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Oct 1, 2009 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder's play, "Der Müll, die Stadt und der Tod" is finally debuting in Germany -- 20 years late. Massive protests torpedoed two earlier attempts to stage the piece.
Jun 11, 2020 · Abstract This chapter analyses the scandal around the play Garbage, The City and Death (Der Müll, die Stadt und der Tod) by German playwright, theatre and film maker Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Published in 1976, the play immediately caused controversy in West Germany, because it was accused of reproducing anti-Semitic stereotypes. The scandal unfolded in three phases: 1. Literary Scandal (1976 ...
- Beate Schappach
Why Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Der Müll, die Stadt und der Tod should not be performed in Germany. Misinterpretations, Misunderstandings and Controversies about this Play«, in: O’Dochartaigh, Jews in German Literature since 1945 (2000), S. 537-548; J. Bodek: Die Fassbinder-Kontroversen, Entstehung und Wirkung.
- Nike Thurn
- 2012
Jan 1, 2000 · Why Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Der Müll, die Stadt und der Tod should not be performed in Germany. Misinterpretations, Misunderstandings and Controversies about this Play" published on 01 Jan 2000 by Brill.
Der Müll, die Stadt und der Tod. Andrea Geier. Abstract. The debates about Fassbinder’s drama . Der Müll, die Stadt und der Tod (Garbage, the City and . Death) are still instructive for the culture of remembrance and the socio-political discussion of . antisemitism and a good case study for literary scandal research. The article explains ...
FASSBINDER, RAINER WERNER (1945–1982) German filmmaker. During his lifetime, much of what was written about Rainer Werner Fassbinder gave the year of his birth as 1946. It seems that Fassbinder may have encouraged the publication of that erroneous date, perhaps as a means of making his extraordinary productivity—he directed more than forty ...
Nov 1, 2020 · The publication of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s play Der Müll, die Stadt und der Tod (Garbage, the City, and Death; 1976) constitutes one of the major scandals in German cultural history. The play was accused of being anti-Semitic, because one of its key characters, a real estate speculator, was merely called the Rich Jew. Furthermore, some (negative) dramatis personae in the play openly ...
