END GAME with extra time
Each end begins when the beginning ends. If you lose the opening game, you do not reach the end game. Those are the rules. But we keep on playing. Because we haven't been eliminated. We're just no longer in it. However, the final will not be played without us. We have tickets.
Lothar Bölck, "the Louis de Funés of German cabaret artists" (Celler Nachrichten) has made it to the final. Man against the world.
So far it's a draw. But for whom?
As his season draws to a close, Bölck asks himself:
Will there be a winner? And if so, why not?
Do we have one foot offside or the other?
Who will leave the pitch as the winner? The visions or the divisions?
Will it be a heated game with dicey scenes or a hot one with scorched earth?
Will there be stoppage time or will time be an afterthought? Certainly. Every time the final whistle blows, there's a scoreline.
Will the game go into extra time or will it be abandoned because the pitch is unplayable?
One thing is certain, either way, there will be no replay. Because what does this world cost? Nerves.
If you want to see and hear how some goals from politics, media and culture score themselves and usually hit the target, then order a seat in the arena or hall of your choice.
And make sure you arrive on time. Because when the end is near, you shouldn't miss the start!
(usually 7.30 pm)
