Hey buddy! Why look you so sad? Just watched ‘K!llers of the Flower Moon’. Ahh okay. It’s great. Just very depressing. Yeah it's not right what was done to the Indianer. We say Native Americans. I apologize. It is not right what was done to the Native Americans. No, it wasn't. And actually, it's a pretty tough subject for me because I like to believe I'm 1/8th Cherokee. Oh no way. Well as you probably know, Germans have great respect for the Native Americans. Oh, really? Yeah, of course. Do you
not know of Karl May? No? One of the most successful German writers of all time? I just said no so-- Winnetou his trusted friend Old Shatterhand? No. Still, no. But you must have heard of the Karl May Festival Games. No, I told you I don't know who Karl May is. How would I know of the Karl May Festival Game-- Every summer they do like a large festival. And they put on a sort of Waterworld stunt show but instead they do it with cowboys and India-- Native Americans? I had no idea that Germans love
the Wild West this much. Germans are crazy about it. It is one of our favorite things! Wow, that's really weird. Germany's most successful film of all time is a Western. I'm going to guess it's one of those Winnetou movies. No you horse! It is the ‘Schuh of the Manitou’. It is a parody of the Winnetou fil-- Oh, nice. Like ‘Blazing Saddles’? Yeah, not quite. It is a comedy film about a Native American called Abahachi which is basically the sounds that a German sneeze makes. Yeah, And this is ver
y funny because if I remember correctly, there's a scene where he says his name and another person says “Bless you”. But it gets even funnier because Abahachi, bless you, he has a twin brother who is called Winnetouch and get this he is a gay man. No no no you don’t understand. It is funny because the character is gay and he dressed in pink clothing. And this is very funny because think of it a gay native American? What could be more funny than this? I don't know if that’s something-- No no, may
be I'm just not explaining this correctly. The funny gay man he also has a horse called Jacqueline and the horse cannot ride too fast because otherwise it throws up. Oh! Oh. Pretty gay. Pretty funny. And this is the highest grossing German movie of all time. This movie sounds like a hate crime. Sky du Mont is also in this movie and he worked with Stanley Kubrick. The man who worked with Stanley Kubrick is also in this film. Wow. Pang pang pang pang. Maybe Germans shouldn’t be allowed to make com
edies. Was there also a funny gay Native American in ‘K!llers of the Flower Moon’? No! Marvel would have put one in their film.
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Should this movie get a Criterion collection release?
To be fair Winnetouch is the most successful person in the Movie. He has a ranch and everything. And he successfully romances one of the bad guys.
I feel bad for Calvin. He clearly was very unzufrieden with the Gesamtsituation at the end.
A German comedy is no laughing matter, you know
The thing about der schuh des Manitu is that it's not making fun of native Americans. It's making fun of what Karl May thought were native Americans. Does that make it less offensive? Probably not. I still laugh my ass off when watching it because it reminds me of a simpler time. (As in: I was 14 when I saw it first and most things are simpler when you're fourteen)
"I'd like to believe I'm One eight Cherokee" - such an American sentence. Love it
One of my favourite movies ever. "The overuse or missusing of the peace pipe may lead to unexpected consequences"
The commercial musical sequence will never leave my brain
Well the overexagerated "Indianer!“ scream followed by 2 friendly dudes waving and just saying "servus" will always be funny to me.
One thing I've noticed is that in the Anglosphere the native Americans have mostly been displayed in a bad light. Think Peter Pan, "playing cowboy and Indian" etc. They have often been savages and the bad guys. While in Germany they were actually more seen as the good guys and were romantacised.
Warning: people that dont understand the highlyadvanced German Humour won't really like the movie
I'm so glad to see a video on this, it's always been on of my favorite stories about Germany. If I'm not wrong the most popular German books on cowboys and Indians were written by a German who had never been to America.
Actually, rewatching "Schuh des Manitu" I was surprised at how WELL the indigenous characters held up. They were given the same type of humor as the rest of the cast, meaning they weren't "othered" as people. And they were most of the time shown speaking their native language (which, while I can't tell if it's an accurate one, at the very least it sounded VERY consistent and believable, including pronunciations) so the movie worked with a surprising amount of subtitles. Concidering that they are very obviously parody Indians I do have to say they were absolutely treated with respect as characters
Let me guess: 80% of the people in the comments are Germans discussing in English whether the movie is offensive or not😂
Germans also made 5 biker cartoon movies, and I know I will get flak from some people for Eiskalt being the worst one in the series, but hey, I dont care, I travelled 1200 kilometres by train from Slovakia to Kiel for the world premiere, met Brosel, got some Bolkstoff, enjoyed one evening at the Kieler Woche and travelled the same route back on the night train. Best.Experience.Ever! Funniest part was that I could not buy the ticket online in pre-sale as I was trying to do so from another country, so I had to call the movie theatre to explain to them that indeed I am going to travel 1200 kilometres to see a cartoon and I really, really need to be sure I get the ticket, they obviously thought this was some mystery shopping customer satisfaction experience exercise, so they did indeed leave a ticket for me at the cash desk (never expecting anyone to actually come). When I arrived to collect it, the lady picked up the phone, called the manager and said: Du, den Kerl gibts echt, er ist hier!😆
Other than most movies by Bully Herbig, Der Schuh des Manitu has an official English dub. In case somebody was looking to watch it
“It affects me because I am one eighth Native American” had me balling in laughter
I dont know how the viewing experience would be without having seen Karl May movies beforehand. And i'm sure much is lost to translation. That being said, I still quote it regularly and think its hilarious. I'll probably humm the super perforater song on my deathbed.
And its also very successful musical. Where the story on Winnietouch and his horse Jaqueline is even more extended.
When my German Uncle visited us in America (My mom was German and married my dad) we watched Der Schuh Des Manitu, and despite some language barrier, it was still incredibly funny.