# seal everything
Jan Josef Liefers defends the artist campaign in an interview
“Tatort” star Jan Josef Liefers defends the artist action
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The heated debate about #topping up everything is not going away. While many distance themselves, Jan Josef Liefers defends the artist action.
While many artists like Meret Becker (52) contrite to distance themselves from the video campaign on the corona pandemic measures, “Tatort” star Jan Josef Liefers (56) defends the artist campaign in an interview with the WDR.
“First of all, about the whole action. You could say that it is a satirical, ironic and exaggerated protest action,” says Liefers. The goal was to “at least reopen the discussion,” he says, referring to a time “when we are once again asked to tighten our belts and in some cases really very promising projects such as those in Tübingen are closed.”
Synchronized media?
The media coverage was also criticized in the video clips. The artist does not want to let go of the fact that they have been labeled as “synchronized”, that was not mentioned, explains the native of Dresden:
“I said that for a year now we’ve been keeping the alarm where it belongs, at the very top. My point, with this exaggeration, is that I like to have a big discussion about the role of the media in this pandemic would have.” In addition, Liefers demands “that government decisions are more transparent and not behind closed doors”.
“Applause from the wrong side”
Regarding the accusation that the artists taking part in the action did not bother to get applause from the wrong side, Jan Josef Liefers told the moderator Martin von Mauschwitz in the “Current Hour”: “You don’t always have that in the Hand, you know that. ”
He also referred to his “Clarification” he posted on Instagram on Friday would have. “I clearly reject any oracle, budding closeness to lateral thinkers and the like. There is no party in the current spectrum of the Bundestag that I am further from than the AfD. Because we are at it, that also applies to Reich citizens , Conspiracy theorists, Corona ignoramuses and aluminum hats. Period. “, It says.
When asked about the clinic staff, Liefers also rejects a “mockery”: “I have not mocked anyone who does his job. There are so many medical professionals in our circle of friends, I know what kind of work they do. I have great respect and great respect before what is being done there. ” He then apologized for one aspect of the artist’s action: “This is a protest that is directed against the government and, in part, against the role played by the media. I would like to apologize if I wrongly include you.”
Consequences for the “crime scene”?
The fact that Jan Josef Liefers, Ulrich Tukur (63), Ulrike Folkerts (59) and Meret Becker, well-known “Tatort” inspector actors participated in the action sparked another discussion. Should the participation have consequences for the “crime scene”?
A politician even called for the actor in question to end. WDR broadcasting council Garrelt Duin (53, SPD, ex-minister in North Rhine-Westphalia) has now deleted his post and declared the deletion in a next tweet: “Ok guys, one hour of shitstorm is enough for me personally. Then go inside. I delete the last tweets, but I am sure that it will be possible to have a good and thoughtful debate about #allesproofing; even without Nazi Compare. ”
In the previous post he had according to “image” the responsible committees requested to end the cooperation with the involved “Tatort” stars such as Jan Josef Liefers and Ulrich Tukur as soon as possible. With their undifferentiated criticism, they would have made themselves impossible as representatives of public service broadcasting.
Much criticized artist action #allesdichtmachen
More than 50 actors took part in the video campaign #allesdichtmachen. In short clips, they criticized the government’s corona measures. In response to the applause from the lateral thinker scene, many rowed back again. Oliver Pocher (43) showed in the stories Among other things, the praise of Michael Wendler (43), who had caused a sensation with conspiracy-theoretical views on the Covid 19 pandemic.