As a Lenten preacher, Maximilian Schafroth consciously demonstrates a “spiral of verbal armament.” In the Singspiel, the politician doubles are sent into a bizarre setting that corresponds to the absurdity of current politics.
For the last time, the outgoing Paulaner boss Andreas Steinfatt handed the Bavarian Prime Minister the first Mass Salvator. Next year someone else will have to learn the toast “Hail, father of the fatherland, drink, best prince,” in Latin, of course. A short time later, a megaphone echoes through the hall: “We have connected a liquid manure tank to the hall sprinkler system – to create an analogue shitstorm.” Then drums and a voice: “Here are the tractors you called.”