Klimawechsel is a new Doris Dörrie German sex comedy--yes, and it is about menopause and viagra. Hilarious. The story involves a bunch of middle aged teachers in Munich high school who are all going through their various sexual and marital crises. There is the art teacher with the roving yoga teacher husband who likes to hold his eager students in intimate poses. There are the middle aged women who flock to the yoga class. The one teacher who has an affair with a young student and the other who is becoming a Sufi. The men are pretty much one note characters, either constantly on the prowl for other women or gentle and supportive of their woman's every mood. On top of this chaotic mix are two characters who stand out for their vicious humor--a shrink and a gynecologist who take sadistic pleasure in giving their patients ridiculous advice. They are themselves like teachers complaining about their students' idiotic statements, except in this case they are mocking the teachers' endless middle-aged whining.
The first episodes are best, --witty, crazy and cruelly ironic at moments. Over time, the characters prove to be a bit unstable: the sexy yoga teacher drops out of the picture, the gynecologist falls victim to her own menopausal craziness.
Most convincing is one mother-daughter conflict where mom is sexually frustrated as her daughter is prancing around pulling men in from all corners.
So get your all-regions DVD-player--they are easy to buy on the internet, and check out this German sitcom available on disk.
Whether it ever makes over to the US is hard to say. Still, this is entertaining stuff. Post-Sex and the City, more professional than Desperate Housewives, a chick show for the over 45 crowd. The kids might not get the jokes, but the show uses that distinction nicely to show that the world does not just have to revolve around vampire-thin high school kids.
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