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ARD Hörspielpreis 2019:
Chinchilla Arschloch, waswas
by Helgard Haug and Thilo Guschas
PLAY Excerpt
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The documentary radio play "Chinchilla Arschloch, waswas" by Helgard Haug and Thilo Guschas was awarded the German Radio Play Prize of the ARD in Karlsruhe in November 2019. The WDR production tells the story of the journey of father Christian, who suffers from the Tourette Syndrome, and his daughter Phillis in a VW camping bus across Germany.
As Phillis proposes a road trip through Germany with a VW camper van, her father Christian is excited. In the last years he had been living more and more in isolation due to his Tourette syndrome. Too many dangers. Not everybody reacts in an understanding manner when it comes to curses and infringements that the Tourette syndrome makes such clever and effective use of. A neighbour once tried to have a preliminary injuction issued against Christian. Tourette holds up a mirror. „It is always a test – how far can I go – at what point will I be attacked,“ says Christian. But Christian and Phillis agree: they have waited long enough. It is time for a „stresstest Germany“ – starting from the living room, with a mobile broadcasting studio, moving on to Berlin and then to the ocean. A radio play about controlling capacities, verbal attacks, parlament’s Tourette and the question of what is normal. With: Christian Hempel, Phillis Hempel, Bijan Kaffenberger and others. Director: Helgard Haug. Sound artist: Frank Böhle Sound engineers: Benedikt Bitzenhofer and Barbara Göbel Dramaturgy: Martina Müller-Wallraf Thanks to Stephan Schliephake and publisher Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. Links: Erstsendung WDR 2018 ARD Hörspielpreis 2019 |
