Our tradition of screening one German film per season (actually there were two last season: The White Ribbon, and The State I Am In) continued with the delightful Everyone Else, a film variously and incorrectly described as a “break-up movie” and a “chick flick”. It seems that the Germans do have a sense of humor after all! While the theme of the relationship was poignantly observed, there where plenty of things to laugh about… most noticeably “Schnappi”, a piece of ginger carved into a likeness of Schnappi das kleine Krokodil and introduced as a reinforcement to the male lead’s overworked, um, member.

Along with quite a few giggles, Schnappi also inspired the refinement of our long-awaited Ginger Cosmo. Quite a dangerous cocktail… it seems the other ingredients disguise the 4 oz. of pure gin so well that one could be deceived about how much one was drinking. At least one person was…

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