In his unbroken desire to understand the complexity of the world, cabaret artist
the cabaret artist Frank-Markus Barwasser, in his role as Erwin
role as Erwin Pelzig on a journey through the world of human grievances.
grievances. Sigmund Freud was already preoccupied with the great
humanity - from Darwin's realization that we are not the crown of creation to Freud's
creation to Freud himself, who unmasked us as rather pathetic wretches.
miserable wretches. In an easily excitable,
hypernervous and shitstorm-happy society, Erwin Pelzig has now
has now come to the conclusion that this humanity should only be approached with
only by means of psychology if you want to understand the collective irrationality.
irrationality.
There is certainly no shortage of grievances: climate catastrophe,
Corona and war are calling our way of life into question, atomizing certainties
certainties we previously believed to be safe and expose all homemade
all home-made contradictions at breathtaking speed - what an
mortification. But certainly not the only one: the history of the female sex?
gender? A story of mortification. Offended masculinity as a motive
for violence and hatred. And could artificial intelligence prove to be the great
the future by leaving the proud homo sapiens a relative idiot at some point?
as a relative idiot at some point? That would indeed be more
than just an insult and therefore very tragic. Because this realization
is certain for Pelzig: "Souls are offended. Insulted are
Liver sausages. And offended souls are ticking time bombs".
In "Der wunde Punkt", Erwin Pelzig is once again in the tried and tested company
his two best friends, Hartmut and Dr. Göbel. This leads to highly
different, sometimes adventurous perspectives on the subject.
topic. And last but not least, it helps that despite all the offense
confidence does not fall by the wayside.
For more than 30 years, Frank-Markus Barwasser has been touring the country with
stage programs across the country. For many years he was the host of his talk show
his talk show "Pelzig hält sich" and took part in the ZDF cabaret program
ZDF cabaret program "Neues aus der Anstalt". Since 2021, he has regularly produced
regularly produces the road movie talk show "Beim Pelzig auf der Bank" for 3Sat, where
where he travels through Germany with a bicycle and a garden bench attached
to meet exciting, interesting and also quirky people.
people.
