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Is it true, that german people are too serious?

In addition to our school project: ,,humor around the globe“, I‘m going to present you some facts about the Germans and their sense of humor. The informations are from an interview from ,,FOCUS Online“, a german news website, with the expert Rainer Stollmann.

German people have the reputation, that they´re too serious and this is still the view of the world on Germany and why nobody tries German comedy. But where does this reputation come from? A lot of people think that stereotypes rely on the reality and when you look at the german culure, you can see that it´s more about romance and pain than about fun, which you can also see in the tales. Their culture is very important so that it still influences the people. Even the first cartoons, that were meant to be funny, have mainly serious aspects and are not meant for comedy. Moreover the literature is more likely to be romantic with a tragic end. But german people do know international comedy ,like Charlie Chaplin a famous comedian, even better than other nations.

Relying on the expert, Rainer Stollmann, germans should try to mix humor and seriousness to overcome the stereotypes and to have more fun in general. As a german I don´t think that we´re to serious but I agree that the german culture is taken very firmly and that we should be more humorous about it. I hope you liked my article and please review on the topic, wether you think germans are too serious or not.