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What's the point! Panel discussion on the effect of satire
Satirical formats are booming. In print, on TV, online, on stage, in the cinema - they are everywhere. But what do satirists achieve, what do they want? The third panel discussion on June 26 at 7 p.m. in the Caricatura Galerie 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 is running against the bad." But to what does this running lead? Do right-wing extremists become democrats because they have been converted by a satire? Do people change their attitudes because a cartoon shakes them up? Or do satirists merely feed their own clientele? "People don't want to be lectured. They want to be entertained," sums up Bruno Jonas. So is satire merely an end in itself, or is the power of comedy greater than you think after all? The panel discussion, jointly hosted by Caricatura Galerie and the University of Kassel, will feature historian Prof. Dr. Dagmar Ellerbrock, "Extra 3" editor Jesko Friedrich, cartoonist Kittihawk and journalist and writer Andreas Platthaus. Amira El Ahl will be the moderator.
Background
For the third time, Caricatura Galerie and the University of Kassel (History of Western Europe research area) 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 (MdB), Jasmin Shakeri (actress), Tim Wolff (author).
Organized by Caricatura Galerie in cooperation with the History of Western Europe Department (University of Kassel) and supported by the City of Kassel and the cdw Foundation.