Thomas Anders on DSDS – Gently humiliate
This is what modern talking looks like today: Thomas Anders and Dieter Bohlen
Quelle: picture alliance / Christian Charisius/dpa; Henning Kaiser/picture alliance/dpa; Montage welt.de
RTL pulls Thomas Anders out of the hat to celebrate continuity with the Dieter Bohlen era on “Deutschland sucht den Superstar”. At the same time, any hardness should be cushioned. But is it really better to lie kindly than to tell the truth evilly?
THEApparently a bomb went off and RTL released a hammer. At least that’s what it says on the internet today. Because Thomas Anders now Dieter Bohlen in “Deutschland sucht den Superstar” (DSDS) does not inherit directly – because Bohlen acted as a kind of god emperor for a long time – but somehow also stops by, as a so-called guest juror.
The concept of guest adjudication is interesting. Humiliation shows like “DSDS” actually live from the blatant imbalance between the pathetic candidates and the almighty jurors, who trample on the freedom of talent on display to their heart’s content, as if they were enthusiastic Simmental cattle, which, after a long season break in winter, will be back in spring be left to pasture. The two or three people who can really sing or dance and are therefore applauded are hardly significant.
Dieter Bohlen has been responsible for trampling since memory. That’s probably why they didn’t want him anymore. His contract has not been renewed in an era that doesn’t want to hurt feelings. Without giving a reason, of course. They didn’t want to hurt Dieter Bohlen’s feelings either. And now the gentle Thomas Anders, once Bohlen’s colleague at Modern Talking, should prove continuity. His commitment can be interpreted as a friendly gesture in the direction of Bohlen, even if he declared with old snippets that he did not want to watch the new season.
But aren’t the nice gestures proof of a nasty mendacity? The fundamental humiliation remains, even if the guest jurors, who are now precariously employed themselves, anxiously acknowledge even the most crooked grade and the most clumsy dance. Even with the biggest emo show, public judgment remains incorruptible, as the Anne Spiegel case has just shown. Bohlen, on the other hand, never turned his heart into a den of murderers. He was unmistakable: “If the weather were like your voice, it would rain shit!” Will we live to see the time when such a sentence is considered a sign of respect again?