Timmy: Hope Dies Last elevates stranded humpback into Jesus-like figure, igniting hope and grief
When people in Germany organised a daring rescue mission for a humpback whale stranded on the Baltic coast in April, it briefly looked like a country stricken with political division and economic anxiety was rallying around a common cause.
A new satirical play inspired by the episode, however, suggests the spectators, social-media influencers, politicians and millionaires who flocked to the seaside in support never just wanted to rescue the cetacean that came to be nicknamed Timmy, but for Timmy to rescue them.
Continue reading...This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Philip Oltermann European culture editor.
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