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Karl Valentin (born Valentin Ludwig Fey, 4 June 1882, Munich - 9 February 1948, Planegg, Germany) was a Bavarian comedian, cabaret performer, clown, author and film producer who had significant influence on German Weimar culture. Valentin, as a star of many silent films in the 1920s, was sometimes called the "Charlie Chaplin of Germany".
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Valentin's naïve sense of humour produced sketches that in spirit were loosely connected to dadaism, social expressionism and the Neue Sachlichkeit. His art centered mostly around linguistic dexterity and wordplay—Valentin was a linguistic anarchist. His comedy would often begin with simple verbal misunderstandings, on which he would insist as the sketch progressed.
The notable critic Alfred Kerr praised him as a Wortzerklauberer, or someone who tears apart words and language to forcefully extract and dissect its inherent meaning.[citation needed] His sketches often parodied and derided "shopkeepers, firemen, military band players, professionals with small roles in the economy and the defence of society".
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Er hat mit seinem dialektischen Humor zahlreiche nachfolgende Künstler beeinflusst, darunter Bertolt Brecht, Samuel Beckett, Loriot und Helge Schneider.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK4Gq7uZZ6Y&feature=related
Kuuluisa koomikkoduo Karl Valentin ja Liesl Karlstadt rustaavat tässä tuubauksessa pateettista kirjettä ystävälle, mikäli oikein ymmärrän.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Valentin
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liesl_Karlstadt
http://thinkexist.com/quotes/karl_valentin/
http://www.myspace.com/karl_lies
http://www.myspace.com/milchkleid
http://der-michl.blogspot.com/2010/01/bedeutendes-karl-valentin-zitat.html
