Rbb queer 4 you

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Television broadcast
Original title rbb queer 4 you
Country of production Germany
original language German
year 2019
Production
company		 Leitwolf TV and film production
length 45 minutes
Episodes 3 in 1 season
genre Reality TV
Initial release December 27, 2019 on ARD Mediathek
occupation

see experts

rbb queer 4 you or just Queer 4 You is a German reality consulting show commissioned by rbb based on the Queer Eye model with a team of experts made up of gay men . It was first published on December 27, 2019 in the ARD Mediathek and will be broadcast on rbb from January 13, 2020.

Experts |

The four gay experts who give life advice to people in Berlin are:

  • Christian Fritzenwanker, hair & make-up artist , responsible for a new look
  • Chris Glass, interior designer , responsible for redesigning the apartment
  • Fabian Hart, fashion journalist , responsible for a new wardrobe
  • Sven Rebel, integral coach , responsible for a coaching talk to reflect on inner life and strengthen self-confidence

In an interview with Vogue, Hart explains the relationship between the experts and the protagonists and what role their sexuality plays: “These are all people who say they are at a point where they don't know what to do. That's why we come. Not because we're gay and cool and better than everyone else. We come because we are experts in our genres. The fact that we're gay helps us to tell them: 'We've had to emancipate ourselves from a role that we didn't want to play.' "

Episodes

Season episode title First publication
(ARD media library) 		First broadcast
(rbb)
1 1 Bea - on the way to being your best friend December 27, 2019 January 13, 2020
2 Everything at the beginning for Claudia and Tamás January 20, 2020
3 Lea - Alone for two January 27, 2020

Idol

Queer 4 You is not an official adaptation, but is clearly based on the concept of the US show Queer Eye on Netflix , in which five advisory experts, the so-called “Fab Five” - plus one for food and wine - stand by the protagonists. This series from 2018 is itself a remake of the 2003 show of the same name , which in the same year had an adaptation in Germany called Schwul macht cool - Die fabellichen Vier , which was canceled after a season.

Publication and broadcast

The three episodes were first published on December 27, 2019 on the rbb channel in the ARD media library and will be broadcast on linear television from January 13 to 27, 2019 on Mondays on rbb.

reception

Queer 4 You is named as part of a new trend in autumn and winter 2019 of showing shows on German television with gay people as protagonists, alongside Queen of Drags and Prince Charming . Mareike Freier from très click praises ARD for this “important step” in the direction of diversity and holds out the prospect that “even someone who has had little or no contact with queer people will only win with a look at the program can. At least through the realization of how much more diverse and exciting our world really is. "

The main criticism is the comparison to Queer Eye . For Gregor Lochs from fernsehserien.de , who awards 2.5 out of 5 stars, the rbb version focuses more on the stories of those seeking help than the experts, which makes the program much more serious and how heavy food lies in the stomach. Even if the many hugs seem to come from the heart, the cheerful aspects would be neglected. His conclusion is that some viewers would prefer to watch an episode of Queer Eye afterwards. For Kevin Hennings from DWDL, the German program feels more like a shopping queen , in which the candidates are channeled through. He also says: “The candidates' joy that the quartet of experts is refreshing their lives is not an act, but 'Queer 4 You' is too little about really going into the protagonists than mentioning how important it is it is that gay men can now be seen on television. ”Therefore, in order to convince in terms of content, more relationships must be built with the protagonists. Kevin Hanschke from FAZ finds the Queer 4 You experts less ambitious to deal with political issues. He writes: "The social realities of Berlin - there the glamor world of the four experts, there the problems in the average existence of the" heroes "- would provide an opportunity to address viewers in more depth, especially in the sense of the public education mandate. But that's not how it works here . The creators decided on a surface treatment of the topics, the four experts want to transfer their own lifestyle to the participants, which only works hesitantly. " When it comes to really dealing with otherness, acceptance and equality, Netflix is ​​way ahead of German television makers.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Max Migowski: "Queer 4 You" is about more than just a makeover - the German reality TV show is so promising . In: Vogue . December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  2. ↑ rbb shows German version of "Queer Eye" . In: queer.de . December 16, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.
  3. ↑ "rbb queer 4 you" - new three-part series on rbb television and in the ARD media library . In: rbb-online.de . December 27, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.
  4. ↑ Andreas Markus: From today: German “Queer Eye” in the ARD media library . In: ggg.at . December 27, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.
  5. ^ A b Kevin Hanschke: More than colliding worlds . In: FAZ . January 27, 2020. Accessed February 2, 2020.
  6. ↑ Mareike Freier: Applause! ARD is also bringing out its own gay reality TV format . In: très click . December 17, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.
  7. ↑ Gregor Holes: "rbb queer 4 you": Four gays for a Hallelujah review . In: fernsehserien.de . December 28, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  8. ↑ Kevin Hennings / Thomas Lückerath: "Queer 4 You": What can the German "Queer Eye" copy do? . In: DWDL . December 29, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2019.