Tiger - The claw of Kreuzberg

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Tiger - Die Kralle von Kreuzberg is a fictional character embodied by Cemal Atakan in video productions and a radio comedy on the radio program of the RBB . Since December 2006 the program has been running once a week in the joint morning program “ Süpermercado ” from Radio Multikulti and Funkhaus Europa from WDR and Radio Bremen . Previously, an average of 3,000 viewers followed the video format Tiger - Das Herz vom Kiez on websites such as YouTube .

content

According to the screenwriter Murat Ünal, “Tiger” is a sympathetic loudmouth who - as far as order and security in his environment is concerned - considers itself indispensable. However, due to a life philosophy and worldview shaped by neighborhood life, the protagonist usually causes chaos and strife. Ünal calls his character a “What-willsu-do-you-n-problem-Turk”, they are “people who want to compensate for their feeling of inferiority and who lie to themselves”.

background

Atakan and Ünal originally designed the program for television; The production companies and broadcasters mentioned had shown no interest in the idea at the beginning of 2006, although television viewers turned to stories about Turkish life in Germany because of series such as " Turkish for Beginners ", " King of Kreuzberg " and " All love Jimmy " started interested. The creators used the alternative form of broadcasting on the Internet, where, according to the RBB, the multicultural editorial team discovered the broadcast after it had already "achieved cult status" there.

The series Tiger - Die Kralle von Kreuzberg has been running as a video format since 2006 in addition to YouTube on MySpace , MyVideo and Tagworld . Even before the start of the series on the radio, the ringtone provider Jamba had signed a contract with Ünal to offer sayings and episodes of Tiger as a mobile phone ringtone or video for download. According to Ünal's own production company "Desire Media" are now the videos beyond the internet via free satellite receivable interest channels to see JambaTV, also in mid-2007 was to produce a movie adaptation planned. The radio broadcast and video version have been under the same name since 2007.

In the EM film 23 Days by Detlev Buck , Tiger plays a major role with his "Süper EM-Stüdyo".

In 2009/2010 there was also the Süper Tiger Show from the Hinterhof-Stüdyo in Kreuzberg on the ZDFneo channel . Tiger received guests from film, sport and entertainment.

Awards

In 2007 the episode “KGPA - Concrete Good Price Ahmed” was nominated for the Civis Media Prize.

Web links

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  1. ↑ die tageszeitung : In the Spotlight of the Community ( Memento from December 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), December 5, 2006
  2. ↑ a b c Der Tagesspiegel : "That's Kreuzberg, weissu?" , October 23, 2006, accessed on November 25, 2014
  3. ↑ Radio Multikulti : “Tiger” nominated for CIVIS Media Prize , March 27, 2007 (link no longer available: http://www.multikulti.de/_/beitrag_jsp/key=beitrag_625562.html straight/ en dead link | url = http : //www.multikulti.de/_/beitrag_jsp/key=beitrag_625562.html | date = 2018-08 | archivebot = 2018-08-28 10:04:05 InternetArchiveBot}})
  4. ↑ Desire Media website (accessed on June 20, 2012)
  5. ↑ Nomination for the CIVIS Media Prize 2007 ( Memento from January 18, 2005 in the Internet Archive )