Make Me A German

[ichkeria]

This was an interesting programme in BBC2 which unfortunately I missed the start of.
Could probably have stretched to two programmes tho' perhaps

[Khandro]

It seemed to me too lighthearted, reinforcing all the preconceptions and prejudices a lot of people have against Germany. The big mistake was the silly idea of taking what is 'average', and then relentlessly trying to comply with that. The idea that the woman had to carry on for two more hours doing housework in the flat which did not need it, was an daft example.
Coupled with Rick Stein's food programme of the previous evening, I doubt either will encourage people to flock there, which would be a great pity.
PS. Nurenberg contains the national art collection and is the birthplace of Durer.

[ichkeria]

Yes I found Justin Rowlatt and his 'targets' irritating but there were a lot of interesting ideas that could have been developed further. Particularly the football comparison (or rather contrast). But actually if there was a message it was that you don't have to be spectacular - or loud - to be successful

[Khandro]

Retaliation! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wJaCedLfdg

[thumper93]

you could see who wore the trousers in the rowlatts house .lol

[shaneystar2]

It was Ok but a bit stereotyped .
Having been married to a German for forty one years I can assure you he doesn't consume vast amounts of pork and potatoes on a weekly basis ,rarely eats sauerkraut and I never ever saw my dear old my ma in law do four hours housework everyday .She brought up two children and went to work because after the war she had no choice .It wasn't always Kinder, Küche, Kirche.
Justin was plonked in quite an affluent area where the women can probably afford to stay at home .Lots of German women go out to work full time .I certainly did when I lived there .

[gingejbee]

I agree that there were some interesting contrasts being made.
However, it suffered from the current need to "dumb down" the presentation (and content) so it appealed to the viewing masses.

[ichkeria]

The most amazing thing was that Mr Rowlatt thought sauerkraut was served cold!!
Although it had a humorous tone (the title gave that away) I didn't think it was particularly dumbed down. It was I think aimed at giving people who don't know Germany something to think about it seemed to me