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You have to wet your finger

In Asem, an adaptation of the controversial play Täter (1999) written by the young German Thomas Jonigk (1966), the family’s cornerstone, the incest taboo, is mercilessly pulled down.
Offenders and victims are telling their story. In fact we already know their stories, as they have been spoon-fed to us by the media and numerous talk shows. The testimonies don’t hold water because of their shame and fear, their hypocrisy, their filthiness and stupidity …This all leads towards an almost light opera, a sick comedy, without reconciliation or comfort, with only one conclusion: the society is a community of offenders.