The creator performs a comedy sketch where two hipster baristas interact with a customer who reveals she is visiting from Berlin. The baristas project their idealized, edgy stereotypes of Berlin onto the woman, who repeatedly subverts their expectations by revealing her mainstream tastes in coffee, music, and tourist activities. After she calls them out for being culturally insensitive, they apologize, only for her to leave for an "autoerotic asphyxiation workshop," leaving them confused and questioning their assumptions.
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Episode 81: Normal Berliner visits the shop featuring @lau_ramoso 👩💼🇩🇪 Starring @winnie_thepooj as Thyme and @darrylgenejr as Cale
Thanks to: Guest Director @jeremyredleaf, DP/Color @eyalbaucohen, Additional DP @clegg.film, Lead Editor @nitay.dagan, Assistant Editor @ad.ri.an.a, Sound Mix @fogelmusic, Sound Recording @verronicahein, Associate Producer @hannahmeholick, Production Coordinator @torijeanine, and @rowingblazers for the baristas’ wardrobe!
Transcript
Hello. This place looks nice. How are you? Are you, like, visiting from somewhere? I'm actually on vacation from Berlin. Berlin. Berlin. We love Berlin. I'm about to go on a three week silent techno retreat there. My eight year situationship, Capricorn, lives there. Great. So what can I get you? Maybe, like, an accidentally vegan unsweetened barley latte? Or we can spit in your mouth or slap you in the face for an extra $30. A lot of Berliners ask for that. Actually, a plain drip coffee would be good. Oh, so like a minimalist approach, like a palate cleanser. I get it. You're so lucky you live in Berlin. Who are your fave local artists? I need to know. Oh, you know, I really have been listening to Sabrina Carpenter lately. The new metal German DJ? The one that spells the name with only fours and fives? No. It's the one that goes thinking about me better tier, oh, that's that me is pressed. So I'll have it as a really catchy song. Have you heard that song? Yeah. I don't know that song. I don't know that song. Oh, I brought my own mug. I love Berliners. They just get it. Starbucks? Ew. You're carrying that ironically, right? No. Yeah. I actually wanted to go to a Starbucks, but, could not find one around tier, so I came to this place. This has to be an artistic statement. Incredible job staying in character. Oh, Incredible job staying in character. Oh, by the way, do you have any recommendations for things to do in the city? It's my first time in New York. Of worse. We have Marxist multimedia art installations, poetry nights, and acoustic listening bars. Oh, and Dry Humor is my favorite nonalcoholic bad, Gemini Gemini for vintage. No far, I'm really excited about exploring Midtown. Yeah. Because I've heard great things about the M and M store in Times Square. Oh, and I cannot wait to do the Friends experience. Yeah. I mean, I know you can tell. I am a Monica. What is the name of that street in Dumbo by the Brooklyn Bridge thing? Yeah. Because I have to get a photograph. Are you sure you're from Berlin? Yes. What are your purposes in New York City? I'm actually here for a b to b marketing conference. I work for a paint company, and we just discovered a new shade of beige. That can't be your job. Yeah. In fact, the walls in here are actually looking a bit chipped. I can get you a quote. Are you at least asexual or, like, poly or something? My husband, Jan, is a consultant at Deloitte. We are high school sweethearts. He is blonde. He has such little edge. He's like an infinity ball. You know, I really have had enough. You are really projecting your idea of Berlin onto me, and I have to say it's actually very culturally insensitive. You know, most Berliners are just normal Germans working hard, trying to avoid this hipster circus. Projection redacted. I'm so sorry. We just thought statistically you should be cooler than this. Apology accepted. Okay. Anyway, I have to go to my autoerotic asphyxiation workshop in Ridgewood. I am leading it, so I cannot be late. Thinking about me better tier. Oh. The song again. The grammar. It's so bad.
