The Volkswagen commercial with Heidi Klum seems to herald a new phenom in the TransAtlantic culture stream: Is it okay to be German again?
After the passing of 60 plus years between the failed Nazi regime and today, is the German sentiment in America beginning to bud? Pre-WWI America was strewn with pride for Germany. Can we expect to see that again? David Hasselhoff, Heidi Klum, and astrounaut Rick Searfoss-all three being German-Americans-recently appeared in a set of commercials for Volkswagen. The car, Max, speaks in a thick German-tinged English and the end of the commercial prominently displays Das Auto under the VW logo. What do you think of that? Now I realize that a couple of commercials isn’t an indicator for a vast cultural mindset shift, but when was the last time a German anything was broadcast with such alacrity. I think it is okay to be German again.
