Witty, quick-witted, never at a loss for a punchline: When Cordula Stratmann and Bjarne Mädel ponder being insulted and insults in and of themselves live on stage in "Sie mich auch!", there's not a dry eye in the house. Despite all the divisiveness, there is one thing that is bringing people around the world ever closer together: We have become one big club of the offended. In traffic, at the supermarket checkout, among relatives, in politics big and small, everywhere we shake our heads and pick up insults, someone is always out to get us.
On this evening, we will practise perceiving some insults as dazzling soap bubbles that are very easy to burst. With the help of Thomas Bernhard, Arthur Schopenhauer and Dorothy Parker, the history of insults and the cleverest way to deal with them will be explored. What is a good insult? Should you always insult back? How do you cut a good figure when insulting? Is it even possible to look good while insulting?