Could be TV, Movies, Video games, etc.

  • MF_COOM [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    IDK I think this is wrong comrade. The mother may have expressed criticisms of GDR at some point, I don’t quite remember but I think that’s ultimately fair. Generally she missed the GDR dearly. The entire plot of the movie is about a young man who was apolitical-to-reactionary learning there was something of serious value lost when the wall fell.

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      1 year ago

      That resembled my interpretation as well. MC goes from typical youthful rebelliousness against authority aimed at the DDR (the strongest authority available to him) to fascination with West Germany to slow disillusionment with West Germany to recognition of the DDR’s flaws but overall sadness at its loss, and coping with the meaning of its loss.

      There’s multiple stories told together though including family drama (and possibly some symbolic parallels between the mother and DDR itself) and coming of age moments, along with a lot of really dry/sarcastic humor. I personally recommend it. There’s also some very subtle digs at capitalism like how after the wall falls he’s often exhausted from working late (something that didn’t happen under the DDR), which at one point results him falling asleep while he’s supposed to be babysitting.

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      It’s been over a decade since I’ve seen it, so you’re probably right. I should probably just rewatch it at some point, since back then I had no idea what East Germany went through after reunification (Europe Since 1989: A History by Philipp Ther is a LIB-ass book, but has some good parts in it about the former DDR).