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Meaning of German credits[edit]

What exactly would the German credits of "Schnitt" and "Redaktion" equate to in an English-speaking production? On first approach it seems like they would both refer to an editor. Lazar Taxon (talk) 03:28, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The problem here appears to be that editor in English is polysemic (has multiple meanings): Schnitt (in the context of a video) refers to film editing (cutting), while Redaktion is → this editing. Cheers ❖_hugarheimur 06:25, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If we're talking about a German film, I'm fairly sure you would only ever see Schnitt as a credit, never Redaktion. --Viennese Waltz 09:15, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Redaktion refers to the sum of Contributing editors in a press. If the film is a documentary it might have a Redaktion. If it is set at the press, it could be the credits for background actors in that scene. --87.181.87.121 (talk) 13:17, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I just watched a scripted German TV show that had both "Schnitt" and "Redaktion" as production credits at the start (not among the cast, not set at a press), which is what prompted my question. --Lazar Taxon (talk) 15:05, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm with Torana. Schnitt is splicing a bunch of takes into a neat linear whole. The Redaktion is an editorial team involved in the content, mostly the preparation. This is an article in Die Zeit about a scandal in the TV-show "Deutschlands Beste!" – manipulating the selection of candidates – that led to the whole Redaktion being dissolved. --Lambiam 16:59, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Afroamericans are somehow hot for German comdian Volker Pispers in 2022[edit]

In the last weeks there is an interesting Trend on Youtube. Many black american Youtubers make reaction videos to the stand up comedy "History of the USA and Terrorism" from 2003 by Volker Pispers (with english Subtitles). Search "Volker Pispers reaction" on Youtube, and you see the trend. While it is great, what americans discover good comedy, and I understand why exactly this video should have boomed in the USA (much earlier). it raises the questions:

Why is there such a massive Boom (the Trend is really only a few Weeks old) to a specific video from 2002. Why in 2022 ?
Why are they all black ?

For Kontext: The Comedy (biting far left) is about the fact, that Americas enemies from the "War on Terror" peroid (Irak,Iran/Persia,Taliban,Al Quaida) were were it's allys in the cold war period, that they installed undemocratric goverments in Afganistan, Chile and Persia, that Bush Jr. brought globalist reasons ("human rights" blabla) to invade Irak, that were made up, and shoudn't be his buisnes anyway, and the high amount of friendly fire by the american "weed-smoking Troups" and german conservatives (who wantet to invade iraq if they had ruled) made shocking capitalist/fascist/imperialist statemends about geopolitics that can be turned against them (Merkel for example said "The only way to change a regime is violence", which he countered with "Maybe she should have tried that in East Germany (and implied to get killed)- we wouldn't miss her").
It totally see, why this is interesting for Americans, but why exactly in 2022 and why are they all black ? Was he on american TV or something ? Or is there a innerpolitical reason I don't get ? --87.181.87.121 (talk) 13:04, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have been watching a good few YouTube reaction videos in the last couple of years, mainly to musical performances but also to comedy, travel and social and political topics. I have noticed that (i) some reactors tend to keep an eye on what other reactors are reacting to, and join bandwagons, and (ii) some viewers/commentators see that certain items provoke good and/or amusing reactions, and ask other reactors to react to the same items. A combination of these factors can cause 'waves' of reactions to the same or similar videos.

Regarding (ii), a popular 'game' over the last 3 years has been asking vocal coach and pro-musician reactors (and others) to watch the Jinjer – Pisces (live session) video on the Nuclear Blast record label channel, without doing any research on the band Jinjer. I never get tired of this one. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.195.174.88 (talk) 14:18, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm from Germany, even from the birthplace of Volker Pispers, but the idea that German comedy is superior to US-american? Pispers is O.K., is watchable/"listenable". But the question remains: why did anybody took notice of him in the States?--Ralfdetlef (talk) 10:03, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not so much "superior" as "different" or "alternative". Some, particularly more 'internationally aware' or 'anti-establishment', Americans are interested and/or amused by the comedic (and serious) views of non-Americans who are more prepared than the US mainstream to be critical of the country.

Internet memes are often described as 'viral' for a reason: they can expand from one or a few sharers through online communities like an infectious disease. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.195.174.88 (talk) 13:56, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]