How Helmut Kohl turned satire on its head The German Chancellor is fighting for his political life. Frederick Baker has made a film about the strong feelings he inspires

The Independent - London | September 6, 1998| | Copyright

Show a German a pear and he'll think of a man called cabbage. Somewhat confusingly for the uninitiated, Chancellor Helmut Kohl's surname means "cabbage", but Germany's cartoonists like to portray him as a pear - fat and stupid. But what started as an insult has become an affectionate symbol for his millions of middle-class supporters. After months of seeking opinions from everyone from George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev to Germany's top satirists for this week's BBC2 portrait of the Chancellor, I've learnt this: for Kohl, being the butt of jokes has been the key to winning, not just votes, but ...

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