Kerim Pamuk

or why we are all Orientals

“SMOKING, COFFEE & KAJAL or why we are all Orientals” is a cabaret & comedy evening with Kerim Pamuk about globalization, the value of exchange and the funny consequences of foreclosure. They will laugh a lot at German warnings about the “Turkish Potion,” thieving Britons and French people, Jesus' younger brother Hong and the penetrating “Alles gut! “, our all-purpose weapon against hysteria. Especially our own!

You will learn why Europe was only the backyard of Asia in culinary, cultural and scientific terms for a thousand years. Why Arabs, Chinese and Indians don't speak to Europeans quite as well and how black gold (pepper) has become a panacea for constipation, potency disorders and melancholy for Germans. And of course how the beautiful word “smoking pot” came into our language.

K.K.&K. — an entertaining evening about cultural influences and linguistic horse kisses. About German sanctuaries such as coffee and sofa, which we owe to Arabs, and philological accidents such as “24/7” and “Ich bin fein mit”, which we Americans owe.