I think this video is hilarious. I can't say whether this crowd will love or hate it.
It came from ZDF, German Public Television, intended as a humorous spoof of the drama that played out last month over the renegotiation of Greece's debt. The focus is Yanis Varoufakis, who took over as Greece's Finance Minister when the leftist SYRIZA party won the election in January.
Rated R for language, and brief nudity. Rated for over-the-top humor that might be offensive, but this is Germany ridiculing itself. There are stereotypes but also the shattering of stereotypes.
It's funny how the far right swept the European Elections 9 months ago, but the Left
came roaring back.
Here's how Euractiv described it.
They used to say the EU lacks a narrative. The crisis has remedied that. The high stakes poker game being played out by Angela “cool-hand” Merkel and Yanis “m***rf**er” Varoufakis has unleashed a colourful social media storm, which continues to throw up surprises, the latest being a successful German attempt at humour.
Featuring self-parodying stereotypes: blitzkrieg, parents slapping children, slapping generally, and the observation that “We started two world wars and almost won them both,” a video from Neo, a programme created by national broadcaster Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), is the latest to enter the fray.