A highly comical plea against the madness of the beauty industry and for a relaxed femininity.
The message from the fashion and beauty industries is clear:
"Women, you're running out, getting old, too fat and have too much hair."
To escape this stigma, even elementary school girls slap so much mascara on their faces that they fall forward sitting at their school desks.
And the eighty-year-old senior walks his canary-yellow hippie jeans that you wonder, "Is the man having a stroke or a seizure?" True enough.
Much of what we wear is unwearable, only frightens the cat and stimulates the dog's kidney function.
It's all being embroidered in by the fashion conglomerates to fill their Gucci bags with our cash.
The chemicals in our shoes are making us sick.
The pineapple diet is making us inedible.
But with wheatgrass smoothie in hand, we keep rushing after every beauty trend.
And we end up beautiful. Beautifully stupid.
But when we think of the nine-year-old seamstress in Bangladesh, we really shouldn't even look in the mirror anymore.
"The Devil Wears Parka" - the new cabaret program by Inka Meyer: Witty, relevant and brilliantly researched.
And this satirical gem of course also inspires the gentlemen of creation.
Because for the men is just as true: "Beat the ass also wrinkles, we always remain the same."
Furthermore, Adam's age-old question is finally answered here, "What's that woman doing in the bathroom for so long anyway?"
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