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Inspector Murot Separates the Ghosts: While critics and fans celebrate the cases with the eccentric investigator as “really great art,” many are simply upset and want “a completely normal crime scene” with Sunday’s murder and homicide. But do they both go together?
Even if religion is no longer a particularly important thing in this country, Sundays and especially Sunday nights are still sacred to many Germans. Perhaps some of the efforts of the past week are still on your legs and head, but everyday life will certainly start anew on Monday morning. Either way, millions of people gather every Sunday to end their week with a family ritual: the “crime scene.” Germans’ favorite series is more than a thriller, it can make a significant contribution to how the week starts for people and is therefore a very sensitive subject.
This time there is a double: Commissioner Murot.
(Photo: HR / Bettina Müller)
Almost every week we receive letters from readers who are not satisfied with our review of “Tatort” or with the film itself, especially when a case breaks with the familiar narrative grid that has made the series so successful for 50 years. Instead, he experimented with new ideas. Murot’s “crime scenes” with actor Ulrich Tukur are probably the most obvious examples of how strongly a film can be polarized: the Wiesbaden inspector has already investigated a tarantino-style splatter strip and defended a police station against those of zombie guy in homage to 70’s B movies. Criminal or experienced same day over and over again – “And the groundhog says hello every day” sends, uh, greetings.
“Just a completely normal crime scene”
While critics almost invariably overlook their praise when reviewing films and many television viewers rave about the “really great art,” the reactions, on the other hand, are almost even more violent: “Today I’m ashamed to have been a ‘crime scene’ for many years. ‘Being a fan,’ expressed one viewer after the Groundhog adaptation of his disappointment. Another wrote on Twitter: “I just want a completely normal ‘crime scene’ again: a simple dead man, a commissioner, 85-minute search for the killer, who is then caught in the last five minutes. “
The woman speaks from the hearts of many people who expect something very clear from the “crime scene” and are sometimes personally offended when things turn out differently. The fairly subdued ratings and several bullshit storms, not just in the Murot cases, after a couple of fairly experimental seasons in the middle of the last decade led to a rethink among public broadcasters. “Tatort” should remain “Tatort”, art now only seems allowed if it is so subtly constructed that you don’t have to see it if you just want to have a laid back Sunday afternoon.
The last case of the weekend shows that this can work quite well if the creators make the right effort: “Monsieur Murot’s Vacation” is, in terms of title and style, a tribute to Jacques Tati’s classic “Monsieur’s Vacation Hulot “. and the content is based on Kästner’s double Lottchen. But if you don’t feel like paying attention to pop quotes and other cinematic niceties, you can easily expect a top-notch and always exciting thriller. Letters to the editor in the coming days will certainly show if everyone really sees him as the critic.
