I was very looking forward to this show. I love the Pitch Perfect franchise, Flula Borg, Jameela Jamil and I am a Berliner myself. What could go wrong? Everything.
The jokes are so outdated, you might think the script was written back in 2004 and picked up again 18 years later without any changes made. There's barely any music in this musical comedy, and the little we get to hear are hits from, you guessed it right, 2004. Who wrote this? And that riff off! I can't even.
And don't get me started on the depiction of Berlin or Germany as a whole. A Brezelfest in Berlin where everybody wears traditional Bavarian clothing? Have the producers ever set foot in Berlin before? It's outrageous. Are all Germans dark leather-loving grim faced pet Raven owners, or do we cheer like teenagers when a mediocre trash pop American blasts a badly produced song from the rooftop over a flea market crowd? Make up your minds, or at least pick one stereotype.
There is no such thing as a Unity Day festival. Germans tend to not celebrate Germany like this, or wave our flag (except during Soccer World Cup season) - for obvious reasons. And Unity Day is a bank holiday.
The jokes are so outdated, you might think the script was written back in 2004 and picked up again 18 years later without any changes made. There's barely any music in this musical comedy, and the little we get to hear are hits from, you guessed it right, 2004. Who wrote this? And that riff off! I can't even.
And don't get me started on the depiction of Berlin or Germany as a whole. A Brezelfest in Berlin where everybody wears traditional Bavarian clothing? Have the producers ever set foot in Berlin before? It's outrageous. Are all Germans dark leather-loving grim faced pet Raven owners, or do we cheer like teenagers when a mediocre trash pop American blasts a badly produced song from the rooftop over a flea market crowd? Make up your minds, or at least pick one stereotype.
There is no such thing as a Unity Day festival. Germans tend to not celebrate Germany like this, or wave our flag (except during Soccer World Cup season) - for obvious reasons. And Unity Day is a bank holiday.