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Old Posted Jan 22, 2014, 7:59 PM
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I just want to know what Berlin (or any city for that matter that is being globally marketed and hyped) produces that makes me say:

* * * WOW THATS AWESOME! * * *

(in Berlins case, the BPO does, but this has been so for the past fifty years whereas we are talking about new developments here not established cultural production).

We are talking about modern culture, TV often comes up...I would expect Berlin to have produced something on par of the cultural value of the Sopranos, Mad Men, Brideshead Revisited, and Downton Abbey, given that those TV shows came from cultures in 'decline'. After all, TV is pretty easy to produce with low production costs (no CGI) so most cities and countries should be able to afford it.

What about new operas and plays? I would expect Berlin's classical music expertise and history coupled with the ultra-creative hipster population to come up with plenty of new ideas in this direction as well.