From the feuilletons farewell Pumuckl inventor Ellis Kaut – Germany Kultur

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The late writer Ellis Kaut with her fictional character of “Pumuckl” in their flat in Munich. (picture alliance / dpa / Istvan Bajzát)

After the death of Pumuckl inventor Ellis Kaut recalls the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” on the Bavarian humor of the children’s book author. And the “FAZ” reported that the dispute over the puck was repeatedly -. Least because of its slimmed figure

“ Before Alterslarmoyanz” , Alex Rühle writes in the SÜDDEUTSCHEN on the Pumuckl inventor Ellis Kaut, “ she protected her Bavarian humor to her 90th birthday she wanted ‘health -. and that all live as long as I, so I see no one to die ‘. She had time only hinted that getting older’ is not easy. But I’m quite curious about what’s coming ‘. Now, “ as Alex Rühle, ” it is there hopefully out “notices

Wieland Freund in the WORLD .

” The Pumuckl belonged to the children room inventory of the Bonn Republic as the Hotzenplotz, Jim Knopf, Kalle Wirsch or Urmel. Only he did not appear in Puppenkiste shape and also unreliable in book form. Almost from the beginning he was a cross-media figure. Pumuckl was once on the radio and times between two covers, he was once in the film . and often on TV “

Cornelia Geissler, the figures supplied in the Berliner Zeitung : ” Pumuckls storyteller stories on record, 1.7 million copies sold. They stopped in 66 books collection. The were even translated into Japanese and Chinese “ what Geissler ” but surprising in view of Pumuckls contrariness something. “

Fridtjof Küchemann reported in the FAZ :

“Time and again there has been controversy over Pumuckl – not to its essence, but its shape. Only this summer Pumuckl has again caused a stir, when the figure was revised for an anniversary book again and had given preference interviewed children of a slimmer figure. After a storm of indignation, the publisher relented “

Why is there no plump footballers more

brings us to the topic of the day:.?. Autotune

“One should not pounds to weigh place,” headlines FAZ . Edo Reents analyzed under the motto “figure and power” the body mass index . He recalls that a footballer can “Brazilian striker Ailton, the time being and perhaps for all time the last of its kind: namely, the little (emphasis on ‘something’) fuller footballers. This species is now considered virtually extinct. Only so can the teams and their equipment allow their players to get stuck in ever closer jerseys, who otherwise would look like sausage skins or full body condoms “.

But the weight is by no means the only . “

The whole: screw in the self-tuning under the heading ” New People “ the philosopher Konrad Paul Lissmann says in FAZ interview new quality of debate over optimization is: It now comes to measures that interfere with the hardware of the people. Sometimes “, so Lissmann, ” passes through sensational reporting to the public, will be faced by abstruse wishes cosmetic surgeons. But a real debate is missing: Is every motive, just because it is the subject of a human being, justified “

Fashionable virtues of the young ladies of today

“branding on girls skin” provides Hannelore Schlaffer increasingly in the cityscape – also a form of self-optimization Schlaffer you go to the NZZ by:

“. Slim, immature and especially bauchlos the wearer must be fast and high-spirited, cheap clothes. Fashionable virtues of the lady of yore, elegance, nobility, decency, dignity does not establish with the new offerings. The female clothing has a tendency to pederasty. In addition to an indication of youthfulness branding is on the girl skin indicates a much more general law of all fashionable novelty – on their descent from the male clothing. The tattoo was originally a jewelry of warriors and sailors. “

Today adorns it young girls and non-obese footballers. Which brings us again in Edo Reents’ footballer-portraits in the FAZ are:

“(Gerd) Muller with his thick legs and (Günter) Netzer with his long hair: Those were formative impressions for someone who started 1972-1974, watch football – strange and gratifying that two players were so good and important with such abnormalities; had in any case not the feeling that something was wrong. “

And no one would then come up with the idea Pumuckl to miss a washboard stomach. That was prevented, Ellis Kaut did not now more can see. Sorry. She found the slender Kobold as several feature pages report, namely “hideous”.