Thema Jean-Philippe Kindler, he has a new solo program, one must say something about it: „Klassentreffen“ springs from the stage genre of unrestrained mockery: It gets loud, it gets coarse, it gets irreconcilable. In Germany's media history, there has probably never before been a satirist who has been called a „hate-monger“ by both the BILD newspaper and some leftists. Fortunately, both sides are right, because Jean-Philippe Kindler wants one thing above all: to divide. The satire of the German cabaret prize winner wants not only to highlight societal divides but also to tear them wider so that they can no longer be overlooked.
„Klassentreffen“ is a tribute to irreconcilability: Whether in the WDR broadcasting council or in the run-down studio shared apartment - Kindler's content causes the feathers to fly, making one's Karl Marx face tattoo slip right off the temple. And in doing so, Kindler only wants one thing: to find the common ground in division. Rumor has it in capitalism that social classes no longer exist: Because if even large corporations advertise with diversity, then surely all people have the same chance - at least to be exploited. And yet, the good old class exists. The champagne Marxists. The Antifa folks. Pensioners without pensions. The tender radicals, the apprentices, and the students. Come to the class reunion, for a little detention against the status quo.
„The satirist Kindler manages to touch his audience with his own thoughts, without resorting to clichés. [...] Kindler is a fighter for justice, who loves words and language. And they love him back.“ (Jury Prix Pantheon, 2020)
„Jean-Phillipe Kindler's art addresses poverty and precarity with sensitive and un-cynical wit that exposes not the affected individuals, but the societal conditions.“ (Katja Kipping, Die Linke)
"[...] He is more Volker Pispers than a delicate comedian, just funnier. Comedians of this kind have become rare, Kindler gives hope." (Thomas Zimmer, Badische Neueste Nachrichten)
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