“Here is the Ärzte Deutsche Fernsehen with the Tagesthemen” – this is how the best band in the world opened the Tagesthemen live yesterday in the studio. What began as a funny joke, but had a serious background, because in the subsequent interview the doctors made an urgent appeal to politicians to save the cultural sector. Even after nine months of Corona nothing has changed in the situation of cultural workers.
While events continue to be canceled and companies have been deprived of any basis of work, government aid is falling short. The loan programs fizzle out ineffectively: “The funds used only prolong the sickness of the company. The loans cannot be invested in a value-adding manner, but must be used for operating costs that continue to be incurred despite the deferral of rents and short-time work benefits. After the liquidity granted by KfW has been used up, another insolvency occurs combined with over-indebtedness on the balance sheet! ” explains the Initiative AlarmstufeRot on your website.
In an interview with Ingo Zamperoni, the doctors were particularly strong on behalf of the crews: “We know that they had no jobs all year round and that they really have existential fears,” says Bela B. The problem, according to Farin Urlaub, is culture would be taken for granted: “The problem is really, we take culture for granted, culture is simply always there”. If the government doesn’t top up its bridging aid, the band will soon see “long-term damage”.
The special intro of the show was particularly well received by the audience. A video of the performance was shared virally on social media within a very short time. In fact, it was the first time that a band played the opening melody on their instruments, thus opening the show. That the doctors released their first album on the same day after an 8-year hiatus HELL had published, was not discussed in the program. A strong performance by the Berlin trio.
