To anticipate the complaining emails: Markus Lanz actually comes from South Tyrol (Bruneck), so he is not West German at all, not even South German. But what is important here is the symbolic-discursive power of these terms, not so much the geographical attribution. And when you get involved with it, you have to realize: Something about Lanz screams “Wessi!” very loudly, perhaps his carefree demeanor, the way he literally leans into his guests, or his shiny suit. But definitely what he says in the course of this program. Wessi stuff. However, this distribution of roles is good for the reduced discussion group. Just like the monothematics.
Markus Lanz: Dirk Oschmann and Steffi Lemke on the East-West debate – media
