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The Week in Germany: Culture October 27, 2006 Jewish Comedians Bring Laughter to Berlin
David and Avi Toubiana have found success as newcomers on the German slapstick comedy circuit, the European Jewish Press reported on Monday. The brothers, aged 26 and 29, grew up in a Jewish family in the western German city of Düsseldorf. They studied at the famous Lee Strasberg acting school in New York, returning to Germany following a stopover in Toronto. After finding success at Berlin's BKA comedy club, the second run of their "Murder on the Panini Express" is now showing through November 11 at the ufaFabrik, a popular comedy venue in the German capital. "The show is a typical whodunit with all the stereotypes. It revolves around a murder and a piece of bread that has taken on the concerns of a wide range of characters, each one played by either Avi or David. No mercy has been spared the clichés that are prevalent in Italian society - including the hysterical women, unruly children and a pedophile priest," the EJP writes. The Tad Brothers, as they are known, grew up in a wider German Jewish community of some 20,000 which is rapidly growing today at over 100,000. Thanks to their mobile lifestyle and side-splitting entertainment, the brothers are well-known among their young Jewish counterparts in Germany, who have helped advertise the show. "Although Murder on the Panini Express is not a Jewish show, the
typically fine art of Jewish slapstick comedy cannot be missed. The Tad
Brothers' have successfully emulated their role models - the American
slapstick comedians the Marx Brothers, of 1930s and 40s fame," the
EPJ writes, thereby crossing cultural and ethnic lines to attract theatergoers
from all walks of life.
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