it's very funny you have to love some russian we even watch today's kids when we didn't understand half of the jokes some are just became a tradition i did some just what it gets called down through the generations the way the butler slips i'm sure the different role to grow young mr of introduction mr pomeroy. or tommy toby for me just as i was just being the schumer and always being over the top i watch it every new year's eve it's a must i watch it at least once a year. they are too crowded and anyway back to the story james has to do the test on behalf of every guest and he has to help them out with the drinks too. after 4 helpings of sherry. champagne and port. where.

the germans go wild for his comical to ing and fro ing and from his regular running within him practically positioned targets going round. number one with britain for the stage for a different thing the british comedian and actor. used to perform the routine on the blackpool musical scene in the sixty's he was spotted by 2 german t.v. producers who invited him over to germany along with may water that's the actress who played my pop they recorded the show in front of a live audience one particularly enthusiastic lady became rather famous in her own right her shrieks of laughter they reached a crescendo at this point though when top bottom. was. proved. that to everyone in germany is dinner for one and it's got a solid fan base in a few other countries too and yet it took more than 50 years for it to be shown in full on british television most of my fellow brits have still never heard it 20 of

remakes in paris who made a video for the german just good old us. oh by the way the same procedure is more your germany for fame prestige as every object. groups are very very. full from the series of germans on our website at v.w. dot com slash culture as well as loads of other stories from the world of awesome culture so for now i'll leave you with more from peaches laces show which is currently here in berlin and it's rick iggy pop on the video wall behind.

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